Creating Agency Through Telepresence: Using Interactive Tools and Technology

1st October, 2009

11:00:00 – 17:00:00

An opportunity to learn and explore the possibilities of creating interactive installations and new media environments using DIY electronics, open source software and ubiquitous technology. Create artworks in a day by combining digital photography, rapid prototyping, digital fabrication, programming and physical computing. Facilitators: S.W.A.M.P. (Matthew Kenyon)

Remix Formulas - How To Remix A Track In A Day Using Ableton 7

2nd October, 2009

10:00:00 – 14:00:00

A workshop offering participants a choice of three songs in which they can remix either as a 'band' or solo artist. Open to users of all skill levels. Facilitators: Luke Burns and Russell Newtown

Call Me Your Experiment - Introductory Workshop

2nd October, 2009

13:00:00 – 14:00:00

Alison Currie shows you the moves you need to know to take part in her project Call Me Your Experiment – A mobile phone is required for participation. Facilitator: Alison Currie

Speech - Sound - Music

2nd October, 2009

14:30:00 – 17:30:00

This session looks at extracting information from everyday sounds (particularly human speech and animal noises) and applies it to musical contexts. Facilitator: Nathan Scott

Owning and Operating Your Virtual World Using openSim

3rd October, 2009

10:00:00 – 13:00:00

This workshop will look at ways of hosting your own virtual world using openSim, as both a standalone (private or public virtual space) or attached to a larger grid of spaces such as OSGrid. OpenSim provides an alternative for the creation of artistic projects that are not limited by closed walls and proprietary formats. Featuring: Andrew Burrell

Mobile Processing for Mobile Phones

3rd October, 2009

13:30:00 – 16:00:00

Providing an introduction to visual, sound and interaction programming for the mobile phone using Francis Li’s mobile processing language. Build a simple application and develop an understanding of basic programming concepts, suitable for non-programmers. Please bring your Bluetooth-equipt mobile phone. Featuring: Christian Haines

Flexible Sound Emitting Plastic Workshop

4th October, 2009

12:00:00 – 14:00:00

Utilising the new material Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) speaker film, a see-through flexible plastic with piezoelectric properties, that emits sound when voltage is applied. This workshop presents the practicalities of using this material as a speaker and microphone as well as showcasing PVDF-based Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) prototype rendering system aiming at producing virtual sound sources in space. Featuring: Guillaume Potard