Sonic Meditation for Solo Performer No. 1 (for Pauline Oliveros and Alvin Lucier)

Salvaged brass, electronics, astroturf, EEG brain monitor, video projection

A constellation of salvaged marching band instruments that plays a musical composition made from the brainwaves of a single viewer. The viewer wears an EEG brain monitor and reads a series of silent meditations. The viewer’s brain activity is then translated, via custom Max/MSP patch, into a 16 part musical composition that is played through the instruments hanging above.

Video by Jose Lozano. Photos by Paul Hester and Alex Barber, courtesy of Art League Houston. This project was generously supported by the Music Academy of the West Alumni Enterprise Award, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, and the Art League Houston.