Let’s meet up and talk about Wolfgang’s supercollider synthesizer and his multiple speaker sound distribution system at Harvestworks. He will also talk about his VR project made on Unity3D. April 26, 2016 FREE @ 7 pm Harvestworks 596 Broadway #602 New York NY 10012 Phone: 212-431-1130 Subway: F/M/D/B Broadway/Lafayette, R… Continue reading
In this workshop, we’ll look at extending the functionality of Ableton Live with Max/MSP. Specifically, we’ll see how a Max for Live Device can receive audio and MIDI from Live, as well as creative ways to process that data. We’ll also look at the Live API, which lets Max control almost any part… Continue reading
2005 Artist in Residence Henry Threadgill was awarded this year’s Pulitzer Prize for music,“In for a Penny, in for a Pound,” Mr. Threadgill’s award-winning album, is a suite-like composition released on two discs by Pi Recordings last year. When he was at Harvestworks his project was a score for the… Continue reading
Since the 70s, quadraphonic sound has been discarded by the commercial audio world. Almost fifty years later, as we find ourselves in a state of technological saturation, what does it mean to continue the use of quad? Presented in collaboration with Lea Bertucci at Pioneer Works, sound artists explore four varying approaches to quadraphonic… Continue reading
In this workshop, we’ll look at how to get data from physical sensors into Max, and we’ll investigate techniques for working with that data in an organized way. Topics include voltage dividing sensors, building simple circuits, understanding the Arduino language, using Open Sound Control to send messages between applications, simple machine learning with… Continue reading
For the last 40+ years Harvestworks has offered artists on-site production studios, workshops and classes in emerging technologies. Based on our experience producing over 400 projects for our Artists In Residence Program these services have expanded into the ongoing Project Management Program that provides individual consulting and project realization to… Continue reading
Harvestworks is pleased to premiere Abiogenesis, an interactive video projection by Jill Taffet that uses camera tracking to trigger the movement of animation and sound. Inspired by the theory of Abiogenesis, the process of life arising from non-living matter. Abstract animated avatars follow participants as they explore and bring biomorphic… Continue reading
What music does the mind make? This performance tunes into the sound of synapses with Music + the Mind: a live music-infused experiment in neuroscience. The evening features the Brainwave Music Project- a project conceived by Columbia professors David Soldier and Brad Garton and performed by William Hooker, Brad Garton and David Soldier. Harvestworks 596 Broadway #602… Continue reading
PRAYER FETISH is a vibratory trip into the Black American emergence of the last 40 years, post-Crack. It is where Up South and popular culture meet. Krewe Coumbite expresses artist Muthi Reed’s fascination with the devotional traditions of their Lowndes County, Alabama kinfolk. Reed envisions an evening of PRAYER FETISH will respond to the… Continue reading
Regions of Influence is a multi-channel sound installation blending the art of radio transmission with the unique and obscure language of dreams. It was created by Tim Fodness under the technical guidance of Joseph Morris. Over the course of roughly three years, sound artist Tim Fodness logged his dreams in a journal and recorded… Continue reading
