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STEIM presents on Tuesday June 3rd at 20.30h as part of the lecture/discussion series: kristina andersen [dk/uk], uk based danish interaction designer and visual artist, who has, among others, closely collaborated with vancouver based computer media artist thecla schiphorst and dancer/choreographer susan kozel on their most recent interactive media installation, the 'whisper' project. she is an expert on the integration of washable/wearable electronically responsive systems into garments (theatrical and of everyday use - from future and bygone ages) as carriers for sensors . for her latest project'ensemble' she developed a beautiful set of wearable garments, in close collaboration with artists and engineers at steim, which also exemplify the first generation of the labs current research into 'hacked' new gestural controllers . hot back from their first airing at the prestigious nime-03 (new interfaces for musical expression) conference in montreal, she will be talking tonight about the background behind 'ensemble', show videos from the tryout at nime and possibly lift some 'hems' on her objects to allow glimpses of her explorations into cultural & scientific theories of embodiments. 'ensemble' 'ensemble' is a workshop for children. It investigates the use of simple sensors as a means of playing a piece of electronic music. 'ensemble' is a suitcase full of sounds and clothes. Each piece of clothing is a simple sensor that modifies a sound or a voice. The sensor is incorporated into a garment and together each set have their own possibilities for movement and control. The position of a mans hat, the swoosh of a dress, the darkness of a ladies bag... 'ensemble' is an exercise in listening and finding yourself in a complex sound field. it is an exercise in listening to each other while playing together. 'ensemble is a live soundpiece played by by the orchestra of those who dress up. 'ensemble' is being developed at STEIM by kristina andersen with assistance from frank baldé, jorgen brinkman and michel waisvisz. biographical note: kristina andersen working with interactions and concepts to create objects, protocols and experiences using human centered, iterative processes. current projects include 'ensemble', a set of sensor based wearable musical controllers developed for musical experiences for children developed at STEIM [www.steim.nl]. designed and developed tangible interfaces, sensors and wearable computers for 'whisper' [http://whisper.surrey.sfu.ca]. 'whisper' uses physiological data as input in an environment of responsive garments, sound and visualisation. it was developed through a series of experience modelling workshops. 'whisper' was presented at DEAF 2003 in Rotterdam and at Respond/Future Physical in Cambridge. previously research fellow at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea working on the FARAWAY research project with margot jacobs and laura polazzi [www.ifonly.org] researching and designing interactions that incorporate sensory and symbolic aspects of emotions and convey a sense of presence between people who are physically distant but emotionally close. the FARAWAY project is published in 'Funology: from usability to enjoyment' Blythe, M.A., Overbeeke, K., Monk, A.F. and Wright, P.C. (ed.s) Kluwer, 2003. commercial projects vary from experimental/commercial software interface design and information management to conceptual objects from wearable furniture to toys. research projects include reGossip, a research game platform using gossip and game play to generate collaborative narratives [www.regossip.com] and WAG, a project researching mobile phone text messaging as vehicles for support systems for teenagers at risk. MA in industrial design [specialising in wearable computers] and M.Sc in Virtual Environments. websites: http://ensemble.lockergirl.com http://whisper.surrey.sfu.ca/ Date: Tuesday June 3rd Time: 20.30h Venue: STEIM Achtergracht 19 (main entrance!) Amsterdam Entrance: Free To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://list2.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/steim -- STEIM (studio for electro instrumental music) (studio voor elektro instrumentale muziek) Achtergracht 19 1071 WL Amsterdam Nederland tel 00 31 (0) 20 6228690 fax 00 31 (0) 20 6264262 WEB SITE : http://www.steim.nl ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (grootveld@nrc.nl).