Make It Yourself – Sessions & Workshops
Cybersonica with Openlab Workshops and Manchester Art Gallery present: Thursday, 11th November, 7-9pm Documentation at the Make It Yourself Flickr set. Saturday, 13th November, 11am-4pm 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 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 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 A presentation and sound performance of replicated and modified devices from Make It Yourself and the Weekend Workshop. |