Everyday Action Orchestra

Last year I lead a five day workshop at NABA, an art and design university in Milan. I set the challenge to create something I called the ‘Everyday Action Orchestra’. Each designer needed to think of an everyday action, such as waving, shaking hands, brushing teeth etc. They then needed to create an object that would make a musical sound when that action was made. There would be a performance at the end of the 5 days where everyone would perform their action and simultaneously make a sound. Hopefully it would look interesting and sound good.

Here is a recording of the performance at the end of the workshop to the rest of the NABA students.

One of my assistants was Michelle Sterchele who composed some music using all the created instruments, you can hear it below. Also some photos of the Everyday action instruments (taken by Astrid Luglio)

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Sketch ideas

Stretch neck drums

Sit down horn

Scratch card

Play with hair

In the shower

walking horns

Stir the pot

Pull the toilet roll

Open a book

Dance

Pull Drawer

Exercise

Dry yourself

Bathroom tap

Hairdry mouth organ

Hug squeak

Stretch neck drums

Stretch neck drums

Walking horn

Wash hair

Old clothes washer

Pull chain

Turn key rattler

NABA 2012 Everyday Actions workshop Milan