Fielding workshop

Till Bovermann (2017)

• October 21st 2017, 14:00 – 18:00
  • in cooperation with the instrument inventors initiative den Haag
  • Willem Dreespark 312, 2531 SX Den Haag, Nederland
  • Sign up

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This workshop builds on and extends Fielding, a platform intended to facilitate inter-species music making developed by Till Bovermann for his Sonic Wilderness Interventions. Non-human performers influence Fielding by means of environmental sensors built into the nodes, whereas human performers shape its sonic qualities by forming sentences of a sonic alphabet.¹

By using their laptops as nodes of a local Fielding network, participants of the workshop will get insights in how to co-create artificial soundscapes for found (un-)locations by means of textual and gestural interfaces.

Basic knowledge about electronic music practice with max/pd/supercollider is recommended since this workshop partly relies on live coding techniques and SuperCollider. However, such knowledge is not required.

Duration: 4 hours

This workshop relies partly on live coding techniques and SuperCollider.

To bring (per participant)

• Laptop with installed SuperCollider
• Headphones

Provided material

• Fielding Platform

To be provided by host

• space
• electricity outlets
• internet

Fielding in sonic intervention wilderness.

Non-human performers influence Fielding by means of environmental sensors built into the nodes, whereas human performers shape its sonic qualities by forming sentences of a sonic alphabet.¹

More about the conceptual background of Fielding can be found in this blog post. Fielding is a platform for Sonic Wilderness Interventions.

A Fielding platform with exposed soil resistance sensors and speakers.

Speakers are connected by cables to the Fielding node.

Soil resistance sensor in soil.

By utilising high-frequency tweeters, Fielding settles into a specific sonic niche.

Soil resistance sensor detail.