Just a Lamp?

porque (!sam) performing at the ITP New Interfaces for Musical Expression Showcase in 2024

porque (!sam) [aka Sam De Armas] is playing an instrument she made called "Just a lamp?". An instrument that was sculpted using plaster and chicken wire and controlled on Ableton using capacitive touch sensors and potentiometers.

The process

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Two low-fidelity prototypes developed prior to building the larger structure. The design progressed from a single branch to a modular array of blocks, allowing rapid, simultaneous testing of multiple sensors.

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Once the sensors were working properly, I moved on to programming the LEDs and testing the first complete version of "Just a lamp?".