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A (more-or-less) weekly series of constructivist workshops emphasising
making and connection within the field of the existent.

Upcoming:

16th June: Electric Art Lab with Jeff Mann

23rd June: White noise/random data generation using avalanche noise/
zener and transistor breakdown. Details tbc.


June/July projected: GNU Emacs, the C programming language, spectral
RF reception, Arduino and ATmega8 microcontrollers, radio telescopy,
high frequency schnuffling, text generation in Python

... or contact if you're interested in leading a related workshop.

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16th June 2PM. Electric Art Lab with Jeff Mann

Our ancestors believed that ordinary objects could contain energies,
spirits, intelligence, and the spark of life. Today, tens of billions
of tiny electronic processors permeate our reality, embedded in
phones, watches, appliances, toys, cars, factory equipment, and our
entire technological infrastructure. In this lab/workshop, we'll look
at the microcontroller - the basic element of this distributed network
of intelligent objects. These "computers on a chip" are small,
inexpensive, simple, and unlike their desktop/laptop cousins, are
designed for interaction with the physical world. How can creative
individuals use microcontrollers to produce evocative, compelling
objects and experiences that go beyond typical mass-produced consumer
products?

We'll look at examples and discuss how artists have incorporated
embedded processors into sculpture, installation, and
performance. We'll compare various microcontroller platforms and,
using the open-source Arduino board, we'll experiment with building
activated objects that include sensors, processing, and
movement. We'll also look at using the microcontroller as a physical
interface for audio/video environments like Pure Data, and for remote
interaction over the Internet.

The workshop is designed for people of all levels of experience. No
equipment is required, but it's recommended to bring as many of the
following things as possible:

- Materials to modify, hack, and build objects with. Household items,
  battery-operated toys, plastic, wood, metal, anything you find
  interesting. Before the workshop, try to imagine two or three simple
  ideas you might try to make.

- Laptop with Arduino and Pd software installed.

- Toolbox with cutters, glue gun, screwdrivers, as well as soldering
  irons, multimeter, etc.

- Microcontrollers - a limited number of Arduino boards will be shared
  between the participants. You can also purchase your own before the
  workshop for 27 euros in Berlin at: http://www.segor.de/

- Sensors and Actuators - pushbuttons, photocells, rangefinders,
  accelerometers; DC, R/C servo, and stepper motors.

- Electronics parts and supplies - a selection of wire, connectors,
  resistors, capacitors, transistors, chips, and so on.

More details about tools and materials can be found at:
http://jeffmann.com/resources.html

About the instructor:

Jeff Mann creates electric art with computers, electronics, kinetics,
and telecommunications media. His work explores the nature of
technological life and its cultural representation; it draws out
tensions between notions of utopian industrialism, personal theatre,
and the evocative enigma of electronic equipment.

Course fee: 15 euros

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Background:

A weekly series of constructivist workshops emphasising making and
connection within the field of the existent.

Workshops led by field-expert practitioners extend over realms of code
and embedded code, environmental code, noise, transmission and
reception, and electromysticism. Workshops solely utilise free
software and GNU toolbase.

Practitioners include Julian Oliver (http://selectparks.net/), Derek
Holzer (http://soundtransit.nl), Jeff Mann (http://jeffmann.com),
Martin Howse (http://1010.co.uk), Fredrik Olofsson
(http://www.fredrikolofsson.com/), superfactory (http://superfactory.biz)

Further planned workshops will cover PD connectivity and hardware,
ATmega8 microcontrollers, free software documentation, VLF reception,
radio antenna design, FPGA design...

Please RSVP m at 1010.co.uk to reserve any places or register
interest. Please forward.

xxxxx, pickledfeet, Linienstrasse 54, Berlin 10119

U2, Rosa-Luxemburg-Pl.
U8, Rosenthaler Pl.

Telephone: 3050187482. 

http://1010.co.uk/workshop.html

http://1010.co.uk/xxxxx_research_institute.html

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