GRANU-GLOVE
A self-built wearable instrument initially designed for vocal-live electronic improvisation. Born out of research into posthuman creativity, the glove explores the entanglement of the body and technology in performance. Challenging notions of musical controllers as passive tools, my glove is an evolving collaborator that reimagines sound through movement.
The glove incorporates custom-made flex sensors and a gyroscope, soldered to an Arduino ESP32 microcontroller and programmed using C++ and Max/MSP. The system communicates wirelessly via OSC, enabling untethered movement and fluid, real-time interactions between gesture and sound. Its design embraces a DIY feminist attitude that values the imperfect and the handmade. Resisting polished commercial interface aesthetics, I deliberately externalised the system’s components and stitching, used up-cycled materials (site glove, plastic sheeting, yarn scraps), and power the glove via rechargeable solar battery banks.
Photo credit @tessallated.photos
I have recently performed with the granuglove at lost: secret cinema club in London, d&b soundscape in Hackney Empire, Silk Street Theatre, and Milton Court Concert Hall. Keep an eye on my social media for future performances…
Catch A Falling Star reimagines the voice as clustered constellations. Through gestural mapping and machine learning in Max/MSP, the gloves are used to fracture and transform a vocal improvisation and to trigger celestial visuals created using Jitter.
Tape-loop inspired piece using a vocoder synth, manipulating delay and modulation with the glove to create breathing textures that are discovered in real time. His setup consists of the MicroKORG and the Boss RC-30 Looper Pedal. Instagram: @kagzitaha Youtube: @TahaKagziMusic
Improvised drone piece processing the harp through feedback, exploring the sonic possibilities of the instrument and the unpredictable quality of feedback. The glove controls expressive swells and time-based effects. Instagram: @biggus.phillus
Experimental language creation and noise in Max/MSP and TouchDesigner. Instagram: @sansan_zeny