DETECTION AMSTERDAM: sonic archeology lab and workshop by Martin Howse

STEIM & Geluid van Nederland workshop series: Robert Henke

STEIM & Geluid van Nederland workshop series: Subtle Listening with Kim Cascone

Drive-By Workshop: Designing Learning Experiences for Kids at the Intersection of Computing and Music

This workshop will engage participants in discussions and hands-on work exploring models of experience design for kids at the intersection of computing and music. For more information and registration visit the official workshop page at steim.org

2-Day Masterclass with Bob Ostertag

We are extremely happy to have electronic / improvised / experimental music innovator, writer, activist, journalist, and many other things – Bob Ostertag to return to STEIM for a 2 day master class and concert. For more information visit the official event page here

Satellite CCRMA

Intensive physical interaction design workshop with embedded linux computers

This is an intensive course in physical interaction design for sound and music. In this workshop we will work with small but powerful embeddable computers (the open, DIY-friendly Beagle Board) as a platform for creating stand-alone interactive artworks. For more information on the workshop and how to sign up please visit our new website.

Essentials of SuperCollider #3

Learn the essentials of making synths, composing, and playing with SuperCollider

This is the third workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider that will teach you from the ground up what you need to know to start making music. The course will take place over three evenings in April and May. Please visit our new website for more information about the workshop and how to register.

Soundstorming Amsterdam

Rapid prototyping of acoustic urban interventions

Essentials of SuperCollider #2

Learn the essentials of making synths, composing, and playing with SuperCollider

This is the second workshop of a beginner's course in SuperCollider that will teach you from the ground up what you need to know to start making music. The course will take place over three evenings in April and May. Please visit our new website for more information about the workshop and how to register.

Digital Camera Glitching Workshop

Hack old digital camera image chips to make Glitched visual artworks

Beginners Circuitbending Workshop

Two-day beginners introduction to circuitbending. Bring in your Queensday finds and learn the basics of hardware hacking.

Essentials of SuperCollider #1

Learn the essentials of making synths, composing, and playing with SuperCollider

This is a beginner's course in SuperCollider that will teach you from the ground up what you need to know to start making music. The course will take place over three evenings in April and May. Please visit our new website for more information about the workshop and how to register.

Amsterdam Max Meet-up
Monthly meet-up, tutorials and demos for MaxMSP and Max for Live users

Every month or so, STEIM hosts a casual meet-up for Max and Max for Live users to gather and share their work. Through these meet-ups we hope to encourage a sense of community and collaboration of Max users in the Netherlands.  Come discuss your latest work, either finished projects or works in progress, share the patches and devices you have created and get constructive support for problems you might be having. If you have specific questions about Max/MSP and Max for Live, or want to learn to do specific things using Max, then we can look into these topics together.

Drive-By Workshop: Real-time video tracking with Isadora

This Drive-By workshop is an introduction to video tracking using Isadora software. Learn how to track a moving object with a web camera, kinect, or external video camera, and use the data that is collected to control different aspects of video or sound. For more information and how to register please visit the workshop page on our new website.

Composing Live Visuals with Isadora

Two-day introductory workshop on programming live visuals with an emphasis on VJ/DJ style performance

This workshop is an introduction to graphical programming. Create a personalised interface for VJ/DJ style live performance of video and sound. For further information about the workshop and how to register please visit the workshop page on our new website.

SuperCollider Users Group

SuperCollider Symposium in London

SuperCollider symposium 2012 will take place in London from April 12-19. Because so many of the usual SC.Amsterdam attendees are going, we've decided to move the meeting from STEIM to a yet-to-be determined location near the symposium. http://www.sc2012.org.uk/

STEIM Concept Stage

Open evening of new experimental works

STEIM Instrument Lab #3

Net Acoustics Workshop
Global echoes and local resonances

In this workshop artists Jamie Allen and Bernhard Garnicnig will lead explorations in the acoustic potentials of the physical and networked spaces where we spend our days. For further information please visit the workshop description on our new website.

