Henke’s interest in the com bination of art and technology is further evident in his contributions to t he development of the music software 'Ableton Live'. For more than a decade since Ableton’s founding in 1999\, he has been central to the development of Live\, which became the standard tool for electronic music production an d completely redefined the performance practice of electronic music.

For 2013 h e has been selected as Mohr Visiting Artist at the music departmen t of Stanford University\, where he will be teaching a class in computer mu sic composition and performance.

http://www.monolake.de/\n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19 1017WL\, Amsterdam DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121129 DURATION:P3D CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120906T173026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121108T221928Z UID:3748@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/steim-geluid-van-nederland-workshop-series-subtle-li stening-with-kim-cascone/ SUMMARY:(FULL!) STEIM &\; Geluid van Nederland workshop series: Subtle Listening with Kim Cascone DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/steim-geluid-van-nederland-works hop-series-subtle-listening-with-kim-cascone/":Sorry\, this workshop is ful ly booked.\nSTEIM\, in partnership with the Geluid van Nederland project\, presents a series of workshops addressing the creation\, consumption\, and reappropriation of field recordings.\nThe Geluid van Nederland website cont ains an archive of geocoded field recordings already collected as part of t he Geluid van Nederland project. We encourage participants to add their own recordings from the workshop to this archive\, and also to use recordings from the archive as part of their projects. The entire Geluid van Nederland archive is open for free creative use and will remain sustainably preserve d as it grows.\nFor this first edition of the series we are happy to invite composer and producer Kim Cascone from San Francisco to lead a 3-day works hop on subtle listening.\nThe Subtle Listening workshop is a three day work shop for people who work with sound to help sharpen their listening skills. Through guided meditation\, listening exercises\, and a field recording pr oject participants will learn a toolkit of techniques they can use any time to help heighten their sensitivity to the sounds of their immediate enviro nment.\nThe workshop comes out of ideas from the short essay 'The Grain of the Auditory Field' which addresses why many field recordings fail to captu re the imagination of the listener.\nDates: Nov 10 - 12\, 2012\nTime: 10:00 - 15:00 each day\nCost: €35 (covers all three days)\nLocation: STEIM\, Ach tergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\nMaximum Participants: 15\nOn Nov 11 there will also be a concert by Kim at STEIM.\nVisit the concert page for more in formation.\nArtwork by Cameron Gray\nWHAT TO BRING //\nParticipants are res ponsible for bringing the following items to each session:\n\na laptop with audio software\na digital audio recorder &\; ample storage media for it \na stereo microphone (if not included on digital recorder)\none pair of ov er-the-ear headphones – no earbuds or open air headphones\nloose clothing f or meditation practice\ntwo pairs of foam earplugs\nan mp3 player – either software\, separate mobile phone or a standalone player\na small notebook f or keeping a dream journal and use as a sketch book\na USB stick with room on it for mp3 files\na blindfold – a scarf that can be tied around ones hea d will do\nsmall hand-held items that make noise:\nsmall bells\nsmall percu ssion instruments (bells\, triangles\, small drums etc)\nsmall rocks – no b igger than a palm of a hand\nclickers – or any small metal objects\ncelloph ane or aluminum foil\nwhatever people imagine would be useful\n\n \;\nT EACHER //\nKim Cascone has a long history involving electronic music: he re ceived his formal training in electronic music at the Berklee College of Mu sic in the early 1970's\, and in 1976 continued his studies with Dana McCur dy at the New School in New York City.\nAfter moving to San Francisco in th e 1980's\, and gaining experience as an electronic technician in the audio industry\, Cascone worked with David Lynch as Assistant Music Editor on bot h “Twin Peaks” and “Wild at Heart.” Cascone left the film industry in 1991 to concentrate on his company Silent Records\, a label that he founded in 1 986\, transforming it into the U.S.'s premier ambient electronic music labe l.\nAt the height of Silent's success in early 1996\, he sold the company i n order to pursue a career as a sound designer for Thomas Dolby's company H eadspace. After a two year stint at Headspace he worked for Staccato System s as the Director of Content where he oversaw sound design using algorithmi c synthesis for video games.\nSince 2001 Kim has been touring Europe perfor ming\, conducting workshops and lecturing on post-digital aesthetics in sou nd art. Kim has released more than 40 albums of electronic music since 1984 and has recorded/performed with Merzbow\, Keith Rowe\, Tony Conrad\, Scann er\, John Tilbury\, and Pauline Oliveros among others.\nCascone is the foun der of the .microsound list which focuses on post-digital music and laptop performance (http://www.microsound.org) and his writing has been published in Computer Music Journal (MIT Press)\, Artbyte\, Soundcultures\, Parachute Journal\, Junk Jet\, Geometer\; he has guest edited and written for Contem porary Music Review and acts as an advisor to the journal “Interference” ba sed in Dublin\, Ireland. Kim is a citizen of both the USA and Italy and liv es on the coast of California\, south of San Francisco\, with his wife Kath leen and son Cage.\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Cascone\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

STEIM\, in partnership with the Geluid van Nederland project\, presen ts a series of workshops addressing the creation\, consumption\, and reappr opriation of field recordings.

The Geluid van Nederla nd website contains an archive of geocoded field recordings already col lected as part of the Geluid van Nederland project. We encourage participan ts to add their own recordings from the workshop to this archive\, and also to use recordings from the archive as part of their projects. The entire G eluid van Nederland archive is open for free creative use and will remain s ustainably preserved as it grows.

For this first edition of the ser ies we are happy to invite composer and producer Kim Cascone from San Francisco to lead a 3-day workshop on subtle listening.

The Subtle Listening workshop is a three day workshop for people who work w ith sound to help sharpen their listening skills. Through guided meditation \, listening exercises\, and a field recording project participants will le arn a toolkit of techniques they can use any time to help heighten their se nsitivity to the sounds of their immediate environment.

The worksho p comes out of ideas from the short essay 'Th e Grain of the Auditory Field' which addresses why many field recording s fail to capture the imagination of the listener.

Dates: Nov 1 0 - 12\, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 - 15:00 each day
\nCost: €35 (covers all three days)
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\nMaximum Participants: 15

Artwork by Camer on Gray

WHAT TO BRING //

TEACHER //

Kim Cascone has a long history involving electronic music: he received his formal training in electronic music at the Berklee College of Music in the early 1970's\, and in 1976 continued his studies with Dana McCurdy at the New School in New Y ork City.

After moving to San Francisco in the 1980's\, and gaining experience as an electronic technician in the audio industry\, Cascone wor ked with David Lynch as Assistant Music Editor on both “Twin Peaks” and “Wi ld at Heart.” Cascone left the film industry in 1991 to concentrate on his company Silent Records\, a label that he founded in 1986\, transforming it into the U.S.'s premier ambient electronic music label.

At the heig ht of Silent's success in early 1996\, he sold the company in order to purs ue a career as a sound designer for Thomas Dolby's company Headspace. After a two year stint at Headspace he worked for Staccato Systems as the Direct or of Content where he oversaw sound design using algorithmic synthesis for video games.

Since 2001 Kim has been touring Europe performing\, c onducting workshops and lecturing on post-digital aesthetics in sound art. Kim has released more than 40 albums of electronic music since 1984 and has recorded/performed with Merzbow\, Keith Rowe\, Tony Conrad\, Scanner\, Joh n Tilbury\, and Pauline Oliveros among others.

Cascone is the found er of the .microsound list which focuses on post-digital music and laptop p erformance (http://www.microsound.org) and his writing has been published i n Computer Music Journal (MIT Press)\, Artbyte\, Soundcultures\, Parachute Journal\, Junk Jet\, Geometer\; he has guest edited and written for Contemp orary Music Review and acts as an advisor to the journal “Interference” bas ed in Dublin\, Ireland. Kim is a citizen of both the USA and Italy and live s on the coast of California\, south of San Francisco\, with his wife Kathl een and son Cage.

Thi s Drive-By workshop will engage participants in discussions and hands-on wo rk exploring models of experience design for kids at the intersection of co mputing and music. In this workshop we will explore the use of the Scratch visual programming environment (MIT Media Lab\, http://scratch.mit.edu /) as a tool for teaching children aspects of computer music\, live cod ing\, hardware interfacing\, and computational thinking.

Image courtesy of MIT Scratch Edu Team

The workshop will be taught by Dr. Alex Ruthmann\, an internationally recognized exp ert on music technology education who has taught extensively using the Scra tch environment. Building on Dr. Ruthmann's research and practical experien ce\, the workshop will begin with an introduction to creative computation i n Scratch\, musical interface prototyping\, and projects developed by\, wit h and for kids. We will then discuss different approaches to facilitating a nd scaffolding kids creative computing work connected to the participants' prior work and interests.

Date: Tuesday 7 August\, 2012
\nTime : 19:00 - 22:00
\nCost: €15
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\nMaximum number of participants: 15
\nYou must reserve a spot in advance through the registration link above!

Pay ment for this workshop must be made in cash upon arrival. Please bring exac t change!

WHAT TO BRING / PREPARE FOR THE WORKSHOP

All attendees must bring a laptop with Scratch 1.4 already instal led. Scratch is free (as in speech AND as in beer) and available for Mac\, Linux\, and Windows (though the synthesis engine is mostly disabled on the Linux build). You can download Scratch 1.4 at http://scratch.mit.edu/.

If you do not hav e a laptop computer but would still like to attend the workshop there is a possibility for STEIM to provide a computer for you. If you would like to u se a STEIM computer please let us know in advance so that we can arrange on e for you by sending an email to workshops [AT] steim [DOT] nl.

TE ACHER

S. Alex Ruthmann studied performing arts te chnology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor before completing MM and P h.D. degrees at Oakland University in music education. He is an Assistant P rofessor of Music Education at UMass Lowell\, where he teaches undergraduat e and graduate courses at the intersection of music education\, arts comput ing\, and research. He currently serves as President of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction\, Chair of the creativity special research interest group of the Society for Research in Music Education\, as managin g editor of the International Journal of Education &\; the Arts\, and se rves on the editorial/advisory boards of the British Journal of Music Educa tion\, International Journal of Music Education: Practice\, and Journal of Music\, Technology\, and Education.

His current research explores s ocial/digital media musicianship and creativity\, as well as the developmen t of technologies for music learning\, teaching and engagement in schools a nd community-based arts+computing programs. Dr. Ruthmann is currently a Co- PI on a $450\,000 National Science Foundation grant exploring the teaching of computational and musical thinking. He is the lead author of two chapter s in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Active in social m edia\, you can follow his curated posts on music learning\, teaching and te chnology as @al exruthmann on Twitter and on his website at http://www.alexruthmann.c om/.

You can review prior work of Dr. Ruthmann and his team onl ine at http://performamatics.org/.

