tag: Workshops

Hi there, when will the details of the workshops be posted, already my schedule is filling up for those dates and I don't want to miss out. If you can send me details that'd be great.

Social mapping–Flash/Web 2.0 - Held by Dirk Waldik
31th March 2006

musiCompass focuses on the world of music.

Music is one of the best ways to express emotions and moods as a performer as well as a listener.
Music has been, and continues to be at the centres of society. Artists create styles of music, people listen to them and develop identifications; collecting music, creating play lists and developing a unique music taste are trends of the time.

musiCompass aims to bring people, artists and music together in a visual and interactive environment.

Concept
Based on the idea that there are patterns in tastes and that tastes are not distributed uniformly,

Hive Networks - Held by Alexei Blinov
31th March 2006

HIVE Networks - wireless networks of things, built and owned by users, using open source software and cheap disposable appliances.
Alexei Blinov of Raylab and a group of collaborators have set out to create an exciting project, HIVE Networks, which promises to change the perception of ubiquitous or pervasive computing.

HIVE combines the virtues of free software, free networks and open hardware to generate a framework for virtually any type of networked media application on small and cheap consumer devices. In this workshop he will show how HIVE devices can be customised to a range of applications.

Creative Computing - Held by David Muth
31th March 2006

The creative computing workshop introduces the visual programming language PD, a highly modular open source development environment. It has a long tradition of being used by composers, performers, researchers and artists interested in creating interactive software. PD offers a very playful approach to modifying an existing program, as it blurs the distinction between authoring, compiling and testing. Its particular strength, apart from its appeal to people without any knowledge of scripting languages, lies in sound and imagery.

Processing - Held by David Muth
31th March 2006

Processing is an open source programming language and development platform. It can be downloaded for free at the processing.org website.

By simplifying the syntax and compilation process of the programming language Java whilst simultaneously extending its visual capabilities, Processing makes computer programming more accessible for people with little previous experience, especially those "visually minded".

Pod casting - Held by Adam Burt
30th March 2006

photos: MAZine contributor Luke Hearn

I'm proposing to show participants how easy it is to create pod casts using open source tools, and to distribute them on the web using open source blogging platforms. Ideally, participants should have some audio or video material already digitised on their laptops, as I presume there won't be time to take them through capturing any material. Perhaps other demonstrators will be able to show participants how open source tools such as Audacity can be used to record audio.

I'll be showing people how to use ffmepeg to transcode video for podcasting, and how Audacity can be used to prepare audio recordings for podcasting.

Burn Station - Held by Rama/Platoniq.net
30th March 2006

Burn Station is a mobile copying station which - as it travels through suburban spaces - supports the free distribution of music and audio. Above all it is a social event which congregates people together for listening, selecting and copying net label and net radio audio files with a Copyleft Licence. Burn Station is an open-source, non-commercial project involving the new means of free networked distribution. It is based on the Burn Station software which was developed by Platoniq and Rama as a 100% free software. Burn Station aims to establish links between the media space and the physical space of the city.

DIY Music Making - Held by Matthias Kispert
30th March 2006

An introduction to the digital tools that have brought about the desktop music revolution. From open-source freeware to professional virtual studio systems.

About the lecturer:

Matthias Kispert is working as a sound artist, sound designer and lecturer in London. His design work includes film soundtracks, TV idents, adverts, websites and ring tones. His artistic output currently focuses on composing soundtracks for audiovisual installations and performances with arts and design collective D-Fuse.

Max Objects Makeover - Held by Jim Wood
30th March 2006

photos: MAZine contributor Luke Hearn

This workshop will introduce the software environments MaxMsp and PD.

Now widely used for a number of different outputs in digital music, interactive media, audio-visual performance, The graphical real-time programming environment provides an alternative to syntactical coding. In this hands-on session we will focus on 'instruments' - how we can use a DIY approach to craft interfaces and controllers, using a combination of hardware and software. Including guests and presentations of projects.