SoundLAB Special x Hacked Orchestra @ Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ

On Sunday 12 November, Hackers & Designers returns to Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ for more sonic dialogue using SoundLAB's extraordinary electro-acoustic instrument collection and sound parasites developed by H&D: https://www.muziekgebouw.nl/nl/pQoxDSw/wat-is-soundlab

Three people sitting on the floor, looking at the person manipulating electronic prototypes with lots of wires.

Image description: Three people sitting on the floor, looking at the person manipulating electronic prototypes with lots of wires.

This time we will kick-off your Sunday afternoon with a show-and-tell by sound artist and music technologist Görkem Arıkan. We will also share some results from the project Hacked Orchestra we've been working on together with Ghenwa Noiré: where we developed sound parasite instruments to explore how we can connect and stay together through noise and sonic dialogue. SoundLAB educators will then introduce you to their instrument collection and guide us into a joint collective jam. Do not miss!

Location

The event will be held at the Atriumzaal in Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Piet Heinkade 1, 1019BR Amsterdam.

Doors open at 14.45. We can accommodate 20-25 people so everyone gets a chance to jam along. € 5,00 to be paid at the door (cash/card)

Sign up

Please sign up by sending an email using this link and filling in the blanks.

Guest speakers

Görkem Arıkan is standing behind a table with a computer sitting on it. Multiple electronic devices are connected to the computer. His hand lays on the computer. He is seemingly amidst a performance. Around him and in the background are an audience of people standing and observing.

Image description: Görkem Arıkan is standing behind a table with a computer sitting on it. Multiple electronic devices are connected to the computer. His hand lays on the computer. He is seemingly amidst a performance. Around him and in the background are an audience of people standing and observing.

Görkem Arıkan is a sound artist and performer, music technologist at SoundLAB, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, and co-founder of the non-profit experimental music collective A.I.D. He graduated from the Instruments and Interfaces program of STEIM and Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where he developed ARMonic, which is a gestural electroacoustic music system consisting of wearable D.I.Y. sensors and electronics. As a research associate in Sonology, his research delivered Singing Sparks, which is a project about noise and listening amongst car mechanics, resulting in a documentary and a sound installation made of car engine parts. https://gorkemarikan.com/

Access notes

Both the workshop room and the Atriumzaal are wheelchair accessible. The building has a walking bridge that is quite steep, you can also enter the building from the ground floor and take an elevator up to the Atriumzaal.

The building has a wheelchair-friendly elevator and bathroom. There are accessible - paid - parking spots below the building, in the Piet Hein parking. The workshop part of the event will be held mainly in English, but we can also facilitate in Dutch, Arabic and French. This will be a noisy workshop, so taking breaks and stepping out whenever needed is encouraged! The guest program, although less speech-heavy, will be held in English.

If you have any access needs that are not addressed here, please let us know via email. Tell us what you need to participate. We wish to reduce barriers!

Code of Conduct

We ask participants of our workshops to read the H&D Code of Conduct before attending the event. If you observe or encounter any behavior that violates the CoC, please reach out to Karl via email (karl@hackersanddesigners.nl) or phone number: +31 6 40433749. Unless you explicitly request otherwise, your report will be processed anonymously.

Photos!

Workshop facilitators Karl & Ghenwa present and demonstrate the specially built "Sonic Parasites" that have been developed during the year long Hacked Orchestra project.

Image description: Workshop facilitators Karl & Ghenwa present and demonstrate the specially built "Sonic Parasites" that have been developed during the year long Hacked Orchestra project.

Workshop participants of varying ages are playing with and tuning the specially built instruments by SoundLAB in a sound-insulated glass room.

Image description: Workshop participants of varying ages are playing with and tuning the specially built instruments by SoundLAB in a sound-insulated glass room.

Artist and technologists Görkem Arıkan stands on stage presenting a slideshow about his practice.

Image description: Artist and technologist Görkem Arıkan stands on stage presenting a slideshow about his practice.

Workshop participants of varying ages are playing with and tuning the specially built instruments by SoundLAB in a sound-insulated glass room.

Image description: Workshop participants of varying ages are playing with and tuning the specially built instruments by SoundLAB in a sound-insulated glass room.

Credits

We would like to thank our partners Sonic Acts, Muziekgebouw and SoundLAB as well as all our invited guests for making this event a possibility.

The cover image on top of this page was made during a previous workshop we did for the Hacked Orchestra project.

Hackers & Designers' very own Loes Bogers made the photo documentation for the event.

This event is kindly supported by Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and Stimuleringsfonds.