\n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120807T190000 DURATION:PT3H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120607T114624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120716T113750Z UID:3454@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/bob-ostertag-master-class-and-concert/ SUMMARY:Bob Ostertag Master Class and Concert DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/bob-ostertag-master-class-and-co ncert/":\nWe are extremely happy to have electronic / improvised / experime ntal music innovator\, writer\, activist\, journalist\, and many other thin gs - Bob Ostertag to return to STEIM for a 2 day master class and concert.\ nThere are very few whose work has been as diverse but as consistent as Bob Ostertag's. Whether working as a free improvisor or a social justice activ ist\, exploring multi-media performances or conspiring with the Yes Men\, t eaching kayaking or Cultural Studies\, there is a strong will and commitmen t that as musicians and artists we all aspire for. What's even more excitin g is that he is back to doing music.\nThe 2 day program will feature a seri es of lectures by Bob\, and intimate discussion sessions with the participa nts. On the evening of July 14\, there will be a special concert by Bob\, a nd two other concerts featuring brand new work by Jaap Blonk and Jonathan R eus. \nBOB OSTERTAG MASTER CLASS &\; CONCERT\nDate: July 13 &\; 14\ nFee: 25 euros (including concert)\nAddress: STEIM (front side): Achtergrac ht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\nRESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE: Bob Ostertag Master Class Registeration\nFriday\, July 13th\n13:00 - 15:00 Masterclass Session 1\n16 :00 - 18:00 Masterclass Session 2\nSaturday\, July 14th\n11:00 - 13:00 Mast erclass Session 3\n14:30 - 16:30 Masterclass Session 4\nCONCERT\n3 Solo Set s by: Bob Ostertag\, Jaap Blonk\, Jonathan Reus\nDate: July 14\nCharge: 5 e uros\nStart: 20:30\nAddress: STEIM (Backside): Utrechtsedwaarsstraat 134\, 1017WK Amsterdam\n\nBob Ostertag\nComposer\, performer\, historian\, instru ment builder\, journalist\, activist\, kayak instructor\, Bob Ostertag's wo rk cannot easily be summarized or pigeon-holed. He has published 21 CDs of music\, two movies\, two DVDs\, and three books. His writings on contempora ry politics have been published on every continent and in many languages. E lectronic instruments of his own design are at the cutting edge of both mus ic and video performance technology. He has performed at music\, film\, and multi-media festivals around the globe. His radically diverse collaborator s include the Kronos Quartet\, avant garder John Zorn\, heavy metal star Mi ke Patton\, jazz great Anthony Braxton\, dyke punk rocker Lynn Breedlove\, drag diva Justin Bond\, Quebecois film maker Pierre Hubert\, and others. He is rumored to have connections to the shadowy media guerrilla group The Ye s Men. In March 2006 Ostertag made all of his recordings to which he owns t he rights available as free digital downloads under a Creative Commons lice nse. He is currently Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at the U niversity of California at Davis. More at http://bobostertag.com\n--------- ----------\nHere are samples from Bob's lectures:\n1. Overview of my work.\ n\tReading: Creative Life\, Chapters 1-3 and Conclusion.\n2. Two Projects: Say No More and Living Cinema\n\tReading: Creative Life\, Chapter 4. \n3. T he Place of the Body in Technology-Intensive Music.\n\tReading: "Are Two Di mensions Enough?" and "The Prospects of Recording." \n4. The Changing Meani ng of Improvisation over 100 Years\n\tNo reading.\n5. The ____ of _______ i n the Age of Electronic Distribution.\n\tReading: "The Work of Art in the A ge of Mechanical Reproduction" and “In Plato’s Cave.”\nAnd a possible readi ng list:\nBenjamin\, Walter. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Repr oduction." Illuminations. Ed. Hanna Arendt. New York: Shocken Books\, 1968 . (available online)\nGould\, Glen. "The Prospects of Recording." Audio Cu lture: Readings in Modern Music. High Fidelity Magazine\, vol. 16\, no. 4\, April 1966\, pp. 46-63. Eds. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner. New York: Continuum\, 1966. (available online)\nOstertag\, Bob. Creative Life: Music\ , Politics\, People\, and Machines. Champaign\, IL: Illinois University Pre ss\, 2009.\nOstertag\, Bob. “Are Two Dimensions Enough?” (unpublished manus cript attached to this email.) \nSontag\, Susan. On Photography. New York: Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\, 1977. Chapter One\, “In Plato’s Cave.” (availa ble online)\n\n\nHotpot Lab #7: Bob Ostertag from STEIM Amsterdam on Vimeo. \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\nWe are extremely happy to have ele ctronic / improvised / experimental music innovator\, writer\, activist\, j ournalist\, and many other things - Bob Ostertag to return to STEIM for a 2 day master class and concert.

There are very few whose work has be en as diverse but as consistent as Bob Ostertag's. Whether working as a fre e improvisor or a social justice activist\, exploring multi-media performan ces or conspiring with the Yes Men\, teaching kayaking or Cultural Studies\ , there is a strong will and commitment that as musicians and artists we al l aspire for. What's even more exciting is that he is back to doing music.\n

The 2 day program will feature a series of lectures by Bob\, and in timate discussion sessions with the participants. On the evening of July 14 \, there will be a special concert by Bob\, and two other concerts featurin g brand new work by Jaap Blonk and Jonathan Reus.

BOB OSTERTAG MASTER CLASS &\; CONCERT
\nDate: July 13 &\; 14
\nFee: 25 euros (including concert)
\nAddress: STEIM (front side): Ach tergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\nRESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE: Bob Ostertag Master C lass Registeration

\n
Friday\, July 13th
\n13:00 - 15:00 Mast erclass Session 1
\n16:00 - 18:00 Masterclass Session 2
\n
Saturd ay\, July 14th
\n11:00 - 13:00 Masterclass Session 3
\n14:30 - 16 :30 Masterclass Session 4
\n

CONCERT
\n3 Solo Sets by: Bob Ostert ag\, Jaap Blonk\, Jonathan Reus
\nDate: July 14
\nCharge: 5 euros
\nStart: 20:30
\nAddress: STEIM (Backside): Utrechtsedwaarsstraa t 134\, 1017WK Amsterdam
\n

Bob Ostertag
\nComposer\, performer\, historian\, instrument builder\, jo urnalist\, activist\, kayak instructor\, Bob Ostertag's work cannot easily be summarized or pigeon-holed. He has published 21 CDs of music\, two movie s\, two DVDs\, and three books. His writings on contemporary politics have been published on every continent and in many languages. Electronic instrum ents of his own design are at the cutting edge of both music and video perf ormance technology. He has performed at music\, film\, and multi-media fest ivals around the globe. His radically diverse collaborators include the Kro nos Quartet\, avant garder John Zorn\, heavy metal star Mike Patton\, jazz great Anthony Braxton\, dyke punk rocker Lynn Breedlove\, drag diva Justin Bond\, Quebecois film maker Pierre Hubert\, and others. He is rumored to ha ve connections to the shadowy media guerrilla group The Yes Men. In March 2 006 Ostertag made all of his recordings to which he owns the rights availab le as free digital downloads under a Creative Commons license. He is curren tly Professor of Technocultural Studies and Music at the University of Cali fornia at Davis. More at http://bobosterta g.com

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Here are samples from Bob's l ectures:
\n1. Overview of my work.
\n\tReading: Creative Life\, C hapters 1-3 and Conclusion.

2. Two Projects: Say No More and Living Cinema
\n\tReading: Creative Life\, Chapter 4.

3. The Place of the Body in Technology-Intensive Music.
\n\tReading: "Are Two Dimen sions Enough?" and "The Prospects of Recording."

4. The Changing M eaning of Improvisation over 100 Years
\n\tNo reading.

5. The ____ of _______ in the Age of Electronic Distribution.
\n\tReading: "T he Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" and “In Plato’s Cave. ”

And a possible reading list:
\nBenjamin\, Walter. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." Illuminations. Ed. Hanna Ar endt. New York: Shocken Books\, 1968. (available online)

Gould\, Gl en. "The Prospects of Recording." Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music. High Fidelity Magazine\, vol. 16\, no. 4\, April 1966\, pp. 46-63. Eds. Ch ristopher Cox and Daniel Warner. New York: Continuum\, 1966. (available onl ine)

Ostertag\, Bob. Creative Life: Music\, Politics\, People\, and Machines. Champaign\, IL: Illinois University Press\, 2009.

Ostert ag\, Bob. “Are Two Dimensions Enough?” (unpublished manuscript attached to this email.)

Sontag\, Susan. On Photography. New York: Farrar\, St raus and Giroux\, 1977. Chapter One\, “In Plato’s Cave.” (available online)

Hotpot Lab #7: Bob Ostertag from STEIM Amsterdam on Vimeo.\n LOCATION:Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134\, 1017WK Amsterdam DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120713 DURATION:P2D CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120508T114704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120515T084154Z UID:2805@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/soundstorming-amsterdam/ SUMMARY:Soundstorming –\; Rapid prototyping site-specific sonic interv entions DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/soundstorming-amsterdam/":You mu st register in advance for this workshop through this online form.\nRapid p rototyping of site-specific sound interventions\nThis workshop is an invest igation into the social and acoustic affordances of sound in public spaces. We will spend two days exploring the city of Amsterdam through the practic e of Soundstorming\, a direct exploratory method for fast prototyping of ou tdoor sonic interventions.\nSoundstorming Düsseldorf >\; Köln - in collab oration with IMM\, Düsseldorf and Festival for Applied Acoustics\, Köln\n\n Soundstorming Düsseldorf >\; Köln - in collaboration with IMM\, Düsseldor f and Festival for Applied Acoustics\, Köln\n\nSoundstorming is the inventi on of artist Davide Tidoni\, who recently won an honorable mention at Ars E lectronica for his work A Balloon for Linz. Similar to the process of brain storming\, the pretext of Soundstorming is to provide a freewheeling contex t in which we may explore different listening modes and develop site specif ic installations and interventions.\nSoundstormers stop the walk and interv ene whenever they find an interesting site/context. A sensitive ear\, criti cal awareness\, and sound producing / recording devices constitute each sou ndstormer's basic toolkit.\nDuring the soundstorming walk we will pay parti cular attention to the body as a whole sensory being and as a political sub ject. We will conduct situated listening activities for developing individu al sensitivity to the nature of the city\, as well as develop approaches fo r investigating specific social-cultural contexts and notions of public and private.\nAt the end of the 2 days\, participants will critically present his/her documentation and the experiential data gathered during the explora tion with the group.\nDates: 12-13 May \, 2012\nTime: 10:00 – 18:00 (each d ay)\nInitial Meeting Point: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\nCos t: €35\nMaximum participants: 12\nAdvanced registration is required for thi s workshop through this online form.\nA personal email with practical info about locations and equipment will be sent to registered participants a few days before the start of the workshop.\nSoundstorming in Brescia - Photo c ourtesy Link Center for the Arts of the Information Age\nSoundstorming Düss eldorf >\; Köln - in collaboration with IMM\, Düsseldorf and Festival for Applied Acoustics\, Köln\nSoundstorming in Brescia - Photo courtesy Link C enter for the Arts of the Information Age\n \;\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE \nParticipants must bring along their own sound-making devices for use in o utdoor installations and interventions. Any kind of old or new media equipm ent is welcome. Good examples are bent electronics\, found radios\, small s peakers\, megaphones\, mp3 players\, microphones\, tape recorders and so on . We highly recommend looking for some sound equipment on Queensday\, or at tending the REWIRE Queensday circuit bending workshop in order to prepare s ome sound making devices.\nThings also useful to bring are: a swiss army kn ife\, waterproof clothes\, heavy shoes\, water and food. Remember that you must carry what you bring. We'll be in the city most of the day\, so do not load your backpack too much.\nWORKSHOP LEADER\nWith a particular emphasis on listening modes and sound-space relations Davide Tidoni (IT) realizes a variety of works that include site specific interventions\, acoustic territ ory explorations as well as sound ethnography fieldworks and listening work shops. He has presented his work at the Barbican Centre - London (2012)\, the Ars Electronica Festival - Linz (2011)\, the Venice Architecture Bienna le (2010)\, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Ex eter (2009)\, and RAUM - Bologna (2009).\nSTEIM is very happy to have the o pportunity to invite Davide to conduct his unique sound explorations here i n Amsterdam.\nwww.davidetidoni.name\n \;\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

You must register in advance for this w orkshop through this online form.

