PureData (pd) workshops /
Tuesday 7 - Saturday 11 December 2004
11am - 6pm daily
Waygood Gallery & Studios
Newcastle upon Tyne
Free - registration required

A hands-on 'PureData' workshop presented by Derek Holzer and Aymeric
Mansoux over a period of 5 days including an open presentation day on
Saturday 11 December.

Pure data is a versatile and flexible open source application used by artists and musicians working and experimenting with interactivity, sound, graphics & video.The workshop will cover the free software philosophy, Linux audio basics, sound recording and editing techniques using PureData and also GEM, the Graphics Environment for Multimedia. GEM is an external library for PD which allows for the creation and manipulation of 3D objects.

" There are many programs for sound and multimedia production, but
few of them can really be customized by the user. Fewer still are free to download, use and share. Free and open source software provides a real alternative to expensive commercial software and professional gear." Derek Holzer.


Presentation and Open discussion /
Free
open to all
Saturday 11 December
2 - 4pm
Waygood Gallery & Studios
An opportunity for all workshop attendees to present work in progress
and ideas created in the workshops. Derek and Aymeric will also present and talk about their practice in context to the open software philosophy followed by discussion & drinks.


Artist Bio's
Derek Holzer- http://www.umatic.nl/info_derek.html
Holzer is a sound and radio artist with a background in free radio, net.radio and streaming media technologies. He was involved with some of the first net.radio experiments in Hungary (Pararadio) and Czech Republic (Radio Jeleni). He has also worked with RIXC and Re-lab, a net.radio group in Latvia who gradually shifted their focus towards broader issues of 'acoustic spaces' and networked audio communications. Recently, his work has focused on capturing and transforming small, unnoticed sounds from various natural and urban locations, on the electromagnetic resonances in our everyday environment, as well as the use of free software such as Linux and Pure-Data. He is currently based in the Netherlands.

Aymeric Mansoux- http://www.bleu255.com/
Aymeric is an artist and author of pure-data tutorials/articles for MusicRun?, co-founder of Bleu255, a group dedicated to alternative digital art study and co-founder of Goto10, an organization dedicated to set up and produce electronic live events.