Piksel is an international event for artists and developers working with Free/Libre and Open Source technologies in artistic practice. It is organized in Bergen, Norway,and involves participants from more than a dozen countries exchanging ideas,coding, presenting art and software projects, doing workshops, performances and discussions on the aesthetics and politics of free technologies, free culture & art.

OPEN CALL for PROJECTS:
For the exhibition and other parts of the program Piksel currently seeks projects in the following categories:

1. Installations: Projects to be included in the exhibitions.The works must be realized by the use of free and open source technologies. Continue reading

Live Interfaces: Performance, Art, Music :: September 7-8, 2012 :: ICSRiM, School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds, East Yorkshire LS2 9JT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland :: Registration until August 30, £30 for both days.

Live Interfaces is an international conference on research and practice in live performance technology. The conference seeks to investigate cross-disciplinary understandings of performance technology with a particular focus on issues related to the notion of liveness in interaction. A preliminary programme with a list of papers and performances is available here.

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((( MUME 2012 ))) :: 1st International Workshop on Musical Metacreation :: to be held at the Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE’12) :: Stanford, Palo Alto, California, USA :: October 9, 2012 :: Deadline for Paper and Demo Submissions extended to: July 15, 2012 :: Continue reading

BEAM Festival :: June 22 – June 24, 2012 :: Brunel University, Uxbridge, London :: Day Passes £12 Fri / £20 Sat / £12 Sun :: Weekend Festival Pass £35 (with Symposium £50) :: Ticket offers and concs available

BEAM launches at 1pm on Friday 22 June with the BEAM Symposium and runs through to 4pm on Sunday 24 June. Over the weekend we have an amazing programme of performances, installations, workshops and demonstrations from an array of international artists whose work is united by their interest in the physical exploration of electronic music and sound creation.

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Live Interfaces: Performance, Art, Music :: September 7-8, 2012 :: ICSRiM, School of Music, University of Leeds, UK :: On-line submissions now open :: Live Coding workshop with Thor Magnusson :: Special Issue of Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) :: Related conferences – TaPRA and ICMC ::

1. Online Submissions now open: If you would like to present a paper or performance during the conference, please submit a proposal in abstract form at: http://lipam.lurk.org/ Please use the provided template, and note the requirements detailed on the website.The deadline for both papers and performance proposals is 17th June, 2012. Continue reading

The Summer Workshop: TheSoundtrack :: presented with ifs (internationale filmschule köln) :: August 11-31, 2012 :: a three-week practical course experimenting with sound, music and editing :: further education for young professionals :: in English :: Application deadline extended to June 6, 2012 ::

We are delighted to announce a new summer workshop held in collaboration between the ifs internationale filmschule köln and the School of Sound. It will take place at the ifs from 11-31 August 2012, 9:30 a.m. until 18:00 p.m.

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Deconstructing the Soundtrack :: A seminar series in association with the London Film School :: With Larry Sider, Annabelle Pangborn and Stephen Deutsch :: Saturday-Sunday, May 26-27, 2012 :: London Film School, Covent Garden, London ::

Building on the success of recent sound courses, these seminars are aimed at those working in screen-based media, and offer three integrated perspectives on the use of sound and music in filmmaking.

Larry Sider, Annabelle Pangborn and Stephen Deutsch will each deliver a half-day seminar demonstrating the interrelationship between sound, music, image and story. The programme will include a discussion of strategies and concepts for working with sound and music, from pre- to post-production. Continue reading

Soundboxes Workshop with Derek Holzer :: May 26 & 27, 2012, Time 11-19 :: Presentation Sunday May 27, 2012; Time 20.00 (venue TBA) :: Location: NK Projekt, Elsenstr. 52 2HH 2Etage, 12059 Berlin :: Fee: EUR 35 (participation) + EUR 10 (materials) Registration is required and can be done by sending an email to info@nkprojekt.de with the subject line “SoundBoxes” ::

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The School of Sound :: The Soundtrack Summer Workshop presented in collaboration with the ifs internationale filmschule köln :: August 11-31, 2012; 9:00 am – 6:00 pm :: Köln, Germany :: Application Deadline: May 25, 2012.

The Soundtrack Summer Workshop is especially designed for Editors, Sound Designers and Composers looking for new ways to work with each other and to improve their skills.

Application form here.

Focusing on the creation of soundtracks for fiction films, The Soundtrack goes beyond the usual teaching of sound design and composition to create an awareness of how these disciplines fit within the structure of film narrative. Continue reading

Harvestworks is offering a very unique and special class February 25, 2012 at 12:00 pm and February 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. :: Sonifying Wireless Data: Snuff Workshop with media artists Mario DeVega and Victor Mazon :: The workshop is 8 hours :: Maximum of 15 students.

Mario DeVega and Victor Mazon have been developing a special device that amplifies wireless internet traffic, bluetooth data transfer, mobile phones, microwaves and other devices with electromagnetic activity in the 2.4 GHz range. During two sessions on Saturday/Sunday (Feb 25/26) their Sonifying Wireless Data: Snuff Workshop will allow students to construct and experiment with a portable device able to amplify and de-modulate frequency ranges between 0.1 to 2.4 GHz. They will also discuss in detail the philosophy behind it.