Make It Yourself – Sessions & Workshops

Cybersonica with Openlab Workshops and Manchester Art Gallery present:
Make It Yourself
openlabworkshops.org
www.manchestergalleries.org

Thursday, 11th November, 7-9pm
Mike Blow – maker of the Theremuino – presents at
DIWO (do it with others) – http://bit.ly/ayFH4G
Fab Lab Manchester, Chips, 2 Lampwick Lane (off Old Mill Street), Manchester M4 6BU 
FREE

Documentation at the Make It Yourself Flickr set.

Saturday, 13th November, 11am-4pm
Re-Make It Yourself – Theremuino
Resource Room, 2nd Floor, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester UK M2 3JL
FREE/£25 contribution to components for makers – booking for makers via http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1021941655

Mike Blow (http://www.evolutionaryart.co.uk/) re-makes his Theremuino explaining the process and answering onlookers questions – while also offering FOUR people the chance to make their own using his ‘Theremuino kit’ following Mike through the construction process.

Documentation at the Make It Yourself Flickr set and Make It Yourself Vimeo album.

Sunday, 28th November, 2-4pm
Re-Make It Yourself – USB Digital Microscope
Resource Room, 2nd Floor, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester UK M2 3JL
FREE

Cybersonica’s Lewis Sykes re-makes ‘Build a USB Digital Microscope in 60 mins and $15’ by Moris Zen

Documentation at the Make It Yourself Flickr set and Make It Yourself Vimeo album.

Saturday, 11th & Sunday, 12th December, 10.30am-4.30pm
Make It Yourself Weekend Workshop
Education Studio 2, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester UK M2 3JL
£25/£20 students – booking via http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1022029919

Cybersonica and Openlab Workshops host a weekend workshop to help you Make It Yourself – recreating a selection of objects from the exhibition and in the process providing practical ‘hands-on’ experience and an overview of basic electronics and working with Arduinos. Contributing artists Chris Gladwin (http://www.psybertron.co.uk/cgladwin.htm) – Potato Synthesis and Mike Blow – Theremuino will be on-hand to help you recreate, experiment and ‘jam’ with their devices. The workshop will culminate in a presentation and performance in the Manchester Art Gallery Atrium with objects made during the workshop. With several projects to choose from the workshop is suitable for both beginner and more experienced makers.

Sunday, 12th December, 3.30-4.30pm
Make It Yourself Performance
The Atrium, Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester UK M2 3JL
FREE

A presentation and sound performance of replicated and modified devices from Make It Yourself and the Weekend Workshop.