Inspired by the challenge to create and manipulate an entire work of sonic animation in real-time, Semiconductor have custom-made their own live performance software, Sonic Inc.

The performance is a joint effort that sees Semiconductor creating forms and compositions on the fly though a process of drawing and manipulation, whilst the computer ‘listens’ to the audio, realising and animating the digital creations to its resonance.

Since 1999 Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt), have exhibited, screened and performed digital works which reveal our physical world in flux. Their work has been exhibited extensively, from Tate Britain and the ICA to the San Francisco International Film Festival, Transmediale and the Venice Biennale. Recent fellowships and residencies have supported site-specific work, including research and experimentation at the NASA Space Sciences Laboratories UC Berkeley, California. Semiconductor are based in Brighton, UK.