Kyma Symposium 2009 in Barcelona

The First International Kyma Symposium is scheduled for 8-10 October 2009 in the vibrant Poble Nou neighborhood of Barcelona during the annual LEM festival. The preliminary program includes master classes presented by the creators of Kyma, papers and demos presented by Kyma practitioners, and a program of concerts, live improvised silent film scores.

Symbolic Sound and Station 55 invite you to share your ideas, experiences and art with fellow practitioners at the First Kyma Symposium by attending the symposium and interacting with your fellow Kyma practitioners!

I will be there showing demo of OSCulator and Kyma with my friend Manu Iyengar who helps me on some new tricky developments. I’m looking forward to meet lots of people that helped me creating OSCulator, like Carla and Kurt (makers of Kyma), but also my friends Matteo Milani and Frederico Placidi who are running the U.S.O project ; they will bring a Lemur so we can have fun messing around with Kyma and OSCulator.

Here is the preliminary program for these exciting days:

Kyma Symposium in Barcelona 8-10 October 2009

Preliminary Program (as of 31 August 2009)

THURS (8 October 2009)

* 18:00 meet & greet w/ DJ Pacarana: installation created by Cristian Vogel with participation of the international Kyma user community
* 21:00 Dinner at nearby restaurant (no host)

FRI TALKS

* 11:00 Welcome
* 11:30 Carla Scaletti & Kurt Hebel: “Recombinance Makes Us Human”: Philosophy of Kyma
Demo of Recently Added Features
* 14:00 —Lunch at Bharma—
* 16:00 Camille Troillard: New Developments in OSCulator (1 hour)
* 17:00 Hector Bravo-Benard: Using the AC Toolbox with Kyma (30′ lecture + 10′ piece)
* 17:45 —Coffee Break—
* 18:00 Cristian Vogel: The Black Swan: Composing with Kyma for Dance (1 hour)
* 19:00 Eckard Vossas: Improvising with Kyma: Miniaturen X, Cecil Variations B, Lehnade 2: (30′)
* 19:45 —Break for concert setup—

FRI CONCERT at Niu

* 20:00 Franz Danksagmüller: Kökarlen: Silent film + voice +live Kyma & voice (~2 hrs)
* 22:00 tear down, Dinner together nearby (no host)

SAT TALKS

* 11:00 Carla Scaletti & Kurt Hebel: Composing with Kyma: Vector spaces, Timeless nonlinear timelines, sequencing
CapyTalk, Smalltalk, Tools
* 14:00 —Lunch at Bharma—
* 16:00 Bruno Liberda: siebenmal gefärbt: Addicted to Kyma (1 hour)
* 17:00 Cristian Vogel: Kyma in the Club: The Never Engine (1 hour)
* 18:00 —Break— (set up and sound checks for concert)

19:00 SAT CONCERT at Niu

* Carla Scaletti: SlipStick for Continuum and Kyma (~10′)
* Marin Vrbica: Tiger in the Jungle: Video + Live Performer (~10′)
* Hector Bravo-Benard: Styrotron: Live Kyma performance (~10′)
* —INTERMISSION—
* Franz Danksagmüller: Frtiz Lang’s Metropolis: Silent film + Live Kyma accompaniment (~30′)
* 21:00 Tear down
* 22:00 Celebratory Dinner together
* ———
* 1:30 AM * Cristian Vogel: Never Engine (Live Kyma!) The Moog

SUN

* Informal breakfast and lunch, consulting, meetings, demos, sightseeing, travel day

For up-to-the-minute information on schedules, maps, accommodations, travel, and discussions, please join the erutufon forum (there is no cost to join the forum).

Venue: Niu Espai Artistic Contemporani

Cost: 80 € (includes workshops, concerts and 2 lunches)

Related Links:

– [symbolicsound.com]
– [niubcn.com]
– [no-future.com]
– [gracia-territori.com]