CINIMA

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERFORMANCE PRACTICE CENTERED ON THE LIVE PRESENTATION OF ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC THROUGH EXPRESSIVE MUSICIANSHIP, IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND EVOLVING MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTS.

CINIMA is an interdisciplinary performance project exploring the intersection of live musicianship, electronic music, improvisation, and visual environments.

For more than three decades, the project’s musical foundation has evolved through an approach to electronic music rooted in instrumental expression. Central to that development has been the Chapman Stick, gradually becoming the primary instrumental voice within the compositions. Rather than emphasizing the instrument’s technical possibilities, the approach uses melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and improvisation as parts of a broader musical language.

CINIMA grew from this foundation into an interdisciplinary performance practice combining original electronic composition, Chapman Stick, live improvisation, responsive visuals, and technology. Performances are designed not simply to reproduce studio recordings, but to leave space for interaction and spontaneity, allowing the music to change through the act of performing it.

The project can take multiple forms—from streamlined solo performances to collaborations with live musicians and larger theatrical presentations incorporating projection, responsive multimedia, and immersive visual environments. Across these configurations, technology remains in service of the performance rather than becoming its central purpose.

CINIMA's work has developed across concerts, site-responsive performance films, multimedia installations, corporate presentations, international performances, and large-scale public events. Projects such as CINIMA: Live at Rancho Saborhave also explored the relationship between music and environment, extending the performance beyond traditional stages and into cinematic and site-responsive forms.

Alongside the core performance practice, CINIMA Laser Harp transforms beams of light into a playable electronic instrument. While it exists as a distinct performance project, the Laser Harp reflects the same broader philosophy that has shaped CINIMA: technology becomes most meaningful when it expands the possibilities of human expression rather than replacing it.

At its core, CINIMA is the culmination of decades spent exploring how electronic music can remain immediate, expressive, and deeply human—bringing musicianship, composition, improvisation, technology, and environment together as parts of a continually evolving performance language.