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Bathysphere are currently working with Michael Pinchbeck on an audio installation at the Cope Auditorium, Loughborough University.
The installation rums from Wed 13- Sat 16 & Wed 20- Sat 23 January, 2-6 pm.
Michael Pinchbeck remembers plays The Falcon Players have performed at Loughborough University. This sound installation brings back to life old stage directions (the words that were never meant to be heard) and sets them alongside personal reflections from members of the group.
The installation at the Cope Auditorium will sit somewhere between the amateur and the academic, onstage and offstage.
And The Curtain Falls marks the end of a series of projects stemming from an interest in amateur dramatics as both a mode of performance and a meditation on memory, nostalgia and loss.
25th October, 2009 - 4pm to 8pm @ The Art Organisation
Come to the Art Organisation on Sunday 25th October from 4pm for an afternoon and evening of the best in experimental and electronic music featuring:
- Myoptik DJ / stench.org.uk/profiles/myoptik
- Annelie Nederberg / stench.org.uk/profiles/annelie_nederberg
- Neal Unreal / stench.org.uk/profiles/neal_unreal
- James Kelly / stench.org.uk/profiles/james_kelly
- Pete Wyeth / pineapster.com/profiles/peter_wyeth
Followed by leading local bands and DJs presented by FD2D magazine from 8pm:
- Local DJs
- Masfino
- Starko / pineapster.com/profiles/starko
- Charlie and the Martyrs / pineapster.com/profiles/charlie_and_the_martyrs
- Deap People / pineapster.com/profiles/deap_people
Art expo and various happenings throughout the day. Part of OXJAM (wristband available for £5 in advance and gives access to 10 venues around Leicester) or £6 on the door (also gives access to all 10 venues). Also part of the FD2D Weekender.
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Max/MSP/Jitter is an extremely powerful and flexible toolkit for visual artists - but it can often seem daunting to get to grips with. In this course Sean Clark will be showing how Max/MSP/Jitter can be used to create customised video mixing and playback systems, how it can be used to control lighting and how it work with sensors an actuators. The course is intended for those who are fairly new to Max/MSP (and certainly Jitter), but it is suggested that you try to familiar yourselves with some of the basic concepts behind the software before the course starts. Attendees should bring a laptop (Mac or PC) with the latest Max/MSP and Jitter software installed on it (the free one month trial will be sufficient). There will be a short amount of time at the beginning of course to make sure that all student laptops are configured correctly. The lastest Max/MSP Jitter software can be downloaded from www.cycling74.com. During the course we will focus on Max/MSP/Jitter basics, followed by the creation of a simple video mixer, the processing of live video, then using MIDI controllers and DMX lighting and finally using the Arduino micro-controller. Whilst this *will* be a technical day, the ultimate goal of the training is to show artists how they can use the Max/MSP/Jitter to create interactive and responsive visual artworks. Sean Clark will be demonstrating examples of such work from his own practice and there will be plenty of opportunities for discussion about the creative aspects of working with interactive media.
When : Saturday 24th October 2009 10.30am to 5pm
Where : Bathysphere (click for map)
Cost : £80 (inclusive of VAT)
Limited to 10 places, book early to avoid disappointment.
email Stu ph@bathysphere.co.uk to book a place
Threep will be performing at A Thing About Machines Festival in Coventry on Friday 25th September 2009. A Thing About Machines is Coventry's first and best OTHER Art Festival dedicated to local hero Delia Derbyshire exploring art and music that uses, reinterprets, reviews or renews technology invented in the past 100 years.
The gig takes place at St John's Church, 188 Spon St, Coventry, CV1 3.
Also on the bill is British composer of the year, turntablist and sound artist Janek Schaefer and sonic and visual manipulators Modulate.
for more info on the festival and tickets go to athingaboutmachines.co.uk
Bathysphere's roving surround sound arts venue, the Nanoplex will be making it's next stop at the Luton Summer Festival on Wednesday 12th August. We'll be camped up in St Georges Square from 11am to 3pm so come along and see us for an immersive audio visual treat.
For this years Summer Sundae Fringe Festival Stench.org.uk are putting on a mini "Stenchival" hosted by Bathysphere and PVC.
