Fluid Ontologies (2024)
for Transsonic, on self-built laser feedback instrument 

In "Fluid Ontologies", Transsonic uses two self-built laser-feedback-instruments FO2. The instrument uses laser modules as sound sources and solar panels as microphones, creating audiovisual feedback loops that spawn visual and sound from the same optoelectrical mechanism. FO2 comprises two 3D-printed handheld controllers (with joysticks and buttons), a backpack with an embedded DSP system running on a Bela Gem and programmed in SuperCollider, and laser drivers. The drivers, controlled via Bela, modulate sound signals onto the lasers, feeding back via solar panels used as microphones. This enables new ways of exploring the mediality of feedback through light connection. Using a machine-learning musical agent system that live-learns and plays with the material performed with FO2 and multichannel spatialization, we extend the spatial dimensions (sonically/visually) creating a unique audiovisual experience.  ​

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The development of this work is generously supported by Initiative Neue Musik e.V. and NEXT festival in Bratislava

Upcoming Performance

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11-16.05.2026 ICMC, Ligeti Center, Hamburg

24-26.06.2026 NIME conference, Imperial College London 

TBC 2026-2027  Generator Series, curated by ICST at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK

10.11.2028 NOW! Festival at Philharmonie Essen

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Performance History

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26-27.09.2025 Princeton University, NJ, US 

25.09.2025 Sound Lab, Harvard University

23-24.09.2025 CLEAT, Elastic Arts, Chicago

22.09.2025 Media Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, US 

15.09.2025 Microscope Gallery, New York City

14.09.2025 Arraymusic, Toronto, Canada 

11-12.10.2024 Tanzhalle Wiesenburg, Berlin, DE 

03.11.2024 Lokal Harmonie, Duisburg, DE 

30.11.2024 NEXT festival, Bratislava, SK 

11.09.2024 Oxford University, Oxford, UK 

​04.09.2024 NIME conference, Utrecht, NL ​​​​​

Interview and performance sneak peak from NEXT festival 2024, Bratislava, Slovenia

Trailer video for Fluid Ontologies