In this workshop, we will go over OSC, the most widely supported real-time multimedia communication protocol that exists. OSC is the common language that almost every existing hardware/software tool speaks, and which allows multiple independent programs to communicate with each other in real time. With just one tool you can create flexible, scalable multimedia projects involving 2 or more programs or devices working together, leveraging the best features of each. You just have to tell them what to say and what to listen for.
📅 Date: Saturday, June 13th, 2026
🕓 Time: 1:00–3:00 PM
📍 Location: Governors Island, Nolan Park, Harvestworks Building 10a
📩 RSVP required: studio@harvestworks.org
Supported platforms include:
- TouchDesigner, P5.js, Processing, OpenFrameworks, Unity, Unreal Engine, Isadora
- Max/MSP, Max4Live (Ableton), Reaper, Supercollider
- Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, other WiFi-enabled microcontrollers / single-board computers
- All iOS/Android smartphones (w/ TouchOSC or Zig Sim mobile apps)
- Code libraries in most programming languages, including Python, JavaScript, C++
- Many others
If you use any of these or are just curious to explore the potential of networking together multiple programs/devices, this beginner-friendly, 95% code-free (examples provided) workshop is a great starting point.
We will introduce some basic networking concepts and dive right into how to send/receive data between software programs. We will go over some introductory examples using Max/MSP, TouchDesigner, Arduino and a mobile device (using the Zig Sim app). Feel free to bring at least one of these to the session if you’d like to follow along, but the process works the exact same on any platform. Learn OSC once, apply it anywhere! We’ll have some time for creative brainstorming and ideation at the end. What kind of projects could you make with this technology?
ABOUT YONATAN ROZIN:
Yonatan Rozin is a multidisciplinary interactive technologist, prototyper, educator and percussionist based in New York City. His practice frequently involves experimenting with novel combinations of existing technologies and mediums across the genres of installation and live performance.
As a freelance interactive art consultant and engineer at the Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, he has worked with numerous independent artists to help incorporate bespoke interactive technology solutions into their own art practices. Yonatan is the lead developer of BodyMouth, an experimental body motion-reactive speech instrument designed by transmedia playwright Kat Mustatea, which was recently featured in a series of performances at the Here Arts Center and was a finalist in the 2024 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition and the Lumen Prize in the “Interactive Immersive” category. As an educator, Yonatan has given multiple workshops at institutions including Harvestworks, NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program and NYC Resistor, and aims to spread awareness of the benefits of multidisciplinary thinking as a part of the creative process.
Yonatan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Professional Studies from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), where he completed a 1-year research residency and recently served as an adjunct instructor.
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