[microsound-announce] Tactile Noise. A workshop on low-tech touch-reactive synthesizers. 6-7thMay London

[Ryan Jordan]

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Tactile Noise 

A workshop on low-tech
touch-reactive synthesizers.



In this workshop you
will build a small noise machine able to produce a variety unexpected
tones and textures, depending on the position, humidity and pressure
of the fingers touching the instrument's contact-points.
By the end of the
workshop, apart from taking home an instrument that is guaranteed to
put and end to the peace of canine, feline and human cohabitants, you
will become familiar with basic knowledge of electronics and circuit
building. 


Participants are
asked to bring non-metallic objects, such as boxes, buckets,
tupperwares, etc, to house their synth.

All ages and levels
of experience welcomed.



Dates and times: Friday
6th & Saturday 7th May
5pm-9pm both days



Location:
]performancespace[, Unit6 Hamlet Industrial Estate, White Post Lane,
Hackney Wick, London, E9 5EN
http://www.performancespace.org/



Cost: £35/30conc. (inc
materials)



Booking: email
ryan-jordan[AT]hotmail[DOT]co[DOT]uk



About the workshop
leader:
ANDRE CASTRO
http://www.c-e-m.org/?page_id=108



André Castro (b.1983)
is a sound artist from Lisbon, graduated in Sonic Arts at Middlesex
University, where he studied, among others, with Salomé Voegelin,
John Dack, Thor Magnusson and Martin Robinson. He started his
artistic education in 2001 in the areas of contemporary dance and
performance arts at the performative arts centre c.e.m-centro em
movimento (Lisbon); since then he has been a regular collaborator of
this space. 

 
André’s
practice has been shifting between two different universes. On the
one hand, the computer music world, with its meditative textures,
harsh noisy sounds, blips, and experiments with custom-built software
with  SuperCollider. On the other hand, a phonographic activity,
in which he goes out with a microphone trying to capture the
incredible aural diversity of our world and the voices and stories
that hide in each person. Most of André’s work has in common the
evasion of visual elements, an acousmatic sound that aims to subvert
the dominance of the vision over the other senses.  In recent
years he has nourished a growing interest for the radiophonic medium,
which has become a fruitful source of inspiration and for which he
has been creating pieces for 3 years.
 
A significant
part of his practice has been developed through collaborations with
other artists, such as the ongoing improvised music duo with Martin
Aaserud; The performances Entre¡  and A Verdade da Alface and
the current project of sound portraits of mothers and their babies
with Laura Bañuelos; the sound design for the installations of Maria
dos Milagres and Miguel Rafael, and the dance choreographies of
Ainhoa Vidal, José Vidal and Sofia Neuparth.


 		 	   		  
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