ARW is pleased to announce the installation of YoYo Berimbau at Art Interactive Gallery in Cambridge MA from July 26 - October 5, 2003 as part of the Engaging Characters show curated by Kathy Brew. The anthropomorphic YoYo plays a horizontal Berimbau equipped with a drum, pictured here and here. YoYo plays the drum like a tabla and a bass drum, bows the string and tilts the whole instrument, leaning into it for expression. Audience members can interact with YoYo by making sound rhythms which YoYo emulates (or mocks). Listen live here or here (streaming info ). YoYo has toured internationally and performed in Beth Custer's Vinculum Symphony.
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