Posted on May 20, 2013 3:34 pm
In this installation at Governors Island’s St. Cornelius Chapel, Cloud.data simulates a small region of a dark sky, but in the other way this matrix is able to contain a boundless 3-dimension sky of a digital reality. Clouds generated by the artist’s computing language are seen flying over the screens… So how do we feel the textile dimension, the color, or even temperature…of a virtual object? Apparently, we very much rely on the knowledge understanding of the technology application, but … Continue reading →
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The PRISM Quartet, composer/guitarist Nick Didkovsky, and sonic alchemist Thomas Dimuzio perform Ice Cream Time, an evening-length work by Harvestworks Sponsored Artist Didkovsky that uses electric guitar, an onslaught of saxophones, and real-time computer processing to explore the boundaries between human- and software-generated music. Didkovsky is best known for his work with Doctor Nerve, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, and Bang On A Can, and for developing the computer music language JMSL. Continue reading →
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This 5-week ONLINE class will introduce students to the wide world of generative art, starting with building blocks and theory and moving towards advanced topics over the course of the month. Students will acquire methods for creating compelling artworks using algorithms and autonomous processes inspired from nature, statistics, biology, and computer science. Applications covered will include generative graphics, interactivity, and computer vision, and depending on student feedback will explore more specific areas like the Kinect, digital fabrication, and others. The class will be taught in Processing but the concepts are applicable to other languages and tools. Continue reading →
Posted on May 19, 2013 11:00 pm
Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center announces the 2013 New York Electronic Art Festival in collaboration with River to River Festival, Trinity Wall Street, The Lower East Side Girls Club, The New York Hall of Science, The Hells Kitchen Cultural Center, Electronic Music Foundation, Leaders in Software and Art (LISA) and other partners. The festival is a summer series of concerts, workshops, and exhibitions centered on the cutting-edge work being done at the intersection of art and technology. June 1 through … Continue reading →
Posted on 12:28 pm
A woman sits on a chair and from her head several strings emerge to form a network structure like dendritic trees of neurons. These cells generate electric signals based on potential voltage and the reaction to outside stimuli. Strings of Thought #2 is an interactive installation that invites the audience to explore and play with a musical meta-instrument and collaboratively create an intricate soundscape. Continue reading →
Posted on May 18, 2013 1:04 pm
This workshop introduces the fundamentals of audio object design for Max/MSP, and serves as a practical head start into Eric Lyon’s book Designing Audio Objects for Max/MSP and Pd. We begin by reviewing the architecture and basic functionalities of an audio object, viewed from the user interface of Max/MSP. We then consider cases where it would be advantageous, or even necessary to implement certain DSP schemes in C code, rather than as Max abstractions. Eventually the class will create two simple Max objects in C, one implementing a simple filter, and the other implementing sample-accurate timing. Continue reading →
Posted on May 17, 2013 1:04 pm
“The Problem of Memory” features the custom software: APE (Audio Processing Etcher), created by artist Miah Artola and programmed by Thomas Martinez. This processor generates video and effects based upon sound frequencies and amplitude. This is an interactive installation that addresses the ways cognitive response is triggered through set patterns until they are opposed. Microphones are provided to allow viewers to participate in generating and impacting the ongoing visuals. Continue reading →
Posted on 1:04 pm
“The Problem of Memory” features the custom software: APE (Audio Processing Etcher), created by artist Miah Artola and programmed by Thomas Martinez. This processor generates video and effects based upon sound frequencies and amplitude. This is an interactive installation that addresses the ways cognitive response is triggered through set patterns until they are opposed. Microphones are provided to allow viewers to participate in generating and impacting the ongoing visuals. Continue reading →
