LEMUR, League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, is a Brooklyn-based group of artists and technologists who create robotic musical instruments. Founded by Eric Singer in 2000, LEMUR creates exotic, sculptural musical instruments which integrate robotic technology. Click the LEMUR logo to visit.
LEMURplex, LEMUR's new performance, gallery and teaching space in Brooklyn is now open! Click the LEMURplex logo to visit.
MidiTronTM
MidiTronTM is a new MIDI to real-world interface designed to simplify
the process of creating sensor and robotics based electronic art
projects. It is easily user configurable and provides 20 terminals of
digital and analog inputs and outputs in any combination.
MidiTronTM is available from Eroktronix for $149. For information, go to Eroktronix.com.
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS
Eric is currently available to artists and corporations interested in systems that support artistic, robotic, and
musical projects. Eric has nearly 20 years of arts and multimedia programming and engineering experience,
in areas including music and graphics systems and software, interactive performance systems,
alternative controller design, Internet/networked multimedia environments, interface design and
artificial intelligence. Eric has worked with musicians and artists as well as private and not-for-profit
companies. As a musician, artist and performer, he understands the unique challenges of designing systems
for music, the arts, performance and multimedia.
Contact Eric to discuss your project ideas and needs.
NEWS
CNN Headline News
Eric appeared on CNN's Headline News on Monday, July 14, 2003 at 8:25am and 9:25am.
He discussed LEMUR and its appearance
at ArtBots in July.
ArtBots: Audience Choice Award!
The LEMUR robots won the Audience Choice Award at the
second annual international ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show at EYEBEAM Gallery
in New York City on July 12-13, 2003.
Details.
MacWorld
The GuitarBot and !r4 robot performed at
Macworld Creative Pro Conference & Expo, July 16-18, 2003.
Junkyard Wars
See members of the
Madagascar Institute -
Eric "Erok" Singer, Chris Hackett and Heather "GirlDJ" Henderson -
competing as "The Brooklyn Benders" on
Junkyard Wars,
which premiered in 2002 on TLC (The Learning Channel)!
Paintball Tanks
Bronx Bravest vs. The Brooklyn Benders
Premiered September 18
It's a splatter-fest as the teams battle to create paintball-firing tanks
that can out-run and out-gun their enemies! Hometown pride is at
stake for the Bronx Bravest and the Brooklyn Benders as they duke
it out in a cluttered battleground filled with railway ties and abandoned vehicles.
The teams will have some serious maneuvering to do just to get into a good firing position...
