WORKSHOPS LED BY JOSEPH HERSCHER (Brooklyn, U.S.)?
Participants are invited to collaborate on a large-scale machine that will take shape and become activated through a succession of chain reactions, mechanical inventions that each person will create in this workshop. Participants are invited to bring a personal object with them, which will be returned at the end of the workshop.
May 26 and 27, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ?
Espace 400e Bell – Free admission – For all ages – Registration required – Places limited
?reservation@manifdart.org
Joseph Herscher creates kinetic installations. His videos have been presented throughout the world and have featured in The New Yorker online, New York Times, as well as numerous television and radio shows. His work was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2011. He has conducted workshops in Brooklyn, Boston, Venice and New Zealand, and lectured in New York and elsewhere. The work of Joseph Herscher reminds us of the value of games in an increasingly mechanized world. ?
http://www.josephherscher.com/
Click on the picture to see one of Joseph Herscher’s video:
LIVING EXPERIENCES, MACHINES ARE ROMANTIC
WORKSHOP
BLOCK 1: ATELIER MÉCANO
LED BY MINIBLOC, WITH THE AMIABLE PARTICIPATION OF KANTA HORIO.
THE THREE CONSECUTIVE DAY WORKSHOP IS OPEN TO TEN PARTICIPANTS.
MAY 8, 9 AND 10 FROM 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. / ESPACE 400E BELL
25$ / LIMITED PLACES / INSCRIPTION: RESERVATION@MANIFDART.ORG
Minibloc
Montréal, Canada
The fruitful encounter of self-taught Nicolas Dion and classically trained electroacoustic composer Anne-Françoise Jacques, Minibloc is a duo whose compositions defy labeling. They use recordings of noisemakers, along with various but often difficult to identify sources and commonplace or unusual objects, crudely sampled and often completely denatured, to concoct tasty and incongruous “perversities.” Unhinged electroacoustic collages, minimalist vignettes or sonic improvisations, as intriguing as they are unpredictable, characterize the duo’s live performances.
www.le-son666.com/minibloc/
Kanta Horio
Tokyo, Japan
Kanta Horio is a sound artist and engineer. He studied acoustics and computer music at Kyushu Institute of Design in Fukuoka, Japan. His performances and installations are based on physical phenomena like sound, light, magnetism or physical movement, employing electromagnets, motors, LEDS, and circuits that convert elements. He has performed widely, both internationally and throughout Japan. He also works as an engineer of electronic devices and has developed several projects, including commercial interactive installations, films, and musical instruments.
http://kanta.but.jp/