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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-sense http://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