This piece was built around generating massivity from small movements using hand-built gloves with electronic drum triggers on the fingertips. Shown in these excerpts of “Groundswell,” the performer is a conduit, pulling power from below and releasing it upward.

electronic drum gloves / balloons / helium

2013

Bigawatt: Groundswell from Marisa Demarco on Vimeo.

 

Photo by Annah Anti-Palindrome

Video by Gena Lawson