Siddharth Biswas
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Date02 November 2025

VenueCafe OTO

CityLondon

Weekday set — Gesture-to-MIDI Studies

An evening of evolving gesture-controlled studies using custom camera-tracked performance interfaces.

Weekday set — Gesture-to-MIDI Studies
Performance documentation

§ 01

Programme

The programme consisted of five independent studies, each investigating a different mapping between physical movement and instrumental response.

§ 02

Context

Commissioned by Cafe OTO as part of its Weekday Series, encouraging experimental approaches to live electronic performance.

§ 03

Collaborators

Solo performance with technical assistance from the venue production staff.

§ 04

Instrumentation

MediaPipe, Max/MSP, Ableton Live, Kontakt instruments, Logitech Brio camera, prepared piano samples.

§ 05

Reflection

"Performing multiple studies back-to-back highlighted how audiences gradually learned the instrument alongside the performer."

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