Copper Tube, 2009
Copper Tube is a live networked performance where Surabhi sings at her home in Chicago which is broadcast to the gallery in India using Skype. Independently, a program (written in Max/MSP) tracks the pitch of her voice, that is communicated and played back as MIDI piano notes, along with the live, unprocessed A/V feed. Thus the piano notes are being generated in India as a response to the singing in Chicago. The act of singing becomes a way for the artist to connect to her audience in India. The goal of this performance is to maximize the remote presence, while operating in a potentially resource constrained environment and embracing the everyday issues with long distance communication.
