Next week I’m flying to Sao Paulo, Brasil. I’ve been selected to perform at the 3rd International Pure Data Convention ‘09 with the work ‘I C::ntr::l Nature’ – solo audiovisual performance for augmented bass guitar.

The work is completely produced and performed with the self-designed software ‘C::NTR::L 1.2 Beta’ - PureData based software for real-time audiovisual improvvisation which exploits physical computing technology.
The software is free for download and use, check this page.

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It will be an honour for me to show the results of my research in the physical computing enviroment and to contribute to the success of this 3rd convention, but above all i’m expecting a great experience, full of contents, inspiration and new ideas.

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I’m specially looking forward to attend to the series of conferences focused on the Pd development where also Miller Puckette – the creator of Pd – will hold a conference about Multiprocessing for Pd.

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Here you are what the Pd Convention is all about:

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“The International Convention for Puredata (Pd) is a periodic event that started in 2004 and is the most important event of the community of developers and enthusiasts of Pd. Pd is a programming language used for the development of interactive applications, allowing the manipulation of data flow in real-time.

As a free open source software, the developer’s community is vast and independent, and is characterized by having a rich and eterogeneous profile formed by researchers, developers and designers with a strong interaction and internal productivity.

There are several projects that use Pd in the area of robotics, psychoacoustic, new physical interfaces and open-hardware, artificial intelligence and pattern recognition signal, artistic and commercial projects, among others. In the Brazilian edition, we want also to improve the Brazilian community of developers, which has grown over the past two years becoming part of the international scene.”

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C::NTR::L AV augmented bass guitar improvisation from TheSAD on Vimeo.

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…and here the full list of participants (Performances, Installations, Workshops and Lectures):

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Miller Puckette
Rogério Costa
IOhannes m zmölnig
Hans-Christoph Steiner, EUA
Marius Schebella
Julien Ottavi
José Luis Santorcuato
vjpalm/Ricardo Palmieri
Alexandre Torres Porres
Luca Carruba
Lluis Gomez i Bigordà
Wilson Sukorski
Nick Porcaro, EUA
Natalia Mount, Andrew Mount & Mark Grimm
mpc2059
Teresa Ascenção
Ressaca
Ryan Jordan
Jaime Oliver
Xname
Philippe Boisnard
Chikashi Miyama
Henrique Iwao
Marco Donnarumma aka The !S.A.D!
CHDH
Xavi Manzanares (Daax!) & Oscar Martin (Noish~)
Elpueblodechina
Dan Wilcox
Coletivo Make Install
Cristiano Rosa
LiveNoiseTupi
Giuseppe Birardi & Sebastian Faeth
Breakup
Yves Degoyon
Tim Vets
Ben Bogart
José Henrique Padovani
William Brent
David Doukhan
Marcus Alessi Bittencourt
Jaime Munárriz
John Harrison
Tuti Fornari
Cristiano Figueiró
Ed Kelly
Sergi Lario Loyo
Sven König
Jose Ignacio Lopez Ramírez-Gastón
Glerm Soares
Mitchel Turner
Yroyto
Greg Dixon
Kruno Jošt

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More infos

Pd Con: http://blog.pdcon.org
Pure Data: http://puredata.info
‘I C::ntr::l Nature’: http://www.thesaddj.com/icontrolnature

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