thought this was kinda cool for the musicians on the list:
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From: Gisle Fr0ysland <[email protected]>
Date: April 19, 2009 1:23:32 PM PDT
To: [email protected]
Subject: [piksel] Call: Neanderthals Electronics workshop
Reply-To: p1k53l workshop <[email protected]>
Piksel [Bergen] in collaboration with Lydgalleriet presents:
Neanderthals Electronics workshop with Derek Holzer.
.:::DATES :::.
25-29 May @ Lydgalleriet, Bergen NO
.:::NEANDERTHAL ELECTRONICS:::.
More than 40,000 years ago, our Neanderthal predecessors invented
the first
music instruments from simple objects around them (bones and stones,
sticks
and skins…), without reference to any existing music history, and
primarily
for their own pleasure rather than that of others.
Nowadays, we use complex audio hardware and software which make it
“easier” to
make music, so long as we channel our creativity into such socially
acceptable
avenues as Western Classical or Minimal Techno. As with any
established genre,
the results are often completely predictable, and therefore quite
boring.
But some of us, deep in our wild hearts, still long for the Stone Age
simplicity of pure noise!
This 5 day workshop is designed for 8-10 people, possibly with a
background in
sound, but with no previous electronics experience. They are shown
how to use
simple objects from our modern environment (resistors, capacitors,
transistors, LEDs, integrated circuit chips…) to design and build
their own
personal, customized primitive noise synthesizers. Each is a tiny
world of its
own, using primitive analog computers in combination with feedback,
sensors
and audio inputs to create a unique sound. Even from the same plan,
no two are
alike!
Participants are encouraged to use found materials for the
construction of
their personal instrument. The workshop concludes with a group
performance and
an invitation to the audience to experiment with each of the
instruments which
have been created.
.:::VIDEOS FROM PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS::::.
http://www.vimeo.com/album/64426
.:::ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:::.
Derek Holzer (1972) is an American sound artist living in Berlin,
whose
current interests include DIY analog electronics, sound art, field
recording
and the meeting points of electroacoustic, noise, improv and heavy
metal
music. He has played live experimental sound as Macumbista or Derek
Holzer–as
well as taught workshops in Pure Data and electronics–across Europe,
North
America, Brazil and New Zealand.
http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista
http://www.vimeo.com/macumbista
http://www.umatic.nl/info_derek.html
.:::REGISTRATION INFO:::.
Please register early for the workshop, as it is limited to 10
places! The
workshop fees include electronic components + use of tools.
***DATES: Monday 25 May - Friday 29 May 2009 10.00-16.00 daily
***LOCATION: Lydgalleriet, Østre Skostredet 3, Bergen, Norway
***COST: 500 NOK (approx 56 EUR)
***FINAL PRESENTATION: Friday 29 May, 19.00, Lydgalleriet
***REGISTRATION: post (AT) lydgalleriet (DOT) no +47 48 23 78 88
The workshop is organised by Piksel [Bergen] in collaboration with
Lydgalleriet and Ny Musikk Bergen. A part of the Off_Piksel series
of research
and events exploring Free/Libre and Open Technologies in Art.
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Piksel09 - 19-22 nov. 2009
www.piksel.no
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