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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Tactile Noise <br>A workshop on
low-tech touch-reactive synthesizers.<br><br>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.<br>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. <br><br>Participants are asked to
bring non-metallic objects, such as boxes, buckets, tupperwares, etc,
to house their synth.<br><br>All ages and levels of experience
welcomed.<br><br>Dates and times: Saturday 7th
May<br>10am-7pm<br><br>Location: ]performancespace[, Unit6 Hamlet
Industrial Estate, White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, London, E9
5EN<br><a href="http://www.performancespace.org/" target="_blank">http://www.performancespace.org/</a><br><br>Cost:
£35/30conc. (inc materials)<br><br>Booking: email
ryan-jordan[AT]hotmail[DOT]co[DOT]uk<br><br>About the workshop
leader:<br>ANDRE CASTRO<br><a href="http://www.c-e-m.org/?page_id=108" target="_blank">http://www.c-e-m.org/?page_id=108</a><br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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.</p>
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