[spectre] Workshop 'Xth Sense: Biophysical Music''-Presenter Marco Donnarumma/14.07. & 15.07.2012 / @ LEAP

Tue Jun 26 13:43:02 CEST 2012

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*Xth Sense: **Make your own biophysical sensor** for interactive music and
video.*

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*2 day workshop: 14.07. & 15.07.2012, 13:00-19:00
Cost: €80 for 2 day workshop + €20 for material costs
Register before 06.07.2012 at *workshops at leapknecht.de
*Places are Limited to 8 candidates*
Facebook Event <http://www.facebook.com/events/442679485756482/?ref=ts>

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Hands on training in augmentation of the body for musical performance with
Marco Donnarumma.

Creating your own low cost biosensing wearable device for muscle sounds.

Details below.

*About the Workshop*

The workshop offers a hands-on experience and both theoretical and
practical
training in gestural control of music and bodily musical performance of
music
and live video, deploying the Xth Sense (XS), a brand-new, biophysical and
open
technology.  The XS was recently awarded the first prize in the Margaret
Guthman
Musical Instrument Competition (Georgia Tech, US 2012) as the “world’s most
innovative
new musical instrument”. Participants build their own XS biosensor and
learn how
to generate interactive music from the muscle sounds of their bodies.

Developed by the workshop teacher Marco Donnarumma within a
research project at
The University of Edinburgh, the
XS<http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense> is
a framework for the application of muscle
sounds to the biophysical generation and control of music.It consists of a
low
cost, DIY biosensing wearable device and an Open Source based software for
capture, analysis and audio processing of biological sounds of the body
(Pure Data-based).

Muscle sounds are captured in real time and used both as sonic source
material
and control values for sound effects, enabling the performer to
control music
simply with his body and kinetic energy. Forget your mice, MIDI
controllers,
you will not even need to look at your laptop anymore.
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*The XS biosensor was designed to be easily implemented by anyone,
no previous
experience in electronics is required.  The applications of the Xth Sense
technology
are manifold: from complex gestural control of audio and video sampling
synthesis,
through biophysical generation of music and sounds, to kinetic control of
real time
digital processing of traditional musical instruments, control of external
vjing software and more.
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How*

Firstly participants will be introduced to the the XS Technology
by its author and led through the assembling of their own biophysical
wearable hardware using the materials provided. Next, they will become
proficient with the XS software framework: all the features of the
framework
will be unleashed through practical exercises. Theoretical background
on the state of art of gestural control of music and new musical
instruments
will be developed by means of an audiovisual review and participatory
critical analysis of relevant projects selected by the instructor.
Eventually,
participants will combine hardware and software to learn how to master the
XS system in a performative context.

At the end of the workshop the participants will be free to keep the XS
biosensors they built and the related software for their own use.
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**Prospective Participants
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The workshop is open to anyone passionate about sound and music. Musical
background and education does not matter as long as you are ready to
challenge
your usual perspective on musical performance. Composers, producers, sound
designers, musicians, field recordists are all welcome to join our team for
an
innovative and highly creative experience. No previous experience in
electronics
or programming is required, however participants should be familiar with
digital music creation.

*Requirements
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Participants need to provide their own headphones, external soundcards and
laptops with Pd-extended 0.42.5 already installed. Free download is
available at  <http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/pd-extended>
http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/pd-extended.

We will work either on Linux or Mac OSX (system have to be 10.6 or newer.
If you don’t have access to either of them, please download a live
distribution
of Pure:Dyne at:  <http://puredyne.org/index.html>
http://puredyne.org/index.html

Musicians interested in augmenting their favourite musical instrument by
means of body gestures are encouraged to bring their instrument along.

More information about the XS and a video of a live performance can be
viewed on-line at:

http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/xth-sense/

http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/music-for-flesh-ii/

http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/hypo-chrysos/

*Marco Donnarumma* <http://marcodonnarumma.com/>

New media and sonic artist, performer and teacher, Marco Donnarumma was
born in Italy and is based in Edinburgh, UK. Weaving a thread
around biomedia
research, musical and theatrical performance, participatory practices and
subversive coding, he looks at the collision of critical creativity with
humanized
technologies.

Marco has performed and spoken in 28 countries including US and
South America,
Europe, India, China, South Korea and Australia. His works have been
selected at
leading art events (ISEA, Venice Biennale, WRO Biennale), specialized
festivals
(FILE, Sonorities, Némo, Mapping, Piksel, Re-New, Laboral, EMAF,
Visionsonic,
Carnival of e-Creativity) and major academic conferences (NIME, ICMC, Pure
Data
Convention, Linux Audio Conference Stanford CCRMA, SICMF).

His projects have been reviewed on Wired, Create Digital Music, We Make
Money
Not Art, Rhizome, Weave, Turbulence.org. Most recently, he appeared in
the book “New Art/Science Affinities” (CMU and Studio for Creative Enquiry,
US). Artist in residence at Inspace (UK) and the National School of Theatre
and
Contemporary Dance (DK). His work has been funded by the European
Commission,
Creative Scotland, New Media Scotland and the Danish Arts Council.

http://marcodonnarumma.com

*FURTHER WORKSHOPS AT LEAP: *
“MAX/JITTER for beginners” presented by Claudia Robles Angel 11.07. &
12.07.2012, 15:00-19.00
Find Infos here:* Facebook Event
 <http://www.facebook.com/events/438512149506111/>*
*PERFORMANCES AT LEAP:*
Marco Donnarumma and Claudia Robles Angel both will perform at LEAP at
“Body Controlled #4 - Bio Interfacing”.
Opening on Friday, 13.07.2012, from 20.00.

Find Infos here*: Facebook
Event<http://www.facebook.com/events/380593118656982/>
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