<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span class="_4n-j fsl">Hi Microsound List, </span></div><div><span class="_4n-j fsl">the new series of workshop about presence, perception and noise through the use of the SIGNUM device will be held at: </span></div><div><span class="_4n-j fsl">Destroy Vancouver Festival (Sat 30.04 -Sun 01.05) </span></div><div><span class="_4n-j fsl">Coded Cultures: OPENISM Viena (20-29.05)</span></div><span class="_4n-j fsl"><div><span class="_4n-j fsl"><br></span></div>SIGNUM: The Invisible Revealed. A two-day
workshop on presence, perception and noise - SATURDAY April 30 12-7pm + SUNDAY May 1 12-7pm (14 hours)</span><div><span class="_4n-j fsl"><p>Listen to electromagnetic waves caused by modern devices and natural
forces. Hear the patterns of ultraviolet and infrared light; the
vibrations of ferric objects; the friction caused by insects and
underwater sounds. Listen to the noise of tectonic movements, or of
lighting phenomena thousands of kilometers distant. Participants in the workshop will build and take home their own device, which is designed to record
and listen to sounds hidden in the electromagnetic spectrum: those
invisible frequencies, electromagnetic fields and signals that
constantly surround us but that we are usually unable to hear.</p><p>The workshop will be lead by Victor Mazon Gardoqui, who’s the author
of the workshop’s concept, electronic design and documentation. The device includes a transducer, opticals, coils, germanium diodes
and a small loop antenna, which coheres sonically and allows users to
listen to surrounding signals that would fall out of the human hearing
range. The workshop will also introduce participants to using the
electromagnetic spectrum within artistic practices.</p><p>No previous experience in electronics is necessary, but interest and patience mandatory.</p></span><div><span class="_4n-j fsl"><span class="text_exposed_show"> Through different collective and
personal experiments and audio recordings, participants will experience
the electromagnetic spectrum surrounding us using the SIGNUM. The SIGNUM
device operates as a translator that captures radio waves,
FM/AM, ultrasound, translocal network connection, personal broadcast
space, VLF, VHF, UHF, inaudible electromagnetic fields, the
photoelectric effect, and others. The SIGNUM transforms all these
"absent" frequencies into sound, light, video or a variable voltage able
to be read with a microcontroller like an Arduino, Pic or a raspberry
pi.<br> <br> Workshop participants will build new sensors and adapt the
device to their personal needs.They will connect the system to the
computer to analyze the received data, sonify its output, document some
natural phenomena in the surroundings of VIVO Media Arts Centre or make a
cluster with different devices to get a dramatic exponential
amplification. Participants will be credited as contributing artists to
the project and will get a signed certificate. During the workshop all
built modules will be tested and adjusted for proper operation. The
workshop will end with a collective installation/performance. More
detailed info about the workshop at <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fvictormazon.com%2Fsignum&h=iAQGzz76f&enc=AZOCT7Hq8skUQk8NlzVHE67edKcF0snnxF4Ro1_ZH0YFPqoDWU56gYBp5q6llfSbr4w&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">victormazon.com/signum</a>. <br> <br> No specific electronic or sound experience needed. Patience is mandatory.<br><br></span></span><div>+info:<br><div><a href="http://victormazon.com/signum">http://victormazon.com/signum</a><br><div>https://www.facebook.com/events/980663641988045/</div><div>Tickets:</div><div><div>http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/experimental-sonification-techniques-with-victor-mazon-gardoqui-tickets-24115250363</div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>