R apid prototyping of site-specific sound interventions

This workshop is an investigation into the social and acoustic affordances of sound in public spaces. We will spend two days exploring the city of Am sterdam through the practice of Soundstorming\, a direct exploratory method for fast prototyping of outdoor sonic interventions.

Soundstorming Düsseldorf >\; Köln - i n collaboration with IMM\, Düsseldorf and Festival for Applied Acoustics\, Köln

Soundstorming Düsseldorf >\; Köln - in collabor ation with IMM\, Düsseldorf and Festival for Applied Acoustics\, Köln

Soundstorming is the invention of artist Davide Tidoni\, w ho recently won an honorable mention at Ars Electronica for his work A Balloon for Linz. Similar to the process of brainstormi ng\, the pretext of Soundstorming is to provide a freewheeling context in w hich we may explore different listening modes and develop site specific ins tallations and interventions.

Soundstormers stop the walk and inter vene whenever they find an interesting site/context. A sensitive ear\, crit ical awareness\, and sound producing / recording devices constitute each so undstormer's basic toolkit.

During the soundstorming walk we will p ay particular attention to the body as a whole sensory being and as a polit ical subject. We will conduct situated listening activities for developing individual sensitivity to the nature of the city\, as well as develop appro aches for investigating specific social-cultural contexts and notions of pu blic and private.

At the end of the 2 days\, participants will crit ically present his/her documentation and the experiential data gathered dur ing the exploration with the group.

Dates: 12-13 May \, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 – 18:00 (each day)
\nInitial Meeting Point: STEIM\, A chtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\nCost: €35
\nMaximum participa nts: 12
\nAdvanced registration is required for this workshop through this online form.

A personal email wit h practical info about locations and equipment will be sent to registered p articipants a few days before the start of the workshop.

Soundstorming in Brescia - Photo courtesy Link Center for the Arts of the Information Age

Soundstorming Düsseldorf >\; Köln - in collaboration with IMM\, Dü sseldorf and Festival for Applied Acoustics\, Köln

Soundstorming in Brescia - Photo courtesy Link Center for the Arts of the Information Age

WHAT TO BRING / PREPARE

Participants must bring along their own sound-making devices for use in outdoor install ations and interventions. Any kind of old or new media equipment is welcome . Good examples are bent electronics\, found radios\, small speakers\, mega phones\, mp3 players\, microphones\, tape recorders and so on. We highly re commend looking for some sound equipment on Queensday\, or attending the REWIRE Q ueensday circuit bending workshop in order to prepare some sound making devices.

Things also useful to bring are: a swiss army knife\, wat erproof clothes\, heavy shoes\, water and food. Remember that you must carr y what you bring. We'll be in the city most of the day\, so do not load you r backpack too much.

WORKSHOP LEADER

With a particular em phasis on listening modes and sound-space relations Davide Tidoni (IT) realizes a variety of works that include site specific interve ntions\, acoustic territory explorations as well as sound ethnography field works and listening workshops. He has presented his work at the Barbican C entre - London (2012)\, the Ars Electronica Festival - Linz (2011)\, the Ve nice Architecture Biennale (2010)\, the School of Humanities and Social Sci ences\, University of Exeter (2009)\, and RAUM - Bologna (2009).

