Through a collaboration with Interaction Design at IT University of Gothenburg, Sweden, the C:Art:Media Master program students had access to a lecture/workshop with Taku Lippit. In this lecture Taku talked about STEIM foundation. He also showed his own work and an approach on designing instruments, that is some basic stuff about making and using interfaces and also about personalising controllers.
STEIM (the studio for electro-instrumental music) is the only independent live electronic music centre in the world that is exclusively dedicated to the performing arts. The foundation’s artistic and technical departments supports an international community of performers and musicians, and a growing group of visual artists, to develop unique instruments for their work. You will fid many useful information about the foundation at the STEIM website.
Take a closer look at all of the interesting things STEIM has to offer in their site. Their page is a little messy but it has lots of information for those interested. Here are some points I found very interesting and that I think are worth taking a closer look:
- Tools and instruments created, like the crackle box and crackle synth
- Software created for very specific uses which you can download, like JunXion utility and Lisa sampler
- Artists in Residency (for one or two weeks) at the foundation and how to apply
- Concert Series (one or two concerts per month)
- Sound Lectures
- Hardware and Software workshops (hacking and reusing) and introduction to STEIM tools