STEIM Concept Stage

featuring Ken Ueno, Gregory Oakes, and students from the Maryland Institute College of Art

SuperCollider Users Group

Demos, tutorials, and discussions for artists making sound with SuperCollider

Every month or so STEIM hosts the SuperCollider users group, a meeting place to learn more about SuperCollider, the immensely powerful (and free) sound-making software used by musicians, sound artists, and researchers around the world. The users group is a place to share ideas, inspirations, improve your existing knowledge, or just to meet like-minded audio artists in the area. Through these user group meetings we hope to encourage an open and connected community of artists using SuperCollider in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam Max Meet-up
Monthly meet-up, tutorials and demos for MaxMSP and Max for Live users

Every month or so, STEIM hosts a casual meet-up for Max and Max for Live users to gather and share their work. Through these meet-ups we hope to encourage a sense of community and collaboration of Max users in the Netherlands.  Come discuss your latest work, either finished projects or works in progress, share the patches and devices you have created and get constructive support for problems you might be having. If you have specific questions about Max/MSP and Max for Live, or want to learn to do specific things using Max, then we can look into these topics together.

SATELLITES, FAR AWAY BUT CLOSE BY

Marie Christine van der Sman, director of the Museon, is pleased to invite you to the opening of the new theme gallery

SONIC ACTS in collaboration with STEIM:

SONIC ACTS - TRAVELLING TIME

SONIC ACTS - PROGRAMME ONLINE!

The bi-annual Sonic Acts Festival showcasing works at the cutting edge of art, technology, music and science will be held in Amsterdam from 23 to 26 February 2012. Over a period of four days Sonic Acts presents Travelling Time, an ode to the human experience of time. The festival takes place at seven different locations: the Paradiso, De Balie, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, NIMk, SMART Project Space, STEIM and Temporary Stedelijk 3.

Click here for the program.

SuperCollider Users Group

Demos, tutorials, and discussions for artists making sound with SuperCollider

Every month or so STEIM hosts the SuperCollider users group, a meeting place to learn more about SuperCollider, the immensely powerful (and free) sound-making software used by musicians, sound artists, and researchers around the world. The users group is a place to share ideas, inspirations, improve your existing knowledge, or just to meet like-minded audio artists in the area. Through these user group meetings we hope to encourage an open and connected community of artists using SuperCollider in the Netherlands.

Music Kitchen @ TROUW, de Verdieping

Nederlandse improvisatoren ontmoeten Timeart mediakunstenaars

Music Kitchen@Trouw presenteert op donderdag 2 februari a.s. een ontmoeting tussen vijf toonaangevende Nederlandse improvisatoren en zeven musici en mediakunstenaars van Timeart - afkomstig uit Oostenrijk, Frankrijk en Duitsland. Deze uitwisseling tussen electro-akoestische improvisatiemuziek en videokunst zal plaatsvinden in de rauwe industriële ruimte van De Verdieping, waar ooit de drukpersen stonden van dagblad Trouw. http://www.musickitchen.eu/

Amsterdam Max Meet-up
Monthly meet-up, tutorials and demos for MaxMSP and Max for Live users

Every month or so, STEIM hosts a casual meet-up for Max and Max for Live users to gather and share their work. Through these meet-ups we hope to encourage a sense of community and collaboration of Max users in the Netherlands.  Come discuss your latest work, either finished projects or works in progress, share the patches and devices you have created and get constructive support for problems you might be having. If you have specific questions about Max/MSP and Max for Live, or want to learn to do specific things using Max, then we can look into these topics together.

SuperCollider Users Group

Demos, tutorials, and discussions for artists making sound with SuperCollider

Every month or so STEIM hosts the SuperCollider users group, a meeting place to learn more about SuperCollider, the immensely powerful and totally free (as in beer, and as in speech) sound-making software. The users group is a place to share ideas, inspirations, improve your existing knowledge, or just to meet like-minded audio artists in the area. Through these user group meetings we hope to encourage an open and connected community of artists using SuperCollider in the Netherlands.