Studio Spaces Available at A4 Towers

July 17, 2013July 18, 2013A4 Sounds Leave a comment

We have a number of studio spaces available at A4 Towers to suitable candidates starting from 50 euro per month including bills. We welcome applications from a wide range of artists. Our current members work in the fields of Fine Art, Design, Illustration, Engineering, Education, Electronics, Music and Socially Engaged Art.

If you would like to apply please send an expression of interest and some examples of your work or links to websites to a4sounds@gmail.com.

A full list of our facilities can be found here including Screen-printing, dark room, and workshop. More details on each membership type can be found here.

A4 Towers Weekday Membership – 50 euro per month

A4 Towers Weekend Membership – 50 euro per month

A4 Towers Week Membership – 100 euro per month

A4 Towers Resident Membership – 140 euro per month
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Virtual Reality Demo Sat 15th June at A4 Towers

June 9, 2013June 10, 2013A4 Sounds 2 Comments

Technologist Lobo of autistici.org will be demoing his virtual reality goggles, Oculus Rift for us next Sat at A4 Towers.

“The Oculus Rift is an upcoming high field of view, low-latency, consumer-priced virtual reality head-mounted display.”

Apart from the fun factor Lobo wants to show those interested, the possibilities this immersive technology could have. Places are limited to ensure participants have enough time to explore a few realities! If you’d like to come along please please email A4Sounds@gmail.com to book a place.

Event details:
6pm 15th June
5 euro suggested donation. All money goes towards running costs of A4 Towers.
19 Mountainview Avenue, Harold’s Cross, Dublin 6w
Facebook event page

If you want to know more about the technology and what it can do, you can check out some of the links below.

Wiki page
www.Oculusvr.com
Video review
Grandmother tries the Oculus
Disunion Guillotine Simulator

Photos from our Circuit-bending Workshop

March 26, 2013March 26, 2013A4 Sounds Leave a comment

Thanks to everyone that came along on the night despite the weather outside and a massive thanks to Andy Edgar for sharing his know hows about circuit-bending. It was a really enjoyable noisy night!!

Here are a few photos and videos of evening. If would like to learn about circuit-bending keep an eye out here or on Facebook and Twitter for further workshops.

Links

Gamepak collective
www.gamepakcollective.com
www.openlearningireland.com
www.satellitestudios.tumblr.com
www.a4sounds.org

A4 Sounds and Satellite Studios Skill-Share # 5: An Introduction to Circuit-bending by Andrew Edgar

March 12, 2013March 26, 2013A4 Sounds Leave a comment

Hosted at A4 Towers
19 Mountainview Avenue
Harold’s Cross
Dublin 6W

Thursday 21st March @7.30pm

The workshop is free but if you can afford it there is a suggested donation of 5 euro to go towards studio running costs.

Circuit bending is the creative short-circuiting & modification of the circuitry of kid’s toys or battery-powered musical instruments to create strange, outlandish, unintended, and unpredictable sounds. By building in controls, adding switches or knobs you can control these sounds to create new, unique instruments.

If interested we would ask people to bring along a battery-powered, sound-making electronic device to tinker with. Charity shops are a good hang out for suitable devices! Not every toy can be bent, but in any event there’ll be some extra toys provided to mess with – and all tools and additional components will be provided. The workshop is suitable for complete beginners to the more advanced who wish to develop their skills.

The workshop will open with a short introduction to circuit-bending as an electronic folk-art practice, moving on to a show-and-tell of pre-bent toys, followed some pointers on how to acquire likely devices or “ targets” for circuit bending, and what to look out for . We’ll then move to an exploratory bending session, where participants are invited to experiment with the toys or instruments they have brought along, seeking “bend points” in the circuitry which give rise to interesting sounds .

The emphasis of this workshop is on exploration, experimentation and play, but will also look at circuit bending as a learning tool for understanding electronics and audio basics. The session will cover all the essentials of circuit bending, and there will be experienced facilitators to hand to help with soldering and other electronic needs.

All welcome but spaces are limited so please reply to A4SOUNDS@gmail.com to book a spot.

“Andrew Edgar is a circuit-bender, audio experimentalist, self-taught electronic tinkerer, and irrepressible hoarder. In 2009 he co-founded the Gamepak Dublin chiptune/DIY-electronics collective, and is now also actively involved in the Open Learning Ireland alternative learning initiative.”

Facebook event page

Other Links

Gamepak Facebook
www.gamepakcollective.com
www.openlearningireland.wordpress.com
www.satellitestudios.tumblr.com

Maxol2Maxol, the new skill share group from Satellite Studios and A4 Sounds

November 15, 2012November 15, 2012A4 Sounds Leave a comment

A4 have teamed up with Satellite Studios and formed a new skill share group Maxol2Maxol. The objective of the group is to get creative heads we know from around the great city of Dublin into the one room to share ideas, knowledge and skills in an informal affordable way. The content is generated from the skills held by its members and we hope this will foster interesting collaborations in the future.

Our first meeting was last Tuesday at Satellite Studios where Patrick Kelleher showed us how to make GIFs. We are now in the middle of a GIF off, some would say IT’S ON!

Here is a link to our tumblr. More to be added soon including a Pirate Pystrance one!