David Byrne is keeping busy.
While he just opened his audio installation Playing the Building, he’s working on a new project, involving animatronic robots.
Byrne explains:
About a year ago, I was approached by some Spanish curators to participate in a show scheduled to open at the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid at the end of [...]

Michael Una will conduct a MIDI robotic percussion workshop on Friday, May 2nd at Bent Festival Minneapolis.
Participants will receive free MSA-R kits donated by Highly Liquid. The workshop is free and open to all on a first-come, first-served basis.

This is pretty insane - a robot that moves around, collects samples and then lays down funky beats.
The robot first plays on the object it finds (or is forced to find by the angry cameraman), plays a small beat, and records the beat it plays on it. Then this recorded beat is played again, and [...]