NIME 02

New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Media Lab Europe, Dublin, Ireland, May 24-26 2002

Highlights from the talks, demos, and concerts

Keynote Address

MIT Media Lab's Tod Machover reviews his work on HyperInstruments

Friday Concert

Jacques Dudon and the Photosonic Disk synaesthesizer



Alternative controllers pioneer and STEIM founder Michel Waiswisz playing The Hands



Michel Waiswisz on "glitched handsonic" with vocals by Najib Cherradi



Electronic music pioneer David Wessel with the Situated Trio



Butch Rovan playing the Interactive Glove Controller

Saturday Talks and Demos

Robert Huott with the Kalimba and The Ski



Chilling to Cutaneous Grooves in the Vibrotactile Suit



Local Chair, Media Lab Europe's Sile O'Modhrain visits the Musical Box Garden



Tactex and Wacom interfaces were popular at NIME 02.



MLE and Limerick U.'s pressure sensing Sensor Floor and Sensor Chair



Axel Mulder demonstrating Infusion Systems I-Cube Interface and Sensors



Conference Chair Joe Paradiso with the passive magnetic tags developed by his group at the MIT Media Lab



Audiopad: Tangible Grooves from Hiroshi Ishii's group



The Thermenova - theremin from Planet X



The Vodhran - Limerick University's virtual bodhran



David Bernard explains the SKINS digital hand drum



Sid Fels and Bean entertain Sergi Jorda with the Tooka



Sachiyo trying out the CrackleBox - Michel Waiswisz' skin conductance sonifier

Here are two videoclips of the CrackleBox in action on the streets of Dublin:
cracklebox1.avi (3.4M), cracklebox2.avi (1.8M)



Diana Young shows off the HyperViolin



From Stanford U.'s CCRMA the mother of all washboards, the Mutha Rubboard.



Bert Bongers and Yolande Harris ponder a question from the audience

Saturday Concert

Atau Tanaka in Tibet

Here are two videoclips of Atau Tanaka's performance:
atau_tanaka1.avi (2.0M), atau_tanaka2.avi (2.6M)



Matthew Burtner and the Metasaxophone



Yolande Harris and Bert Bongers with the Video Organ



Leonello Tarabella playing his Imaginary Piano

Here are two videoclips of Leonello Tarabella's performance:
leonello_tarabella1.avi (3.0M), leonello_tarabella2.avi (3.7M)

Sunday Talks

Gideon D'arcangelo may be wondering:
"How many MIT engineers will it take to get my Mac to work with this video projector?"

Closing Keynote Address

A tired but happy looking Joe Paradiso introduces interactive electronic music pioneer Joel Chadabe

Open Discussion about NIME 03

Marcelo Wanderley: Dublin today, tomorrow the world!.

A Brief History of NIME