Workshops

  • Creative Code #1: Pure Data Patching Circle

    On various dates in March and April 2015 I’ll be running a Pure Data Patch Circle as part of Birmingham Open Media’s Creative Code series. A new ‘Patching Circle’ on creative code designed and run by artists, for artists. A Patching Circle is an informal gathering of anyone who is interested in patching languages…

  • An Introduction to Pure Data – 5th August

    On August 5th from 13:00-17:00 I’ll be running a Pure Data workshop at Vivid Projects. Pure Data (aka Pd) is an open source a Visual Programming Language, similar to the likes of vvvv and Max/MSP. Pd enables musicians, visual artists, performers, researchers, and developers to create software graphically, without writing lines of code. Pd…

  • Dirty New Media preview: Optical Theremin Workshop

    Dirty New Media will be making its way to The Barber Institute of Fine Arts on 21st March as part of the University of Birmingham’s Arts and Science Festival. Over the week I’ll be providing an overview of the upcoming event. Workshop | 12-2pm Optical Theremin workshop with Circuit Ben An optical theremin is…

  • Pure Data Play

    Thank you to everyone that attended the Pure Data Play workshop on 2nd November as part of Flip Festival. In the space of two hours the participants went from knowing nothing about Pure Data to manipulating 3D objects on screen, playing videos and webcam streams and controlling their videos using user-defined keyboard shortcuts. Some…

  • Pure Data Play, Friday 2nd November

    On Friday 2nd November from 12pm I’ll be running a Pure Data workshop as part of Flip Festival at Lighthouse Media Centre in Wolverhampton. Pure Data is a dataflow programming language that is utilised for a wide variety of purposes including making generative electronic music, creating glitch visuals, interactive live performance and VJing (Video…

  • GLI.TC/H 20111 IS HERE!!!

    GLI.TC/H 20111 programme View more documents from hellocatfood Download PDF —————————————– [Chicago, US] —————————————– THU: Nov 3 @7pm – GLI.TC/H Gallery Opening @MBLABS Alma Alloro [IL], Anthony Antonellis [DE], Melissa Barron [US], Mark Beasley [US], Sophia Brueckner [US], ffd8 (Ted Davis) [CH], Jeff Donaldson && Daniel Temkin [US], Leanne Eisen [CA + US], Noah…

  • Theremin Day

    For the last month or so the fizzPOP team and Mr Underwood have been planning the awesomely awesome Theremin Day that took place at fizzPOP on Saturday 24th April. The day kicked off with an optical theremin building workshop, which produced some very interesting sounds. One person described the noises produced as “lil creatures……

  • Thanks and praise to Flying Start

    Last week myself and others were invited to talk to someone from Ofsted about the Flying Start course. For those who don’t already know what it is, here’s the blurb: An accredited training scheme for artists – working in any art form – who want to gain workshop planning and delivery skills and experience…

  • Flying Start

    Here’s a image from a workshop I delivered as part of a group on the topic of Culture in relation to Birmingham. It was a big project, so we decided to collaborate online, which proved very useful! Flying Start is now over and, due to a lack of funding, looks like it will completely…