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ST EIM is very happy to have the opportunity to invite Davide to conduct his u nique sound explorations here in Amsterdam.
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www.davidetidoni.name
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\n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120512T100000 DURATION:P1DT6H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120424T113304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120508T120723Z UID:2799@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/queensday-digital-camera-mods/ SUMMARY:Digital Camera Mod Workshop w/Phillip Stearns DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/queensday-digital-camera-mods/": Modify old digital cameras to make surreal dream machines\nIn this workshop Brooklyn artist Phillip Stearns will guide you through the process of inte rfacing digital circuits into the electronics of old digital cameras to cre ate beautiful controlled malfunctions.\nIn an open lab format we will disse ct various specimens of digital cameras\, learn to identify the different p arts of the circuits and understand how to rewire them to induce controlled malfunctions. The primary technique we will use is circuit bending\, which requires only a bit of courage and dexterity enough to handle small screwd rivers\, manipulate bits of wire\, and operate a soldering iron.\nOnce we h ave covered basic techniques we will go into more advanced topics such as c ircuit modification/augmentation\, the construction of digital oscillators to interfere with the normal operation of the cameras\, and how to use tran sistors to interface different electronic systems with the digital processi ng chips of the camera. The main goal of the workshop is to develop the bas ics skills necessary for continued individual exploration of digital image generating devices. Discussion on the relationship between technology and t he conceptualization of the body\, mind\, soul will take place throughout.\ n\n\n\nDate: 6 May\, 2012\nTime: 10:00 - 18:00\nCost: €50 (+ cost of parts\ , paid at the workshop - €10)\nLocation: Mediamatic BANK\, Vijzelstraat 68\ , Amsterdam\nMaximum number of participants: 16\nYou must reserve a spot on line to register for this workshop. Registration can be done through our pa rtners at Mediamatic by following this event page.\n\nAlso be sure to check out the other Hack Queensday events happening the weekend of May 5-6 at ST EIM and Mediamatic!\n\nWHAT TO FIND ON QUEENSDAY\nFor this workshop you mus t bring one or more functional digital cameras (sacrificial of course\, nev er circuit bend something you can't live without!). To be on the safe side we suggest you find at least two cameras. The older 1 or 2 megapixel camera s work best for the types of modifications we'll be doing. Kodak\, Olympus\ , Fujifilm\, Canon\, Sony\, and Agfa cameras are all good choices.\nPlease bring a laptop if you have one\, along with any spare memory cards or memor y card readers you can find.\nAlso\, it would be helpful (but not absolutel y necessary) to bring any tools you are fond of using. Cutters\, pliers\, s trippers\, and especially precision screw drivers for opening up the camera s. We'll have a few available but it's always nice to have your own. Circui t components will be provided at the workshop.\nNo knowledge of electronics is necessary to participate in this workshop. Phillip will teach you every thing you need to know.\nWORKSHOP LEADER\nPhillip Stearns (US) received his MFA in music composition and integrated media from the California Institut e of Arts in 2007 and his BS in music technology from the University of Col orado at Denver in 2005. His work has been exhibited internationally at ele ctronics arts festivals\, museums\, and galleries including: Harvestworks ( 2010 NYC)\; Gli.tc/H (2010\, 2011 Chicago\, IL)\; Festival De Arte Digital (2010 Belo Horizonte\, Brazil)\; FILE (2009 Sao Paulo\, Brazil)\; NIME (200 9 Pittsburgh\, PA)\; Filmer La Musique (2009 Paris\, France)\; FONLAD (2009 Coimbra\, Portugal)\; Torrance Art Museum (2008\, 2007 Los Angeles\, CA)\; Optica Film Festival (2011\, 2008 Spain). He has participated in residenci es at IEA (2012)\, Museums Quartier (Vienna 2010)\, STEIM (Amsterdam 2007\, 2010)\, Experimental Television Center (NY 2009)\, Harvestworks (NY 2010)\ , and Free103Point9 (2010-2011). He has curated Bent Festival in 2011\, Alg orithmic Unconscious Group Exhibition\, and organized several concerts in N Y for audio-visual and improvised electronic music.\nPhillip has recently r eceived notoriety for his year-long investigation of digital glitches entit led Year of the Glitch.\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Modify old digital cameras to m ake surreal dream machines
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In this workshop Brooklyn artist Phillip Stearns will guide you through the process of interfacing di gital circuits into the electronics of old digital cameras to create beauti ful controlled malfunctions.
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In an open lab format we will dissect various specimens of digital cameras\, learn to identify the different part s of the circuits and understand how to rewire them to induce controlled ma lfunctions. The primary technique we will use is circuit bending\, which re quires only a bit of courage and dexterity enough to handle small screwdriv ers\, manipulate bits of wire\, and operate a soldering iron.
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Once we have covered basic techniques we will go into more advanced topics such as circuit modification/augmentation\, the construction of digital oscillat ors to interfere with the normal operation of the cameras\, and how to use transistors to interface different electronic systems with the digital proc essing chips of the camera. The main goal of the workshop is to develop the basics skills necessary for continued individual exploration of digital im age generating devices. Discussion on the relationship between technology a nd the conceptualization of the body\, mind\, soul will take place througho ut.
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Date: 6 May\, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 - 18:00
\n Cost: €50 (+ cost of parts\, paid at the workshop - €10)
\nLocation: M ediamatic BANK\, Vijzelstraat 68\, Amsterdam
\nMaximum number of parti cipants: 16
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You must reserve a spot online to register for this workshop. Registration can be done through our partners at Mediamatic by following th is event page.
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Also be sure to check out the oth er Hack Queensday events happening the weekend of May 5-6 at STEIM and Mediamatic!
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WHAT TO FIND ON QUEENSDAY
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For this workshop you must bring one or more functional digital cameras (sacrificia l of course\, never circuit bend something you can't live without!). To be on the safe side we suggest you find at least two cameras. The older 1 or 2 megapixel cameras work best for the types of modifications we'll be doing. Kodak\, Olympus\, Fujifilm\, Canon\, Sony\, and Agfa cameras are all good choices.
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Please bring a laptop if you have one\, along with any spa re memory cards or memory card readers you can find.
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Also\, it woul d be helpful (but not absolutely necessary) to bring any tools you are fond of using. Cutters\, pliers\, strippers\, and especially precision screw dr ivers for opening up the cameras. We'll have a few available but it's alway s nice to have your own. Circuit components will be provided at the worksho p.
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No knowledge of electronics is necessary to participate in this workshop. Phillip will teach you everything you need to know.
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WORK SHOP LEADER
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Phillip Stearns (US) received his MFA in music composition and integrated media from the California Institute of Arts in 2007 and his BS in music technology from the University of Colorad o at Denver in 2005. His work has been exhibited internationally at electro nics arts festivals\, museums\, and galleries including: Harvestworks (2010 NYC)\; Gli.tc/H (2010\, 2011 Chicago\, IL)\; Festival De Arte Digital (201 0 Belo Horizonte\, Brazil)\; FILE (2009 Sao Paulo\, Brazil)\; NIME (2009 Pi ttsburgh\, PA)\; Filmer La Musique (2009 Paris\, France)\; FONLAD (2009 Coi mbra\, Portugal)\; Torrance Art Museum (2008\, 2007 Los Angeles\, CA)\; Opt ica Film Festival (2011\, 2008 Spain). He has participated in residencies a t IEA (2012)\, Museums Quartier (Vienna 2010)\, STEIM (Amsterdam 2007\, 201 0)\, Experimental Television Center (NY 2009)\, Harvestworks (NY 2010)\, an d Free103Point9 (2010-2011). He has curated Bent Festival in 2011\, Algorit hmic Unconscious Group Exhibition\, and organized several concerts in NY fo r audio-visual and improvised electronic music.
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Phillip has recentl y received notoriety for his year-long investigation of digital glitches en titled Year of the Glitch.
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\n LOCATION:Mediamatic BANK\, Vijzelstraat 68\, Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120506T100000 DURATION:PT8H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120324T121631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120428T181415Z UID:2800@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/queensday-circuitbending-workshop/ SUMMARY:Circuitbending with Found Electronics DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/queensday-circuitbending-worksho p/":Absolute beginners introduction to circuitbending. Bring in your Queens day finds and learn the essentials of hacking found electronics.\nIn this w orkshop you'll learn hands-on the basics of circuit bending. Bring in your Queensday finds (at least two electronic devices!)\, open them up\, and sea rch for modifications using the techniques of circuit bending. The workshop will be held over a single day in an open lab format with explanations\, d emos\, and one-on-one attention. All the necessary tools and electronic com ponents except for batteries will be provided.\nCircuit bending is an artis tic approach to electronics. Meaning that no formal engineering training is necessary. Instead we'll use intuition and curiosity as our guide. Success is determined directly by the pleasure of the sounds one discovers\, no ma tter how one might have arrived at those results. The main goal of the work shop is to get everyone comfortable working creatively with found electroni cs. By the end of the workshop everyone will walk away with a newly bent in strument or device.\nSome topics we will cover include:\n\nEnough electroni cs basics to get you opening up electronic gadgets without fear\nUnderstand ing the essential tools of circuit bending\nBasic circuit modifications usi ng common electronic components and controls\nModding device enclosures to add switches\, knobs\, light-sensors\, etc..\n\nDate: 5 May\, 2012\nTime: 1 0:00 - 18:00\nCost: €50 (+ parts cost depending on your individual project\ , paid at the workshop)\nLocation: Mediamatic BANK\, Vijzelstraat 68\, Amst erdam\nMaximum number of participants: 16\nYou must register online to atte nd this workshop. Registration is available through our partners at Mediama tic via this event page.\nAlso be sure to check out the other Hack Queensda y events happening the weekend of May 5-6 at STEIM and Mediamatic!\n\n\n\n \nWHAT TO FIND ON QUEENSDAY\n\nEveryone attending should bring AT LEAST two electronic devices to be bent. The more the better. Circuit bending is an inexact science\, and every once in a while you'll completely fry a device while attempting a difficult bend. The devices MUST run on batteries at a l ow voltage (hacking electronics connected to mains power can be lethal!). B atteries will not be provided\, so please bring adequately fresh batteries to power your electronics.\nSome classic circuit bending devices are:\n- Ra dios (especially older ones.. especially those big battery-powered 80's boo m boxes!)\n- Tape players/recorders (Sony Walkman etc..)\n- Keyboards (Casi o\, Yamaha)\n- Sound making toys (Speak and Spell\, early-model Furby)\nThe tendency in consumer electronics over the last years has been to make thin gs smaller and smaller - hence harder to hack and modify! Try to dig up thi ngs from the 80's or early 90's\, or even older if you get so lucky! Don't be afraid to turn them on and see what kinds of sounds they make before buy ing them.\nIf you would like to bring an enclosure for your electronics tha t's also a nice idea. Often times the original casing of the device is too small to fit all your modifications in\, and needs to be transplanted into a new body. VHS tape cases and cigar boxes are marvelous candidates.\nWe wi ll provide all the tools and components for modifying your devices. At the end of the workshop we ask that you pay for the parts that you used for you r project (you can expect this cost to be somewhere between €5 and €15 depe nding on what you use).\nOnce again\, no knowledge of electronics is necess ary to participate in this workshop. We'll teach you what you need to know! \nWORKSHOP LEADERS\n\nThe lab will be led by STEIM staff along with invited guests. Including but not limited to:\nDaniel Schorno is an experimental c omposer/musician\, born in Zurich/Switzerland. He studied composition in Lo ndon with Melanie Daiken and electronic and computer music in The Hague/Net herlands\, with Joel Ryan and Clarence Barlow. Invited by past STEIM direct or Michel Waisvisz\, he lead STEIM – the renown Dutch Studio for Electro In strumental Music\, and home of ‘New Instruments’ – as Artistic Director unt il 2005. There he collaborated with musicians and artists like Frank van de Ven\, Frances-Marie Uitti\, Netochka Nezvanova\, Laetitia Sonami\, Francis co Lopez\, Jon Rose\, Anne Laberge\, Steina Vasulka\, and numerous Dutch Ne w Music Ensembles and organisations like the FNM/Stuttgart and the Theremin Institute/Moscow. He is currently STEIM’s composer-in-research and creativ e project advisor. Recent works also include the ongoing ‘KAIROS Project’\, where he invites instrumental virtuosi to play along with his new sensor i nstruments. His concerts and workshops have taken him all over Europe and a s far afield as Johannesburg’s Sowe to\, Iceland\, Shanghai and the street artists &\; kids of Guatemala City.\nJonathan Reus is a Dutch/American a rtist working with sound\, electronics and computing technologies. Through improvised music and sound performances he investigates the alien-but-entan gled relationship we share with our ecosystems of machines and information. His background includes studies in mathematics\, folk art\, music composit ion\, artificial intelligence and painting. In the past he has been a compu ter science teacher\, Fulbright research fellow\, banjo picker\, and cyber- hobo.\nJonathan has given talks and done workshops on music and technology at the NIME (New Instruments for Musical Expression) conference in Oslo\, L IG Art Hall in Seoul\, and at Electronic Frequencies Festival in Amsterdam and at STEIM\, where he currently works organizing academic collaborations\ , professional workshops\, and community events.\nPhillip Stearns\nYaniv Sc honfeld\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Absolute beginners introduction to circuitbending. Bring in your Queensday finds and learn the essentials of hacking found electronics.
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In this workshop you'll learn hands-on the basics of circuit bending. Bring in your Queensday find s (at least two electronic devices!)\, open them up\, and search for modifi cations using the techniques of circuit bending. The workshop will be held over a single day in an open lab format with explanations\, demos\, and one -on-one attention. All the necessary tools and electronic components except for batteries will be provided.
