Interactivos? Birmingham: Responsive and immersive future technologies
<http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivosbirmingham>
Open Call for Projects
<http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivosbirmingham>
Birmingham City University (UK), Medialab-Prado (Madrid), Sampad (UK),
mac birmingham (UK), and BBC Birmingham (UK) and are issuing an Open
Call for projects to be collaboratively developed and presented during
*Interactivos? Birmingham* (*June 16 -- 28, 2014*), with the
participation of advisors and technical assistants.
*Venue: mac birmingham <http://www.macarts.co.uk/>*
Deadline: April 30, 2014
Interactivos? Birmingham is a UK based, two week international seminar
and open innovation prototyping workshop. The Interactivos? model,
conceived by Medialab-Prado as a hybrid between an innovation production
workshop, seminar and exhibition showcase. It is a space for reflection,
research, collaboration and creation, in which proposals selected by an
international open call are developed, completed and displayed.
The process will be open to the public from beginning to end.
Interactivos? is widely regarded as a model of best practice, and in
bringing the project to Birmingham, this will be the first time the
Interactivos? project will have been hosted in the UK. In doing so,
regional and national based individuals will connect to an international
network of creative and digital professionals for collaboration and
technological production.
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BioFluent Technologies <http://biofluent.com/> is a Santa Cruz, CA based
early stage startup developing a consumer technology centered around the
sonification of brain waves (EEG data). We are creating a soundtrack for
the mind that needs to be appealing to a mainstream audience. We're
looking for someone with a background in Pure Data who can work with
electronic musicians (or independently) to create badass, totally immersive
generative musical experiences. Signal processing / math skills are a
plus. We are initially looking for short term contract work, but this may
eventually lead to a part-time or full-time position.
Please contact Mikey Siegel [mikey(a)biofluent.com] for more info.
Also check out:
http://www.biofluent.com/hearnow/http://www.artistsonart.net/mikey-siegel-beau-silver/
English follows
Le département de musique de Concordia University présente une soirée d'expérimentation sonore pour célébrer l'arrivée du printemps. Entre la lumière et l'obscurité, les sons électroniques de Concordia Laptop Orchestra s'amalgameront aux musiciens de l'orchestre. Les membres de l'audience auront l'occasion de voir leur portrait se concrétiser à travers les sons de ces collaborations.
Eldad Tsabary et Liselyn Adams animeront cette expérimentation pédagogique à travers l'improvisation, les compositions collaboratives, et la technologie innovatrice afin de construire des pièces combinant l'instrumental, les voix et les sons électroniques ainsi que leurs procédés. Ces expériences sonores nous mèneront vers une nouvelle direction en cette nouvelle saison.
ENTRÉE LIBRE
Portes: 19h / Spectacle: 20h (90 min)
http://phi-centre.com/fr/evenements/id/equinoxeprintemps
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/641765782526675/
407, rue Saint-Pierre
Montréal, Qc, Canada
H2Y 2M3
Le spectacle comprendra:
La pièce "Sparks" par Pouya Hamidi: http://youtu.be/qOM9g-2pH00
Pièces pour un ensemble mixte (instruments acoustiques et électroacoustiques): https://soundcloud.com/clork-1/improv-w-bradyworks-doug-van-1
"Kick-ass beats": https://soundcloud.com/clork-1/ass-kicking-1-with-occasional
et de plus
Le bar sera ouvert tout au long de la performance.
Venir tôt pour avoir une bonne place
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Concordia University’s department of music presents an evening of sound experiments to celebrate the arrival of Spring. In the equilibrium between dark and light, the electronic sounds of the Concordia Laptop Orchestra will join players from the contemporary music ensembles in play. Audience members will be able to have their portraits painted in sound and enjoy the spontaneous results of a fresh collaboration.
Eldad Tsabary and Liselyn Adams will animate this pedagogical experiment using improvisation, collaborative composition, and innovative technology to build pieces that combine instrumental, vocal and electronic sounds and processes, taking us in new directions for a new season.
FREE ADMISSION
Doors: 7 PM / Show: 8 PM (90 min)
http://phi-centre.com/en/events/id/springequinox
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/641765782526675/
407, rue Saint-Pierre
Montréal, Qc, Canada
H2Y 2M3
The program will include:
Pouya Hamidi's "Sparks": http://youtu.be/qOM9g-2pH00
Mixed ensemble pieces with CCE and CLOrk: https://soundcloud.com/clork-1/improv-w-bradyworks-doug-van-1
Kick-ass beats: https://soundcloud.com/clork-1/ass-kicking-1-with-occasional
And more
There will be table-seating and a bar throughout the show. Come early!
