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Workshop: (Sound)Making with Nervous Systems & Neural Networks w/ Jak Woda [Mateusz Mieciek] [Part of Open Culture Tech 2.0]
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
What if your body became the instrument and AI your creative partner? 🎤✨ Join us for a hands-on workshop with artist and technologist Jak Woda, where you'll engage in a playful exploration using your gestures, voice, and movement to create sound inputs. These will then be transformed into exciting audio experiences with AI tools!
Start your journey with gesture-based synthesis: a browser-based tool that captures your body movements via webcam, turning them into sound—think of it like a digital theremin, requiring no extra hardware! 🚀 From there, you'll describe sounds through text prompts to create fresh audio via EzAudio, generate MIDI drum patterns and melodies with language models, and compile everything into a short collaborative piece. 🎧🎶
No prior experience in music production or coding is necessary! Just bring a laptop with a browser and an adventurous spirit to create unique soundscapes. 🎨
What you'll explore:
- 🤖 Gesture-to-audio: Transform body movement into a musical interface.
- 🎵 Audio-to-audio: Manipulate sounds with AI tools like EzAudio.
- 🥁 LLM-to-MIDI: Generate drum patterns and melodies using language models.
- 💭 Critical reflection: Discuss creative agency and the role of AI in sound generation.
What to bring: A laptop with a browser. If you have Ableton or a similar DAW, that's great but not a must.
Duration: ~2.5-3 hours
Location: AIxDESIGN Foundation, NDSM Warehouse, Amsterdam
If you have any accessibility requirements, please let us know so we can assist you! 🙂
ABOUT YOUR HOST
Jak Woda [Mateusz Mieciek] is a media technologist and artist hailing from Warsaw and now based in Copenhagen. He specializes in creating phygital tools and embodied musical interfaces that invite creativity from all backgrounds. His artistic journey includes pose recognition, AI noise augmentation, and innovative human-machine collaborations.
Jak has been producing and performing music since 2019, facilitating workshops at festivals like Roskilde 2025. His philosophy centers around uncovering creativity in everyone—ensuring that the tools serve to empower rather than gatekeep.
Learn more about Jak on his Instagram @quasiaqua or visit his website.
ABOUT AIxDESIGN
AIxDESIGN is a non-profit organization committed to making AI accessible. We unite designers, artists, technologists, and researchers to reshape AI narratives and develop realistic alternatives. Explore more at aixdesign.co.
ABOUT OPEN CULTURE TECH 2.0
This event, a collaboration between Thunderboom Records and AIxDESIGN, is part of Open Culture Tech—a project striving to make immersive technology accessible to artists. The initiative includes partnerships with various organizations such as the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision and Superposition.
Check out the event tickets here! 🎟️
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