[PD] workshop Pure Data, Amsterdam

[derek holzer]

WORKSHOP PURE DATA
Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts
26 - 29 May 2004
Fee: E 150,-
Guests: Aymeric Mansoux,  Derek Holzer, Frank Barknecht and Jaromil

This workshop is meant for beginners and will focus on Open Source 
software for the real-time manipulation of audio and video. The dual 
package of Pure Data and GEM, offer a complete set of tools for sound, 
multimedia and VJ purposes. Topics will include: real-time audio and 
video processing with PD and GEM, RRADical PD, PDP and an overview of 
other free and open source audio and video tools for Linux.

PD and GEM The dual package of PD [Pure Data] and GEM [Graphics 
Environment for Multimedia], developed under an open source model by an 
international community of programmers, offers just such a set of tools. 
Running under Windows, Linux or OSX, PD and GEM can be used in commonly 
available, inexpensive hardware as a complete multimedia environment. 
Both applications allow for the real-time manipulation of sound and 
image data within a visual programming environment which does not 
require any previous experience in traditional computer languages.

PDP is a set of external objects to PD developed by Tom Schouten, runs 
under Linux and OSX, and are based on the idea of processing data in 
packets. While it is  primarily used for video, the basic structure of 
PDP allows any kind of  data to be processed into any other kind of 
data. Images can be  converted to textures, which can be mapped onto 3D 
objects, converted  back to images, changed into sound, re-rendered 
again as image, and so  on. The possibilities are endless.

RRADical PD (Reusable and Rapid Audio Development) is a set of patches 
created by Frank Barknecht in order to make Pure Data easier and faster 
  to use for newcomers and for people who are looking for a collection 
of  standardized music tools similar to what commerical software 
packages  such as Reason or Reaktor offer.

The workshop is for beginners. The level will go up while the week 
progresses. The first day will be dedicated to basic PD and for those 
who bring their own machine, an installation session.

For applications please contact Marloes de Valk
marloes at montevideo.nl <mailto:marloes at montevideo.nl>


Purpose
While many tools exist for sound, multimedia and VJ purposes, few of 
them are designed with an open architecture which allows artists to 
configure the tools they use themselves. Fewer still are free. The 
importance of an open source development model may seem academic at 
first, but in fact there is a strong need for a workshop of this kind. 
The fees, licenses and restrictions that come with commercial software 
become more and more restrictive every day, and the knowledge in the new 
media community of free and open source software is extremely limited. 
Coupled with this is the stigma that open source software, such as 
Linux, is "too difficult" for artists to use. This workshop aims to 
provide the tools which can be taken away and put to use immediately and 
the knowledge of how to use them productively.

Details
The workshop sessions will be held in the Netherlands Media Art 
Institute. Over the 4 days of the workshop, 12 participants will learn 
about PD, GEM, and PDP, working under the Linux operating system.

Topics of the workshop will include:
	*	Crash course 'Installing PD and GEM for beginners' with invited guests
	*	Basic PD with Derek Holzer
	*	Basic GEM with Aymeric Mansoux
	*	Intermediate PD with Derek Holzer
	*	RRADical PD with Frank Barknecht
	*	PDP with Aymeric Mansoux
	*	Clinic
	*	Presentation and jamm session

At the end of the fourth day a short presentation of the workshop will 
take place. This presentation will be open to an audience invited by the 
participants. The workshop will finish with a "Jam Session", in which 
the participants can share the creations they have made with each other 
and with the audience.


Invited Guests

Frank Barknecht (D)
Open source developer, sound artist and the creator of the End-User 
Abstractions project (RRADical PD, Reusable and Rapid Audio Development) 
which makes it possible to learn using Pd in a top-down way, making PD 
more accessible and open.
<http://footils.org>

Aymeric Mansoux (F)
Artist and author of pure-data tutorials/articles for MusicRun, 
Co-Founder of a group dedicated to alternative digital art study and 
Co-Founder of  Goto10, an organization dedicated to set up and produce 
electronic live events.
<http://www.bleu255.com>

Derek Holzer (NL/US)
Sound artist currently based in Utrecht. Initiated the Acoustic Space 
Lab Project, an "open source sampling project" which invites artists to 
use a database of samples gathered at a former Soviet spy station to 
create a common body of work.
<http://acoustic.space.re-lab.net/lab>
<http://www.umatic.nl>

Jaromil (I)
Jaromil is an italian GNU/Linux programmer, author and mantainer of 
three free softwares and a operating system: MuSe (for running a web 
radio), FreeJ (for veejay and realtime video manipulation), HasciiCam 
(ascii video streaming) and dyne:bolic.
  http://rastasoft.org/ <http://rastasoft.org>


Marloes de Valk
Educatie

Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Montevideo/Time Based Arts
Keizersgracht 264
1016 EV Amsterdam
T 020 6237101
F 020 6244423
E marloes at montevideo.nl
www.montevideo.nl





Marloes de Valk
Educatie

Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Montevideo/Time Based Arts
Keizersgracht 264
1016 EV Amsterdam
T 020 6237101
F 020 6244423
E marloes at montevideo.nl
www.montevideo.nl



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