[spectre] call for participation LABworkshops LABoral Gijon/Spain

[Erich Berger]

LABoral Centre for Art and Industrial Creation

LABworkshops

Call for participation

Free Tools for Creators

Whether for ethical, economical or technical reasons more and more digital
artists are using, or interested in using, free software in their work.
This is despite the serious lack of specific training in the field.

LABoral in collaboration with Hangar, proposes a series of workshops for
all artists interested in learning to work with free software.
Hangar is a visual arts production centre from Barcelona and has over five
years experience working with free software in a creative environment.
Taken together, the three workshops provide a complete toolkit for the artist
wanting to working with interactive audiovisual environments.

VIDEO: RECORD, GENERATE, PERFORM

This workshop will focus on the creation of programmes for the use of real time
video-VJing, installations and interactive video. Participants will learn how
to capture video and prepare loops using Kino, and to manipulate them in real
time with Pure Data (PD). The generation of 3D visuals will also be taught.
Pure Data (PD) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio,
video, and graphical processing. It is one of the most flexible tools available
for creators working with real-time media. PD runs on Linux, OSX and Windows.
The workshop is for beginners as well as experienced users.

Workshop led by:
Lluis GomeZ I Bigorda is a coder and responsible for free software in Hangar,
Barcelona. He has led PD workshops in Spain, Brazil, Palestine and France.
http://artefacte.org/pd/

Lituz (Carles Lopez) is an audiovisual performer. He has been playing video
internationally.

Hans-ChristophSteiner composes music with computers, builds networks with free
software, and works on interactive software. Putting the emphasis on
collaboration, he has worked in many forms, including sound, robotics and
sensors. He is an active member of the Pure Data. http://at.or.at/hans/

Dates: 06 - 10.08.2007
Hours: 4 - 9 pm
15 participants, age +18, selected by CV and motivation letter
Registration fee: 50 euros
Registration: www.laboralcentrodearte.org

AUDIO: FROM REALTIME TO THE STUDIO AND BACK AGAIN
This workshop will combine live audio performance and generation with the
skills required to record and mix tracks. In addition, the workshop will cover
interaction with audio, based on methods like pitch tracking and beat
detection.  Participants will learn to create programmes (patches) for audio
generation and performance using Pure Data (PD), a real-time graphical
programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing.
They will also learn the basics of the audio studio in Linux - multitrack
recording and mixing using Ardour and Rosegarden. These are robust free
alternatives to commercial programmes such as ProTools. The workshop is for
beginners as well as experienced users.

Workshop led by :
Yves Degoyon. Is a musician, mapmaker and PD coder. He is the author of the
PiDiP video objects for PD as well as many other useful objects.
http://ydegoyon.free.fr/software.html
Lluis Carbonell is a musician and co-founder of http://costellam.net.He is a
member of the dark-hop group Acoprova, producer of Jalea Real and co-producer
of the soundtrack for the film El Taxista Full. He investigates new
configurations to optimise the low latency linux kernel.

Dates: 13 - 17.08.2007
Hours: 4 - 9 pm
15 participants, age +18, selected by CV and motivation letter
Registration fee: 50 euros
Registration: www.laboralcentrodearte.org

HARDWARE: ARDUINO AND OPEN ELECTRONICS
Arduino (http://arduino.cc/) is an open-source physical computing platform that
is revolutionising the interactive arts. It is based on a simple i/o board, and
a development environment for writing Arduino software. The Arduino programming
language is an implementation of the language used by Wiring, while the Arduino
environment is based on Processing. Arduino can be used to develop interactive
objects, taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors, and controlling a
variety of lights, motors, and other outputs. Arduino projects can stand alone,
or communicate with software running on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing,
Pure Data). The boards can be assembled by hand or purchased preassembled; the
open-source IDE can be downloaded for free.
Arduino received an Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities section of the
2006 Prix Ars Electronica.
The workshop is for beginners as well as experienced users.

Workshop led by:
David Cuartielles is co-creator of the Arduino Open Hardware Platform and has
directed numerous workshops. He exhibits his own artistic work regularly.
Marcos Yarza is an industrial engineer and collaborates on Arduino Project
since September 2005 (hyperlink "http://www.libelium.com"
www.libelium.com).

Dates: 20 - 24.08.2007
Hours: 4 pm - 9 pm
15 participants, age +18, selected by CV and motivation letter
Registration fee: 50 euros
Registration: www.laboralcentrodearte.org

Conception: Hangar
Organised by LABoral

Activities will take place at the labs and workshops of the LABoral.

LABoral is a space for artistic exchange.
It is set up with the purpose of establishing an effective alliance
between art, design, culture, industry and economic progress and the goal of
becoming a space for interaction and dialogue between art, new technologies and
industrial creation. It throws a special spotlight in production, creation and
research into art concepts still being defined.

Opening Hours: Wednesday to Monday, from 12 noon to 8 pm
Universidad Laboral s/n, 33394 Gijón, Asturia/Spain
T. +34 985 185 577 F. +34 985 337 355
info at laboralcentrodearte.org
www.laboralcentrodearte.org