Posted on May 15, 2013 1:05 pm
Davic Nod presents a new work showing how things become true through our imagination. Combining various futurist visualizations regarding music and sound – the ideas of The Art of Noise by Luigi Russolo, the Creative Commons organization, the Freesound.org sound database and the ReacTable instrument, he designed an interactive piece of work intended for the audience to perform and experiment live, while being forced to be critical with the methods and formulas of the musical world we live. Continue reading →
Posted on 1:05 pm
Davic Nod presents a new work showing how things become true through our imagination. Combining various futurist visualizations regarding music and sound – the ideas of The Art of Noise by Luigi Russolo, the Creative Commons organization, the Freesound.org sound database and the ReacTable instrument, he designed an interactive piece of work intended for the audience to perform and experiment live, while being forced to be critical with the methods and formulas of the musical world we live. Continue reading →
Posted on 12:20 pm
Harvestworks New Works Resident Jakob Dwight invites the NY Art Community to view new works as well as explore his progress with his anthropologically-based art & gaming platform N’CHI from May 24-27, 2013. The opening reception on Friday May 24th will feature a special music performance by sound collagist and composer Lori Scacco (Storms, Savath y Savalas). Continue reading →
Posted on 12:15 pm
The Hybrid Instrument Group explores and creates relationships between acoustic instruments and electronic music production and performance. Through experimentation with piezo microphones, a multitude of MaxMSP patches, and music production software, the group has built hybridized instruments that successfully process acoustic sounds into a new electronic dialogue. This evening showcases the group’s musical developments with hybrid instruments. Continue reading →
Posted on 12:10 pm
Harvestworks Artist in Residence Suzanne Thorpe and co-composer Bonnie Jones will present Electronic Music: Powered by Girls, a 3-hour workshop for young women on June 1st at the Lower East Side Girl’s Club located at 56 East 1st St. NYC. Continue reading →
Posted on 12:06 pm
Over 100 artists have participated in Harvestworks’ Certificate and Independent Study Program, that offers year-round individualized, in-depth teaching and programming services. Participants receive one-on-one sessions tailored specifically to their needs and artistic goals, and take part in classes that fit their individual curriculum. For a limited time in June, we will be able to offer Certificate Students to work with Max/MSP specialist Stefan Tiedje from Berlin, author of the St.ools and abhaXions libraries for Max/MSP. Over the course of several … Continue reading →
Posted on 12:05 pm
In this event at Church For All Nations, Meridian7 will perform an analog audio excursion that brings original telephone equipment back to life; Peter Edwards uses sound and the light to reveal different layers of complex electrical systems which are then manipulated by hand to create audio visual patterns; Denman Maroney & Hans Tammen celebrate their collaboration with a new work for hyper piano and live sound processing; and Phillip Stearns is exploring the physiological dimensions of electronic media reduced to their elementary components: light and sound. Continue reading →
Posted on May 13, 2013 1:12 pm
Javascript is one of the only programming languages where relative novices can have their code running on billions of devices in a matter of moments. This workshop focuses on getting students creating applications with Javascript and uploading them to the internet right away. Once students have a familiarity with the mechanics of the language, we will start building javascript-based web pages and uploading them to the internet using using github as a web-server. We will move onto making these applications interact with the mouse using jQuery and have graphical output using HTML5 Canvas. Students will be exposed to commonly used libraries and frameworks for Javascript development. Continue reading →
Posted on May 10, 2013 3:58 pm
It has been a busy start of 2013 with lots of positive changes for us. Come join us to celebrate the launch of re-designed website and brand new equipment before Memorial Day hits. We will have live sets from Katie Mullins and Racket Club, with DJ sets from artists in our Collaborative Studio Program in-between [...]
