Word: instrumentalization
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...their craft, SpaceShipOne, a vehicle as improbable as it is revolutionary. The size of a small biplane, SpaceShipOne is a shell of woven graphite glued onto a rocket motor that runs on laughing gas and rubber. The nose is punctuated by portholes, like an ocean liner. Inside, the critical instrument is a Ping-Pong ball decorated with a smiley face and attached to the cabin with a piece of string, which goes slack when the pilot reaches the zero-gravity of suborbital space...
Bloom’s demonstration highlighted her deep interest in improvisation and movement. Not only is she fascinated by the changes in sound that she can produce by sweeping her instrument to create a Doppler-type effect, but she is also interested in physical movement in general. Over the last 25 years, Bloom has collaborated with improvisational dancers, specifically Dubble, in “a unique blend of movement awareness and sound awareness...
...school, since the dog days of “Readers Digest renderings of famous classical works.” If he’s not writing arrangements for his new album on the piano, he’s tuning his banjo or tapping a beat on the computer, an instrument he learned could be “really musical.” Evidence can be found on his electro-acoustic opus, “Enjoy Your Rabbit,” which he recorded while getting his masters in writing at the New School of Social Research in New York...
...stage Friday night in front of a packed house downstairs at the Middle East, he carried himself like a man aware of his own accomplishments. He said a simple “Hello,” picked up his guitar and played with such attunement and precision that his instrument seemed to be just another part of his body. So began Luna’s final Cambridge show, more than 18 years into Wareham’s musical career...
...World War II. He was with U.S. forces at the Battle of the Bulge and was the first to photograph the city of Nagasaki after the Japanese city was hit by an atom bomb. After the war, he adapted a photo-finish camera meant for horse racing into an instrument for capturing athletes in motion...