Jekyll2026-03-31T22:41:18+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/feed.xmlStefanos Skialivasartist / researcherStefanos Skialivasán titils — tape release2026-02-22T00:00:00+00:002026-02-22T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/An-Titils-Tape-ReleaseArni Valur & Stefanos Skialivas — án titils. Released on tape by Space Odyssey Adventurous Music.


]]>SSLive w/ Arni Valur2025-11-27T00:00:00+00:002025-11-27T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/Live_with_Arni_ValurLive performance with Arni Valur at Space Odyssey Experimental Space — 27.11.2025


]]>SSOctopus: A Modular Haptic Feedback Interface2025-09-28T00:00:00+00:002025-09-28T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/Octopus-Multi-sensory-displayThe project explores the design and development of an open-ended, modular hardware/software interface named “Octopus” to expand research in multi-modal data exploration. The system is designed for integration with the “Dark Sonification” framework developed by PhD researcher Miguel Angel Crozzoli, an interactive data display system for exploratory data analysis through affect, and focuses on applying data physicalization techniques through haptic feedback. “Octopus” is an open-source, customizable device that provides an embodied interface for data navigation and interaction. By bridging the gap between flexible software and reconfigurable hardware, the project contributes to the emerging field of Data-Human Interaction and addresses the societal need for accessible and inclusive scientific tools. The interface’s design emphasizes versatility, enabling researchers to rapidly prototype new ideas and integrate novel sensory modalities for enhanced data understanding. The project is inspired by the sensory system of the octopus whose tentacles are capable of different sensory modalities including touch, taste, smell and chemical analysis.


The “Octopus” interface

“Octopus” is an affordable and simple-to-build, autonomous portable technology providing input and output for interfacing physically with data displays in Python programming language. The system consists of two modules: the translator and the communication node. Seven “tentacles” can be attached to the communication node, one of which acts as an input and 6 as output. As input, an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) provides 3-D orientation and acceleration measurements, which enables spatial navigation by tilting the wrist, although any digital sensor capable of I2C communication can be used. The output provides for haptic feedback with 6 channels of linear resonant acceleration (LRA) discs that can be configured and driven independently. The “tentacles” connect to the communication unit with TRRS connectors. The translator unit connects to a computer via USB and transfers data between the data display and communication node with the OSC protocol over Serial. The data transmission between the communication node and the translator is wireless via the ESPNow protocol. The communication node runs on battery and its autonomy is estimated, depending on the configuration, from 5 to 11 hours. The Python library for data transmission between “Octopus” and data display, code necessary for programming both units, and 3D printing files are open access and available on the project’s page on Github.


Octopus wearable sleeve Octopus communication node
Octopus sleeve detail Octopus translator unit
Octopus input modules


“Octopus” is designed on purpose to be versatile and customizable. It serves as an interface that helps connect data with physical exploration, by mapping the data into a physical artifact that can be sculpted into different geometries, enabling an embodied experience. As such, “Octopus” allows for easy deployment of artifacts for interactive data exploration through tactile engagement. Additionally, “Octopus” is designed to support multiple wearable devices interacting with the same dataset, providing for collaborative data exploration. The configuration of the haptic feedback has three variables: vibrator index, intensity, and duration. The optimal frequency for the vibration of the LRA is the resonant frequency of the system and it’s defined by the hardware’s physical characteristics.


The development of the project took place in the summer of 2025 at the Intelligent Instruments Lab, University of Iceland, and has been funded by Rannis’ Student Innovation Fund and was realised in collaboration with the PhD researcher Miguel Angel Crozzoli.


References

[1] Crozzoli, M.A. (2025) “Dark Sonification: an Entangled Post-Interaction Multimodal Data Display System,” in Doctoral Consortium at the sixth decennial Aarhus conference: Computing X Crisis. Aarhus, Denmark. Available at: https://hal.science/hal-05191041

[2] Crozzoli, M.A. and Magnusson, T. (2025) “Data Perceptualization through Affect in Dark Sonification.” Available at: https://doi.org/10.34626/2025_XCOAX_013

Intelligent Instruments Lab logo Rannis logo
]]>SSSpace Odyssey - Ambient July2025-07-26T00:00:00+00:002025-07-26T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/Space_Odyssey_Ambient_JulySolo performance at Space Odyssey Experimental Space - Ambient July 2025



Space Odyssey July 1 Space Odyssey July Poster
]]>SSMEMLNauts Project2025-05-24T00:00:00+00:002025-05-24T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/MemlNautsMengiPerformance at Mengi, together with Tomy Manoury, Betty Accorsi, Thor Magnusson, Andrea Martelloni and Chirs Kiefer.
“This concert will present a collection of improvised performances from participants in the Musically Embodied Machine Learning project (MEML). In this workshop we have been building new hybrid musical instruments with embedded machine learning, where AI becomes part of the physical musical instrument. Embedded machine learning empowers musicians to find new performance approaches, by sharing control with often unpredictable and lively algorithms. The concert will feature performances with a variety of machine learning augmented acoustics instruments, in solo and group improvisations.”



MEMLNauts Workshop MEMLNauts BrainDead Ensemble
]]>SSMidiSense2025-05-15T00:00:00+00:002025-05-15T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/MidiSenseMidiSense is a modular platform for gestural sound design developed together with Nicola Privato. The project was commissioned by the artist Maria Arnal for her performance “Ama” at Sonar 2025.

MidiSense building process MidiSense logo
]]>SSPerformance - S27 #192025-02-26T00:00:00+00:002025-02-26T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/S2719A performance featuring the EMF inductors hosted at S27 event (#19) curated by Tom Manoury. Together with Sóley Stefánsdóttir, Róberta Anderse and Carmina Balaguer.



S27 poster
]]>SSPerformance with Nicola Privato at Space Odyssey2024-12-17T00:00:00+00:002024-12-17T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/SpaceOdyssey17.12.24 > Performance with Nicola Privato at Space Odyssey, in Reykjavik. Two solo performances with Stacco and Electromagnetic Field inductors, and a duet featuring text-to-audio prompting with StableAudio.







]]>SSA Silent Trust: Not Going to the Artfair Tonight2024-11-24T00:00:00+00:002024-11-24T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/Not-going-to-the-artfair
Stegi.Radio · A Silent Trust • Not Going To The Artfair Tonight w/ FDSM (29.11.2024)
]]>SSSignals & Sounds - Morse Code2024-11-08T00:00:00+00:002024-11-08T00:00:00+00:00https://www.stefanosskialivas.com/Morse-Code-performance Join a radio amateur discussion, exhibition, and concert where the history and future of Morse code are intertwined! The event takes place at Loftskeytastöðin, the old Telegraph Station on Suðurgata, the first of its kind, established on June 17, 1918, enabling Iceland to connect with the world through wireless communications. In these two events, we explore how Morse code shaped Icelandic telecommunications, its relevance in the age of technology, and how artists interpret it.

A sonic experimentation in collaboration with Robin Morabito: Instead of treating words as a sequence of letters translated into Morse Code, we designed an auditory display where the words are transformed into layered complex rhytmic and tonal entities using SillyCode, a live coding interface based on SuperCollider designed for text sonification.



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