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I researched a lot of artists and watched a lot of installations and videos. Finally, the piece, NOMIS, by Jonathan Sparks really stood out and inspired me.

Nomis is a musical instrument. He wanted to make loop based music expressive and transparent with the use of human gesture and light.The artist combines three different sensibilities: sight, sound, and touch. Throughout this piece, Sparks looped and layered multiple sounds in order to make different melodies in real time. Each sound was represented by a different color. He emphasized the inclusion of light and gesture in order to make his piece more expressive and compelling at live performances.

This piece inspired me because this piece is highly interactive and demonstrates a response with every action. Every action is individualized and brought attention to. However, every action becomes part of a whole melody. This also reminds me of the DJ set many electric music performers use. But, I never thought it had this type of technology behind it.

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