Strike on Stage: a Percussion and Media Performance

This paper describes Strike on Stage, an interface and corresponding audio-visual performance work developed and performed in 2010 by percussionists and media artists ChiHsia Lai and Charles Martin. The concept of Strike on Stage is to integrate computer visuals and sound into an improvised percussion performance. A large projection surface is positioned directly behind the performers, while a computer vision system tracks their movements. The setup allows computer visualisation and sonication to be directly responsive and unied with the performers’ gestures.