A long interview about our work with the Bodycoder System appears in this new title Body As Instrument out in February 2022 (Bloomsbury). The book explores how musicians interact with movement-controlled performance systems, producing sounds imbued with their individual physical signature. Interviews with influential artists in the field, Laetitia Sonami, Pamela Z, Julie Wilson-Bokowiec, Lauren Sarah Hayes, etc, expose the transformational impact of motion sensors on musicians' body awareness and abilities. The book analyses how the body as instrument metaphor informs relationships between performers, their bodies and self-designed instruments. It also examines the role of experiential design strategies in developing robust and nuanced gestural systems that mirror a performer's movement habits, preferences and skills, inspiring new physical forms of musical communication and diverse musical repertoire.
The new script Secrets of the Icefish is in the world and looks set to emerge from the deep in 2022
Book publications: My chapter 'Oracles, Cyborgs and the Importance of Cassandra" in Greek Tragedy and Digital Theatre will be published by Bloomsbury Spring 2022
"Scène (post)numérique. The (Post)Digital Stage Anthology" by Izabella Pluta, which contains a selection of our early Bodycoder performance manifestos will be published by Presses universitaires de Rennes, bilingual, Autumn 2021
meanwhile... there's an awful lot of writing in progress; a new play script, a collection of short stories, and a screenplay. No Bodycoder performances on the horizon yet, but we hope to be back soon...