For 2020, we have prepared a series of workshops aimed at acquiring and consolidating practical skills in the field of sound experimentation.
Due to the epidemiological situation, we had to modify our plans, adapting them to sanitary recommendations. During the upcoming online workshops, we plan to use more advanced tools for modeling sound interactions in the digital domain (the Max/Msp compositional environment and programming language) as well as aspects of sound design used by creators of experimental music.
In this series of workshops, we will focus not only on acquiring new creative skills, but also on the design process. Under the guidance of invited tutors, workshop participants will have the opportunity to work on projects and the realization of sound compositions/installations, and the most interesting ones will be premiered on Radio Żyjnia, produced in collaboration with Dizajn BWA Wrocław, in the form of a quadraphonic sound installation, and then online in binaural format.
Workshop schedule:
February 29–March 1, 2020 – Max/MSP compositional environment (workshop completed)
July 11 and July 18, 2020 – ASMR synthesis (led by Marta Śniady) (workshop completed)
August 15 and 22, 2020 – Binaural sound – technology and aesthetics (led by Przemysław Danowski) (workshop completed)
September 12–13, 2020 – Interactive sound installations using the Max/MSP environment (led by Beniamin Głuszek and Piotr Bednarczyk)
September 26-27, 2020 – voice production in audio dramas (led by Katarzyna Szczerba)
ABOUT THE LEADERS:
Piotr Bednarczyk
He was born in 1994 in Koszalin. He is currently studying composition under Cezary Duchnowski at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw. His works have been performed at contemporary music festivals such as Warsaw Autumn, Musica Electronica Nova, Listening Room and New Music Week. As a composer, he focuses mainly on electroacoustic music, with a strong focus on the search for new sounds, through which he uses unconventional sound production techniques and live electronics.
Przemysław Danowski
Artist involved in spatial, interactive and procedural sound. Lecturer at the Department of Sound Direction at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. Guest lecturer at the 3D and Virtual Events Studio II at the Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Spatial sound consultant at the Visual Narration Laboratory: vnLab at the Film School in Łódź. Recently, author and co-author of many interdisciplinary works realized in virtual reality technology. He is involved in immersive documentary, 6DoF experiences and interactive installations. Composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Beniamin Głuszek
Creator of sound installations, music theorist. The main subject of his interest is the sonification of the electrical activity of the human brain (EEG). He has presented his works in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Scotland and Poland – including at the “Warsaw Autumn” and “AudioArt” festivals, during the Art Review “Survival”.
https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/2565/Artykul/2030150,Fale-mozgowe-w-sztuce-i-medycynie?
Katarzyna Szczerba
Sound engineer. Winner of the Cinesonika Award, Fisheye Best Use of Sound Award, and “Andrei Toncu” Best Sound Design Award. Graduate of Berlinale Talents 2017. She has over 100 projects to her credit: the audio series “Czarny Romans” (Black Romance), the binaural performance ‘Strach’ (Fear), the field recording album “Deer Rut Time,” and, above all, many films, including “Obiekt” (The Object, dir. Paulina Skibińska), “Las 4 rano” (dir. Jan Jakub Kolski) and “Komunia” (dir. Anna Zamecka).
Marta Śniady
Composer of audio-visual works. She draws from popular culture, the Internet and Television. She does not treat her music only as sound art, but seeks multi-layered meanings, references, connections. Her works have been presented during: Warsaw Autumn, Musica Electronica Nova, Frau Musica (Nova), Sacrum Profanum, Pulsar, Klang, RAMA, Musica Estranha and Percussion Plus.
EVENT
TEAM:
Curator: Daniel Brożek
Production team: Joanna Sokalska, Beniamin Głuszek, Jan Chrzan
Orgniser: Fundacja pozyTYwka
Co-organisers: Galeria Toy Piano, Galeria Dizajn BWA Wrocław
Visual identity: Karolina Pietrzyk (http://karolinapietrzyk.info/ ) + Mateusz Zieleniewski (http://www.mzieleniewski.com/ )
Series co-financed by the City of Wrocław | www.wroclaw.pl
