Bazuco week @ the vooruit Ghent (Belgium)

some more info about the WORKSHOPS:

1: WORKSHOPS

Saturday 30 / 10 ? Sunday 31 / 10 BOLWERK: THE KITCHEN OF IMAGERY / PREPARING THE SOUP The Bolwerk collective explore the fine line between text, sound and image. It is especially that grey area where different media interact that is the main focus of the workshop, in which the participants concretely aim at a vj-performance. Common household and gardening tools (such as scissors, cut and paste, pencils, paint brush, toothbrush, scanner, gsm camera, photo and video camera, Gameboy, flash) will be used creatively for vj-ing. Place: Brugzaal Start: 10.00 a.m. Entry level: Beginners Price: 50€ Necessities: Images, visuals, Gameboy.... www.users.skynet.be/bolwerkproductie www.resolume.nl

Tuesday 02 / 11 ? Thursday 04 / 11 WORKSHOP “Modular Synthesis” by Jan Vansteenweghe This workshop will elaborate on a number of basic terms and techniques of modular synthesis (such as oscillators, filters, envelopes, signal generators, …). After a visit to the renowned IPEM and after a theoretical background lecture by Jan Vansteenweghen, the participants themselves will work out a simple modular structure in one of the featured software programs. Thanks to IPEM. www.ipem.ugent.be Place: Emielruimte Start: Tuesday at 14.00 p.m., other days at 10.00 a.m. Entry level: Some knowledge of audio software is required Price: 75€ Necessities: Headphones

Saturday 30 / 10 ? Sunday 31 / 10 AUDIO BASICS This initiation workshop aims at clarifying certain basic principles and techniques in the field of digital music. Through some popular software packages (Fruity Loops Studio, Ableton Live!, …), you will learn more about: recording and processing of audio, MIDI sequencing, sampling, VST plug-ins, … You will be given theoretical background information: Which software package is more appropriate for my goals? What are the system requirements of my PC to be able to use it as a musical tool? There will also be enough scope to put theory into practice. Place: Emielruimte Start: 10.00 a.m. Entry level: (absolute) beginners Price: 50€ Necessities: Headphones www.flstudio.com

Sunday 31 / 04 KOHN: AUDIOMULCH Köhn, ‘Belgian’s finest export product’ from the (K-RAA-K)3 organization, presents and elaborates on the software package Audiomulch. Audiomulch is a unique modular program with a wide range of possibilities in which the only limit is the user’s imagination. Sound synthesis, music composition and audio processing in live and interactive environment… The workshop will focus on the general Audiomulch functionalities and its different modules. Place: Balzaal Start: 10.00 a.m. Entry level: Experienced in audio software Price: 35€ Necessities: Headphones www.kraak.net

Monday 01 / 11 ? Tuesday 02 / 11 VIDIOTS: AUDIOVIZUALIZING This workshop aims at adding a sonic content to recorded images, documentaries or film samples. Based on the provided images, the different sounds are processed and rendered to a soundtrack. After which, the soundtrack will be visually enhanced with the Music Video, composed of the same recorded images. The entire production process will be explained and put into practice during the Bazuco workshop week, additionally aiming at a concrete presentation. Place: Foyer Theaterzaal Start: 10.00 a.m. Entry level: Some experience required in digital images & audio processing Price: 60€ Necessities: Headphones www.vidiots.be

Tuesday 02 / 11 ? Thursday 04 / 11 EMERGENT CONTENT CREATION USING SIMPLE GENETIC ALGORITHMS by Kim Cascone Kim Cascone has already established a firm reputation in the world of electronica: highly respected composer who among others worked with artists such as Merzbow and Scanner, founder of two important labels, Silent Records and Anechoic, sound designer for David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Wild At Heart’, … Cascone is fascinated by algorithmic structures that inherently create random accidents during the music production (small sound fragments are being recycled and restructured at random creating new sounds). The concept grew from John Maeda’s ‘Human Powered Computer Experiment’. In this experiment, Maeda recreates the internal operations of a simple computer, through people who physically transmit hand-written instructions and data from and to the CPU, RAM, FPU. In the same vein, this workshop will develop a group workflow, based on a simple genetic algorithm, resulting in an emergent work of musical/sonic art. www.imrf.or.jp/HPCE.html Place: Brugzaal Start: 10.00 a.m. Entry level: Experienced in music software and working in a network environment Price: 50€ Necessities: Headphones, laptop + network card and music software

Tuesday 02 / 11 ? Thursday 04 / 11 PROCESSING by Alessandro Capozzo (IT) /Dorkbot Alessandro Capozzo (IT) will give a two-day introduction to the Processing environment and its usage. Processing is a programming language that is frequently used in the field of electronic arts and new media. It was created to learn the basics of programming in a visual context, in order to function as a ‘software sketch book’. Students, artists, designers and researchers use it in the different phases of the production process (learning, prototyping, and production). www.dorkbot.org Place: Balzaal Start: 10.00 a.m. Entry level: Participants are expected to have a basic knowledge of one or more scripting languages. Price : 50€ Necessities : Headphones

more interessant info stuff for (Belgian) artists

Monday 01 / 11 INFO SESSIONS ARTIST LEGAL STATUS This info session will elaborate on the fiscal and administrative aspects of working as an artist. Participating organisations are among others Kunstenloket, Poppunt and SMART. Place: Balzaal Vooruit / Bazuco Meeting Point Start: 15.00 p.m. Price: free

Monday 01 / 11 PRODUCT PRESENTATION by MIDICIAN MIDICIAN has been a household name for every electronic musician for many years already. They will present some new developments during the project week. The first part will be focused on postproduction and remixing of audio in a video environment. The second part will deal with purely live and postproduction video presentation.

1. Realtime Video Presenting - Presenters: DV-7PR / PR-50 / P-1 + Video Mixers: V-4 / V-1
2. Direct Linear Video Editing - Edirol DV-7 DL Pro Place: Balzaal Vooruit / Bazuco Meeting Point Start: 18.00 p.m. Price: free