Lecture

[img_assist|nid=344|title=stichcode|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=250|height=374] Stitchcode brings an 'open source approach' to the proprietary file formats for stitching machines so that we can explore new aesthetics for stitching. More on the project... We are developing a series of scripts that can take various kind of inputs and write into a format (.exp) readable by many (consumer-grade) stitching machines. More on the code.... As a first aesthetic experiment, we are using public encryption keys to generate personalized patterns that can be stitched out. More on key stiching....

You have an old PDA, Handheld or iPod that you want to repurpose into a hackable music machine? Want to learn what you can do with Open Source software on embedded devices?

In the workshop, we will go through some possibilities to do live video processing with FLOSS software. We'll mainly handle some low-level libraries to acquire (gstreamer, dc1394, v4l) and output (opengl, sdl, xv) raw video signals, issues of color coding and some simple analysis loops. If time permits, we'll try to tap into the power of Intel's OpenCV to do more complex analysis.

Participants will gain practice in using PD as a Vjing / Videostreaming tool unsing the MAEstream patch created by Ricardo Palmieri.

The participants will build a MiMOSA from scratch. The MiMOSA will be built into a vehicle, offering mobility for urban media interventions on a low scale. An old computer will be put apart and/or enhanced with audio / video capture equipment in order to record, stream and broadcast visual and audible sources and traces, put together and collected in the streets of linz. Further the participants will be part of public interventions, that will be maybe even unmediated, direct and spontaneous.

[img_assist|nid=382|title=AV-CircuitBending|desc=|link=node|align=none|width=350|height=253] Participants will learn how to mix and twist video and audio signal and feeding the result into standard tube - tv-sets. The result may be twisted image and strange sounds and noises, that go along together simultaneously and interfere one with the other. Further the participants will use their electric body resistance to influence frequencies and amplitude of audio and videosignals. TV-sets will be provided, audio - mixers and cables too.

[img_assist|nid=327|desc=|link=node|align=none|width=400|height=300] Participants will take part in building a Pufi from scratch. Doing so they get familiar with Arduino microcontrolers, light- and other sensors, mini-radio modems, usb audio devices and some other hardware, that provides to the pufis their sensors and media to communicate one with teh others and as well to communicate with us. Additionally the participants will learn how to programm the Arduino hardware and cutting and creating sounds with audacity.