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Circuit bending is an artistic app roach to electronics. Meaning that no formal engineering training is necess ary. Instead we'll use intuition and curiosity as our guide. Success is det ermined directly by the pleasure of the sounds one discovers\, no matter ho w one might have arrived at those results. The main goal of the workshop is to get everyone comfortable working creatively with found electronics. By the end of the workshop everyone will walk away with a newly bent instrumen t or device.
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Some topics we will cover include:
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Enou gh electronics basics to get you opening up electronic gadgets without fear
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Understanding the essential tools of circuit bending
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B asic circuit modifications using common electronic components and controls< /li>\n
Modding device enclosures to add switches\, knobs\, light-sensors \, etc..
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Date: 5 May\, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 - 18:00 \nCost: €50 (+ parts cost depending on your individual project\, paid at the workshop)
\nLocation: Mediamatic BANK\, Vijzelstraat 68\, Amste rdam
\nMaximum number of participants: 16
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You must re gister online to attend this workshop. Registration is available through ou r partners at Mediamatic via this event page.
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Also be sure to check out the other Hack Queensday events happen ing the weekend of May 5-6 at STEIM and Mediamatic!
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\nWHA T TO FIND ON QUEENSDAY
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Everyone attending sh ould bring AT LEAST two electronic devices to be bent. The more th e better. Circuit bending is an inexact science\, and every once in a while you'll completely fry a device while attempting a difficult bend. The devi ces MUST run on batteries at a low voltage (hacking electronics connected t o mains power can be lethal!). Batteries will not be provided\, so please b ring adequately fresh batteries to power your electronics.
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Some cla ssic circuit bending devices are:
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- Radios (especially older ones.. especially those big battery-powered 80's boom boxes!)
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- Tape play ers/recorders (Sony Walkman etc..)
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- Keyboards (Casio\, Yamaha)
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- Sound making toys (Speak and Spell\, early-model Furby)
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The tendency in consumer electronics over the last years has been to make thing s smaller and smaller - hence harder to hack and modify! Try to dig up thin gs from the 80's or early 90's\, or even older if you get so lucky! Don't b e afraid to turn them on and see what kinds of sounds they make before buyi ng them.
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If you would like to bring an enclosure for your electroni cs that's also a nice idea. Often times the original casing of the device i s too small to fit all your modifications in\, and needs to be transplanted into a new body. VHS tape cases and cigar boxes are marvelous candidates.\n
We will provide all the tools and components for modifying your dev ices. At the end of the workshop we ask that you pay for the parts that you used for your project (you can expect this cost to be somewhere between €5 and €15 depending on what you use).
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Once again\, no knowledge of e lectronics is necessary to participate in this workshop. We'll teach you wh at you need to know!
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WORKSHOP LEADERS
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The lab will be led by STEIM staff along with invited guests . Including but not limited to:
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Daniel Schorno is an experimental composer/musician\, born in Zurich/Switzerland. He studied composition in London with Melanie Daiken and electronic and computer music in The Hague/Netherlands\, with Joel Ryan and Clarence Barlow. Invited by past STEIM director Michel Waisvisz\, he lead STEIM – the renown Dutch Stud io for Electro Instrumental Music\, and home of ‘New Instruments’ – as Arti stic Director until 2005. There he collaborated with musicians and artists like Frank van de Ven\, Frances-Marie Uitti\, Netochka Nezvanova\, Laetitia Sonami\, Francisco Lopez\, Jon Rose\, Anne Laberge\, Steina Vasulka\, and numerous Dutch New Music Ensembles and organisations like the FNM/Stuttgart and the Theremin Institute/Moscow. He is currently STEIM’s composer-in-res earch and creative project advisor. Recent works also include the ongoing ‘ KAIROS Project’\, where he invites instrumental virtuosi to play along with his new sensor instruments. His concerts and workshops have taken him all over Europe and as far afield as Johannesburg’s Sowe to\, Iceland\, Shangha i and the street artists &\; kids of Guatemala City.
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Jon athan Reus is a Dutch/American artist working with sound\, electro nics and computing technologies. Through improvised music and sound perform ances he investigates the alien-but-entangled relationship we share with ou r ecosystems of machines and information. His background includes studies i n mathematics\, folk art\, music composition\, artificial intelligence and painting. In the past he has been a computer science teacher\, Fulbright re search fellow\, banjo picker\, and cyber-hobo.
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Jonathan has given t alks and done workshops on music and technology at the NIME (New Instrument s for Musical Expression) conference in Oslo\, LIG Art Hall in Seoul\, and at Electronic Frequencies Festival in Amsterdam and at STEIM\, where he cur rently works organizing academic collaborations\, professional workshops\, and community events.
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Phillip Stearns
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Yaniv Schonfeld
\n LOCATION:Mediamatic BANK\, Vijzelstraat 68\, Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120505T100000 DURATION:PT8H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120312T204414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120401T130019Z UID:2428@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/net-acoustics/ SUMMARY:Net Acoustics –\; Global echoes and local resonances DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/net-acoustics/":Global echoes an d local resonances\nIn this workshop artists Jamie Allen and Bernhard Garni cnig will lead explorations in the acoustic potentials of the physical and networked spaces where we spend our days.\nNetworks\, whatever else they ar e\, are sites of rhythmic\, pulsating transfer and reception of signals. Th ese networks have resolutely become the material ‘spaces’ where lives are l ead\, work gets done and social structures emerge. Although informed by the mechanics and material-genealogies of sound making and formats for sound-p ackaging\, the world wide web remains a “space” without acoustics.\nAs a ma terial history\, we might consider the first use of terms such as “channel” to describe audio routing in the acoustic panopticon designs of Athanasius Kircher. As a contemporary environment\, we might consider the internet as an incompletely realized and experienced space\, with an unrealized sonic potential. Sound is architecture\, the internet a space - the audible can h elp us understand these new spaces.\nWe liken network systems to an acousti c environment\, complexes of echoes bouncing and re-bounding from transmitt er to receiver and back again. At either end of this confluence\, exists a physical end-point\, conceived and actualized variously as a data-structure \, a terminal\, a node or a human being. These dynamics are afforded throug h the matter of a network.\nhttp://netacoustics.tumblr.com\nhttp://soundwww alk.com\nDate: Saturday 31 March\, 2012\nTime: 11:00 - 18:00\nCost: €20 (pa yment can be made by credit card or PayPal online\, or in cash upon arrival )\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\nMaximum number of participants: 15 \nAdvanced registration is required for this workshop! You must reserve a spot in advance through this registration link!\nOn Thursda y 29 March at 20:30 Jamie and Bernhard\, along with a host of other artists will perform a live browser-based sound performance at SMART Project Space . Click here for more information. \n \;\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE FOR T HE WORKSHOP\nAll attendees are required to bring a laptop.* The laptop must have Skype and Audacity pre-installed. Skype can be downloaded here: http: //www.skype.com And Audacity can be found here: http://audacity.sourceforge .net/\nPlease also bring a portable device capable of recording sound and a battery powered speaker if you have them.\n*If you do not have a laptop co mputer but would still like to attend the workshop there is a possibility f or STEIM to provide a computer for you. If you would like to use a STEIM co mputer please let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for yo u.\n\n \;\nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nJamie Allen likes to make things with his head and hands. Born in Windsor\, Ontario\, Canada\, he is an artist and r esearcher. He make installed and performance work with audio\, video and e lectronics. His work has been shown internationally – from Eyebeam in New York City to the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool\, to SIGGRAPH Asia in Yokohama\, Japan. He also likes teaching art and desig n with technology to other people and hopes that his approach and projects give people access to the most humane\, straightforward and droll aspects o f the most complex\, incomprehensible of technical structures.\nhttp://heav yside.net/\n \;\nBernhard Garnicnig makes projects in a field circumscr ibed by art\, spaces\, sound and technology. In his research-based practice he establishes networked\, social\, institutional\, conceptual\, technolog ical\, sculptural and audiovisual space-time constellations. These can be o bserved in physical exhibitions\, workshops\, performances and on the inter net. He recently founded the “Agentur für Agency” and the “Office for Appli ed Futurology”. He holds a MA in Digital Arts from the University for Appli ed Arts Vienna (Prof.Peter Weibel). Further studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam. He lives and works in situ and online. \nhttp://www.acgunsdcroses.com/\n \;\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Globa l echoes and local resonances
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In this workshop artist s Jamie Allen and Bernhard Garnicnig will lead explorations in the acoustic potentials of the physical and networked spaces where we spend our days.\n
Networks\, whatever else they are\, are sites of rhythmic\, pulsatin g transfer and reception of signals. These networks have resolutely become the material ‘spaces’ where lives are lead\, work gets done and social stru ctures emerge. Although informed by the mechanics and material-genealogies of sound making and formats for sound-packaging\, the world wide web remain s a “space” without acoustics.
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As a material history\, we might con sider the first use of terms such as “channel” to describe audio routing in the acoustic panopticon designs of Athanasius Kircher. As a contemporary e nvironment\, we might consider the internet as an incompletely realized and experienced space\, with an unrealized sonic potential. Sound is architect ure\, the internet a space - the audible can help us understand these new s paces.
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We liken network systems to an acoustic environment\, comple xes of echoes bouncing and re-bounding from transmitter to receiver and bac k again. At either end of this confluence\, exists a physical end-point\, c onceived and actualized variously as a data-structure\, a terminal\, a node or a human being. These dynamics are afforded through the matter of a netw ork.
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http://netacoustics. tumblr.com
\nhttp://soundwwwalk. com
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Date: Saturday 31 March\, 2012
\nTime: 11:00 - 18: 00
\nCost: €20 (payment can be made by credit card or PayPal online\, or in cash upon arrival)
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\nMaximum number of participants: 15
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Advanced registration is required for this wor kshop! You must reserve a spot in advance through this registration link!
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On T hursday 29 March at 20:30 Jamie and Bernhard\, along with a host of other a rtists will perform a live browser-based sound performance at SMART Project Space. Click he re for more information.
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WHAT TO BRING / PREPARE FOR THE WORKSHOP
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All attendees are required to bring a laptop.* The laptop must have Skype and Audacity pre-installed. Skype can be downloaded here: http://www.skype.com And Audacit y can be found here: http://auda city.sourceforge.net/
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Please also bring a portable device capab le of recording sound and a battery powered speaker if you have them.
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*If you do not have a laptop computer but would still like to attend the workshop there is a possibility for STEIM t o provide a computer for you. If you would like to use a STEIM computer ple ase let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you.\n
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WORKSHOP LEADERS
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Jamie Allen likes to make things with his head and hands. Born in Windsor\, Ontario\, Canad a\, he is an artist and researcher. He make installed and performance work with audio\, video and electronics. His work has been shown international ly – from Eyebeam in New York City to the Foundation for Art and Creative T echnology in Liverpool\, to SIGGRAPH Asia in Yokohama\, Japan. He also lik es teaching art and design with technology to other people and hopes that h is approach and projects give people access to the most humane\, straightfo rward and droll aspects of the most complex\, incomprehensible of technical structures.
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Bernhard Garnicnig makes projec ts in a field circumscribed by art\, spaces\, sound and technology. In his research-based practice he establishes networked\, social\, institutional\, conceptual\, technological\, sculptural and audiovisual space-time constel lations. These can be observed in physical exhibitions\, workshops\, perfor mances and on the internet. He recently founded the “Agentur für Agency” an d the “Office for Applied Futurology”. He holds a MA in Digital Arts from t he University for Applied Arts Vienna (Prof.Peter Weibel). Further studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam. He l ives and works in situ and online.
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http://www.acgunsdcroses.com/
