Workshop by
Niklas Roy [DE]
// 29–30/01 > Venue:
KKB > 13–20:00
// Maximum participants: 10
// Admission: 7/5.- € (concessions) & fee for materials: 20.- €
// Registration
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Equipped with soldering irons, cordless screwdrivers, motors, gear wheels and electromagnets, each participant in this workshop builds a small electromechanical oscillator for sound production. An old telephone rotary switch serves as a step-sequencer. With it, the individual oscillators are connected to a modular mechanical synthesizer that can then be programmed using plug-in connectors. After the workshop, each participant can take his/her small sound device home and continue to use it either as a minimalist musical instrument or as a futuristic doorbell. The workshop is for all who enjoy experimenting with sound and technology. Previous knowledge is not required; a certain amount of manual aptitude is however helpful.
Niklas Roy (DE) was born in Nuremberg in 1974 and lives and works as a "machine construction artist" in Berlin. He develops the circuitry and mechanisms for his robots, machines and installations, in principal, from the very beginning himself. His often very playful works, which are either self-explanatory and transparent or, in contrast, completely absurd, are shown internationally, e.g. Transmediale/CTM Berlin; University of the Arts, Berlin; Bauhaus University, Weimar; Festival Garage, Stralsund; Chocolate Factory, Dresden; Art School Valand Gothenburg, Sweden; Microwave Media Art Festival, Hong Kong.
> www.cyberniklas.de
