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

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On 26 Apr 2011, at 14:00, Ryan Jordan wrote:

> oops, sorry for just sending an empty email before :/
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> Tactile Noise
> A workshop on low-tech touch-reactive synthesizers.
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> 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.
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> Participants are asked to bring non-metallic objects, such as boxes, buckets, tupperwares, etc, to house their synth.
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> All ages and levels of experience welcomed.
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> Dates and times: Friday 6th & Saturday 7th May
> 5pm-9pm both days
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> Location: ]performancespace[, Unit6 Hamlet Industrial Estate, White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5EN
> http://www.performancespace.org/
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> Cost: £35/30conc. (inc materials)
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> Booking: email ryan-jordan[AT]hotmail[DOT]co[DOT]uk
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> About the workshop leader:
> ANDRE CASTRO
> http://www.c-e-m.org/?page_id=108
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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