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\n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120331T110000 DURATION:PT7H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120312T202301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120423T185137Z UID:2721@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/camera-tracking-with-isadora/ SUMMARY:!!FULL!! DRIVE-BY WORKSHOP: Video tracking with webcams and Kinect !!FULL!! DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/camera-tracking-with-isadora/":T HIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT.\nAdvanced registration must be made for this work shop. Please reserve a spot online through this registration form.\n\nThis Drive-By workshop is an introduction to video tracking using Isadora softwa re. Learn how to track a moving object with a web camera\, kinect\, or exte rnal video camera\, and use the data that is collected to control different aspects of video or sound. Participants will learn to troubleshoot the pit falls of video tracking\, and are introduced to the concepts behind improve d methods using the Kinect stereoscopic infra-red camera that allows for de pth mapping and human skeleton tracking\, along with knowledge of how to us e OSC mapping to send tracking data into other softwares.\nParticipants rec eive temporary full software licences. Please bring your own laptops. Mac a nd PC users welcome. Basic familiarity with Isadora software is required. Participants will need to prepare some video and audio clips to bring to th e workshop. It is recommended (though not essential) to bring a camera othe r than the built in camera on your laptop. Kinect cameras not required\, bu t also recommended if you have a strong interest in the field.\nDate: 23 Ap ril\, 2011\nTime: 18:30 - 22:30\nCost: €25 (payment can be made by creditca rd or Paypal online\, or in cash on arrival)\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergrach t 19\, Amsterdam\nMaximum number of participants: 15\nReservation must be m ade in advance! Reserve a spot online through this registration form.\nIf y ou're attending this workshop you might also be interested in the Composing and Performing Live Visuals workshop on April 21-22.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
THIS WORKSHOP IS SOLD OUT.
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Advanced registration must be made for this workshop. Please r eserve a spot online through ~~this registration form.~~
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This Drive-By workshop is an introduction to video tracking using Isadora softwa re. Learn how to track a moving object with a web camera\, kinect\, or exte rnal video camera\, and use the data that is collected to control different aspects of video or sound. Participants will learn to troubleshoot the pit falls of video tracking\, and are introduced to the concepts behind improve d methods using the Kinect stereoscopic infra-red camera that allows for de pth mapping and human skeleton tracking\, along with knowledge of how to us e OSC mapping to send tracking data into other softwares.
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Participa nts receive temporary full software licences. Please bring your own laptops . Mac and PC users welcome. Basic familiarity with Isadora software is req uired. Participants will need to prepare some video and audio clips to brin g to the workshop. It is recommended (though not essential) to bring a came ra other than the built in camera on your laptop. Kinect cameras not requir ed\, but also recommended if you have a strong interest in the field.
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Date: 23 April\, 2011
\nTime: 18:30 - 22:30
\nCost: €25 (payment can be made by creditcard or Paypal online\, or in cash on arrival)
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, Amste rdam
\nMaximum number of participants: 15
\nRes ervation must be made in advance! Reserve a spot online through ~~this r egistration form.~~
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If you're attending this workshop you might also be interested in the Composing and Performing Live Visuals workshop on April 21-22.
\ n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120423T183000 DURATION:PT4H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120312T193547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120420T140617Z UID:2713@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/isadora-live-visuals/ SUMMARY:Composing and Performing Live Visuals with Isadora DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/isadora-live-visuals/":Two-day i ntroductory workshop on programming live visuals with an emphasis on VJ/DJ style performance\n\n\nThis workshop is an introduction to graphical progra mming. Create a personalized interface for VJ/DJ style live performance of video and sound. Learn how to compose visuals and control\, manipulate and perform your media in real-time. We will also cover how to interface your s etups to MIDI devices and handheld controllers for live performance purpose s.\nIsadora is graphical programming software\, similar to Max/Msp &\; P ureData\, that can be used in a multitude of different ways\, including liv e control of video\, sound\, lighting\, mechanical objects\, video tracking &\; monitoring of environments.\nWorkshop participants receive temporar y full software licences. Please bring your own laptops. Mac and PC users w elcome.\nDate: 21-22 April\, 2012\nTime: 10:00 - 18:00 each day\n Cost: €90 (payment can be made by credit card or PayPal online\, or in cash upon arr ival)\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\nMaximum number of participants: 15\nRegistration is required for this event and can only be done through this form.\nIf you're attending this workshop you might als o be interested in the Drive-By workshop on using Isadora for video trackin g on the evening of April 23.\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE\nPlease bring your o wn laptops*\, either Mac or PC (Isadora will run on both). Familiarity with your computer’s operating system and basic experience with preparing video &\; audio files is recommended but no prior experience with using Isado ra is needed. You will receive temporary full software licenses as part of the workshop.\nParticipants will also need to prepare some video and audio clips to bring to the workshop. If you own a MIDI controller\, iOS device o r Wii remote\, you will be able to set them up as performance instruments w ithin your Isadora design.\n*STEIM has a limited number of computers availa ble for those who do not have their own machines. If you would like us to p rovide you with a STEIM computer please let us know well in advance.\n \;\nWORKSHOP LEADER\nJamie Griffiths is an interdisciplinary artist working with lens-based mediums\, live performance improvisation\, interactive med ias and softwares. Jamie designs unique tools such as her ‘videmote’ spotli ght\, her pseudo-robot called I.V.Y.\, 3D video installations and a wireles s performance instrument called I.T.\n\nHer early portraits in outsider cul tures of the 1990’s morphed into experiments with therapeutic photography\, collaborating with friends living with trauma\, such as hermaphrodism & \; AIDS\, as well as self portraits exploring metaphysics. Jamie is current ly collaborating with Diego Samper on a new film &\; performance work in the Colombian Amazon\, for exhibition in London\, Vancouver &\; Berlin. \nJamie has been a visiting resident artist at STEIM since 2007 and is curr ently building a new wireless performance instrument with STEIM’s hardware/ software support &\; encouragement. Jamie is a researcher in projection technology &\; adjunct professor in Film &\; Theatre at the Universi ty of British Columbia\, teaches conceptual photography at Langara College in Vancouver\, BC and delivers workshops internationally on art and interac tive technology\, including the STEIM Foundation &\; Rietveld Art Academ ie in Amsterdam\, Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts & \; Technology (Canada) &\; [ s p a c e ] in London (UK).\nwww.jamiegriff iths.com\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Two-day introductory w orkshop on programming live visuals with an emphasis on VJ/DJ style perform ance
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This workshop is an introduction to graphical p rogramming. Create a personalized interface for VJ/DJ style live performanc e of video and sound. Learn how to compose visuals and control\, manipulate and perform your media in real-time. We will also cover how to interface y our setups to MIDI devices and handheld controllers for live performance pu rposes.
\nIsadora is graphical programming so ftware\, similar to Max/Msp &\; PureData\, that can be used in a multitu de of different ways\, including live control of video\, sound\, lighting\, mechanical objects\, video tracking &\; monitoring of environments.
\nWorkshop participants receive temporary full software licences. Please bring your own laptops. Mac and PC users welcome.
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Date: 21-22 A pril\, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 - 18:00 each day
\n C ost: €90 (payment can be made by credit card or PayPal online\, or in cash upon arrival)
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\nMaximum number of participants: 15
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Registration is r equired for this event and can only be done through this form.
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If you're atten ding this workshop you might also be interested in the Drive-By workshop on using Isadora for video tracking on the evening of April 23.
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WH AT TO BRING / PREPARE
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Please bring your own laptops*\, either Mac or PC (Isadora will run on both) . Familiarity with your computer’s operating system and basic experience wi th preparing video &\; audio files is recommended but no prior experienc e with using Isadora is needed. You will receive temporary full software li censes as part of the workshop.
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Participants will also need to prep are some video and audio clips to bring to the workshop. If you own a MIDI controller\, iOS device or Wii remote\, you will be able to set them up as performance instruments within your Isadora design.
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*STEIM has a limited number of computers available for thos e who do not have their own machines. If you would like us to provide you w ith a STEIM computer please let us know well in advance.
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WORKSHOP LEADER
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Jamie Griffiths is an interdisciplinary artist working with lens-based mediums\, live performa nce improvisation\, interactive medias and softwares. Jamie designs unique tools such as her ‘videmote’ spotlight\, her pseudo-robot called I.V.Y.\, 3 D video installations and a wireless performance instrument called I.T.
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Her early portraits in outsider cul tures of the 1990’s morphed into experiments with therapeutic photography\, collaborating with friends living with trauma\, such as hermaphrodism & \; AIDS\, as well as self portraits exploring metaphysics. Jamie is current ly collaborating with Diego Samper on a new film &\; performance work in the Colombian Amazon\, for exhibition in London\, Vancouver &\; Berlin.
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Jamie has been a visiting resident artist at STEIM since 2007 and is currently building a new wireless performance instrument with STEIM’s ha rdware/software support &\; encouragement. Jamie is a researcher in pro jection technology &\; adjunct professor in Film &\; Theatre at the U niversity of British Columbia\, teaches conceptual photography at Langara C ollege in Vancouver\, BC and delivers workshops internationally on art and interactive technology\, including the STEIM Foundation &\; Rietveld Art Academie in Amsterdam\, Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Ar ts &\; Technology (Canada) &\; [ s p a c e ] in London (UK).
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www.jamiegriffiths.com
\n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120421T100000 DURATION:P1DT8H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120301T161336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120530T141409Z UID:2663@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/ccrma-invention-embedded-instrument-design/ SUMMARY:Satellite CCRMA: Interactive design with open embedded computers &# 8211\; FULL DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/ccrma-invention-embedded-instrum ent-design/":This workshop is full. It is possible to be put on a waiting l ist by filling out this online registration form. In the case that a spot o pens up we will contact you.\nInvention and interaction design workshop wit h CCRMA researchers\n\nThis is an in-depth course in physical interaction d esign led by researchers Edgar Berdahl and Florian Goltz. In this workshop we will explore the essential notions of interactive art and invention thro ugh working with small embeddable computers (the open\, DIY-friendly Beagle Board). These small computers combine the connectivity of a laptop with th e computational power of a high-end smartphone\; however they are less expe nsive than either and fit inside a cigar box. We will dedicate much of the workshop to prototyping new functional artworks\, for example: musical inst ruments\, effects processors\, interactive installation works\, and anythin g else you can imagine that requires high computational power in a small\, inexpensive footprint.\nIn the broader sense this workshop deals with inter action design: What happens when human behaviours meet those of machines? H ow do the devices we use determine the style of interaction? How do we desi gn for the limitations of human performance and the affordances of machines ? A key component of this workshop will be learning about the process of ma king something that interacts with the real world. We will cover the topic of physical interaction design in depth\, using the physical interaction de sign framework developed by Bill Verplank as a fundamental approach.\n \;\n\n \;\nSpecific topics we will cover include:\n\nThe core perspecti ves of physical interaction design: idea\, metaphor\, model\, display\, err or\, scenario\, tasks\, and control\nExercises in invention\, brainstorming and sketching\nA survey of existing controllers and interactive music prac tices\nEmbedded\, open computing with Linux and the Beagle Board\nSensor te chnologies (force-sensitive\, capacitive\, optical\, and acceleration) and the design of custom DIY sensors using conductive and piezoelectric fabrics \nApplications of sensors and electronics to real-time music\nProgramming m usic synthesis and effects with PureData\nInterfacing sensors with the Beag le Board using the Arduino Nano\nHands-on work with analog and digital elec tronics\n\n \;\nDates: 11 - 15 June \, 2012\nTime: 10:00 – 19:00 each d ay with lunch break\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\n Cost: €300 registration + cost of workshop kit *(see below)\nFor those trav eling from abroad\, STEIM has available a number of rooms in our artist hot el for a discounted rate. Please contact us directly by email if you are in terested in reserving one of these rooms.\n\n \;\n\nThe Beagle Board at the heart of our creations will be running Satellite CCRMA\, a special fla vor of the Linux operating system developed at Stanford University. Include d in Satellite CCRMA is PureData\, a widely-used open-source visual program ming language for real-time sound synthesis and processing. We'll be using PureData for most of the programming of sound and interaction on our device s.\nThe workshop is intended for musicians or composers\, makers\, engineer s\, industrial designers\, or anybody looking to learn more about interacti on design with basic analog and digital electronics. Please see the Physica l Interaction Design for Music course taught at Stanford University for mor e information.\n \;\n* We will provide workshop kits containing all the necessary hardware (BeagleBoard\, Arduino Nano\, breadboard\, sensors\, an d components). The kits can then be purchased and taken home at the end of the workshop after you have built your prototypes. Thanks to a generous don ation of components by the FLORIS.CC webshop we are able to sell the kits f or €165. The price of the kits may come down even further as we seek out ad ditional sponsors.\n \;\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE\nEach participant must bring a Max OS X\, Linux\, or Windows laptop. A pair of headphones with a stereo minijack connector. And a willingness to experiment and invent! To s ave time\, we ask that Windows users pre-install Cygwin in advance of the w orkshop so that openssh\, xinit\, and the “required” packages are all avail able.\nEven though we'll be focusing on using PureData\, any Linux-compatib le synthesis software *should* theoretically run on the BeagleBoard. If you 're interested in using something other than PD please let us know beforeha nd so we can prepare.\nYou should have some programming know-how (for examp le: MaxMSP\, Javascript\, or Python) for this workshop\, though you certain ly don't need to be an expert. We will be providing numerous examples to ge t you off the ground.\nThe kits can be used for prototyping new kinds of ef fects boxes (for instance\, for guitar). If you are interested in creating a programmable effects box then please email the workshop leaders in advanc e so we can provide a 1/4" guitar cable connector for you.\n\n \;\nWORK SHOP LEADERS\nEdgar Berdahl is the lead developer of the Satellite CCRMA pl atform for developing new musical instruments and sound art installations. Edgar received his PhD at CCRMA\, Stanford University in the area of new mu sical instrument design. His research now spans the interdisciplinary fiel ds of new media art\, haptics\, force-feedback control\, acoustics\, actuat ed musical instruments\, physical modeling\, physical interaction design\, and Autonomous New Media Artefacts (AutoNMA). Edgar is the inventor of the haptic drum\, which enables a musician to make gestures that would otherwi se be difficult or impossible\, and in general he aims to make new digital interactions seem more analog.\nFlorian Goltz is an artist and engineer liv ing in Berlin who designs sound art installations. Florian received a maste r's degree in Communication Science and Technical Acoustics from the Techni cal University of Berlin\, where he worked extensively with Arduino\, Linux \, Pure Data (pd)\, and SuperCollider.\n\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This workshop is full. It is possible t o be put on a waiting list by filling out this online registrati on form. In the case that a spot opens up we will contact you.
