Music
From the mathematical structure of a Bach partita to the neuroscience of what we hear, and the potential for AI to change the way we use music, our Confluence storytellers present a broad range of examples of how art, science and technology come together in music.
Damage is a part of materiality
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
The Glass Cymbal Project
Destructive testing and art
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Instruments are magical
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Making things is breaking things
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Our attachment to the cymbals
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Our voices came together
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Beginning the glass cymbal
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
The Glass Cymbal Project
Exploring the cymbal store
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
The Glass Cymbal Project
Brainstorming and glass printing
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Printing the glass cymbals
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Zoe and Tod smash glass
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
The Glass Cymbal Project
Testing the first glass cymbals
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
Completing the glass cymbals
Tod Machover, composer & inventorZoe Laughlin, materials engineer
Michael Stern, The Glass Cymbal Project
