SIGNUM_The invisible revealed: Workshop on presence, perception and noise.
Through the use of different sonification techniques and custom build sensors and devices a taxonomy and archive of the electronic emission and smog caused by modern devices and dead electronics will be held during the festival. Listen frequencies beyond our hearing and visual threshold, electromagnetic waves or siglent sounds – meaning caused by modern devices – the patterns of ultraviolet and infrared light, vibrations of ferric objects, friction caused by insects and underwater sounds, noises of tectonic movements or lighting phenomena thousands of kilometres distant is what participants could experience through being part of Víctor Mazón Gardoqui´s open research. During the week a workshop related to techniques of instrument and sensor design will be held, of erring the participants a series of open tools for audio capturing, recording and manipulation. The SIGNUM workshop will allow attendants to build and take home their own device, which is designed to record and listen to sounds hidden in the electromagnetic spectrum: those invisible frequencies, electromagnetic fields and signals that constantly surround us but that we are usually inaudible. The device includes a transducer, opticals, coils, germanium diodes and a small loop antenna, which coheres sonically and allows users to listen to surrounding signals that fall out of the human hearing range. The workshop will also introduce participants to using the electromagnetic spectrum within artistic practices. A series of collective audio recordings and compositions will be produced during the festival, presenting the result as a site specific performance.
000 Eurorack Modules Workshop (25., 26., 27.May 2016)
ab•er•rant (ə ber′ənt, ab′ər-), adj.
departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type;
We welcome the øpen-hardware team “000” for the presentation of their new aberrant analogue distortion and percussion modules, which are both stand-alone and Eurorack. The Spanish/German team will present at Coded Cultures their new set of analogue percussive tools in DIY workshops where participants can build their own modular drum system. A talk/demo of the tools and background will be presented during Open Hardware Europe Summit in MAK.
Mp19_Øpenlab is open during the whole week from 11:00 - 20:00
Recycling old radios, light bulbs, VHS players, cassettes or Hi-Fi equipment and this way creating proper audio tools. In this DIY hands-on workshop the Mp19_Øpenlab team is presenting their new set of aberrant analogue distortion and percussion devices, which are both stand-alone and Eurorack. Participants will build their own device/s from e-junk and some spare components.
An introduction to analogue percussive synthesis, concept and module design of an aberrant modular drum machine and efx station, where the workshop will cover both theory and practice about analogue circuit design, percussion and noise. Each day is independent so participants can choose when to join the workshop.
No previous experience in electronics but some e-junk and interest its necessary!
Location: Ehemalige Polizeistation am Hof 3