Sound Plant Cutting
| Sound Plant Cutting | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sound Plant Cutting |
| Location | H&D Studio |
| Date | 2026/07/18 |
| Time | 11:00—13:30 |
| PeopleOrganisations | Samuel Marin Belfond |
| Type | HDSC2026 |
| Web | Yes |
| No | |
This workshop was open for kids (8–12 years old). Our pedagogical assistant Ayke (NL/ENG) was present to support the children throughout the workshop. If you wanted to rsvp: send an email using this link. Information you shared with us is used only for communication and discarded after the event. More in our Privacy text :)
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 abstract
This activity is a result of my recent explorations around planting flowers and music sampling, and combining learnings and methods from each to slow them both down. How does digital data propagate, grow and evolve? How can different ecosystems live in harmony even when seemingly unrelated? How can I pay better attention to the conditions of what I grow/what grows around me?
You could come with a few sounds you wanted to share and a willingness to curve and stretch them :) These “seed” sounds formed the base of a limited shared library. From there used an open-source dj software to mix, loop, and mutate them into small compositions — planting them in a digital landscape where they can develop under different weather conditions, tangle with other sounds, and reveal their roots.
Explore the collective Sound Garden!!
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 timeline
- 10m: introduction and sharing seeds
- 20m: assembling the seeds into a library
- 30m: exercises, tips & tricks for cutting and looping
- 10m: demo of the garden
- 1h: freeform experimentation
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 material list
What I brought :
- ⋆˚✿˖° Sound Plant Cutting platform ;
- ⋆˚✿˖° Sound controller for demonstration + any participant favoring playing on knots rather than keyboard.
What you could have brought as a participant :
- ⋆˚✿˖° a laptop (if you don’t have one, you can still participate) ;
- ⋆˚✿˖° Mixxx, a free open source DJ software, downloaded on your laptop download here ;
- ⋆˚✿˖° 1 - 4 files of songs you like at the moment, or that have been hanging around the folders of your drive (format : .flac, .mp3, .wav, .aiff).
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 access note
- ⋆˚✿˖° Activity was seated ;
- ⋆˚✿˖° This workshop was conducted in English ;
- ⋆˚✿˖° No prior knowledge required (coding nor music production) ;
- ⋆˚✿˖° Open to all ages ;
- ⋆˚✿˖° Sound sensitivity : due to the nature of sampling loops and collective sound design, the environment can become a bit cacophonous (although at moderated volume).
𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 bio
Samuel Marin Belfond (he/him, 34) I’m an art worker, facilitator, and writer based in Paris. My work focuses on improving conditions for cultural workers through labor rights advocacy, training on workplace violence, and harm-reduction practices. In my free time I contribute to independent and worker-led artistic structures through event coordination, production logistics, sound design, and gardening.