Sicha
SICHA, translated as SMHAI [sequencer with meaty human assisted interface], is a collaborative and playful installation which generates music in real time.

SICHA, which would translate as SMHAI [sequencer with meaty human assisted interface], is a step sequencer for the generation of music in real time. It is a collaborative and playful installation in which a group of people use their movement to generate electronic music bases.

A sequencer is a electronical-physical device or an application software that allows users to program and reproduce sequenced musical events through a physically controlled interface. For SICHA we used people as parts of the sequencer so that their position in space would determine the sequenced reproduction of the music samples.

The project was commissioned by the JA! collective for the terrace at Matadero Madrid.

SICHA es un secuenciador de pasos para la generación de música en tiempo real. Se trata de una instalación colaborativa de carácter lúdico en la que un grupo de personas utilizan su movimiento para generar bases de música electrónicas.

Un secuenciador es un dispositivo electrónico físico o una aplicación informática que permite programar y reproducir eventos musicales de forma secuencial mediante una interfaz de control físico. En SICHA ultimamos a las personas como piezas del secuenciador de tal manera que su posición en el espacio determina la reproducción secuencial de samples musicales.

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A Project by: Espadaysantacruz Studio
Client: Matadero Madrid
Curatorial Culture Program: Ja!
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July - 2012