HD-BPM

On view Nov. 7–16

By MASARY Studios  | Boston, Massachusetts 

HD-BPM is an instrument for public play that transforms rhythm into light. By striking the illuminated drum pads, participants send crisscrossing pulses of colored light down a series of LED arrays, transforming the artwork site into a stage where light becomes the medium of music. 

This artwork is designed to question how we experience music, sound, and performance by exploring these through the familiar interface of drums and described through the unlikely format of light.  

HD-BPM is a new kind of instrument, in which how one plays the drums directly impacts how light expressions are realized. Hitting harder produces a faster velocity of light traveling through the piece, while playing two drums at once allows for color mixing of the primary colors of light (red, blue, green). 

This artwork repurposes professional electronic drumming pads into an inclusive, original format designed to create a mysterious and inviting environment in which the public is invited to “jam in light.” 

About MASARY Studios 

MASARY Studios has toured and presented artworks throughout North America since 2015. They operate as a transdisciplinary artist collective, leveraging an expansive in-house skillset to create adventurous new-media artworks at architectural scale. They have created and collaborated with world-class ballet and opera companies in the streets of dozens of major cities and with many of the continent’s major festivals. From Mutek to the Museum of Science, their work is at once widely relevant while testing new frontiers in new media formats.

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