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Apologies for cross-postings, please distribute.
For the first time, NordiCHI conference invites submissions of provocative, sophisticated, fun, fast and foundational music/sound art performances for the performance program of the conference, which will take place as part of NordiCHI’14 in Helsinki, October 26-30th 2014. We strongly encourage submissions that represent a diverse range of practices in any form of live music/sonic art, exploring artistic and aesthetic aspects of interaction and interface design.
Deadline for submissions: August 14, 2014
http://nordichi2014.org/submissions/performances/
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8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI)
26 - 30 October, 2014
Helsinki
Finland
web: http://nordichi2014.org/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nordichi-2014/673706125987025
twitter: https://twitter.com/NordiCHI2014
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In collaboration with ACM SIGCHI, NordiCHI'14 is the 8th Nordic Conference
on Human-Computer Interaction. The conference takes place in Helsinki,
Finland, October 26-30, 2014, and contributions from all over the world
are welcome. We expect 400+ participants from 30+ countries, and Don
Norman will give the opening keynote. More info: http://nordichi2014.org.
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M.Koray Tahiroğlu
Department of Media,
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
http://sopi.media.taik.fi/http://mlab.taik.fi/~korayt
tel. +358 50 4088441
(forgive any x-post)
What your body can do? It can breathe, sweat, pulsate, bleed, cry, jump,
walk and run, stay still, wait, think, feel and perceive, see, touch,
smell, read, write and learn, communicate, surprise, seduce, entertain,
love, die and become ashes.
Concert of Bodies brings before your eyes sounding bodies in all their
physicality. Sonorous, invisible, imaginary, impalpable, yet physical,
visceral, pulsating and alive bodies!
Join us for a night of music where sound materiality is caressed, touched,
molded and torn only to escape the digital and reach out for your ears.
Line Up:
Marije Baalman (NL)
Erfan Abdi (IR/NL)
Marco Donnarumma (IT/UK)
More: http://steim.org/event/concert-of-bodies/
DETAILS:
DATE: 15th of March, 2014
TIME: 20:00
COST: EURO 7,50 (Students with a student card get a EURO 2,50 discount)
LOCATION: STEIM Concert Space, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam
Curated by Marco Donnarumma and STEIM
best wishes,
--
Marco Donnarumma
Performer, body tinkerer, teacher and writer.
#soundandmusic #biotech #freeculture
EAVI - Goldsmiths, University of London
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com
Dear all,
I'll be back at STEIM this weekend with an intensive course on the
biophysical instrument Xth Sense (Pd-based). Hope to see some of you there!
This weekend course offers hands-on experience and theoretical training in
the performance of biophysical music and visuals with 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 muscle and body movements
to generate music, visuals, and do live processing of sound. Attention will
also be paid to aesthetic considerations when using the XS system in
artistic contexts.
At the end of the workshop, participants will take home the XS bioacoustic
sensors they built, and the related software for their own continued
creative use.
DETAILS:
DATE: 15-16 MARCH, 2014
TIME: 10-17h each day
COST: EURO 110 (includes EURO 25 sensor kit & parts)
MAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS: 12
LOCATION: STEIM Concert Space, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam
More info:
http://steim.org/event/xth-sense-make-your-own-biophysical-sensor-for-inter…
The Xth Sense in action: https://vimeo.com/86766860
Some topics covered in the workshop include:
- Theoretical background on the state of art of gestural control of music
- Introduction to the Xth Sense (XS) framework (technical overview,
capabilities)
- Building the wearable biosensor
- An introduction to the open source artistic programming language
PureData, tips and tricks for using PureData in live settings
- Explorations of bioacoustic sound design capabilities
- Building audio modules and signal processing chains
- Aesthetics of bioacoustic sensor-based performance
- Mapping muscle energy to control values and real-time processing
- Designing an aesthetic vocabulary for body-sensor performance
best wishes,
--
Marco Donnarumma
Performer, body tinkerer, teacher and writer.
