Pure Data workshop @ Spacemedia 17th July 2007

Next installment of one day Pure Data introduction workshop at Spacemedia (Hackney, London). For more detail and booking, visit Spacemedia.

Next installment of one day Pure Data introduction workshop at Spacemedia (Hackney, London). For more detail and booking, visit Spacemedia.

pond
Exhibition From 15-06-2007 until 14-07-2007
Opening and presentation Friday the 15th of June at 16.00
Aymeric Mansoux and Marloes de Valk developed the installation ‘Pond’ during their artist in residency from April 15th until June 15th 2007, at the Netherlands Media Art Institute.
In ‘pond’, Marloes de Valk and Aymeric Mansoux investigate to what extent information can develop in a network of computers linked with each other and how it is possible for an audience to interact with it.

FLOSS+Art
Call for Papers
Deadline: September 15th 2007
people.makeart is a new project by GOTO10. It is a repository of articles and lecture materials focused on the relationship between FLOSS (Free / Libre / Open Source Software) and digital arts, as well as a database of free digital art projects. The selected papers will be published on the people.makeart website and will be printed in the FLOSS+Art book, scheduled for spring 2008, using OpenMute’s POD publishing service.
Goto10 member ClaudiusMaximus and Chun Lee will be performing on the 22nd of June at Shunt(London bridge) in London. It is part of a series of six concerts consisting of experimental audio/visual performances. Further detail can be found here
A sample of ClaudiusMaximus’s set can be seen here

Linux Audio and Live Impro Workshop by Ixi software and GOTO10
18, 19, 20 July 2007
Teachers: Enrike Hurtado, Aymeric Mansoux and Marloes de Valk
Host: arteleku – San Sebastian, Basque country
booking: here or call +34 943 45 36 62
A three day course exploring free and open source software available for live improvisation purposes such as real-time audio effects, controlers, audio and midi processing, as well as the creative possibilities of Pure Data in a live setup.
The workshop is an introduction to GNU/Linux and audio for instrumentalists. No previous knowledge of GNU/Linux is needed but a basic knowledge of computers is! We’ll cover an introduction to GNU/Linux and all the classic software required for live purposes. Topics will include: an introduction to Linux audio, ALSA and soundcard configuration, using JACK to share audio and midi, real-time audio effects with JACK Rack and LADSPA, Linux audio distributions, how to set up a good working live audio station, and more!
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Date: 2 – 3- 4 July 2007
Location: Bates Mill, Huddersfield, UK
Host: DRU
Price: FREE
Time: 10.30 – 17.00
Teachers: Tom Schouten, Aymeric Mansoux and Marloes de Valk
Booking: lisa -at- blinkmedia -dot- org
CATkit is a 3 day workshop dedicated to physical computing. During the workshop you’ll learn how to use the CATkit board to create small stand alone objects that use sensors, knobs and switches to generate sound. The workshop is based on 100% FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) and open hardware. You’ll go home with the board and all the software you need to keep building.

folly Summer School of Sound
June 27th, 28th, 29th 2007, 10am – 4pm
St Martins College, Lancaster
This year’s Summer School of Sound will be led by internationally-acclaimed sound artist collective GOTO10.
Marloes de Valk and Aymeric Mansoux will lead a three-day course exploring free open-source software available for home-studio purposes, such as audio and midi sequencers, sound editors and virtual effect-racks, including the creative possibilities of puredata, Hydrogen, Seq24, Icecast, DarkIce, JackRack/LADSPA, Audacity, Ardour and ZynAddSubFX as well as a range of GNU/Linux distributions such as pure:dyne, Ubuntu Studio, Debian Multimedia, Musix, 64 Studio, APODIO and Planet CCRMA.
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Date: 26th-27th of May, 10.00h – 18.00h.
Place: Steim, Amsterdam
Subject: Forth TV
This workshop will stand in the light of the forth interpreter on the pic chip. Forth enables you to program your pic life and thus edit and see the changes in behavior right away. By learning to control tv tubes with forth this workshop will cover..
1. introduction forth, the forth toolchain. (interactivity, giving commands and updates to a live system, modularity, solve problems in pieces and interactive testing)
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A two week boot camp dedicated to free software tools for audio-visual art and performance
Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow
May 14th-25th 2007, Monday – Friday, 10:30am – 4:30pm
Pure Data is a free and open source real-time graphical programming environment used by artists to create a range of visual arts, theatre, dance, audio, installation, performance and media art works.
Pure Data is ideal for those looking to integrate technology into their work for the first time, or advanced media artists looking to explore new tools and new ways to combine them in a unified environment. It is easy to use Pure Data to create interactive environments, link animations and sound, control hardware and electronics, stream audio, generate real time visuals and develop interfaces for other programs.
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make art is an international festival dedicated to the integration of free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) in digital arts.
The second edition of make art takes place in Poitiers (France), from the 3rd to the 8th of April 2007.
make art offers performances, exhibitions, lectures and workshops, focused on the blurred line between art and software programming. The event is dedicated to artists who create their own tools, and apply the same rules to art as to free software development.