Workshops
Feb 26 2019
Atari Punk Console
Want to make your own DIY sound synthesizer? Join us to learn about the 555 chip, practice your soldering and circuit building skills, and make some old school sounds with the Atari Punk Console!
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Mar 12 2019 to Mar 19 2019
Intro to 3D Printing for Artists
Do you want to get started with 3D printing? Learn how to make and prepare simple 3D models, perform basic maintenance and troubleshooting, and consider how to approach your own project ideas.
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Mar 23 2019 to Mar 30 2019
Bio-Sonifications: Non-Human Collaborations
Collaborate sonically with the non-human organisms around you and learn how to build a Nanotopian MIDI Bio-sonification Module. Listen to the sounds of the organisms around you (such as your plants!), how it responds to your presence, and see how it really feels!
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Apr 6 2019 to Apr 13 2019
Lightning in a Bottle: Mixed Reality Animation
In this advanced workshop with Nick Fox-Gieg, learn how to use 6DoF ("six degrees of freedom") controllers – wands you can move in 3D space – to integrate volumetric drawing and modeling experiments into game engines and 3D animation packages.
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Apr 9 2019 to Apr 16 2019
Scavenge, Fold, Manipulate: Sampling the Ghost in the Machine
Tasman Richardson will teach the methods for seeking, capturing and sorting glitches from CRT rescanning, Atari voltage manipulation, and cross wiring video to audio channels for applications in installation art, live visualizations, audio/video compositions, and more.
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Apr 20 2019
Javascript DigiPet
Join us for an introduction to javascript datatypes and methods. In this workshop participants will learn how to use javascript intervals to create a digital pet that eats and digest food, gives compliments, tells jokes, and occasionally catches food poisoning. How long can your keep yours alive?
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Apr 23 2019 to Apr 30 2019
Building Soft Circuits & Sensors
Join us to learn the basics of sewing with conductive thread, how to build a circuit, and the tools and techniques you can use to start building interactive projects with soft sensors!
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Sep 18 - 25, 2018
Intro to Electronics for Artists
Are you interested in creating interactive, new media work or simply need a refresher on electronics? Join Gerald Grison for a two-part introductory workshop on the basics of electronic arts.
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Aug 9, 2018
Optosonics Workshop
Join Vienna-based artists noid and Klaus Filip for a free hands-on lecture and workshop about the history and technology of optical sound.
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Jul 14, 2018
Intro to Reality Capture for Virtual Places
This is an introductory workshop to the concepts, techniques and production pipelines involved in the creation of alternative virtual places (AR/VR) through the capturing and transformation of reality. The principles and basic techniques of photogrammetry, photorealistic texturing, volumetric video and theory of spatial audio capture will be covered, and an overview on how to quickly bring them all together into a game engine in order to build virtual spaces (AR/VR). A basic knowledge of 3D asset production, image processing and game engine development (Unity) are recommended.
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Jul 3 - 21, 2018
Large Scale Projection Mapping with TouchDesigner
Organised as a 3 part workshop, this series will introduce participants already familiar with the TouchDesigner interface to standard techniques of projection mapping and give everyone the chance to apply the acquired knowledge at the Big on Bloor Festival by throwing some light onto the façade of the Kent School. While the first session will be an introduction to all the tools available in TouchDesigner for mapping surfaces and buildings, the second part of the workshop will be spent in teams exploring and developing ideas for the final night.
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Jun 5 - 12, 2018
Scavenge, Fold, Manipulate: Sampling the Ghost in the Machine
Tasman Richardson presents a beginner’s guide to forming abstract expressions with various analog glitches in this two day workshop. Using examples from his personal practice, Tasman will explain his concept of The New Flesh, and teach participants his methods for seeking, capturing and sorting glitches from CRT rescanning, Atari voltage manipulation, and cross wiring video to audio channels for applications in installation art, live visualizations, audio/video compositions, and more.
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May 19, 2018
Atari Punk Console
Make your own DIY sound synthesizer! Learn about the 555 chip, practice your soldering and circuit building skills, and make some old school sounds with the Atari Punk Console!
The APC is a simple noisemaker circuit that is famous for its simplicity, elegance, and endless permutations. We’ll provide you with all the components and tools necessary to build this legendary gizmo, and we’ll guide you through the build and help you understand how electronic circuits work.
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Apr 24 - May 1, 2018
Intro to Arduino for Artists
Dive in to the world of creative coding, circuit construction, sensors and actuators. Whether you are interested in robotics, sound, light art, or just plain old tinkering, these workshops are a great place to develop your artistic ideas. Arduino is an open source microcontroller and programming environment designed for use by artists, designers, and hobbyists. Over two sessions, Tess Sutherland will teach participants how to use this little device as the brain in their interactive creative projects.
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Apr 10 - 17, 2018
Intro to Electronics for Artists
Learning the basics of electronics is vital for anyone looking to create interactive or new media work. This workshop, geared to artists, is for those new in electronics, or for those who need a refresher. You will learn the basics of electricity starting with Ohm’s Law and work your way up to building simple digital circuits with CMOS chips, transistors and LEDs. You will learn how to interface these circuits with motors, sensors and other devices.
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Nov 25, 2017
Light, Performance and the Stage: Projection Mapping for Theatre
This course will invite actors to collaborate with workshop participants to design an assigned scene, which will feature projection mapping as both a narrative device and set design technique. The class will be divided into groups of two projection mappers and one or two actors. Each group will be given the script for a 5-10 minute scene from familiar classic and contemporary theatre, and will spend the class negotiating, designing, building and finally showcasing their scene for the class and invited guests by projecting the light-set onto plinths, boxes and movable walls on stage.