Emerald Tablets (2014)
Emerald Tablets revitalizes discarded interfaces, digitizing tablets from 1996, with custom software running
on embeddable, single-board computers. The performer’s drawing gestures are mapped to feedback-driven synthesis
networks and signal mixing procedures with further control and processing with a MIDI controller and guitar
effects pedals. It is an improvisational piece where the performer learns the gestural correspondences to sonic
circumstances while playing; and drives the piece forward based on emergent dynamics. A primary aim of this work is
to explore new directions through resuscitating old interfaces categorized as deficient or electronic waste. This
work passed peer review and was performed at the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
(2014 Goldsmiths, University of London).