The event takes place on the 7th and 8th August at the Great Central Gallery and Studios, Sussex St. Leiceter.
Friday 7th : Bathysphere presents an evening of diy electronics, vinyl manipulation, vocal improvisation and audio abstraction with performances from ASMO, Neal Unreal, James Kelly, Sam Dodson, Annelie Nederberg and Biscuit Tin Sound System DJs.
Saturday 8th : Presented by PVC, BJ Cole vs Myoptik (live), Mr.Underwood (live), Phaeleh (live), I-Mitri (live/dj), Wassim (DJ)
each night is £4 or £7 for both nights.
Friday 5th June 2009, 8pm, £5
Phoenix Arts
21 Upper Brown St, Leicester, LE1 5TE
Modulate
Birmingham-based Modulate (Oscillate/Higher Intelligence Agency) are a digital arts collective exploring experimental sound and audio visual. They will be performing a live set using multi-speakers and multiple video-projectors. A rare multimedia treat!
www.modulate.org.uk
Mick Grierson
Mick Grierson brings his noise machine in the form of hypnotic visuals and cascading noise, and having previously been involved in an episode of Derren Brown Trick of the Mind II, where he made an interactive computer game installation that was used to ‘mash someones brain’.
www.mickgrierson.co.uk
Burntprogress present Open CDR at STENCH
An opportunity for electronic musicians to hear their works in progress to be heard out loud amongst a like minded audience. Submissions of Head-Knod/Snare-Snap/Sub-woofer resonating beats/loops/ambience will be played during ’Open CDR’.
www.burntprogress.com
James Kelly and Cuttlefish
James Kelly is a Turntablist with an obsession for records. This continues even when he's asleep, with a recurring dream about record shopping and an endless search for vinyl. STENCH 4 sees James manipulating vinyl samples and field recordings to create a new work which is part improvisation part composition as sounds are remixed using DJ scratch techniques in performance, accompanied by live visuals from Cuttlefish.
www.minimaljames.wordpress.com
www.cuttlefish.org
Stench TV / ArtScanner
Upload your videos and pictures to the Stench website to have them shown on screens in The Pheonix bar and foyer.
www.stench.org.uk
The next Future of Sound will be held on the 23rd May at The Sage in Gateshead and Bathysphere will be represented The Nanoplex and a live performance by Threep. Also appearing are Modified Toy Orchestra, The Sancho Plan, Sarah Nicolls, Mouthful and Andy Huntington. The event will be presented by Martyn Ware (Heaven 17, Human League)
The 6th International Festival of Circuit Bending takes place at The Tank, 354 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036. 16th -18th April 2009. Bathysphere are proud to announce that our very own ASMO will be performing and leading a workshop this year. The workshop is on the Friday night and he'll be performing at midnight on Saturday, closing the festival. Check ou the festival website for full line up and booking info.
Date/Time: Fri 27th March, 2009 @ 08:00pm
STENCH returns with an audio-visual feast of ear and eye shaking, featuring 7inch Cinema, Cuttlefish, Myoptik, Bathysphere, Dirty Electronics Ensemble, Okoku Araya, Chris Conway's Quad Electronic and others. The Phoenix provides the setting for multiple screen and loudspeaker projections, electronic bleeps and laser visuals, with late bar and DJs.
STENCH is an artist-led forum that brings innovative and experimental performance in Leicester. Regular events bring together local and international artists with a focus on sonic art, improvisation, installations, interactive experiments, visualisations, new media art and exhibitions.
During the event STENCH will also be launching their new online community at www.stench.org.uk. Visit the site the week before the show to upload your content and see it on the foyer screens on the night.
- 7inch Cinema / www.7inch.org.uk
- Cuttlefish / Laser Installation / Artscanner / www.cuttlefish.org
- Bathysphere Nanoplex / www.bathysphere.co.uk
- Myoptik / www.myspace.com/myoptik
- Okoku Araya / www.myspace.com/okokuaraya
- Dirty Electronic Ensemble / www.jsrichards.com/dirtyelectronics
- Quad Electronic / www.chrisconway.org
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