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Here's an update to our upcoming workshops. There are still some places available. 2nd Dec 2012, Hi-Tech Kitchenware workshop 9th Dec 2012, Circuit bending workshop 16th Dec 2012, MzTEK’s Beat Box T-shirt workshop --------------------------------------------- Hi-Tech Kitchenware Workshop --------------------------------------------- When: Sunday 2nd Dec 2012, 12pm to 7pm Where: Music Hackspace. Unit 30, Cremer Business Centre. 37 Cremer Street. London E2 8HD Fee: £18 (bringing your own Arduino), £36 (with Arduino Leonardo included) Please register via worksh...@musichackspace.org http://musichackspace.org/hi-tech-kitchenware-workshop/ Ever wondered how to make punchy electronic music with your kitchenware? How to take your dinner table to the next level? Just visit the pound shop and come to visit us on Sunday Dec 2nd with some salad bowls, pots, pans and a few electronic components. The workshop is aimed to put your design ideas into practice. We will start with some kitchenware of your choice (pots, pans, glasses), identify a design, position the sensors and help you build your instrument. No prior knowledge required, open to everyone. The morning session is aimed to provide advice on the best ‘percussive’ solutions, those that will make the most performable instruments. We will proceed by demonstrating where to put the sensors, the key places for the most interesting performance. The Arduino, safely encased inside the instruments, will require a simple circuit for the construction of which you will receive step-by-step instructions. The afternoon might include a quick Ableton Live 8 tutorial on MIDI-mapping (depending on how many users will be using this platform). We will demonstrate some patches that conjugate the universe of percussion instruments with the one of pitched sound. At the end of the day, we will organize an ensemble performance for you to join in a jam with all the new instruments. The Hi-Tech Kitchenware Workshop will be lead by performer and percussionist Enrico Bertelli, instrument builder and Rebel Technology founder Martin Klang and composer David Ibbett. - What to bring? Your laptop with any VST host (e.g. Ableton Live, Cubase, Reaper…) Download Ardrumo Arduino (or let us know if you need an Arduino Leonardo) USB for the Arduino Any piece/s of kitchenware you want to use. A kitchenware item per participant will be provided at no extra cost. All other materials including electronic components and tools will be provided for all participants. ------------------------------------- Circuit bending workshop ------------------------------------- When: Sunday 9th Dec, 2 pm to 7 pm Where: Music Hackspace. Unit 30, Cremer Business Centre. 37 Cremer Street. London E2 8HD Fee: £25, materials and components provided Please register via worksh...@musichackspace.org http://musichackspace.org/9th-dec-2012-circuit-bending-workshop/ Learn the necessary techniques to turn hackable toys into useful sound devices, electronic instruments or, who knows, sound sculptures perhaps. This will be a practical, hands-on workshop, including an introduction to the most easy and effective bending techniques and a presentation about instrument designs and musicians using hacked equipment. Participants will have the opportunity of testing and hacking new projects. Everyone is welcome to bring their own devices for bending, otherwise hackable toys will be available. The workshop will be lead by Tasos Stamou, a dedicated circuit bender and an instrument modifier/designer. He has been utilizing his hacked creations into various performances (such as at the BENT festival in NYC) and recordings (labels: Absurd, Triple Bath, Errorcode). He is currently concentrated into video-bending and DIY modular synthesizer research and designs. www.tasosstamou.com http://stamouinstruments.blogspot.co.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------- MzTEK’s Beat Box T-shirt workshop ---------------------------------------------------- Please note this is a women only workshop When: Sunday 16th December 11:00am – 4:30pm Where: Music Hackspace. Unit 30, Cremer Business Centre. 37 Cremer Street. London E2 8HD Fee: £50 + £1.60 booking fee. Sign up: https://mztek.eventwax.com/beat-box-t-shirt-at-music-hackspace http://musichackspace.org/16th-dec-2012-mzteks-beat-box-t-shirt-workshop/ In this workshop we will hack a small re-recordable devise, discard the hard wires and replace them with conductive fabric and thread, and learn e-textile techniques to make soft circuit buttons to embed the devise into a t-shirt or textile. We will provide a standard t-shirt, but feel free to bring a fabric patch, hat or bag etc, to use instead. This would make a funky Xmas prezzie! This workshop is perfect for someone wanting to learn the basics of how to create a soft circuit, but also for those wanting to work with electronics in a slightly different way. T-shirts will be provided but please feel free to bring along your own garment to adorn as well! This last summer MzTEK worked with Guerilla Science, and KOBAKANT to bring a fantastic Hacked Human Orchestra to Wilderness and Shambala festivals, making wearable instruments with festival-goers that created the most awesome music ever. Creating soft circuits with conductive fabric, conductive thread and an array of electronic components, people turned their t-shirts into synthesizers, screechers and recorders. For more information about the Hacked Human Orchestra check out: http://www.mztek.org/programs/hacked-human-orchestra/. -- Susanna. ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre