A two-day workshop of building miniature modular synthesizers within the 2nd International Conference on Electronic Music Culture of ALL WE ARE Festival.
DATES: 7 and 8 November | 5 – 9 PM
MENTOR: Wolfgang Spahn
LOCATION: Kreativni center Poligon, Tobačna 5, 1000 Ljubljana
REGISTRATION: delavnica@ljudmila.org
About the workshop
Paper Bits is a small voltage controlled modular synthesizer system, created by Wolfgang Spahn at the Indian Sonic Research Organisation and further elaborated in collaboration with Ioana Vreme Moser. Its simple design, accessible interface as well as low price offer a powerful sound tool dedicated to learning, experimenting and playing. Currently there are 6 modules developed, that can be put together in different ways and patched. However, the system is growing and changing as its currently in a developing mode.
Participants can choose two of the following modules:
- PB101 Sync VCO
- PB102 Sinus VCO
- PB201 Step Sequencer
- PB401 Echo
About the mentor
Wolfgang Spahn is an Austrian-German visual artist based in Berlin. His work includes interactive installations, miniature-slide-paintings and performances of light & sound. His art explores the field of analogue and digital media and focuses on both their contradiction and their correlation. That's why he is also specialised in re-appropriated and re-purposed electronic technologies. Spahn's immersive audio-visual performances merge the technically distinct production of images and sounds. In this respect the data stream of a digital projector becomes audible whereas the sound created by electromagnetic fields of coils and motors will be visualised. Spahn teaches at the Professional Association of Visual Artists in Berlin (BBK-Berlin) and is associated lecturer at the University of Paderborn, department of media studies as well as at the University of Oldenburg, department of art and visual culture.
Registration
WORKSHOP IS FULL!
Contribution for two day workshop is 25 € and needs to be settled before the start of the workshop on site. The participation fee covers the materials expenses (two modules plus USB-power connector and output socket included), workshop product remains in your possession. Workshop will be held in English language, the number of participants is limited, so please apply/announce yourself to delavnica@ljudmila.org. No previous skills are needed. Newbies are welcome. Please bring your own USB charger.
Workshop is a collaboration between Association for Electronic Music Culture Development Phonotouch and Ljudmila Lab, Zavod Projekt Atol and Poligon, with financial support from the Ministry for Culture and the Municipality of Ljubljana – Department for Culture.