Noise-script with Theremidi Orchestra

Workshop in DIY electronics with visual scores for experimental sound art & Live Performances.

In the framework of the 7th X-Dream Festival.

‘How to make a Theremidi Orchestra?’ is a series of workshops initiated by Theremidi Orchestra, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, aimed at bringing together people from a wide range of fields in a several-day-long workshop to explore the beauty and the hums of DIY electronics and to create a social situation where communication is possible with non-verbal tools. Noise-script with Theremidi Orchestra is aimed at learning how to play atonal music in a group with the help of visual tools. To help the participants in playing, they will create an audio-visual piece as a cue for their sound creation. The inspiration for the workshop comes from a classic score for experimental sound art: the Cornelius Cardew Treatise and other examples of early visual scores. Visual Music is a method using visual structures in music and musical structures in visual patterns. Noise-script poses a question of what to do with visual music in the post-digital context, when it is essential to connect the physical space with digital and analogue technologies.

WHO MUST I BE TO JOIN THE WORKSHOP?
Anyone! This workshop is suitable for all women and men who are interested in electronics, DIY processes, hacking, noise and experimental sound art, media art, and all those great things we can do with sound and visual language. No previous knowledge is needed, just curious ears, eyes, and fingers. You may have never held a soldering iron in your hands and we will teach you how to master it. You may wield your iron every day and you will still have lots of fun. Workshop participation is free of charge.

THEREMIDI ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENTS | CC licence
Participants may choose from four analogue electronic circuits: Theremini 4011, MicroNoise, TouchTone and Super-in-Low

DURATION
Workshop: 21 - 23 December 2015, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Live Performances: 23 December 2015, at 8 p.m.
At the end of day three the participants will present their composition in a public performance followed by a composition of Theremidi Orchestra and Tomash Ghz.

CO-PRODUCTION
Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory

WORKSHOP MENTORS
Theremidi Orchestra (Luka Frelih, Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Robertina Šebjanič, Dušan Zidar)
http://wiki.ljudmila.org/Theremidi_Orchestra

PARTICIPATION
The number of participants is limited. Maximum of 10 participants (men and women). To register please contact us at 22 445456 or [email protected]

AGE: 16<

LANGUAGE: English