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Invention and interaction design workshop with CCRMA resea rchers
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This is an in-depth course in physical interaction design led by researchers Edgar Berdahl and Florian Goltz. In this workshop we will explore the essential notions of interactive art and invention through working with small embeddable computers (the open\, DIY-f riendly Beagle Board). These small co mputers combine the connectivity of a laptop with the computational power o f a high-end smartphone\; however they are less expensive than either and f it inside a cigar box. We will dedicate much of the workshop to prototyping new functional artworks\, for example: musical instruments\, effects proce ssors\, interactive installation works\, and anything else you can imagine that requires high computational power in a small\, inexpensive footprint.\n
In the broader sense this workshop deals with interaction design: W hat happens when human behaviours meet those of machines? How do the device s we use determine the style of interaction? How do we design for the limit ations of human performance and the affordances of machines? A key componen t of this workshop will be learning about the process of making something t hat interacts with the real world. We will cover the topic of physical inte raction design in depth\, using the physical interaction design framework d eveloped by Bill Verpl ank as a fundamental approach.
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Specific topics we wil l cover include:
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The core perspectives of physical interacti on design: idea\, metaphor\, model\, display\, error\, scenario\, tasks\, a nd control
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Exercises in invention\, brainstorming and sketching\n
A survey of existing controllers and interactive music practices\n
Embedded\, open computing with Linux and the Beagle Board
\nSensor technologies (force-sensitive\, capacitive\, optical\, and acceler ation) and the design of custom DIY sensors using conductive and piezoelect ric fabrics\n
Applications of sensors and electronics to real-time music
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Programming music synthesis and effects with PureData
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Interfacing sensors with the Beagle Board using the Arduino Nano
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Hands-on work with analog and digital electronics
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Da tes: 11 - 15 June \, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 – 19:00 each day with lunch br eak
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\nCost : €300 registration + cost of workshop kit * (see below)
\nFor those traveling from abroad\, STEIM has avail able a number of rooms in our artist hotel for a discounted rate. Please co ntact us directly by email if you are interested in reserving one of these rooms.
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The Beagle Board at the heart of our creations will be running Satellite CCRMA\, a special flavor of the Linux operating system developed at Stanford University. Included in Satell ite CCRMA is PureData\, a widely-used o pen-source visual programming language for real-time sound synthesis and pr ocessing. We'll be using PureData for most of the programming of sound and interaction on our devices.
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The workshop is intended for musicians or composers\, makers\, engineers\, industrial designers\, or anybody looki ng to learn more about interaction design with basic analog and digital ele ctronics. Please see the Physical Interaction Design for Music course taught at Stanford Univer sity for more information.
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* We will provide workshop kits containing all the necessary har dware (BeagleBoard\, Arduino Nano\, breadboard\, sensors\, and components). The kits can then be purchased and taken home at the end of the workshop a fter you have built your prototypes. Thanks to a generous donation of compo nents by the FLORI S.CC webshop we are able to sell the kits for €165. The price of the kits may come down even further as we seek out additional sponsors.
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WHAT TO BRING / PREPARE
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Each pa rticipant must bring a Max OS X\, Linux\, or Windows laptop. A pair of head phones with a stereo minijack connector. And a willingness to experiment an d invent! To save time\, we ask that Windows users pre-install Cygwin in advance of the workshop so that openssh\ , xinit\, and the “required” packages are all available.
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Even thoug h we'll be focusing on using PureData\, any Linux-compatible synthesis soft ware *should* theoretically run on the BeagleBoard. If you're interested in using something other than PD please let us know beforehand so we can prep are.
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You should have some programming know-how (for example: MaxMSP \, Javascript\, or Python) for this workshop\, though you certainly don't n eed to be an expert. We will be providing numerous examples to get you off the ground.
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The kits can be used for prototyping new kinds of effec ts boxes (for instance\, for guitar). If you are interested in creating a p rogrammable effects box then please email the workshop leaders in advance s o we can provide a 1/4" guitar cable connector for you.
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WORKSHOP LEADE RS
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Edgar Berdahl is the lead developer of the Sat ellite CCRMA platform for developing new musical instruments and sound art installations. Edgar received his PhD at CCRMA\, Stanford University in the area of new musical instrument design. His research now spans the interdi sciplinary fields of new media art\, haptics\, force-feedback control\, aco ustics\, actuated musical instruments\, physical modeling\, physical intera ction design\, and Autonomous New Media Artefacts (AutoNMA). Edgar is the inventor of the haptic drum\, which enables a musician to make gestures tha t would otherwise be difficult or impossible\, and in general he aims to ma ke new digital interactions seem more analog.
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Florian Goltz is an artist and engineer living in Berlin who designs sound art installations. Florian received a master's degree in Communication Science and Technical Acoustics from the Technical University of Berlin\, where he worked extensively with Arduino\, Linux\, Pure Data (pd)\, and SuperCollide r.
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\n LOCATION:STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120611T100000 DURATION:P4DT9H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120220T113635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120405T175841Z UID:553@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-workshop-3/ SUMMARY:Essentials of SuperCollider #3 DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-work shop-3/":Advance registration is required for this event and can only be do ne through this form.\nSuperCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the esse ntials of making synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider\nThis is the third workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider. SuperCollide r is a free and open source sound and music language designed used by artis ts worldwide to realize sonic ideas. SuperCollider is supported by a large and helpful community\, but despite this many beginners still find it hard knowing how to get started. The focus of this workshop series is to get you over that initial learning hump and into a place where you feel comfortabl e enough with SC to dive deeper on your own.\nThe workshop will take place in three evening sessions of four hours each\, progressively covering topic s such as building synths\, composing and sequencing sound\, and live perfo rmance using midi controllers and other electronic interfaces.\nYou must re gister to attend these workshops. Each session costs €25\, which is payable on arrival. It is also possible to pay by credit card or paypal for all th ree workshops.\nThe course will be taught jointly by Marije Baalman and Tij s Ham.\nWorkshop Dates:\nThursday 26 April\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting star ted with building synths\nThursday 10 May\, 2012 - Session 2: Composing and sequencing\nThursday 31 May\, 2012 - Session 3: Control\, performance\, an d interaction\nTime: 18:30 - 22:30\n Cost: €25 per workshop\n Location: STE IM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\n Maximum number of participants: 1 5\n\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE\nAll participants are expected to bring their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software before the workshop . The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net /downloads/\n*STEIM has a limited number of computers available for those w ho do not have their own. If you would like to use one of these machines pl ease let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you.\n \;\nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nMarije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\, resear cher\, and engineer whose primary interest lies in the use of wireless netw orks for live performance (such as dance and music)\, and installations. Sh e has studied Perceptual Acoustics at the Technical University in Delft\, S onology at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague\, and completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and electro-acoustic music at the Electronic Studio o f the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a post- doctoral researcher in Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal . Marije is a well-respected expert in SuperCollider. She has given SuperCo llider workshops worldwide and has contributed chapters to "The SuperCollid er Book" (MIT Press\, 2011). http://www.nescivi.nl/\nTijs Ham composes and performs electronic music under the name Tapage. Besides his work as a musi cian\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider courses at the Music Technology pro gram at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is currently working at STEIM investigat ing the way sonic material can be categorized for playback using self organ izing maps and neural networks. http://tympanikaudio.com/artists/tapage/\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Advance registration is required for th is event and can only be done through this form.
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Su perCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the essentials of making synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider
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This is t he third workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider. SuperCollider is a free and open source sound and music language designed used by artists w orldwide to realize sonic ideas. SuperCollider is supported by a large and helpful community\, but despite this many beginners still find it hard know ing how to get started. The focus of this workshop series is to get you ove r that initial learning hump and into a place where you feel comfortable en ough with SC to dive deeper on your own.
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The workshop will take pla ce in three evening sessions of four hours each\, progressively covering to pics such as building synths\, composing and sequencing sound\, and live pe rformance using midi controllers and other electronic interfaces.
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Y ou must register to attend these workshops. Each session costs €25\, which is payable on arrival. It is also possible to pay by credit card or paypal for all three workshops.
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The course will be taught jointly by Marij e Baalman and Tijs Ham.
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Workshop Dates:
\nThursday 26 Apri l\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting started with building synths
\nThursday 10 May\, 2012 - Session 2: Composing and sequencing
\n Thursday 31 May\, 2012 - Sess ion 3: Control\, performance\, and interaction
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Time: 1 8:30 - 22:30
\n Cost: €25 per workshop
\n Locat ion: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\n Maximum nu mber of participants: 15
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WHAT TO BRING / PREPARE
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All participants are expected t o bring their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software befor e the workshop. The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/do wnloads/
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*STEIM has a limited number of computers available for those who do not have their own. If you would like to use one of these mac hines please let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you .
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WORKSHOP LEADERS
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Marije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\, researcher\, and engineer whose p rimary interest lies in the use of wireless networks for live performance ( such as dance and music)\, and installations. She has studied Perceptual Ac oustics at the Technical University in Delft\, Sonology at the Royal Conser vatory in the Hague\, and completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and e lectro-acoustic music at the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a post-doctoral researcher in Comp utation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. Marije is a well-respecte d expert in SuperCollider. She has given SuperCollider workshops worldwide and has contributed chapters to "The SuperCollider Book" (MIT Press\, 2011) . http://www.nescivi.nl/
