Jonas Bers: CHA/V
Zagreb / Radiona / 29.-30.09.18 / 15:00-19:00
Ljubljana / OSMO/ZA / 07.10.18 / 10:00-13:00
About the Workshop
CHA/V (Cheap, Hacky, Audio/Visual) or how to build an analog DIY video synthesizer on the cheap is a simple, inexpensive, DIY alternative to costly and complicated video synthesizers, providing artists and amateurs a low-cost, low-barrier introduction to audiovisual synthesis. Participants will build, customize, and take home a battery-powered micro-modular audiovisual synthesizer based on VGA hacking. CHA/V is an ideal entry point into analog video synthesis for electronic musicians, circuit benders, and tinkerers but also appropriate for absolute beginners with no electronics background.
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About the mentor
Jonas Bers is best known for his video sonification performances, in which salvaged VHS-era editing machines, surveillance cameras, military surplus and lab equipment are modified and repurposed into instruments. His work is concerned with connections between technology, sensory perception, and the physical universe; and the phenomenological aspects of intense audiovisual stimulus. Bers has performed and exhibited internationally and in numerous NY cultural institutions. Career highlights include sold-out shows at Lincoln Center, performing analog audiovisual synthesis on the world’s largest plasma screen, at 3LD Art and Technology’s .ZIP viral immersive media installation, and at LaMama for ReFEST using a custom-made anaglyph 3D hybrid digital/analog system.
Philip Baljeu: Oscilloscope graphic artist
Zagreb / Technical Museum / 04.10.18 / 10:00 – 13:00
Ljubljana / OSMO/ZA / 06.10.18 / 10:00 – 13:00
About the Workshop
The Oscilloscope Graphic Artist (OGA) project was initially designed by Mitchell Waite and published in Popular Electronics Magazine. The project consists of a Time Base Oscillator, two Shape Oscillators, a Detail Oscillator, two Phase Shifts, two Multipliers, and Signal Mixers. From this list you might think the project would be complicated, but it is actually quite easy and even beginners will be comfortable. Everything is included to be able to generate interesting Oscilloscope Graphics. The OGA can be powered from either two 9 volt batteries, or a eurorack power supply. Workshop participants will be walked through the operation principles and the construction of the project.
About the mentor
Phil Baljeu is a self taught video and sound artist living in Toronto, Canada using self-designed and built electronic instruments to generate audio/visual compositions. Baljeu’s focus is on abstract imagery and textures, often using traditional imagery such as portraits and architecture and manipulating them into alien video sculptures and light paintings.