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Bristol Recording a Suspension Rod - Human Harp
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The Song of Clifton Suspension Bridge. By Jesse D Lawrence. Bristol Recording a Suspension Rod. How Do We Capture The Sound Of Clifton's Suspension Bridge? Di Mainstone and Adam Stark held a workshop on Clifton Suspension Bridge to find ways to capture the frequencies running through the hangers or cables of Brunel's iconic structure. We are extremely grateful to our principal funder Queen Mary University of London and would like to thank them for their continuing support.
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London Piano Hammers & Human Harps - Human Harp
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London Piano Hammers & Human Harps. How Do We Make the Roundhouse Dong? 8220;A friend found the carcass of a piano on the street and dragged it into my studio one day. Struck by its beauty, I started playing with the felt hammers inside and occurred to me that this mechanism might be a good way to release the sound of the cables on Clifton Suspension Bridge. More immediately it would be a great way to play the columns of Roundhouse venue.
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London Technology for the Human Harp - Human Harp
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London Technology for the Human Harp. Can We Make It to the Bridge in Time? After returning from Copenhagen, the team had 6 weeks to reach their first deadline - the 130th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge on May 24th 2013. The team's aim was to make 8 functioning harp notes, and film Hollie Miller testing them on the Brooklyn Bridge in time for the anniversary. Creators Project had agreed to make a mini documentary of their adventure. Creative technologist John Nussey joined the team in the final month...
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London Movician's Holster - Human Harp
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London Movician’s Holster. How do you connect a Movician to a Bridge? Next, Di built a wearable holster around Hollie that would connect her body to the bridge via the Human Harp’s retractable strings. This holster needed to be both rigid and flexible and they decided to work with leather. During the workshops at CIID we explored ways of clipping the strings to holsters on the body. We investigated karabiner clips, hooks and magnets. Of all the iterations, magnets felt the most fluid way to apply...We ar...
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Press - Human Harp
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A new generation of visionaries are using next-level technologies to create products, projects and experiences that test the limits of design and our imaginations. Di Mainstone’s Human Harp. Most of us are familiar with the concept of wearable technology, but how about the concept of a wearable harp? This is the idea behind sound artist Di Mainstone's Human Harp. Water Music: How Bridges can Become Instruments. Di Mainstone’s Human Harp Creates Music from Suspension Bridges. We are extremely grateful to ...
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London Goldsmiths NIME Workshop - Human Harp
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London Goldsmiths NIME Workshop. As a part of NIME 2014. The Human Harp is a project led by artist Di Mainstone with hardware and software engineering by Becky Stewart and Adam Stark. The project draws inspiration from suspension bridges and explores how they can be transformed into musical instruments through augmentation with physical computing interfaces. The workshop started with a talk from Di Mainstone about the creative inspiration for the piece and the history of the project. The current prot...
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Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design - Human Harp
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Human Harp Module Assembly. Ankkit Modi, Luke Sturgeon, Pierluigi Dalla Rosa, Zaza Zuilhof. How to Build a Human Harp Module. Ankkit Modi, Luke Sturgeon, Pierluigi Dalla Rosa, Zaza Zuilhof. How to Make a Harp Cradle. Priyanka Kodikal, Pierluigi Dalla Rosa. A Harp Kit for a Musician. Gahar Shahriari, Niels Christian K. Nielsen, Angela Oguntala, Wouter Walmink. A Harp Kit for Spinal Movement. Priyanka Kodikal, Ritika Mathur, Sara Salsinha, Shamik Ray. Making of the Spinal Harp Holster. 8220;During week 1 e...
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Omaha The Song of Bob Kerrey Bridge - Human Harp
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Twanging Bob Kerrey Suspension Bridge, Omaha. Amanda Mc Donald Crowley. Omaha The Song of Bob Kerrey Bridge. Amanda Mc Donald Crowley and Bemis Centre for Contemporary Arts. Di Mainstone spent September and October 2014 in residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha where she is developing ways to play the Bob Kerrey Suspension bridge like a giant harp (performance in September 2015). To find out more about opportunities and partnerships please contact hello@humanharp.org.
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London Roundhouse Live-Lab - Human Harp
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Human Harp Aug 2014 Roundhouse Livelab setting up. Human Harp Aug 2014 Roundhouse public try it out. Human Harp Aug 2013 Roundhouse Dancers rehearse. Human HarpHuman Harp Aug 2014 Roundhouse Zoe's performance. Unleashing the Voice of the Roundhouse. Dates: 4th – 25th August 2014 Opening hours: 12-5pm, Monday – Friday ( REVERB weekend 21 – 23rd August). Location: The Roundhouse, Torquil’s Bar, 1st Floor Bar by the rooftop beach, Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH. HUMAN HARP LIVE-LAB EVENT. Responding to the buildi...
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