RECENT PROJECTS
ABOUT
Sarah and Lara are a sisterly team with interests in physical computing, electronic textiles, controller design and signal processing.
Lara has a background in fashion and textile design and is currently studying at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Sarah has a background in visual arts, programming and sound design. She is also an alumni of NYU ITP.
To get in touch, please email us
at studio [at] fsp [dot] fm.
FELT SENSORS
2010
An inside look into Lara’s thesis project as she get’s ready to graduate from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU.
FORTUNE TELLER
2010
Fortune Teller is a little experiment in old childhood play and origami-inspired forms for a felted controller designed to work with arduino and max/msp. Samples used in max patch provided by Shikhiu Ing. Video / audio documentation forthcoming!
16TH AND MISSION
2009
San Francisco Mission District inspired sewing machine controller for max/msp via Arduino and serial communication.
AUDIOTRAILS
2009
Audiotrails is a wearable piece referencing the body. The garment is a wearable controller, featuring a set of entrails that plug into different parts of the body for producing noise in conjunction with Arduino, serial, and max/msp.
SPEAKERDRESS
2009
Hand-felted garment featuring conductive felt panels in the front for a performer to interact with, triggering sounds generated via PWM (pulse width modulation) with an Arduino board, amplified through a homemade speaker installed into the back of the dress.
FELTED SIGNAL PROCESSING
2008
Analog and digital signal processing circuits (aka guitar pedals) with a felted interface in lieu of hardware pots.