OpenLab London

We still have some openlab t-shirts (sporting the legendary fish - white on black) to get rid of. So if you have been wanting/lusting for one but haven’t been able to make an opennight, u can pay by checkout using the below controls and we can post it to u.

Congrats to Openlab London member Pippin (otherwise known as Øyvind Kolås, centred in the picture below) for winning the Free software award for “most calm developer while within 1m of a bugged-out Jimmy Wales.” http://www.nuug.no/prisen/

This summer, Openlab, the London-based open source art and technology collective, presents a series of in-depth summer workshops exploring creating and hacking media using free software and tools.  Workshops will include both beginner and advanced instruction in such software as PureData, Processing, and SuperCollider, as well as using the microcontroller Arduino, Android programming, general sound hardware hacking, and more.  For less than the cost of the cinema, you can gain some valuable skills using free software!

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When: Tuesday 25 August, from 6pm-10:30pm

Where: The Roebuck pub (upstairs room), 50 Great Dover Street, SE1 4YG
Nearest transport: 35, 133, 343, 21 buses, Borough Tube (Northern line)
About 8 minute walk from London Bridge Station (Northern and Jubilee tube, rail, and bus station: 48, 47, 149 buses)
Map:

Cost: £15 for the entire night, or per workshop (see below).
How to pay: At the door, or via Paypal to be guaranteed a space (limited to 30 people per workshop).  Please email workshop@pixelism.info to reserve a space in any workshop.

1) Introduction to SuperCollider (part 2) with DanStowell - £10
Dan will continue the introduction to SuperCollider, building on the basics to create reusable synths and use them in musical patterns, including pre-defined patterns and generative music. Depending on time and interest we may also look at other topics such as handling audio files.

This 2-hour workshop is the second in a series of summer workshops, but if you weren’t at the first workshop then you’ll probably be OK to follow if you already have some experience of SuperCollider or if you’re already comfortable with programming languages.  You’ll need a laptop with SuperCollider 3.3 or 3.3.1 installed (download).

2) Android Introduction - £10
Rob Munro will take students through the install process of the development environment, Linux and Windows and are preferred, but the process should be similar on Mac as well. After the install we will looks at some the basics of android development, the android manifest file, Activities, Services & Databasing as time will allow.

This will be a 2-hour workshop, some Java experience will be very helpful though not essential. An android phone will handy as well but the emulator is included in the install.

The freshly formed OpenLab Taipei is having it’s first event on Saturday. All the best from the London crew! :)

Openlab are providing a day of workshops & presentations about opensource software, and performances in the evening in front of Winchester Cathedral in Winchester. There is a venerable lineup of OpenLab members providing some in depth knowledge during the day and some great performances at night.

CoMA, Contemporary Music for Amateurs, is joining us for exploration of music inspired by sculptures by Bridget Dumper, and may participate in Openlab member’s works where improvisation is intended.

The line up goes like this:

DAY: Workshops & Presentations

Presentations

Understanding sound and music by programming computers, by S. Jagannathan
Rosegarden / Pd: Using musical sequencing software for audiovisual performance, by Rob Munro
CoMA: Contemporary music for amateurs
Human/Digital Interface and Noise, by Ryan

Workshops

Android: Create powerful software for mobile phones, by Rob Munro
Processing: Simplified programming for audio and visual art, by Evan Raskob
PureData: Visual programming for sonic art, visuals, and more.
Building your own electronic sound machines using CMOS technology, by Ryan Jordan

Please email music@atwood.org.uk regarding workshops.

NIGHT: Performances : 7:00pm-10:30am (£2 entry) - doors 6:30pm

Rob Munro produces audiovisual work exploring the world between the obtrusive, commercialised space and the the sublime, quieter and introverted space of more pure art forms. http://robmunro.net/video
PixelPusher Evan Raskob is an Audio-Visual Architect working out of London (UK) and New York City (USA). Evan creates video and sound pieces; interactive art including new musical instruments; interactive physical spaces; visual performances (as PixelPusher).
Ryan Jordan Body-sensor-noise-strobe-hypnosis. http://ryanjordan.org/
Rob Canning is a composer and media artist. His work focuses on finding a dialogue between algorithmic system based composition strategies and intuitive/improvised approaches. http://rob.goto10.org
ClaudiusMaximus explores the possibilities presented by higher-dimensional geometrical objects generating sound and images simultaneously. http://claudiusmaximus.goto10.org/cm/
The Canetoad Orchestra Free improvisation with Indian classical software, live recycled sound and violin. S. Jagannathan, R. Atwood, G. McEwan, and PixelPusher.  www.doowta.net/canetoad/canetoad.html
CoMA Contemporary Music ensemble with sculptures by Bridget Dumper. http://www.coma.org
… and more

You are all very welcome - see you there ….

OpenLab member Chun Lee will be attending Dorkbotswiss on the 10th of Sep in Zurich to give a short presentation on OpenLab London. The lineup of the session is below:

chun lee (london): open lab london & live performance
http://www.pawfal.org/openlab/

flo kaufmann.bricolage universal (solothurn): direct to beer
http://www.floka.com/direct2beer.html

mauro lombardi (santiago di chile): boomchuka
nominee of the sheffield doc film festival

roman haefeli (zh): spatialétude sound installation
http://romanhaefeli.net/

olivia suter & ramon cahenzli (zh): über gnus und pinguine stammtisch
http://gnupingu.ch/category/ubuntu-stammtisch/

martin kunz & tina brägger & david forster (zh): the hikikomori suites
http://hikikomori.snm.zhdk.ch/

stahl (zh): intermezzo sounds
http://people.zhdk.ch/christoph.staehli/

design2context (zh) imagine peace
http://www.design2contect.ch

hac is part of the PULSE Fringe Festival in Ipswich:

hac brings together local, national and international artists working in the intersection of technology, science and the arts. The concert features performances which utilise wearable computing, live coding, hacking, DIY electronics, and digital performance. The performances are multidisciplinary and innovative, searching for new ways of engaging the audience and artist through computer code, wearable technologies and homemade devices.

Featuring:
Phil Archer
Robert Atwood
John Bowers
Cracktux
Experiments with Light and Air
From Honey to Ashes (Mick Grierson, Matt Lewis, Jeremy Keenan and Edgar Curtis)
Jamka
Ryan Jordan
Ed Kelly
Daniel Merrill
PixelH8
PixelPusher
Martin Russ

Venue: The Chambers, Ipswich Town Hall, Suffolk.
Date: Thursday 12th June 2008
Cost: £5
Time: 7pm - 12 midnight

This is the all new website for OpenLab London. Make yourself at home…