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: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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Date: 5 May\, 2012
\nTime: 10:00 - 18:00< br />\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.< /p>\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

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