workshops

The countless possibilities of the production of diverse sounds are naturally the essence of electronic music. No matter if it is sine wave or noise, pulse-width modulation or granular synthesis. This workshop deals with methods of realizing the most common of them with Supercollider wholly pragmatically. A bit of basic knowledge about the functions of synthesizers and programming languages is a big advantage, but not necessary. The topics would be adjusted to the demands of the course participants to the greatest extent. We will work everything out together in the workshop. Please bring along a laptop with an installed and functioning version of Supercollider.

In the programming course “Generating Games” kids (8 to 12 years old) playfully get to know the basics of programming and develop their own small games with the color-coded programming language Scratch. A USB flash drive should be brought along, so that you can tinker with your self-generated game at home. Drinks and a lunch are included. No prior knowledge required.

Registration via: www.pixel-medienwerkstatt.de/

TouchDesigner is a real-time visual development platform that can be used for creating interactive media systems, immersive environments, projection mapping, sound, music visuals, building custom applications and UIs and for the rapid-prototyping of creative impulses. According to many it is by far the most accessible software in both functionality and price (free) to create anything New-media, digital art, software-hardware interfacing, and go big solutions. This introductory workshop should give you a comprehensive overview of the software interface, its building blocks - operators and their categories, the “syntax” of combining these blocks together and eventually an ability to envision and create a desired output out of these. The workshop is beginner friendly - no prior experience with TouchDesigner or programming is implied. It is helpful though to have an idea on what you would like to use the software for and what sorts of output you'd like it to generate for you.

Every participant needs to bring a mouse and a computer running windows or mac with TouchDesigner099 installed on it (free download at derviative.ca).

TouchDesigner is a real-time visual development platform that can be used for creating interactive media systems, immersive environments, projection mapping, sound, music visuals, building custom applications and UIs and for the rapid-prototyping of creative impulses. According to many it is by far the most accessible software in both functionality and price (free) to create anything New-media, digital art, software-hardware interfacing, and go big solutions. This introductory workshop should give you a comprehensive overview of the software interface, its building blocks - operators and their categories, the “syntax” of combining these blocks together and eventually an ability to envision and create a desired output out of these. The workshop is beginner friendly - no prior experience with TouchDesigner or programming is implied. It is helpful though to have an idea on what you would like to use the software for and what sorts of output you'd like it to generate for you.

Every participant needs to bring a mouse and a computer running windows or mac with TouchDesigner099 installed on it (free download at derviative.ca).

We build painting robots that compete against and with each other on paper. Models suitable for beginners can be built without electronics and more complex ones with programming. The participants are allowed to take home the recordings of the battle and the self-built painting robots.

For the more complex models, soldering experience and ARDUINO basic knowledge are advantageous.

Materials used: recycled materials, electric motors, batteries, hot glue, plywood, electronic modules, watercolour paper, watercolour chalk and crayons.

plus material costs from 5 Euro

With subsequent performance on festival Saturday, 10 November from 8 pm

Hekla plays at the Schlachthaus Club on Saturday, 10 November. The following Sunday she gives a workshop in the art of playing the theremin.

Theremines are on site

What does the technology I use do to my body? That is the question I begin with. In an interactive workshop promoting human interaction and connection. Through simple touch-based exercises such as eye contact, simple weight sharing, and self-directed massage we can directly perceive the idea of touch and connection on a physical level. In discussion we can approach the mental understanding. By doing both in one workshop we can open up new perspectives, solutions, and questions. How does technology communication touch us? For heavy tech users, how have our bodies been influenced? For developers, how can we introduce the idea of balance and sustainability? Can we imagine a technology usage that moves with our full range of motion? This discussion is open to all.

In performance I share my body’s psychosomatic reaction to the contemporary information era. I am adapting to the opposite pulls of the high frequency techno data sphere that swirls in torpedoing, torments. Consumed in hours upon hours of Google searches, film edits, and written documents. I am trying to build my life online, a fantasy space where I fragment myself into the web in hope of a “real life” return. Will these hours of data construction materialise themselves out of the screen? Will I get to touch their effect in my tangible existence? Dipping between the real and the imaginary, letting my poetic delusional run free in a gestural construction of meaning. Utilising the human and non-human aspects of myself, I enter a trance-inducing place of contact in my body. An inter-dimensional performance that challenges bodily norms and possibilities through the construction of choreographic and performative devices.

No registration is necessary for the workshop performance. For times please see the timetable of the shuttle bus.