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:20130113T160841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130226T153155Z UID:4500@http://steim.org URL:http://steim.org/event/xth-sense-make-your-own-biophysical-sensor-for-inter active-music-and-video/ SUMMARY:FULL! Xth Sense: Make your own biophysical sensor for interactive m usic and video !FULL! DESCRIPTION;ALTREP="http://steim.org/event/xth-sense-make-your-own-biophysi cal-sensor-for-interactive-music-and-video/":Unfortunately this workshop is totally sold out.\n\n\nThis weekend course offers hands-on experience and theoretical training in the performance of biophysical music and visuals wi th the Xth Sense (XS). Workshop participants will build from scratch their own XS sensors\, then learn how to analyze and map the data from their musc le and body movements to generate music\, visuals\, and do live processing of sound. Attention will also be paid to aesthetic considerations when usin g the XS system in artistic contexts.\nAt the end of the workshop\, partici pants will take home the XS bioacoustic sensors they built\, and the relate d software for their own continued creative use.\nSome topics covered in th e workshop include:\n\nTheoretical background on the state of art of gestur al control of music\nIntroduction to the Xth Sense (XS) framework (technica l overview\, capabilities)\nBuilding the sensor\nAn introduction to the ope n source artistic programming language PureData\, tips and tricks for using PureData in live settings\nExplorations of bioacoustic sound design capabi lities\nBuilding audio modules and signal processing chains\nAesthetics of bioacoustic sensor-based performance\nMapping muscle energy to control valu es and real-time processing\nDesigning an aesthetic vocabulary for body-sen sor performance\n\n \;\nDate: 2-3 MARCH\, 2013\nTime: 10-17h each day\n Cost: €110 (includes €25 sensor kit &\; parts) \nMaximum Participants: 1 2 \nLocation: STEIM Concert Space\, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134\, Amsterdam\n& nbsp\;\n\nAbout Xth Sense\nThe XS is a DIY mechanomyogram-based musical ins trument which allows an artist to use muscle movement to control music and visuals. In contrast with most bio-sensing technologies which are expensive and closed to modification\, the XS sensor is designed to be open\, low-co st\, and easily implemented by anyone\, regardless of past electronics expe rience. The Georgia-Tech Center for Music Technology (US) named the Xth Sen se the “world’s most innovative new musical instrument” in 2012.\nhttp://re s.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/\n\nPREREQUISITES\nThis workshop i s open to anyone with an interest in sound and music. Musical background an d education does not matter so long as you have a willingness to challenge your usual perspectives on musical performance.\nNo previous knowledge of e lectronics and programming is necessary for this workshop\, however partici pants should be familiar with basic digital music creation.\n \;\nWHAT TO BRING\nParticipants must bring their own laptop computers with headphone s and external soundcards.* Your computer must be running Linux** or Mac OS X (10.6 or newer). You must also have Pd-extended 0.42.5 already installed on your computer. A free download of Pd-extended is available at http://pur edata.info/community/projects/software/pd-extended\nMusicians interested in augmenting their favorite musical instruments with body feedback are also highly encouraged to bring their instrument along for the workshop.\n* STEI M also has a limited number of computers with soundcards available for part icipants who cannot bring their own. If you would like to use one of STEIM' s machines during the workshop please contact us no later than one week bef ore the workshop by email at knock [AT] steim [DOT] nl.\n** Those intereste d in using Linux for artistic purposes might want to take a look at the Apo dio distribution\, which we highly recommend.\n \;\nTEACHER\nNew media and sonic artist\, performer and teacher\, Marco Donnarumma was born in Ita ly and is based in London. Weaving a thread around biomedia research\, musi cal and theatrical performance\, participatory practices and subversive cod ing\, Marco looks at the collision of critical creativity with humanized te chnologies.\nHis biophysical system Xth Sense won the first prize in the Ma rgaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition and was named the 2012 “world ’s most innovative new musical instrument” by the Georgia Tech Center for M usic Technology\, US. Recently\, he curated the publication Biotechnologica l Performance Practice (eContact!\, 14.2).\nMarco has performed and spoken in 40 countries including US and South America\, Europe\, India\, China\, S outh Korea and Australia. His works have been selected at leading art event s (ISEA\, Venice Biennale\, WRO Biennale)\, specialized festivals (FILE\, S onorities\, Némo\, Mapping\, Piksel\, Re-New\, Laboral\, EMAF) and major ac ademic conferences (NIME\, ICMC\, Pure Data Convention\, Linux Audio Confer ence@Stanford CCRMA\, SICMF).\nHis projects have been reviewed on BBC\, Reu ters\, Wired\, Create Digital Music\, We Make Money Not Art\, Rhizome\, Wea ve\, Digicult\, and appeared in the book “New Art/Science Affinities” (CMU and Studio for Creative Enquiry\, US). Artist in residence at Inspace (UK) and the National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance (DK). His work ha s been funded by the European Commission\, Creative Scotland\, New Media Sc otland\, and the Danish Arts Council.\nCurrently\, Marco is a ERC-funded Ph D student for the Embodied Audio Visual Interaction (EAVI) Research Group a t Goldsmiths University\, supervised by Atau Tanaka.\n\nhttp://marcodonnaru mma.com\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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This weekend course offers hands-on experience and theoretical trai ning in the performance of biophysical music and visuals with the Xth S ense (XS). Workshop participants will build from scratch their own XS sensors\, then learn how to analyze and map the data from their muscle and body movements to generate music\, visuals\, and do live processing of soun d. Attention will also be paid to aesthetic considerations when using the X S system in artistic contexts.