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Tijs Ham composes and performs electronic music under the name Tapage. Besides his work as a musician\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider c ourses at the Music Technology program at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is cur rently working at STEIM investigating the way sonic material can be categor ized for playback using self organizing maps and neural networks. http://tympanikaudio.com/artists/ tapage/
\n LOCATION:Steim\, Achtergracht 19\, Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120531T183000 DURATION:PT4H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120220T113435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20120426T224950Z UID:547@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-workshop-2/ SUMMARY:Essentials of SuperCollider #2 DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-work shop-2/":Advance registration is required for this event and can only be do ne through this form.\nSuperCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the esse ntials of making synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider\nThis is the second workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider. SuperCollid er is a free and open source sound and music language designed used by arti sts worldwide to realize sonic ideas. SuperCollider is supported by a large and helpful community\, but despite this many beginners still find it hard knowing how to get started. The focus of this workshop series is to get yo u over that initial learning hump and into a place where you feel comfortab le enough with SC to dive deeper on your own.\nThe workshop will take place in three evening sessions of four hours each\, progressively covering topi cs such as building synths\, composing and sequencing sound\, and live perf ormance using midi controllers and other electronic interfaces.\nYou must r egister to attend these workshops. Each session costs €25\, which is payabl e on arrival. It is also possible to pay by credit card or paypal for all t hree workshops.\nThe course will be taught jointly by Marije Baalman and Ti js Ham.\nWorkshop Dates:\nThursday 26 April\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting sta rted with building synths\nThursday 10 May\, 2012 - Session 2: Composing an d sequencing\nThursday 31 May\, 2012 - Session 3: Control\, performance\, a nd interaction\nTime: 18:30 - 22:30\n Cost: €25 per workshop\n Location: ST EIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\n Maximum number of participants: 15\n \;\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE\nAll participants are expected to brin g their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software before the workshop. The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider.sourcef orge.net/downloads/\n*STEIM has a limited number of computers available for those who do not have their own. If you would like to use one of these mac hines please let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you .\n \;\nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nMarije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\ , researcher\, and engineer whose primary interest lies in the use of wirel ess networks for live performance (such as dance and music)\, and installat ions. She has studied Perceptual Acoustics at the Technical University in D elft\, Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague\, and completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and electro-acoustic music at the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a post-doctoral researcher in Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. Marije is a well-respected expert in SuperCollider. She has given SuperCollider workshops worldwide and has contributed chapters to "The Sup erCollider Book" (MIT Press\, 2011). http://www.nescivi.nl/\nTijs Ham compo ses and performs electronic music under the name Tapage. Besides his work a s a musician\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider courses at the Music Techno logy program at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is currently working at STEIM in vestigating the way sonic material can be categorized for playback using se lf organizing maps and neural networks. http://tympanikaudio.com/artists/ta page/\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Advance registration is required for th is event and can only be done through this form.
\nSuperCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the essentials of making synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider\n
This is the second workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider. SuperCollider is a free and open source sound and music language designed used by artists worldwide to realize sonic ideas. SuperCollider is supporte d by a large and helpful community\, but despite this many beginners still find it hard knowing how to get started. The focus of this workshop series is to get you over that initial learning hump and into a place where you fe el comfortable enough with SC to dive deeper on your own.
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The works hop will take place in three evening sessions of four hours each\, progress ively covering topics such as building synths\, composing and sequencing so und\, and live performance using midi controllers and other electronic inte rfaces.
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You must register to attend these workshops. Each session c osts €25\, which is payable on arrival. It is also possible to pay by credi t card or paypal for all three workshops.
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The course will be taught jointly by Marije Baalman and Tijs Ham.
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Workshop Dates:
\ nThursday 26 April\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting started with building synths
\nThursday 10 May\, 2012 - < a title="Essentials of SuperCollider workshop #2" href="http://steim.org/ev ent/essentials-of-supercollider-workshop-2/">Session 2: Composing and seque ncing
\nThursday 31 May\, 2012 - Session 3: Control\, performance\, and interaction
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Time: 18:30 - 22:30
\n Cost: €25 per workshop \n Location: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
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All participants are expected to bring their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software before the workshop . The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/downloads/\n
*STEIM has a limited number of computers available for those who do not have their own. If you would like to use one of these machines please l et us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you.
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Marije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\, researcher\, and engineer whose primary interes t lies in the use of wireless networks for live performance (such as dance and music)\, and installations. She has studied Perceptual Acoustics at the Technical University in Delft\, Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague\, and completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and electro-acousti c music at the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. Bet ween 2007 and 2010 she was a post-doctoral researcher in Computation Arts a t Concordia University in Montreal. Marije is a well-respected expert in Su perCollider. She has given SuperCollider workshops worldwide and has contri buted chapters to "The SuperCollider Book" (MIT Press\, 2011). http://www.nescivi.nl/
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Tijs Ham composes and performs electronic music under the name Tapage. Beside s his work as a musician\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider courses at the Music Technology program at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is currently working at STEIM investigating the way sonic material can be categorized for playb ack using self organizing maps and neural networks. http://tympanikaudio.com/artists/tapage/
\n LOCATION:Steim\, Achtergracht 19\, Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120510T183000 DURATION:PT4H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120220T112905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20121129T141236Z UID:543@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-workshop-1/ SUMMARY:!!!FULL!!! Essentials of SuperCollider #1 !!!FULL!!! DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/essentials-of-supercollider-work shop-1/":Advance registration is required for this event and can only be do ne through this form.\nSuperCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the esse ntials of making synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider\nThis is an absolute beginner's course in SuperCollider that will teach you from the ground up what you need to know to start making music. SuperCollider is an immensely powerful real-time sound programming language used by artists \, musicians\, and researchers worldwide to realize sonic ideas. SuperColli der is free\, open source\, and is supported by a large and helpful interna tional community. Despite the strong community\, many beginners still find it hard knowing how to get started with SC. The focus of this workshop seri es is to get you over that initial learning hump and into a place where you feel comfortable enough with SC to dive deeper on your own.\nThe workshop will take place in three evening sessions of four hours each\, progressivel y covering topics such as building synths\, composing and sequencing sound\ , and live performance using midi controllers and other electronic interfac es.\nYou must register to attend these workshops. Each session costs €25\, which is payable on arrival. It is also possible to pay by credit card or p aypal for all three workshops.\nThe course will be taught jointly by Marije Baalman and Tijs Ham.\nWorkshop Dates:\nThursday 26 April\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting started with building synths\nThursday 10 May\, 2012 - Session 2: Composing and sequencing\nThursday 31 May\, 2012 - Session 3: Control\, performance\, and interaction\nTime: 18:30 - 22:30\n Cost: €25 per workshop \n Location: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam\n Maximum number of participants: 15\n\nWHAT TO BRING / PREPARE\nAll participants are expected to bring their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software bef ore the workshop. The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider .sourceforge.net/downloads/\n*STEIM has a limited number of computers avail able for those who do not have their own. If you would like to use one of t hese machines please let us know well in advance so that we can arrange one for you.\n \;\nWORKSHOP LEADERS\nMarije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\, researcher\, and engineer whose primary interest lies in the use of wireless networks for live performance (such as dance and music)\, and i nstallations. She has studied Perceptual Acoustics at the Technical Univers ity in Delft\, Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague\, and comple ted her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and electro-acoustic music at the Ele ctronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a post-doctoral researcher in Computation Arts at Concordia Univer sity in Montreal. Marije is a well-respected expert in SuperCollider. She h as given SuperCollider workshops worldwide and has contributed chapters to "The SuperCollider Book" (MIT Press\, 2011). http://www.nescivi.nl/\nTijs H am composes and performs electronic music under the name Tapage. Besides hi s work as a musician\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider courses at the Musi c Technology program at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is currently working at STEIM investigating the way sonic material can be categorized for playback using self organizing maps and neural networks. http://tympanikaudio.com/ar tists/tapage/\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Advance registration is required for th is event and can only be done ~~through this form~~.
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~~SuperCollider for absolute beginners. Learn the essentials of mak ing synths\, composing\, and playing with SuperCollider~~
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This is an absolute beginner's course in SuperCollider that will teach y ou from the ground up what you need to know to start making music. SuperCol lider is an immensely powerful real-time sound programming language used by artists\, musicians\, and researchers worldwide to realize sonic ideas. Su perCollider is free\, open source\, and is supported by a large and helpful international community. Despite the strong community\, many beginners sti ll find it hard knowing how to get started with SC. The focus of this works hop series is to get you over that initial learning hump and into a place w here you feel comfortable enough with SC to dive deeper on your own.
\nThe workshop will take place in three evening sessions of four hours each \, progressively covering topics such as building synths\, composing and se quencing sound\, and live performance using midi controllers and other elec tronic interfaces.
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You must register to attend these workshops. Eac h session costs €25\, which is payable on arrival. It is also possible to p ay by credit card or paypal for all three workshops.
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The course wil l be taught jointly by Marije Baalman and Tijs Ham.
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Workshop Da tes:
\nThursday 26 April\, 2012 - Session 1: Getting started with building synths
\nThursday 10 May \, 2012 - Session 2: Composin g and sequencing
\nThursday 31 May\, 2012 - Session 3: Control\, performance\, and interaction< /a>
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Time: 18:30 - 22:30
\n Cost: €25 per wor kshop
\n Location: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\, 1017WL Amsterdam
\n Maximum number of participants: 15
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WHAT TO BRING / PREPARE
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All participants are expected to bring their own computer* and to install the SuperCollider software before the wor kshop. The software can be downloaded here: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/downloads/< /a>
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*STEIM has a limited number of c omputers available for those who do not have their own. If you would like t o use one of these machines please let us know well in advance so that we c an arrange one for you.
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WORKSHOP LEADERS\n
Marije Baalman is a multidisciplinary artist\, rese archer\, and engineer whose primary interest lies in the use of wireless ne tworks for live performance (such as dance and music)\, and installations. She has studied Perceptual Acoustics at the Technical University in Delft\, Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague\, and completed her Ph.D. on Wave Field Synthesis and electro-acoustic music at the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a pos t-doctoral researcher in Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montre al. Marije is a well-respected expert in SuperCollider. She has given Super Collider workshops worldwide and has contributed chapters to "The SuperColl ider Book" (MIT Press\, 2011). http://www. nescivi.nl/
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Tijs Ham composes and performs ele ctronic music under the name Tapage. Besides his work as a musician\, Tijs teaches basic SuperCollider courses at the Music Technology program at the HKU in Hilversum\, and is currently working at STEIM investigating the way sonic material can be categorized for playback using self organizing maps a nd neural networks. http ://tympanikaudio.com/artists/tapage/
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Date: 2-3 MA RCH\, 2013
\nTime: 10-17h each day
\nCost: €110 (includes €25 sen sor kit &\; parts)
\nM aximum Participants: 12
\nLocation: STEIM Concert Space\, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134\, Amsterdam

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