FluCoMa Podcast #18: Bora Yoon and Davis Polito

by Jacob Hart

Episode 18 of the FluCoMa Podcast in which Jacob Hart tallks to PLOrk’s Bora Yoon and Davis Polito.

Zakiya Leeming

Davis Polito

The Podcast

Chapters

1. Introduction (0:0)

2. Bora’s practice (1:16)

3. Davis’ practice (3:20)

4. PLOrk (Princeton Laptop Orchestra) (5:31)

5. Instrument design (10:0)

6. Cat’s cradle: an interactive kinetic sculpture, multi-sensor performance instrument, and electronic performance composition (18:55)

7. Technical development process (23:12)

8. Neural network training and gestural vocabulary (32:18)

9. Performing the piece (41:35)

10. Constraints and Freedoms, Chaos and Control (47:19)

11. Collaboration with PLOrk (52:6)

12. Theatrical approach for new music (56:0)

Overview

In Episode 18 of the FluCoMa Podcast, we talk with two people: Bora Yoon, a composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist; and Davis Polito, an electronic music designer and researcher. We take a detailed delve into their recent collaboration that was performed at PLOrk: Cat’s Cradle. After hearing about each of their practices, we discuss the creative process behind Cat’s Cradle, what it was like working together, and how they each conceive of this fascinating piece.

Links

Here are the links to some of the things that were discussed during the podcast:

• Cat’s Cradle:

• Monday, October 23rd: World premiere of Cat’s Cradle by Ensemble Decipher at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, NY.

• PLOrk (Princeton Laptop Orchestra) at Princeton: founded by Dan Trueman and Perry Cook.

• SLOrk (Stanford Laptop Orchestra) and Dublin Laptop Orchestra.

• Freida Abtan on the FluCoMa Podcast.

• Marco Donnarumma.

• Jeff Snyder.

• Ellen Fullman and Thesesa Wong’s Long String Instrument:

• Lucier’s Music on a Long Thin Wire:

• Björk’s Post and Homogenic.

• Hot Hand sensors.

• Regression Tutorial.

• Alice Eldridge and Chris Kiefer’s Feedback Cello.