Our Research and Collaboration
We enjoy all types of collaboration including music, engineering, technology, arts and innovation. Please contact us if you would like to discuss more details.
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Duhan Zhang, Ph.D.
April 30th - May 1st, 2024 at MIT.nano immersionlab
Supported by Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT)
Immersive Performance
Dr. Piyawat Louilarpprasert and Dr. Duhan Zhang created their new collaboration "Do Machines Dream of Electronic Music?". In this Collaboration Dr. Louilarpprasert has created two sound sculptures consisting of a tube that can be spun by a mechanical rod. He controls these sculptures through a controller he built. These sculptures have a vast sound world from sparse and percussive sounds to continuous swelling drones. By controlling the speed and the direction Dr. Louilarpprasert is able to create an immersive sonic environment that envelopes the audience and space. Accompanying him is Composer, improvisor, and sound artist Dan Antoniu and renowned DJ Matthew Petrulavage. Using a variety of found objects, augmented guitar, and extended voice Dan will improvise by reacting and existing within Dr. Louilarpprasert’s sonic landscape. Using his DJ experience Matthew will channel his intuition capturing, cutting, processing, and playing back sounds that Dan and Dr. Louilarpprasert produce. By combining Dr. Louilarpprasert’s sculptures, with Dan’s improvisation, and Matt’s DJ abilities we hope to create a new sonic world for the audience to perceive. On April 30th and May 1st, we are offering a presentation/hands-on experience, performances and workshop by following schedules:
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April 30th, 2024, MIT.nano 12-3216
2:00 - 4:00pm Music and Machine: Presentation and Hands-on Experience by Prof. Louilarpprasert and Dr. Zhang
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May 1st, 2024, MIT.nano Immersion Lab, 12-3207
2:00 - 2:50pm “Parallel“ Immersive Performance 1
3:00 - 3:30pm Workshop: Electronic Music, Installation, and Immersion
3:40 - 4:30pm “Parallel“ Immersive Performance 2
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Compostions
works by Piyawat Louilarpprasert
Violator (2020)
for viola, motors, tree-machine and electronics
commissioned by PGVIM E-learning Documentation
collaboration with Dr. Suppabhorn Suwanpakdee (viola), Thanapat Ogaslert (machine and sound design)
Concept: The piece is very personal–working through doing, collaborating with a specific performer and machine. Violator explores the sonic and physical interactions between human (viola) and machine (analog tree). I compose this piece through a physical building process–wiring Arduino circuit, making contact microphones, designing motor's speed and control, adapting viola's bow with motors.
Production: The instrument (viola) is amplified with a contact microphone for digital processing. The bow is motorized to develop its physical design and sounds (e.g. vibration, intensity, tone color). The result of the piece is the merging sounds between human and machine, building physical and mechanical constructions during the performance, listening to the sound that transforms from one to another, and being in the moment of sound and mechanical process.
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Shrimp/Raptors (2023)
A.I. multimedia for performance and shrimp-performers
commissioned by Princess Galyani Vadhana International Symposium (PGVIS)
Produced by Ivy and Loui, Shrimp/Raptors 2023 multimedia for performance and shrimp-performers the script and multimedia of the work was programmed by an A.I. friend, I call her "Ivy", we created a video score together for my new instrument, "Shrimp/Raptor" which intended to be performed by 4 shrimp-performers and shrimp-audience.
"Shrimps/Raptors” (2023)" is an “army”, and a collection of my new instruments designed to create a specific sounds and immersive sonic experience. Shrimps/Raptors produce a variety of sounds, ranging from gentle squeaks to delicate tones to powerful overloads. The piece offers the idea of do-it-yourself instruments (DIY), where everyday objects can be transformed into musical tools and vice versa. It raises questions about why we stick to traditional instruments and what defines their function. By rethinking musical creativity and sound innovation, these instruments, along with us, will transform into an army of sounds, offering a unique and self-created experience. Please take a moment to think about your sounds, instruments and your life.
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Visual Arts
works by Duhan Zhang
Manhattan Skyline at Twilight (2019)
First Prize
"Science as Art" at Material Research Society Conference 2019 (Spring)
Optical microscope and microfluidic device are commonly used in particle tracing visualization. They enable us to directly observe Tin electrodeposition and fluid motion at the liquid-metal interface in low salt concentration aqueous electrolyte under a low constant current density at room temperature. Metal crystal structures formed during deposition, together with dyed particles, gently reveal a star-vestured twilight comes.
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