Lara Grant – 16th and Mission
In the world of hacked and modified sewing machines using arduino to control max msp and generate music Lara Grant owns it big time.
From her Flickr page:
Lara Grant, part of the circuit bending orchestra for Diana Eng’s Fairytale Fashion Show held at Eyebeam NYC. Through various hacks and circuit bending techniques, Lara’s sewing machine trigger signals that is then fed onto laptops running MAX/MSP to produce the final soundtrack for the runway. Other team members of the orchestra are Peter Kirn and Matt Ganucheau.
You can see the project blog here:
looks like it’s been zapped. too bad. it was exceptional.
http://laras-home.com/itpBlog/2010/02/16th-and-mission-p-s-1-version/
Which has many more great closeups like this one…
and more of her and her sister’s work here: