The series kicks off with Agustín Genoud, who will explore different approaches to vocal techniques and their interaction with machine systems in order to create expressive musical/sound gestures, and how to embed these into design setups for live musical performance.
Improv vocalist Saadet Türköz will offer a different approach to working with the voice, grounded in experiential and expressive approaches that center on the body.
One of Berlin’s most sought after live sound engineers, Olivia Oyama will share knowledge on thinking of and communicating on live sound for touring musicians. The workshop is open to FLINTA artists only and aims among other to share tools to facilitate exchanges with local venue technicians in order to bring one’s sound and performances closer to your artistic aims.
Grinderteeth will give introduction to light and working with light as a creative tool within the realm of music, with the aim to better connect musicians to the terminologies, technologies and tools needed to create light riders and share artistic needs with light technicians for live performance.
Portrait XO and Noah Pred will demonstrate practical applications of sonification—from sourcing and curation to deploying data sets—in contemporary production practice using a collection of Max for Live devices developed by Pred for Manifest Audio.
Jorge Wienecke V will explore the characteristics and unique structural components of the popular budots genre, expanding into the post-budots universe.
Including a special section dedicated to Arabic music, Abdullah Miniawy will lead a workshop that encourages artists to create original works that are rooted in their own cultures and personal stories, rather than imitating others or overly relying on technology.
Showing audio and video examples from diverse music projects involving people with dis/ability, Alan Courtis will in his workshop lead a group reflection on the social, artistic and historic aspects of music and dis/ability, seeking ideas that can help overcome prejudices and myths.
The workshops by Agustín Genoud, Grinderteeth, Portrait XO and Noah Pred, DJ Love, and Alan Courtis are supported by tekhnē, which is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.