Sonic Wings: A Wearable Live Electronics Device for Performing Mixed Music by Luciana Perc

Audience-performer interaction Live electronics mixed music new materialism performer-technology interaction wearable speakers wearable technologies

The Sonic Wings are a wearable device that can capture audio, apply computational processes, and output new audio data in real time. This demo presents the device’s construction and the performance of a stochastic solo piece of mixed music for flute and live electronics using the device.

➡️ This presentation is part of IRCAM Forum Workshops Paris / Enghien-les-Bains March 2026

Mounted to the performer’s body, this system allows the performer to move freely while playing and interacting with the device across a performance space in which audiences
stand and move spontaneously. This study’s approach to interacting with body-mounted interfaces in musical performance engages with the figure of the cyborg as proposed by Haraway, exploring the embodiment of hybrid ontologies within musical performance.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393898444_Sonic_Wings_A_Wearable_Live_Electronics_Device_for_Performing_Mixed_Music