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At the end of the workshop\, partici pants will take home the XS bioacoustic sensors they built\, and the relate d software for their own continued creative use.

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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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Abou t Xth Sense
\nThe XS is a DIY mechanomyogram-based musical instrum ent which allows an artist to use muscle movement to control music and visu als. In contrast with most bio-sensing technologies which are expensive and closed to modification\, the XS sensor is designed to be open\, low-cost\, and easily implemented by anyone\, regardless of past electronics experien ce. The Georgia-Tech Center for Music Technology (US) named the Xth Sense t he “world’s most innovative new musical instrument” in 2012.

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http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth- sense/

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PREREQUISITES

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This workshop is open to anyone with an interest in sound and music. Musical background and educ ation does not matter so long as you have a willingness to challenge your u sual perspectives on musical performance.
\nNo previous knowledge of e lectronics and programming is necessary for this workshop\, however partici pants should be familiar with basic digital music creation.

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WHAT TO BRING

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Participants must bring their own laptop c omputers with headphones and external soundcards.* Your computer must be running Linux** or Mac OSX (10.6 or newer). You must also have Pd-extended 0 .42.5 already installed on your computer. A free download of Pd-extended is available at http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/pd-extended< /p>\n

Musicians interested in augmenting their favorite musical instrumen ts with body feedback are also highly encouraged to bring their instrument along for the workshop.

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* STEIM also has a limited number of computer s with soundcards available for participants who cannot bring their own. If you would like to use one of STEIM's machines during the workshop please c ontact us no later than one week before the workshop by email at kn ock [AT] steim [DOT] nl.

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** Those interested in using Linux for artistic purposes might want to take a look at the Apodio distribution\, which we highly recommend.

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TEACHER

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New media and sonic artist\, performer and teacher\, Marco Donnarumma was born in Italy and is based in London. Weaving a thread around biomedia research\, musica l and theatrical performance\, participatory practices and subversive codin g\, Marco looks at the collision of critical creativity with humanized tech nologies.

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His biophysical system Xth Sense won the first prize in t he Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition and was named the 2012 “ world’s most innovative new musical instrument” by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology\, US. Recently\, he curated the publication Biotechnol ogical Performance Practice (eContact!\, 14.2).

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Marco has performed and spoken in 40 countries including US and South America\, Europe\, India \, China\, South Korea and Australia. His works have been selected at leadi ng art events (ISEA\, Venice Biennale\, WRO Biennale)\, specialized festiva ls (FILE\, Sonorities\, Némo\, Mapping\, Piksel\, Re-New\, Laboral\, EMAF) and major academic conferences (NIME\, ICMC\, Pure Data Convention\, Linux Audio Conference@Stanford CCRMA\, SICMF).

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His projects have been re viewed on BBC\, Reuters\, Wired\, Create Digital Music\, We Make Money Not Art\, Rhizome\, Weave\, Digicult\, and appeared in the book “New Art/Scienc e Affinities” (CMU and Studio for Creative Enquiry\, US). Artist in residen ce at Inspace (UK) and the National School of Theatre and Contemporary Danc e (DK). His work has been funded by the European Commission\, Creative Scot land\, New Media Scotland\, and the Danish Arts Council.

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Currently\ , Marco is a ERC-funded PhD student for the Embodied Audio Visual Interacti on (EAVI) Research Group at Goldsmiths University\, supervised by Atau Tana ka.

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Marco Donnarumma - M oving Forest

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http://marcodonnarumma.com

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