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I was founding member and performer in the guitar duo Modal Kombat, an act in which musical information from guitars such as pitch, pitch sequences, and volume serve to move video game avatars in what ultimately manifests itself as a public, guitar-controlled video game competition. The mechanism by which this system works is one I developed while at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. The system is comprised of custom MIDI guitars, custom hardware and circuitry (the guitar/video game interface), and original software for audio/visual processing written using Max/MSP/Jitter.

SONIC BODY PONG is based on Atari's classic video game, Pong. It takes place in physical space with the players using their bodies as paddles. The ball is experienced by the players purely through sound. I programmed the Pong engine that drove the gameplay aspect of the experience. Along with my small team from NYU, we have showcased at EYEBEAM in New York, the HaPzura Festival in Israel, and the Monitor Digital "MOD" Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico.