scoreLight: Playing with a Human-Sized Laser Pick-Up

scoreLight is a playful musical instrument capable of generating sound from the lines of drawings as well as from the edges of three-dimensional objects nearby (including everyday objects, sculptures and architectural details, but also the performer’s hands or even the moving silhouettes of dancers). There is no camera nor projector: a laser spot explores shapes as a pick-up head would search for sound over the surface of a vinyl record with the significant difference that the groove is generated by the contours of the drawing itself.