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'Cello Shirt' Makes Wearable Music With Movement

by Matthew Zuras on January 27, 2010 at 04:30 PM

Recently, a group called Aeolia has been experimenting with stretch-sensing technology and its interaction with the body. As part of that research, Martha Glazzard at Nottingham Trent University knitted conductive yarn into the Cello Shirt, worn in the video below by cellist Peter Gregson. Placed at the shirt's elbows and underarms, the stretching fabric communicates with Max/MSP software that modulates the sounds emanating from the cello in real time. We can't really describe it further; it has to be seen (and heard) to be believed.

Designed specifically for Gregson, the Cello Shirt debuted last year at New Media Scotland's 10th anniversary event at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. As we wrote yesterday, we're enamored with experimental instruments that utilize input from unlikely sources. And from the sounds of this gizmo, we think that even wacky (read: awesome) old-school experimental electronic musicians like Pauline Oliveros would love to get their hands on this. [From: Make, via: Ubergizmo]

Tags: aeolia, cello shirt, CelloShirt, conductive thread, ConductiveThread, electronic music, ElectronicMusic, instrument, maxmsp, peter gregson, PeterGregson

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