MIDI Bio-Sonification Module Building workshop March 19th OR April 26th w/added Touchpad creation
Collaborate sonically with non-human organisms around you. Hook the module up to yourself, or friends and use your bio-data musically, visually (MAX/Processing, etc), control a game (Unity/OSC) and more!
Workshop participants receive step by step guidance putting together their Modules and help in understanding how the device works. Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of soldering is very important. Here is a link to the Mighty Ohm’s, fullsoldercomic_en
Biodata Sonification is a process to translate complex real-time sensor data into musical notes and controls, exploring auditory sensory modality to provide insights into invisible phenomenon. The Bio-Sonification module is a purpose-built circuit able to detect micro fluctuations in conductivity that have a duration between 1000th and 100,000th of a second.
During this workshop, Tosca Terán introduces participants to the amazing potential of mycelium for collaboration at the intersection of art and science. Participants learn how to transform their kitchens and closets into safe, mini-Mycelium Biolabs, learn how to cultivate mycelium, and leave the workshop with a live Mycelium planter/bowl form, as well as a wide array of possibilities of how they might work with this sustainable bio-material. All materials are provided.
Workshop includes:
1 round planter growth form
1 bag of substrate inoculated with Mycelium
Nitrile gloves
Particulate mask
Instructions: sent via email/Slack invite, PDFs, etc.
This workshop includes everything you need to grow a small bowl form plus, a bag of substrate inoculated with mycelium! Suggestions on how to grow other forms or grow onto various armatures (3D printed, hand-knit/crocheted, wood structures, etc) will be discussed.
Mycelium can be used in industrial design, art, architecture – the possibilities are seemingly endless!
Check out the Mycelium Martian Dome project, an installation that took place in 2019 through a residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto in partnership with the Ontario Science Centre.
Mycelium= the mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus and is often submerged in another body (as of soil or organic matter or the tissues of a host) aka mushroom roots
Artist-instructor Tosca Teran works with Mycelium collaboratively –
creating the Midnight Mushroom Music Podcast.
Past co:Lab events
Thank you everyone that came out to the Fantastic Fungi Futures events, November 29th, and the movie screening December 1st at HotDocs as well as the Sculpting workshop at InterAccess!
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co:Lab Group Show March 16 thru 28th Opening Reception, Saturday March 16th 4pm-8pm
Further details coming soon!
Toronto Offsite Design Festival installation January 17-27th, 2019
Exhibition: La Planete Sauvage co:Lab 906 Queen West @Crawford January 18-27th Opening Reception, Thursday January 17th 7pm-10pm During the opening reception a special Introductory demonstration of Sculpting w/Mycelium & Bio-Sonification collaborating with non-human is taking place $25/pp advance register required if interested in having your Bio-data recorded and receiving a mycelium grown bowl.
Come celebrate with us! And meet the Artists/Makers:
Trinley Dorje: Microcosm of The Earth Series. Microcosms of the Earth is a bioart related series which displays cardiomyocytes (cardiac muscle cells) in a colourful and topographical nature. Each artwork is a unique depiction of Earth. The cardiomyocytes are distorted, and blurred to give a surreal appearance to the artwork which represents the ever shifting and changing tectonic plates and the effects climate change has on the environment.
Maggy Middleton: The Vexed Muddler. By day a molecular biologist who studies bacterial evolution in the context of pathogenesis. By night they create digital and sculptural art and jewellery exploring microbiology, anatomy, physics, and other scientific realms. As the Vexed Muddler they’re primary interest is in creating conversation pieces that surprise and delight, provoking curiosity and exploration.
Riko Okuna: Riot Works. Simple design and carefully handcrafted pieces with beautiful weirdness. Metal + Wood.
Tosca Teran: Mycelial experimentations & bio-sonification. Mycelium forms sculpted by hand and using 3D printed bio-filament. Exploring acoustics, wearable insulating factors, and bio-remediation that incorporates bio-sonification.
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