title: cocktails and sounds
type: interactive music bar using sensors
year: 2010
author/composer: Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos
first exhibition / demonstration: CCRMA, Stanford University, July 2010
Cocktails and sounds is prototype for an interactive bar. It was created at Stanford University in 2010 during my research residency and collaboration with Edgar Berdahl. The aim was transform the bartender gestures while mixing and serving drinks into music. The shaker was directly mixing the music tracks, the position of the glass on the bar service mat was affecting their frequency content while the weight or pressure on the mat was instantly slowing down the tempo of the music. Therefore the bartended becomes a Dj or even more interestingly co-creates the music experience with the Dj while entertaining the clients with his unexpected performance. It was created during the workshop New Music Controllers , where I was invited to give a lecture in 2010.
Below is a raw footage from the presentation.