Sonic Sculptures: Tape Machines Workshop

Learn generative approaches to making electronic music with Tom Harris

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FULLY BOOKED

When

14th April 2024

What time

11:00AM–3:00PM

Location

Broadway Gallery,

17 Heathcoat Street,

Nottingham,

NG1 3AF

(or via Broadway's main entrance)

Cost

Free (booking required)

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FULLY BOOKED

Part of Sonic Sculptures, a series of events situated around a structure turning Broadway Gallery into an instrument.

Learn generative approaches to making electronic music that embrace an embodied approach, in this workshop hosted by artist and musician Tom Harris.

Expect to explore composition techniques, sound design and composing using multitrack tape machines, ‘foley' sound, loop pedals, synthesis and sampling. In the workshop we will aim to bring all of these techniques together to create a group live performance.

Feel free to bring any music equipment that you are currently exploring compositions with, or you are welcome to use equipment provided. Also you are encouraged to bring a small object from home that sounds ‘unique’ that we can explore during the workshops.

This is a free event, but please book a ticket to reserve your place.

Schedule

11:00AM

  • Arrive/Start

11:15AM

  • Discussion on different approaches to composition

11:45AM

  • Demonstrations with Tom which explore these approaches

12:15PM

  • ‘Learning the kit’, finding a ‘way in’ to a sound

1:00PM

  • Break

2:00PM

  • Developing and exploring sounds in groups

2:30PM

  • Bringing outcomes together in a group performance

3:00PM

  • End

About the artist

Tom Harris is an artist whose music is situated within the UK’s melting pot, influenced by garage and grime music, hiphop, electronica and Jazz. Thomas’s wholehearted embracing of fusion lends itself well towards working as an interdisciplinary artist, having had success scoring music for runways, creating soundscapes for exhibitions and collaborating with Movement artists.

instagram.com/thomasthinks


Sonic Sculptures is a project led by visual artist/curator Ryan Boultbee, architectural designer/artist Will Harvey, and musician Tom Harris.

It is a common meeting ground of sound and material, lifting the ordinary into the extraordinary.

3–14 April 2024, Broadway Gallery

Sonic Sculptures is a series of events which will turn Broadway Gallery into an instrument, hosting a programme of soundscapes and sonic experiences.

Sonic Sculptures explores the intersections of material, space, and sound through an innovative Framework for Practice installation, captivating performances, and workshops.