Yesterday, my housemate and myself I Dirty Electronics, a workshop at the ICA run by John Richards, who makes his own electronic instruments. As I have an interest in noise music and sound-making, this opportunity to actually make something from scratch, to at least replicate sounds made by other artists, of who's work I enjoy listening to was a very exciting prospect. granted, we had a specially made circuit board made for us and diagrams of all the parts and how to put it together, but for a complete novice like me, it was the perfect introduction to electronic instrument building. It was an all day event and the idea was to put all of our instruments together at the end and have a good play around. Unfortunately, I didn't get time to do this as I had to rush of to a gig (more on this in another post) however, i plan to come back to the ICA on Sunday, where there will be a big group performance involving all the instruments made and people who made them.
http://www.ica.org.uk/27692/Music/Dirty-Electronics-Solder-and-Score.html
My 'instrument' near the beginning of the workshop
Working hard
The other side of my instrument.
(I forgot to take a photo of it when it was finished, but as I'm going back on Sunday, I will do it then and you can see the result. Hopefully, I'll record a sample of me playing it.)
A good friend of mine and fellow illustrator, Natalie Kay-Thatcher has done the artwork involved with Dirty Electronics, which is currently on display at the ICA alongside the workshop programme.
Check her blog, so sick!
http://nataliekaythatcher.blogspot.com/
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