Well actually it is more like the robot guitar is dancing and singing along to Mari’s performance. She has created a patch for the cycling ‘74 software Max MSP which is responding to the different pitch in her performance. The software then sends commands to her robotic partner resulting in this beautiful performance. Mari is also known for her physics defying subharmonics.
Mari Kimura- Official website
[...] video – not new, but well worth watching any old time, as reminded to us by Richard Swelling’s Etherbomb blog. Mari writes in comments on YouTube: HI, Mari here. For those wondering what’s happening: [...]