#soundandmusic #biotech #freeculture
EAVI - Goldsmiths, University of London
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com
(sorry for x-posts)
Dears,
here's my 6-monthly newsletter, hope you enjoy the reading.
http://marcodonnarumma.com/next/march2014/
What's up:
- Watch Ominous, an incarnated sound sculpture
- Xth Sense biophysical music workshop in New York
- Next performances in New York, Amsterdam and Karlsruhe
- The Xth Sense: Phase #2 launch at LISA Salon, New York
- On the press: "Molding sound with flesh" on Create Digital Music
best wishes,
--
Marco Donnarumma
Performer, body tinkerer, teacher and writer.
#soundandmusic #biotech #freeculture
EAVI - Goldsmiths, University of London
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com
[apologies for x-post]
REVERSE is thrilled to announce a unique, one weekend workshop to be hosted
at our space on Saturday March 8th and Sunday March 9th. The Xth Sense:
Making your own Biophysical Sensor is a hands-on training in augmentation
of the body for musical performance. The Xth Sense (XS) is a DIY
biotechnological musical instrument that amplifies the muscle sound of the
human body, and use them as control data and musical material for
interactive performance.
It is open source and it was named the "world's most innovative new musical
instrument" by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (US, 2012).
WHEN: Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9, between 1-6 PM
WHERE: Reverse Space,
REGISTRATION: $300 REGULAR - $270 STUDENT (WITH ID)
* Sensors are included
The workshop will be limited to 12 participants. More info and registration
at:
http://reversespace.org/the-xth-sense-making-your-own-biophysical-sensor/
Developed by performer, body tinkerer, biotech creator and writer Marco
Donnarumma, this two-session workshop will teach participants how to build
their own XS sensor from scratch and how to generate visceral music and
control live videos using the muscle sounds of their bodies.
http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sensehttp://marcodonnarumma.com/bio/
The XS amplifies the muscle sounds of the human body, and use them as
control data and musical material. When a performer contracts any muscle
low frequency sounds are produced. By capturing these sounds with the XS
microphone sensor and live sampling them with a computer visceral music is
generated in real time. It's like connecting a guitar to an effect pedal;
but here is the body to be connected to an adaptive computational system.
One has complete control over the sound shape by simply contracting muscles
in different ways.
No previous experience in electronics or programming is required, however
participants should be familiar with digital music creation. At the end of
the workshop, attendants will be able to keep the XS biosensors they built,
and the related software for their own use.
--
Marco Donnarumma
Performer, body tinkerer, teacher and writer.
#soundandmusic #biotech #freeculture
EAVI - Goldsmiths, University of London
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com
Hello,
Some of you have seen the egregore performance by chdh during the last
pd convention, or during other occasion.
http://www.chdh.net/egregore
We are now planning to distribute the patch that we used for this
performance and we are searching for people that can test the patches.
If you're interested in helping us testing this project before the
official release, please write us off list.
Joined is a brief description of the project,
Thanks,
Cyrille & Nicolas
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ÉGRÉGORE
Egrégore is originally an audiovisual performance realized in 2011 that
exploits the group movement phenomenas. Complex and expressive behaviors
are generated and controlled by a computer and transcribed in sound and
image. A crowd of particles deploys itself, reorganizes, blends into
living structures more or less coherent, evolving from a chaotic
movement towards a cohesive group.
ÉGRÉGORE - SOURCE
Egregore - source is an edition that aims to archive and document the
performance: all the elements in égrégore - optimized for a standard
personal computer - are supplied: the instrument created for the
performance, the software that enabled the creation of the performance
and a document of usage, all under a free license and with source code.
A digital version is freely downloadable on the P2P networks and a usb
key with all this data will as well be available.
DISTRIBUTED PERFORMANCE
This instrument will be played live remotely by chdh the XX.XX.2014. The
distribution of the code allows to use this "physical" dispersion as a
new performance vector. The different personal computers used to decode
the contents of the key, geographically distributed around the world,
united to each other by internet constitute the "stage" where takes
place this new representation of égrégore. This event allows all, thanks
to the distributed software, to connect at the same moment, to meet and
to attend a new version of the performance.
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#edcd. Open Call for Capsules. 1st Design and Digital Culture Conference
Open call for the submission of "capsules" or short talk on projects or
experiences on design and digital culture within the context of the
*#ecdc. 1st Design and Digital Culture Conference*
<http://medialab-prado.es/article/edcd> event that takes place on April
8 and 9, 2014.
The experience or project submited as a Capsule should contain creative
elements related to technology and digital culture, such as its use, the
development of technological languages, or the influence of digital
culture in its creation.
Deadline for submissions: March 7, 2014
More information and submissions:
http://medialab-prado.es/article/capsulasedcd
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