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Quartet.cc
Call for Collaborators
Quartet is a Web-interactive robotic music installation. The machine is housed at an the ARS Electronica Center in Linz, Austria through June, 2010. Log in to quartet.cc for a chance to interact with the installation. You will enter a 4-8 second theme, and the machine will generate, in real-time, a unique musical piece based on the input melody you have provided.
This composition is played by three instruments. The main instrument is a ballistic marimba, which launches rubber balls roughly 2m into the air, precisely aimed to bounce off of 42 chromatic wooden keys. The second instrument is an array of 35 custom-tuned wine glasses, played by robotic fingers. Finally, an array of 9 ethnic percussion instruments rounds out the ensemble. See a video of the machine in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e9AJVtuCKc
The United States based Quartet team is looking for collaborators in Linz and elsewhere. We"re intere
