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Thursday 31st March</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">16.30-18.00</div>Foyle Arts Building<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">
Derry, Ireland.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; ">/// Xth Sense.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; ">The Xth Sense is a low cost, Open Source-based framework for the application of muscle sounds to the biophysical generation and control of music (or more generally for responsive milieux). <br>
The framework includes a low cost biosensing wearable device, and a modular DSP software (Pure Data-based) for real time capture, analysis and design with muscle sounds.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; "><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; ">Marco Donnarumma will be reporting on the methods used during the research, present findings and issues, perspective outcomes of future research, while discussing the aesthetic criteria underpinning the research.</span></div>
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Further info and live performance reel: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; "><a href="http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/">http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate; "><div><div>Donnarumma is a performer, new media and sonic artist.</div><div>He's currently interested in critical analysis and development of experimental paradigms for embodied interaction in performative environments.</div>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">/// Among the other invited speakers: </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Ricky Graham (Ulster), Dennis Fischer (Ableton), Gregory Taylor (Cycling '74), Jeff Burke (UCLA), Alex Beim (Tangible Interaction), James Alliban (Augmatic), </span></font>Katsuyuki Shibata (Fukuoka University).</div>
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/// About Imagine Create:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">Imagine Create is a digital arts festival which brings together a leading-edge line-up of talents and minds from the worlds of art, design, new media and software development.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">Expect five days of inspirational talks, demonstrations, panels, exhibits and performances delivered by the people and tools transforming digital culture.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; ">The biennial event will take place at locations around the city of Derry~Londonderry and runs from 29 March to 2 April 2011.</div>
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For further information please visit the festival website <a href="http://www.imaginecreate.info/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.imaginecreate.info</a></div></div></div><div><br></div><br>-- <br>
Marco Donnarumma<br>Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Professional, Performer, Instructor<br>ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)<br>The University of Edinburgh, UK<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Portfolio: <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/" target="_blank">http://marcodonnarumma.com</a><br>
Lab: <a href="http://www.thesaddj.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thesaddj.com</a> | <a href="http://cntrl.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://cntrl.sourceforge.net</a> | <a href="http://www.flxer.net/" target="_blank">http://www.flxer.net</a><br>
Event: <a href="http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net/" target="_blank">http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net</a><br>