On Sunday April 10th Stanford Lively Arts, Thingamajigs, the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics hosted a meet-up-style afternoon of demonstrations, sharing, and performances by and for the Bay Area instrument-building community. Visiting artist and MacArthur Fellow Trimpin served as honored guest and Grand Marshal of the day’s festivities, mingling with presenters and demonstrating some instruments of his own design.

View the slideshow showing some images from the day:

Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) presented its annual Modulations festival in San Francisco on Saturday, April 2, 2011—an 8-hour marathon of sound art installations and live electronic music. The event began with interactive and kinetic sound installations by Trimpin and his students; evolved into a sit-down concert of electronic music; and ended with a dance party.

View the slideshow showing some of the kinetic sound installations: