EVENTS

Acoustic Commons:
Creative Technical Workshop #2

Monday 25th - Friday 29th
January 2021

10:00 - 17:00 CET

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Description

Acoustic Commons invites participants to join a one-week workshop, taking place online and across project spaces in Aix (Locus Sonus), Ljubljana (CONA), Barrow (Full of Noises), London (Soundcamp), with other locations to join.

The workshop focuses on skills exchanges and digital capacity for live environmental streaming in Year 2 of Acoustic Commons, with a focus on ‘off-grid’ working.

Participants can connect to a project space in person (where possible within local restrictions) or remotely via networked online sessions. Participants will be invited to share their streams, projects and practice.

Areas covered will include:
— Using streams with Pure Data
— Off-Grid audio streaming
— Using streams within New Atlantis
— Using the Locuscast mobile app
— Hardware review - Raspberry Pi hats, audio interfaces etc
— Making microphones
— Listening groups

Acoustic Commons is a collaboration between four arts organisations and a range of associate partners, each with close links to a specific site of cultural and/or natural heritage value. The project draws upon and develops those links, through a range of creative and technical approaches and innovative ways to engage with audiences and places.

Schedule

Details to be added. In general, each day will start with an introduction, with more detailed and in-depth material later on. People are welcome to join for the whole programme or drop in and out. The evening slots are informal listening sessions, with a chance to catch up on things you may have missed during the day, which will appear here and be archived.

Date CET (-1hr for UK) Hardware (Transmission) Mobile (Streaming, listening, performance) Software (Reception)
Mon 25th - Intros - Make Day 1 10:00 - 13:00 Introduction to Acoustic Commons project and workshop strands -
Streambox building
Introduction to Acoustic Commons project and workshop strands Introduction to Acoustic Commons project and workshop strands
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Tech clinic (2-3pm) and more streambox building Locuscast New Atlantis and Pure Data
20:00 - Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC
Tue 26th - Make Day 2 10:00 - 13:00 Microphone building Locuscast New Atlantis and PD
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Tech clinic (2-3) and more mic building Locuscast New Atlantis and PD
20:00 - Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC
Wed 27th - Make Day 3 10:00 - 13:00 Off grid streambox building Locuscast New Atlantis and PD
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Off grid tech clinic (2-3) and more solar Locuscast New Atlantis and PD
20:00 - Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC
Thu 28th - Listening Day 10:00 - 13:00 Collaborations and listening Collaborations and listening Collaborations and listening
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Collaborations and listening Collaborations and listening Collaborations and listening
20:00 - Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC
Fri 29th - Sharing Day 10:00 - 13:00 Preparations for sharing Preparations for sharing Preparations for sharing
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Sharing / Conclusion Sharing / Conclusion Sharing / Conclusion
20:00 - Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC Evening session - sounds / voices of AC

Workshop Links

Join the workshop on Discord

Live Page

Notepad

Read about Workshop #1 in Aix, France in January 2020:
acousticommons.net/files/aix.pdf

Parts

For hardware building, see the Live Page or these parts lists:

Streambox / Microphones

Off-grid power