ELECTROMAGNETO PHONE

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Priezor from + LOM + is an open-source passive antenna to make electromagnetic fields audible. It is very sensitive and detects low level events in the atmosphere. All electronic devices in the home or for outdoors, e.g. mobile phones, flat screens, sockets, etc. emit electromagnetic waves and sound very different. Which source sounds the most exciting to you? How can we explain the different volumes? And how do you perceive these devices now that you can hear them?

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RADIATOR

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The sound of stroking a radiator was combined here with a modified drum machine. The video layer shows the surface of a lake, interrupted by vertical black lines and overlaid by noise images caused by an analog tube TV. The symmetry and asymmetry of image and sound was investigated.

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TINKER TEC GIRLS

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In this electronics and prototyping workshop we solder an amplifier and a simple synthesizer circuit. The housing is of laser cut wood, the knobs are made by 3D printer. Learning how to make things yourself is the goal.

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SOLAR CV

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These solar cells produce a voltage of 0-5 volts. These are very suitable to be used as control voltage (CV) in the Modular Synthesizer. For example, a changing light source can influence a filter (VCF), the pitch of an oscillator (VCO) or the volume of an amplifier (VCA). When an autonomous patch is influenced by external sensors, it is also called an interactive generative system.

Another possibility is to feed the solar cell directly into an audio amplifier. Then e.g. the frequencies of LED’s can be made audible. Click the link below to watch an example.

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EXPLORE

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Both in the laboratory as well as in the wild, I search for new discoveries. These are accumulated here: new life forms, atmospheric measurements, performative metaphysics, tools and strategies in the field between sound art and electronic music.

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SUZANNE CIANI

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In 1970 she became known as a sound designer, composing electronic music for film and commercials. Before that she studied composition at the University of California (Berkeley). Through her boyfriend then, she met + DON BUCHLA +, the synthesizer pioneer and inventor, by which she was strongly influenced. She still works passionately with the Buchla Modular Synthesizer today and gives live concerts worldwide. Also, Suzanne recently received the + 2023 SEAMUS AWARD + congratulations!

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CHAOS AMP

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There are two different circuits in two cubes connected with a cable. Chaos are two oscillating circuits that modulate each other. The pitch can be manipulated by a photoresistor (LDR), and the pulse width by a potentiometer. The second potentiometer is used to set the voltage that supplies current to the oscillating circuit. This allows you to create versatile and very interesting sound. The other circuit is a simple amplifier with a speaker.

We built these cubes in the + TINKER TEC GIRLS + workshop at HSLU. For more information klick the link below.

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HALO

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Together with Liwaii Keller this real-time video performance was performed. The video material used was self-made with different liquids and digitally edited.

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PHASOR NOISE

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This programmed generator produces both image and sound. The spacing of the stripe patterns is converted into sound. What we see is what we hear and vice versa.

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COLLECT

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What are the things I collect on my journey? Are they information, experiences and consciousness against entropy? Or am I collecting waves in quantum field, material to shape space and time? Under this heading I collect what inspires me. Inspired by + Frederick +.

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AUDIO LASER

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This experiment investigates how audio can be transmitted through the air. The signal is overlapped with the laser beam (analog circuit) and then picked up by a solar panel. The solar panel is connected to a simple amplifier that drives a loudspeaker. Klick the link below to watch the video on Instagram.

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REPAIR THINGS

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Can you imagine how a rolling suitcase with a broken wheel sounds on a snowy spit-covered road? The sound of things often tells us whether they are still running smoothly or not. Click on the picture for more and read the hole story of Ursinas’s rolling suitcase.

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AUTARK

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Under this heading, short stories on aesthetic research and current social issues are released. Always with the aim to inform, to show possibilities and alternatives. The reader should be taken on a journey, on which his mind opens for new things and changes.

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SPECTRAL

This video essay focuses on the topic of the creative processes and aesthetic research. Negotiating with the unconscious, the primordial soup, enduring the diffuse, the ephemeral, the doubts, getting lost, evolving yourself in search to find deeper connections. What is your passion or what are you struggling with?

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RESONATE

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You can’t teach competencies, you have to acquire them yourself. This is how I understand my task as teacher: to invite, inspire and support the participants in their projects. The main goal is to create an optimal learning environment for everyone and to tune them into their own frequencies so that an orchestra sounds.

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FABLAB

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FabLab stands for Fabrication Laboratory and was developed by + NEIL GERSHENFELD + (MIT) as a course of study. The concept is simple: it gives creatives access to digitally controlled machines, such as: 3D printers, laser cutters and CNC milling machines – very easily, quickly and for everyone!

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DEVOUR V4

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Feedback loops was made with piezo elements, solar panel, coil, neon light, fx pedal, chaos synths and other stuff. This performance was shown as a prelude to the SoundLab Module 2022 at HSLU D&K.

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SHAREBOX

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The sharebox contains everything I share with my community: templates, field recordings, sample libraries and of course tutorials. You can download and access the content of the sharebox with a subscription at Patreon. So what are you waiting for?

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PHYSICAL COMPUTING

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An Arduino or similar micro-controller is a quick way to breathe life into a prototype. It’s not just a physical prototyping board, but a system of an easy-to-understand programming environment, a project hub for inspiration, and a world-wide and helpful forum. So what are you waiting for?

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CREATIVE SPACE

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We focused on the topic of creativity and well-being. What do I need to feel inspired? In which environment am I particularly creative and in flow? We craft, draw, glue, design, fantasize and dream our creative space, where we feel comfortable and where we can develop our visions.

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STEIM

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STEIM (STudio for Electro Instrumental Music) is a center for research and development of new musical instruments in the electronic performing arts, located in Amsterdam. Electronic music in STEIM’s context is always strongly related to the physical and direct actions of a musician. In this tradition, STEIM supports artists by residences, such as composers and performers, but also multimedia and video artists and assists them to develop setups which allow for improvisation and performance with individually designed technology.

+ Nicolas Collins + was the artistic director between 1992 and 1995.

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WATER ROCKET

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With a few household items like a bicycle pump and a PET bottle we build a water rocket. The ideal relationship between air pressure and water volume will be investigated. Having fun while learning motivates everyone equally.

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KOMPOSITION – V1

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For an exhibition was created 21 drawings, with graphite on paper (64 x 64 cm). For the frottage technique was made a plate of gibs with a wave-like structure.

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SGNTR

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The audio material of generative processes was processed for this purpose and compiled into 10 tracks. These ambient cinematic soundscapes are like an empty promise, have no beginning as well as no end.

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DIY MICROSCOPE

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We take apart a disused webcam and turn the lens so that we get a macro lens. Then we build a stage from laser cutting parts and mount the modified webcam. In no time at all we have a wonderfully functioning DIY microscope, which invites you to dive into the wonderful world of the microcosm and document your discoveries directly on your computer.

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