<div dir="ltr">[apologies for x-post]<br><br>REVERSE is thrilled to announce a unique,
one weekend workshop to be hosted at our space on Saturday March 8th and
Sunday March 9th. The Xth Sense: Making your own Biophysical Sensor is a
hands-on training in augmentation of the body for musical performance.
The Xth Sense (XS) is a DIY biotechnological musical instrument that
amplifies the muscle sound of the human body, and use them as control
data and musical material for interactive performance. <br><br>It is
open source and it was named the “world’s most innovative new musical
instrument” by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (US, 2012).<br><br>WHEN: Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9, between 1-6 PM<br>WHERE: Reverse Space,<br>REGISTRATION: $300 REGULAR - $270 STUDENT (WITH ID)<br>
* Sensors are included<br><br>The workshop will be limited to 12 participants. More info and registration at:<br><a href="http://reversespace.org/the-xth-sense-making-your-own-biophysical-sensor/">http://reversespace.org/the-xth-sense-making-your-own-biophysical-sensor/</a><br>
<br>Developed
by performer, body tinkerer, biotech creator and writer Marco
Donnarumma, this two-session workshop will teach participants how to
build their own XS sensor from scratch and how to generate visceral
music and control live videos using the muscle sounds of their bodies.<br><br><a href="http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense">http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense</a><br><a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com/bio/">http://marcodonnarumma.com/bio/</a><br>
<br>The
XS amplifies the muscle sounds of the human body, and use them as
control data and musical material. When a performer contracts any muscle
low frequency sounds are produced. By capturing these sounds with the
XS microphone sensor and live sampling them with a computer visceral
music is generated in real time. It’s like connecting a guitar to an
effect pedal; but here is the body to be connected to an adaptive
computational system. One has complete control over the sound shape by
simply contracting muscles in different ways.<br><br>No previous
experience in electronics or programming is required, however
participants should be familiar with digital music creation. At the end
of the workshop, attendants will be able to keep the XS biosensors they
built, and the related software for their own use.<br><br><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Marco Donnarumma<br>Performer, body tinkerer, teacher and writer.<br></div><div>#soundandmusic #biotech #freeculture<br></div><div>
EAVI - Goldsmiths, University of London<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Portfolio: <a href="http://marcodonnarumma.com" target="_blank">http://marcodonnarumma.com</a><br>
Research: <a href="http://res.marcodonnarumma.com" target="_blank">http://res.marcodonnarumma.com</a></div></div></div>
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