REDHOT, A Gesturally-Controlled Robotic Piano
Museums are a challenging environment for installations with gestural input. In 2014, Trimpin and I collaborated on a piece called REDHOT. Trimpin prepared a baby grand piano with his usual assortment of solenoids, pluckers, magnetic resonators, and spinners — painted it a bright red, and then flipped the entire thing upside-down…