AiR: Interspecifics

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ECAS Artist in Residence 3

»Interspecifics Collective«
Leslie García & Paloma López
Project / Instrument / HackLab (2014-2015)

Interspecifics Collective is a multispecies group experimenting at the intersection between art, science, and technology. They embrace hybridized practices among different disciplines and living organisms, open knowledge, and precarity as challenges.

The Energy Bending Lab is a modular instrument using a set of custom-built synthesizers and transduction tools to obtain a real-time sonification of the electric properties found in some bacteria.

The ENL was conceived during the course of a 2 month residency program granted by ECAS and hosted by festivals Cimatics in Brussells, Todays Art in The Hague and Insomnia in Tromsø; and built while traveling using different fabrication laboratories across Europe.

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ECAS sponsoring partners: The Generator, Insomnia, Cimatics

Stages:
residency hosted at Cimatics in Brussels (Belgium) 07.2014
Actionresidency (Phase 1)
ParticipantsInterspecifics Collective
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Online References http://www.interspecifics.cc/-/2014/07/test/
residency hosted at TodaysArt in The Hague (Netherlands) 07.2014
Actionresidency (Phase 2)
ParticipantsInterspecifics Collective
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Online References
residency hosted at Insomnia in Tromsø (Norway) 08.2014
Actionresidency (Phase 3)
ParticipantsInterspecifics Collective
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ctm '15 23.01. - 01.02.2015
ActionMusicMakers HackLab - Tuning Machines
ParticipantsLeslie García
Sponsoring Partners
Printfestival program
Online References ctm festival 2015 page/
hacklab tuning machines finale/ video Leslie Garcia at hacklab /
MUSICMAKERS HACKLAB - A Score for Uncertainty27.04 - 03.05.2015
ICAS FESTIVAL
Final Event Festspielhaus Hellerau Dresden / 28.04. - 02.05.2015
Date 27.04 - 03.05.2015
Action Hacklab, Concert
Participants Interspecifics Collective and Alberto de Campo
LocationHole of Fame, Festspielhaus Hellerau (Performance)
Sponsoring Partners Cimatics
Print festival program
Online References http://icasfestival.net/icasfestival/PROGRAMME.php
http://icasfestival.net/icasfestival/HACKLAB.php
DescriptionHosted by the Interspecifics Collective and Alberto de Campo, »A Score for Uncertainty« is a 7-day long collaborative laboratory focused on the creation of a sound composition from an unknown future, using existing but novel instruments and sound catalogues.
 


Galleries:

Selected photos from interspecifics collective: MusicMakers HackLab at ICAS Festival 2015



MusicMakers HackLab at ICAS Festival 2015 (59 photos)
MusicMakers HackLab Finale at ICAS Festival 2015 (63 photos)

Photos shot by David Pinzer.

LINKS

Interspecifics Log
ECAS CALL
Homepage Leslie García

»Energy Bending Lab« by the Interspecifics Collective
The Energy Bending Lab is a modular instrument using a set of custom-built synthesizers and transduction tools to obtain a real-time sonification of the electric properties found in some bacteria to be later converted into a pattern recognition generator through the use of cymatics — visible frequency vibrations. Conceptualized as a DIY interspecies system, the interface amplifies the microvoltage produced by these microorganisms transducing their oscillatory features into raw electronic signals tuning the internal clock of the whole system and producing an unexpected array of sound patterns.
The objective is to explore the relationship between waveforms, matter, and the way in which sound frequencies affect and create physical forms, seeking a pattern-based understanding of our context in order to illustrate the underlying order within the physical universe and human consciousness that appears to be intimately related to vibration.

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