Posted on 1:06 pm
Montgomery began composing electronic music for multiple speakers after spending time in Berlin with the late pioneer of German electronics, Conrad Schnitzler. Harvestworks will present a rare opportunity to hear 24 octophonic concerts composed between 1985 and the present, all live mixed by Montgomery. Continue reading →
Posted on May 6, 2013 2:00 pm
Join the Volumetric Society of New York and Harvestworks in presenting Russian sonic artist Taras Mashtalir and Cognition and Neuroscience scholar Marina Korsakova-Kreyn showcasing the unique relationship between sonic interfaces, form and the brain. This lecture, which has been previously been given at the MIT Media Lab will cover the concept of sonic sculpture, an interactive multimedia artifact that consists of an urban sculpture, either static or kinetic, accompanied by sound design in a multichannel configuration. Continue reading →
Posted on May 5, 2013 3:41 pm
Over the course of two four-hour events, Philip White will perform on multiple nested feedback and analysis systems. A room microphone listens to the output of a multi-channel mixer feedback system, performs analysis on pitch and timbre, then using a series of vca’s in the feedback path, tries to match what it’s hearing. Because of the complexity of the signal, the analysis is largely inaccurate and results in an unstable oscillation which superimposes itself over the unstable oscillation of the mixer feedback generating small formal structures. Continue reading →
Posted on April 30, 2013 4:40 pm
French Soundart Duo Kristoff K. Roll will perform at Harvestworks as part of their first US-tour. In eletroacoustic improvisations, pre-recorded material is mixed with live sounds produced by objects and various instruments around the microphone system. The concert area becomes a theatre of instant sound dramaturgy. The shift from anecdotal to abstract is free and fluid. Their performance has been described as “perceiving the murmur of the world”. Continue reading →
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52 minutes |Netherlands, Indonesia | 2007 | Digital Projection How can one believe that terrorism leads to heaven? Banned by the Indonesian government, this provocative documentary examines the psychology of extremism in a country with the largest Muslim population in the world. Promised Paradise, a new film from renowned documentary filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich, made international [...]
Posted on April 29, 2013 12:09 pm
A few months ago The Brick hosted a night of Beck songs with artists performing selections form Song Reader, Beck’s sheet-music-only album he released back in December 2012.It was a magical night filled with laughs and melodies from wide variety&n…
Posted on April 28, 2013 9:40 am
64 minutes | USA | 2013 | HD Video Chinese, English and Spanish with English subtitles In this hybrid documentary shot in New York, director Lynne Sachs utilizes the bed as both starting and focal point for inquiry into the personal and collective experiences of a household of immigrants living in a “shift-bed” apartment in [...]
Posted on April 25, 2013 4:44 pm
“12 Hours of Territorial Intrusion” (1975) is a performative work dealing with urban landscape, paranoia and discomfort. Berkowitz had a photographer track her as she walked around the city recording sound when her personal space was violated. The work includes photographs and a cassette player. In the larger space, a single channel video, “Construction/Deconstruction” (2009), has been reconfigured to include installation elements. The work addresses the use of tower cranes in city environments, focusing on how they endanger both workers and the public. Continue reading →
Posted on April 24, 2013 10:56 pm
Let’s turn photographs into music, use our motion to generate images, and turn the songs of Taylor Swift into three-dimensional animated landscapes. Welcome to the world of Digital Synesthesia: the experience of mixing up your senses so that you hear what your eyes see, and see what your ears are listening to. Continue reading →
Posted on April 23, 2013 5:59 pm
This hands-on workshop will focus on the video and animation features in Adobe Photoshop, expanding participants expectations of the possibilities of this widely accessible software. Class will discuss approaches to importing and exporting video and audio with Photoshop, compression, common files types, animated GIFs, and 3D .obj keyframe animations. Continue reading →
Posted on April 22, 2013 5:03 pm
Under the name RISK MANAGEMENT, the music of Bruce Gremo and Hans Tammen is structured around playing techniques and instrument schemes which are by nature and by design precarious. Bruce Gremo is performing on the Cilia, his patented flute-controller instrument, originally developed in part through a grant from Harvestworks a decade ago. Hans Tammen plays an analog modular synthesizer built around chaotic behaviors. Continue reading →
Posted on 5:03 pm
Under the name RISK MANAGEMENT, the music of Bruce Gremo and Hans Tammen is structured around playing techniques and instrument schemes which are by nature and by design precarious. Bruce Gremo is performing on the Cilia, his patented flute-controller instrument, originally developed in part through a grant from Harvestworks a decade ago. Hans Tammen plays an analog modular synthesizer built around chaotic behaviors. Continue reading →
Posted on April 21, 2013 11:30 am
96 minutes | Digital Projection | USA | 2012 Follow Me Down is a feature-length documentary about music in prison. Shot over the course of two years in three Louisiana prisons, Georgetown ethnomusicologist Ben Harbert weaves together interviews and performances of extraordinary inmate musicians—some serving life sentences, some new commits and one soon to be [...]