Peter Weibel, Bernd Lintermann

In the interactive installation Music Passenger, viewers transform music as they pass by. Compositions can change into completely new pieces in the twinkling of an eye, according to how you interact with the work. The notes of piano pieces by old masters run on staves across a large screen and are simultaneously translated into corresponding sounds. At the same time, a 3D camera registers your body movements and gestures among, which are pressed into the music paper as depth images and trigger the touch of the piano keys. The body image of the observer becomes the sound image. In the interaction, real and digital bodies, original and self-created composition, all merge, and the body of the »passengers« themselves become a playable musical instrument – or even a learning algorithm that creates new pieces of music from existing sounds. The installation was exhibited in 2019 as part of the »Seasons of Media Arts« at Musikhaus Schlaile in Kaiserstraße in Karlsruhe.