About
glui aims to provide custom technology for musicians and artists that have needs more specific than commercial offerings and more practical than academic research.
A common theme among many glui projects is how to mediate between physical and virtual domains. This goes both-way as we develop sensor instruments that bring musical gestures inside the computer, as well as installations where the computer affects the outside world, be it thru motors or spatialized sound.
One product that has emerged from these projects is the gluion sensor interfacethat offers the most complete set of I/O options, while gluiphlex addresses integrated instrument design.
glui also pursues interfacing in a social sense as we seek to find a common ground where techician and artist can exchange ideas and concepts, rather than turn-key solutions. This is complemented with our series of workshops.
Now, what does glui stand for?
History: glui was devised in Berlin around 1997 by Nic Collins and Sukandar Kartadinata as a new node on the music & technology grid following their joint work during the mid-nineties at STEIM.
In 1999 Nic moved to Chicago where he is now heading the sound department at the SAIC, Chicago. Since then glui mainly refers to Sukandar’s activities as a self-employed instrument maker.
From 2004-2007 the glui lab found a home at Podewil, later run by tesla berlin e.V.
In 2008 glui moved to former “Haus des Reisens” next to SchneidersBuero.
Since 2009 the lab is located at Manteuffelstr. 77.