Majella Clarke explores the intersection of art, science, and technology through experimental conducting, in addition to traditional orchestral conducting practices. Her research focuses on compositional materiality, the expansion of conducting practice, and aesthetic implications for ensembles and performance. She is also a scientist with experience in teaching and applying remote sensing technologies and AI/ML in both scientific, business and artistic practice. Her latest projects include: Conducting Water (2025–), an experimental exploration of the material agency of water through embodied conducting, using computer vision, multimodal synthesis, and improvisation for new media, composition, sound art, and performance; The Sonic Baton Project (2023), a gesture-controlled neural audio synthesis tool developed with the Intelligent Instruments Lab Iceland , spanning performances, compositions, sculpture, and dataset albums; and Aromasonics (2025), a system of olfactory notation and aromatic scoring that translates scent properties into musical compositions, premiered on a Magnetic Resonator Piano, integrating improvisation, sound art, and chemical principles.

 

Image: Conducting Water, Photo: Maria Petursdottir