Sounds Like Touch meets Creative Coding Utrecht
photo: Interbellum
Sounds Like Touch stimulates interdisciplinary co-creations and functions as a platform and springboard for artists and creators to experiment with physical forms and ways of interaction with technology. Together with them, we aim to develop and encourage a tangible and accessible practice of the electronic performing arts. Sounds Like Touch is carried out by creatives and is generously funded by Gemeente Utrecht and Cultuur Innovatiefonds Utrecht.
Sounds Like Touch and Creative Coding Utrecht present two workshops for everyone who is interested in working with hardware and software in their art practises. Branimir Štivić will show how to build and control pneumatic hardware. Wouter van Veldhoven will guide you in controlling analogue gear by microcontrollers and software. And for all of those who are craving for new creative and inspiring connections, check out the meet-up about embedded and embodied interfaces at the 17th!
PROGRAMME SOUNDS LIKE TOUCH
17th February 2022 - Meetup Live Coding & Embodied Interfaces
February 17th Sounds Like Touch and Creative Coding Utrecht are hosting a meetup. Branimir Štivić and The Twin Stranger will present their work (in progress) while they are doing residencies in, respectively, Utrecht and The Hague.
As an artist, Branimir works with pneumatic systems, microcontrollers, breath sensors, live coding environment, and music creation software. Jude Cowan Montague and Riitta Hakkarainen, together as The Twin Stranger, will develop ‘Mefite Goddess of the Volcano’: a new site based theatre piece on the theme of volcanology and volcano lore, this project incorporates multiple live coders working with various data streams.
We welcome all coders, creatives, musicians, artists, visualists and anyone else who is interested or curious in the field of Live Coding to join us in De Havenloods.
You can sign up at https://ccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111154008
18th February 2022 - Workshop AIR RHYTHM MACHINE
In this workshop Branimir Štivić will guide you through his new media artistic process using practical examples to introduce you to live coding, physical computing and MIDI sequencing. As an artist, Branimir works with pneumatic systems, microcontrollers, breath sensors, live coding environment, and music creation software.
Pneumatics is the science and technology of pressurised air—using piped, compressed air to transmit force and energy. With his guidance, you will learn how to control air to produce music through DIY use of industrial automation components and everyday objects. No coding or soldering skills are required to participate! In addition, we will be working with Teensy 4.0 for this workshop, an excellent first encounter with this microcontroller/-pcb if you’ll be participating in Tactology Lab!
You can sign up at https://ccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111154058
1st March 2022 - Software workshop by Wouter van Veldhoven
Wouter van Veldhoven is a tape artist who hacks his tape machines by replacing motors and using digital controls to create completely new machines. In his workshop, he will show you how he controls analogue gear in his work, using microcontrollers and software (Pure Data). You will learn about how to make mechanical adjustments to analogue devices, what type of input and sensors to choose for which purposes. Within the workshop, you will be creating an installation, constantly guarding bare-minimum workarounds to keep your workflow going.
You can sign up at https://ccu.stager.nl/web/tickets/111154065
