posted 23 June 2009 10:36            

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First International Kyma Symposium 2009
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Who: Current and potential Kyma practitioners interested in an in-depth 3 day interactive conclave devoted to the technical and artistic aspects of the Kyma sound design language
When: 8-11 October 2009
Where: Barcelona, Spain
Venue: Espai Artistic Contemporani (<http://www.niubcn.com/>http://www.niubcn.com/)
Cost: €80 (eighty euros) before 1 September 2009 (€100 for late registration)
Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of proposals: July 31 2009
Registration/Hotel reservation deadline: September 1
Accommodations: TBA
Organizers: Station 55 (<http://www.no-future.com>http://www.no-future.com) in cooperation with Niu, Symbolic Sound, TC Electronic Spain and the LEM Festival (<http://www.gracia-territori.com/index.htm>http://www.gracia-territori.com/index.htm)
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Invitation
Symbolic Sound and Station 55 invite you to share your ideas, experiences and art with fellow practitioners at the First Kyma Symposium by submitting proposals for presentations, demos, tutorials, sound installations, and performances. Most of all, you are invited to become involved by attending the symposium and interacting with your fellow Kyma practitioners!

The First International Kyma Symposium is scheduled for 8-11 October 2009 in the vibrant Poble Nou neighborhood of Barcelona during the annual LEM festival (<http://www.gracia-territori.com/index.htm>http://www.gracia-territori.com/index.htm). The preliminary program includes master classes presented by the creators of Kyma, papers and demos presented by Kyma practitioners, and a program of concerts, installations and performances in and around the Niu art space of Poble Nou, on the east side of the city. You are invited to learn, to share, to meet, and to enjoy!

How can you participate?
There are many ways you could participate (and we hope you will choose more than one of them!). You could propose:
* A lecture/demo on a specific aspect of how you are using Kyma in your work
* A live performance of a musical work that uses Kyma
* A site-specific sound installation utilizing Kyma
* A topic for a master class or tutorial that you would like to attend (or present)

Here are some other ways you could participate. You could propose to:
* Live blog or microblog from the symposium so that even those who cannot attend can still participate in the symposium
* Write a report on the symposium for a magazine or journal
* Document the events in photos on Flickr

We welcome your input and ideas on further ways to make this symposium even more memorable, fun, and useful for everyone.

A few topic suggestions
Possible topics include (but are not limited to): live performance models, Smalltalk & CapyTalk, alternative controllers, sound design, deconstructions of specific pieces or live interactive setups, morphing, deconstruction of a sound installation, collaborating with choreographers, music in art galleries, sound for picture, speech and hearing science research, live improvisation setups, improvising over networks, sound for games, data sonification, brainstorming on the future of music and sound art.

Live music proposals can include: 5.1 surround, audio/visual interaction, site specific sound installations

How to submit proposals:
* Live music performances (with or without beats, with or without visuals or other performers)
* Topics you'd like to see covered and questions you'd like to see addressed in the master classes
* 30 minute Lecture/demos
* Site-specific installations
* Other proposals to enhance the information exchange and spread the knowledge before, during and after the symposium

BEFORE AUGUST 1 2009 to the following email address:

symposiumProposals2009@symbolicsound.com

Please include:
1. Title
2. Name(s) of presenter(s)
3. Duration
4. ALL technical requirements including what you could bring, what you would need, & how much setup time/tech rehearsal would be required
5. An abstract clearly stating the topic (or describing the artistic work), including how Kyma is employed in this work, and how the presentation would be interesting/useful for other Kyma practitioners.

posted 23 June 2009 10:45            

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Originally posted by SSC:
Preliminary Call for Proposals

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posted 23 June 2009 13:38            

my proposal is an edit to the tittle of the symposium to :

The First Annual International Kyma Symposium - as it seems like such a good idea that it would be great if it could be a regular event giving users the opportunity to find out how projects and subjects develop as well as new ideas and material to be shared.

rafe

posted 07 July 2009 08:29            

There is a brand new Ibis hotel around the 70-80 euro mark for a double room about a 1 minute walk from NIU.

There is the Hotel Pere IV, about 5 minutes walking from NIU, which is also 70-80 per night. (And there are plenty more options hotels in the area from 100 euros upwards).

In October, you can still often enjoy a sunny morning on the beach, yet because it is out of season, there should be some deals to be had on rooms.

Flights - EasyJet fly to Barcelona from Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Geneva and all London airports. ( can be less than 100 euros both ways if booked in advance )

posted 28 July 2009 14:14            

Everyone is invited to attend the symposium (you don't have to submit a proposal in order to attend...On the other hand, you will probably have a lot more fun if you do(!))

posted 31 August 2009 19:12            

Here's the preliminary program!

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Kyma Symposium in Barcelona 8-10 October 2009
Preliminary Program (as of 31 August 2009)
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THURS (8 October 2009)

18:00 meet & greet
w/ Surround sound Ambience created by Cristian Vogel with participation of the 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 (www.bharma.com)

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')

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* Franz Danksagmüller: Frtiz Lang’s Metropolis: Silent film + Live Kyma accompaniment (~30')

21:00 Tear down

22:00 Celebratory Dinner together

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1:30 AM * Cristian Vogel: Never Engine (Live Kyma!)
The Moog http://www.masimas.com/moog/
Arc del teatre 3 (Las Ramblas

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