[spectre] Project Launch// Reconstructing the World's Oldest Drum Machine

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Pleased to share a new project - sideman5000.org

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Video episodes use an obsolete music box to teach everything from voltage
to tubes

In a new video series hosted by artist Darsha Hewitt, the
electro-mechanical "Cadillac of drum machines" is a window into a world of
glowing vacuum tubes and high-voltage oscillations.

It's a 38 kg-behemoth from 1959. But the Side Man 5000 is also the world's
first commercially-available drum machine. Take it apart, restore it to
use, and you can learn a lot about the history of technology, as well as
the fundamentals of electro-mechanical operation that's every bit as
relevant today.

A Side Man 5000 Adventure is a unique, long-form, episodic lesson both in
media archeology and the basics of physics, electronics, and mechanical
design. It's the first ever comprehensive technical documentation of a
machine that made history. And it's a must-watch series for anyone
interested in learning more about music, electronic history, or how things
work.

Step inside Darsha Hewitt's studio and let the music move you -- with some
robotic electro-mechanical ballroom beats.

The first episode drops on Tuesday October 6th at 18h - available on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0llWJmcw-0>, Vimeo
<https://vimeo.com/140511060>, and sideman5000.org
<http://www.sideman5000.org/>

Pre-Launch events:

03.10.16 - Advanced Screening and Q&A hosted by Jonathan Sterne
<http://sterneworks.org/>  @  Mutek_IMG
<http://www.mutek.org/img/2015/program> Montréal

04.10.16 - Side Man 5000 Sample Salon Workshop @ Goethe-Institut Montréal
<http://www.goethe.de/ins/ca/mon/ver/de14764097v.htm>

Part of „Art and Civic Media“ -  Innovation Incubator
<http://www.leuphana.de/en/partners/innovation-incubator-lueneburg/digital-media/art-and-civic-media.html>
@ Leuphana University - Lüneburg. Further support provided by Foundation
for Art and Creative Technology <http://www.fact.co.uk/about.aspx> and
Bauhaus-Universität
Weimar <https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/universitaet/start/>.

Note to editors:

Find a complete press kit on Google Drive, with photos and videos:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8IJInesinaIYXlwUlo1VWdzSDA&usp=sharing

For more information, please contact Peter Kirn at Create Digital Media:
+49 17631175441 / peter at createdigitalmedia.net

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Künstlerische Mitarbeiterin Darsha Hannah Hewitt
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Faculty of Media / Media Arts Environments
Marienstr 5 / 99423 Weimar
Tel.: +49 (0)3643 / 58 3871
Mobile: +49 (0)176 / 56 82 35 24
E-Mail: darsha.hewitt at uni-weimar.de
Website: www.uni-weimar.de/gmu
Portfolio: www.darsha.org
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