RESEARCH PLATFORM FOR EMBODIED SOUND
S.K.A.T.E. / G.L.I.D.E.
Investigating using the figure skater as an expressive musical interface through artistic research
ABOUT
Skating as a system for making music
S.K.A.T.E. / G.L.I.D.E. asks: what happens when a skater’s body becomes the instrument itself? When rotational speed controls vocal stretch, when blade pressure shapes organ registration, when a jump’s arc writes a score?
The project spans live performance, audiovisual composition, game design, and technological research. It operates as an open platform, inviting skaters, technologists, composers, poets, and designers into an ongoing investigation of embodied sound.
METHODOLOGY
How it works
Transforming physical gesture into music
WORKS
Selected projects
PRESENTATIONS & PERFORMANCES
Where we've been
| Year | Work Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 March | Performance of We are still and time moves through us | Graz, Austria |
| 2026 January | Performance of Blizzaga by Alyssa Aska | Graz, Austria |
| 2025 October | Performances of ...compression..., push.pull/edge, [ice]orchesis, and [patch]chorus by Alyssa Aska | Graz, Austria |
| 2025 June | Presentation of paper "G.L.I.D.E.: Correlating Real-Time Multi-Sensor Data to Figure Skating Movement Patterns as an Interface for Musical Expression" by Alyssa Aska, Martin Ritter, and Jeffrey Boyd at the International Computer Music Conference | Boston, USA |
| 2025 May | Performances of (en)harmonic curves and (micro)tonal points by Alyssa Aska | Graz, Austria |
| 2025 February | Performance of (toe) Looping by Alyssa Aska | Penticton, British Columbia |
PUBLICATIONS
Research Output
| Year | Authors | Title | Where? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aska, Alyssa, Martin Ritter and Jeffrey Boyd | G.L.I.D.E.: Correlating Real-Time Multi-Sensor Data to Figure Skating Movement Patterns as an Interface for Musical ExpressionG.L.I.D.E.: Correlating Real-Time Multi-Sensor Data to Figure Skating Movement Patterns as an Interface for Musical Expression | International Computer Music Conference, Boston, USA |
OPEN PLATFORM
Collaborate with us
S.K.A.T.E. / G.L.I.D.E. is actively seeking partners for performances, residencies, workshops, and research. We work with skating rinks, festivals, universities, art institutions, and individual artists.
please contact: [email protected]