Pixel Lab #9 | Halldór Úlfarsson & Þráinn Hjálmarsson Modular Acoustic Formant System -----------------------------------------------------
in: Laboratoire Ouvert @ la Gaîté lyrique, Paris. . Sat. 7 February, 5PM-7PM: talk/discussion . Sun. 8 February, 2PM-6PM: public workshop .. Organized with Lorna, Reykjavik Warning: Limited to 12 participants only Reservations: billette...@gaite-lyrique.net #9 | MODULAR ACOUSTIC FORMANT SYSTEM ------------------------------------ Halldór and Þráinn (say "Phrainn"), artists and members of Lorna organization (Reykjavik, Iceland) are musicians who create their own acoustic instruments with the use of digital crafting tools (laser cutter, CNC, 3d printers ...). They are also investigating together the filtering effects of variously shaped cavities on sound, using a modular acoustic formant system they have developed. For this workshop, they will test various cavities as to turn them into sound filter digital effects, with use of the software Vowel (developed by Paul Falstad to digitally model the human vocal tract as an acoustic filter). http://www.falstad.com/vowel/ Workshop open to everyone, no pre-requisite. Participants are invited to bring their laptop and any resonant object of their choice. Talk on saturday, 5-7pm, in the Plateau Média and streaming on http://www.gaite-lyrique.net Workshop on Sunday, 2-6pm, in one of the music studios ABOUT THE ARTISTS ------------------ Halldór Úlfarsson is an icelandic visual artist, he studied at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and has an MA in applied art and design from TAIK (now Aalto University). Halldór designs and builds halldorophones, an electro acoustic string instrument he has been developing for a few years. He collaborates with composers, instrumentalists and institutions to produce works for halldorophone, these collaborations are often documented with video that contain narratives dealing with the halldorophone's place in the world. Halldór has exhibited his art in Europe and Iceland where he now lives, he works as workshop technician for the Design and Architecture department of the Icelandic Academy of Art and is part time lecturer for different departments of the same school. http://www.halldorulfarsson.info Þráinn Hjálmarsson is an icelandic composer who has also involved himself in artistic research projects. One such project revolves around developing his own instrument, the Thranophone, that uses complex cavities to control audio feedback. Þráinn also serves as artistic director and producer for a an established new music festival in Iceland. Þráinn’s music is notated and expressed using a variety of mediums, from animated notation and video works to standard notated music for groups of musicians, his music has been performed worldwide by such orchestras and ensembles as BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic symphony orchestra, Ensemble Adapter, Athelas Sinfonietta and others. http://thrainnhjalmarsson.info/ ABOUT PIXEL_LAB | LABORATOIRE OUVERT ------------------------------------ Within the residency program "Laboratoire Ouvert" of la Gaîté lyrique, Mal au Pixel and the Pixelache network propose a series of monthly meetings in Paris, until April 2015, consisting in a public talk and a hands-on workshop. Since 2006, Mal au Pixel festival is looking at connecting technology, urban electronics and social transformation issues, and to investigate our contemporary beliefs. The festival brings together young digital artists and unconventional electronics : unexpected technologies, open source tools, prototypes and open ended events. http://www.malaupixel.org In partnership with Pixelache Network.http://www.network.pixelache.ac With the support of the Grundtvig Foundation for Life Long Learning. NEXT: ----- 7-8 March Carte blanche to AccessSpace, Sheffield http://access-space.org/ 23/24/25 April Conclusion of the pxiel_lab cycle PRACTICAL INFOS --------------- Talk On Saturday 07/02 plateau Media 5PM-7PM, Free access; Workshop On Sunday 08/02, Salle Accueil Groupe, 2PM-6PM, 5€, limited to 12 participants. Reservations = billette...@gaite-lyrique.net ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre