Looking Outwards 04: Sound Art

The project I picked to look at this week is Laetitia Sonami’s instrument, “The Lady’s Glove.” That Lady’s Glove is a mesh evening glove she wears during performances that allows her to trigger and manipulated sound during her live performances. I admire her innovation and technical skill she needed to create this glove and the idea that you can make an instrument out of anything. The glove is filled with sensors like micro-switches, transducers, pressure pads, resistive strips, ultrasonic receivers, light sensors, accelerometers, and a mini microphone. She uses these to send data to her computer which are routed through Sensorlab, hardware developed by STEIM. They’re then mapped onto MAX MSP software. Laetitia is trying to find the line between the musician and the instrument, and I think she is very successful with that by creating an instrument which is molded to her hand.