Workshops
Jun 22 2019 to Jun 26 2019
Touch, Sound, Pulse: DIY Vibrotactile Systems
Learn about the multisensory and emotive world of vibrotactility with David Bobier of VibraFusionLab and build your own wearable and handheld vibrotactile device.
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Jun 25 2019 to Jul 2 2019
Slime Mold as Capacitive Storytelling
Slime mold is a beautiful living monoculture. Due to its tendency to grow in the pattern of nodes and branches, new media bio-artists have been using it as a medium to represent everything from the functionality of the Internet to diaspora migration patterns of the human race.
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Jul 6 2019 to Jul 20 2019
PUFF! Create Inflatable Forms
Are you interested in experimenting with the inflated form? Join us for a masterclass by Marcia Huyer and learn how to create your own large-scale inflatable sculpture from scratch. The workshop will finish with a collaborative outdoors presentation at Big on Bloor Festival.
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Jul 13 2019
Intro to 3D Modeling: Digital Sculpting with Rhino
Join artist and architect Jaimie Howard for an introduction to the intricate 3D modeling program Rhino.
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Jul 16 2019 to Jul 23 2019
Building Interactivity: An Introduction to Unity and Biosignals
Learn how to use the game engine Unity to construct an interactive digital experience with real-time biofeedback from the user.
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Jul 27 2019
Build Your Own Psychogeographic Noise Synth!
In this hands on workshop, you will learn how to build your own experimental noise synthesizer - the Fort Processor! All the necessary components in kit format will be provided, as well as guidance to build your device from scratch.
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Past workshop
Oct 18, 2012
Designing With Depth: Kinect for the Processing Audience
About the workshop
The Microsoft Kinect is a camera that sees in 3D. It makes it easy to help your computer make sense of the world.This workshop will focus on using the Kinect to make your computer-attached projects see better.
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Oct 9, 2012
Making Pictures With Processing
About the Workshop:
In this workshop we will be looking at techniques employed by artists who use Processing heavily in their respective practices, in an effort to gain new insight into the software and incorporate new ideas into our own work. Specifically, we will look at Jason Salavon's "pixel averaging" pieces (www.salavon.com), figure out how his code works, and learn how to modify it for our own ends. We will also discuss work by Casey Reas & Ben Fry (the creators of Processing), among others.
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Oct 4, 2012
Intro to Generative Art & Processing
About the workshop.
Processing is a versatile tool frequently used by artists to create screen- and projection-based images and videos capable of responding to live data input (sensors, online information, etcetera). In addition, Processing integrates very well with the Arduino microcontroller, allowing artists’ computer programs to interact with the physical world.
This workshop is designed for those with little or no programming experience.
From Processing.org:
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Past workshop
Sep 29, 2012
Sensors Workshop
About the workshop.
The workshop will introduce you to a variety of different sensors. Explain how they work, show the three different types of interfaces to work your sensor and prepare you for using any sensor you would like in the future. This course is designed to show you all the dirty tricks to avoiding the microcontroller to make interactive art, it is also designed to learn to understand when you need a microcontroller to make your projects work.
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Sep 6 - 13, 2012
Intro to Arduino
If you've seen a piece of interactive, robotic, or electronic art recently that made you say "How'd they do that?" there's a pretty good chance that the answer is: "Arduino." This tool is proving to be endlessly versatile as it inspires growing numbers of artists, hobbyists, and makers to take on interactive projects.
From Arduino.cc:
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Past workshop
Aug 9 - 16, 2012
Responsive Sound & Real-Time Code with SuperCollider (2 PART WORKSHOP)
What is SuperCollider?
SuperCollider is an environment and programming language for real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. What does that mean? Basically, it's an incredibly powerful tool for turning data into audio compositions.
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Jul 19, 2012
Workshop: Reactive Works - Audio & Video Control with Arduino and PureData
What's this workshop all about?
Learn a relatively easy way to create reactive video and audio works
that respond to physical sensors such as knobs, switches, and infrared
distance sensors all without having to write any code. In this
workshop we cover how to use a toolkit of hardware and software
(Sensors + Arduino + Firmata + Pduino + Pure Data) together to make
some weird and interesting things. If you want to use your own audio
and video clips in the workshop, get in touch ahead of time and we'll
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Past workshop
Jul 12, 2012
Designing with Depth: Kinect for the Kinda Non-Mechanical Audience
About the workshop.
The Microsoft Kinect is a camera that sees in 3D. It makes it easy to help your computer make sense of the world.
This workshop will focus on using the Kinect to make your computer-attached projects see better. We'll learn about the basics of installing and using the Kinect (mac only, I'm afraid), some introductory computer vision, and using these tools to make your work see like you, move like you, and even look like you.
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Jul 5, 2012
Workshop: Arduino & DMX control with David McCallum
About the workshop.
DMX is a communication protocol that has become standard in theatrical lighting and effects control. You know the hardware already: DMX cables are those big fat ones with three or five prongs, and you see them around any concert or theatre set-up.