BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//icalevents.anmari.com//amr-events 3.0.9//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:STEIM X-WR-CALDESC:Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20130312T210520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T165256Z UID:4872@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/bastl-diy-microgranny-workshop-for-total-beginners-t ake-home-a-microgranny/ SUMMARY:MICROGRANNY + BASTL (DIY) electronics workshop for beginners DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/bastl-diy-microgranny-workshop-f or-total-beginners-take-home-a-microgranny/":Reservation for this workshop must be made in advance using this registration form.\nBastl is a Czech ter m for DIY that describes a particular era of eastern-bloc underground artis ts who worked heavily with electronics. This is a "modern Bastl" workshop f or total beginners to learn about the modern approach to making art with el ectronics and open source hardware/software. The workshop will focus around building your own open-source digital sampler\, the microGranny\, that you will take home with you after the workshop.\n\n(read more about the microG ranny here on Create Digital Music)\nWhat you will learn:\n\nthe essentials of working with electronics: soldering and important terminology\nthe basi cs of working with synthesizers and samplers\nan introduction to the world of open-source hardware and it's possibilities\ncurrent and historic trends in DIY electronic arts culture and bastl\n\nThe workshop is taught by the founders of Standuino\, a cultural initiative and DIY electronics platform that celebrates the rich history of underground bastl artists from the form er Czechoslovakia.\n\n \;\nDETAILS\n\nDATE: WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL\, 2013\nT IME: 10:00 - until finish\nCOST: €90 (includes all parts costs of microGran ny granular sampler)\nMAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS: 15\nLOCATION: STEIM Concert Spa ce\, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134 Amsterdam\n \;\nWHAT TO BRING / PREREQUIS ITES\n \;\nAll parts and equipment are included as part of the workshop registration fee. No prior knowledge of electronics\, programming\, or dig ital synthesis is necessary for this workshop. The workshop leaders will te ach you everything you need to know.\nPlease bring a pair of headphones to be able to listen to your instrument!\n \;\nWORKSHOP LEADERS\n \;\n Václav Peloušek is an artist\, musician and inventor and Ondřej Merta is an artist\, musician\, actor\, DJ and filmmaker both born in Brno. They both studied at the Art &\; Science Department of the University of Applied A rts in Vienna and at Multimedia Department of Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno. Peloušek studied also Multimedia Composition at Janáček Academy of Perform ing Arts in Brno and New Media at Winchester School of Art. Merta studied a lso Film Theory\, Aesthetics at Masaryk University in Brno. They are the fo unders of Standuino project and members of bands Hugo &\; Zoe\, CaveArt and Standuino Orchestra. They are also members of 4AM mediaLab and Grau Kll ktv.\n\n \;\nVáclav Peloušek and Ondřej Merta are founders of the Stand uino project. Standuino was founded on May 2011 at Multiplace festival with workshop that took place at 4AM medialab gallery in Brno. Since then\, the Standuino project has spawned a series of musical instruments such as the fraAngelico and microGranny. The Standuino creative team consists of Ondřej Merta\, Václav Peloušek\, Martin Baar\, Ondřej Homola and others. Since st arting Standuino the team has carried out over 25 workshops in 7 countries in Europe\, as well as Standuino solo exhibitions at REMAKE festival in Brn o and at Boutique in Cologne.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Reservation for this workshop must be made in advance using this regi stration form.

Bastl is a Czech term for DIY t hat describes a particular era of eastern-bloc underground artists who work ed heavily with electronics. This is a "modern Bastl" workshop for total be ginners to learn about the modern approach to making art with electronics a nd open source hardware/software. The workshop will focus around building y our own open-source digital sampler\, the microGranny\, that you will take home with you after the workshop.

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What you will learn:

the essentials of working with electronics: soldering and important termin ology
the basics of working with synthesizers and samplers
an introduction to the world of open-source hardware and it's possibili ties
current and historic trends in DIY electronic arts culture a nd bastl

The workshop is taught by the founders of Standuino\ , a cultural initiative and DIY electronics platform that celebrates the ri ch history of underground bastl artists from the former Czechoslovakia.

DETAILS

\nDATE: WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL\, 2013
\nTIME: 10:00 - until fini sh
\nCOST: €90 (includes all parts costs of microGranny granular sampl er)
\nMAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS: 15
\nLOCATION: STEIM Concert Space\, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134 Amsterdam

WHAT TO BR ING / PREREQUISITES

All parts and equipment are in cluded as part of the workshop registration fee. No prior knowledge of elec tronics\, programming\, or digital synthesis is necessary for this workshop . The workshop leaders will teach you everything you need to know.

Please bring a pair of headphones to be able to listen to your instrument!< /p>\n

WORKSHOP LEADERS

Václav Peloušek is an artist\, musician and inventor and O ndřej Merta is an artist\, musician\, actor\, DJ and filmmaker bot h born in Brno. They both studied at the Art &\; Science Department of t he University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at Multimedia Department of Fac ulty of Fine Arts in Brno. Peloušek studied also Multimedia Composition at Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno and New Media at Winchester Scho ol of Art. Merta studied also Film Theory\, Aesthetics at Masaryk Universit y in Brno. They are the founders of Standuino project and members of bands Hugo &\; Zoe\, CaveArt and Standuino Orchestra. They are also members of 4AM me diaLab and Grau Kll ktv.

Standuino workshop

Václav Peloušek and Ondřej M erta are founders of the Standuino project. Standuino was founded on May 2011 at Multiplace festival with workshop that took place at 4AM medial ab gallery in Brno. Since then\, the Standuino project has spawned a series of musical instruments such as the fraAngelico and microGranny. The Standu ino creative team consists of Ondřej Merta\, Václav Peloušek\, Martin Baar\ , Ondřej Homola and others. Since starting Standuino the team has carried o ut over 25 workshops in 7 countries in Europe\, as well as Standuino solo e xhibitions at REMAKE festival in Brno and at Boutique in Cologne.

\n LOCATION:STEIM Concert Space\, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134 Amsterdam DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20130403T100000 DURATION:PT10H CLASS:PUBLIC STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR