jolastic

This is my second collaborative project with artist Ali Momeni. Expanding on the ideas generated in frelia, our previous project, jolastic is an interactive musical controller that translates whole-body movements into sound. It uses a standard off-the-shelf joystick, attached to a large omnidirectional swivel platform. Players stand on the platform and shift their body weight to tilt the platform, which in turn moves the joystick. These motions are mapped to musical events through a computer program, and the sound is generated in real time as the player moves. This project is currently in development - the links below are videos of a full-scale working prototype with sound.

ali playing

robin playing