Light, Logic, and Sound is a short presentation and active demonstration in which a group of participants will learn the basics of low-fi synthesis by building a small, solar-powered sound-generator out of a CMOS logic chip, and just a few common electrical components (easy-to-scavenge capacitors, resistors, and solar cells.) By the end of the short 4-hour session, participants should have been able to construct a low-fi solar-synth of their very own, and should also be able to experiment with alternative components, and inputs to personalize their synth (if time and materials permit.) In the presentation part of the activity, the instructor will talk a little bit about his background as a working artist-educator and how his artwork engages with the ideas of emerging technology and maker culture. He’ll also speak to the work/programs he is currently heading-up in the Art + Art History department at the University of Texas - Arlington that are helping to build better student-collaborators, ambassadors, and creative strategists to go out and interface with the massive network of maker-spaces, FABLABs, and artist co-ops around the globe.

This workshop is intended for beginners through enthusiasts - basic concepts of DIY electronics will be covered, and advanced participants will have the opportunity to experiment/troubleshoot through additional problems.

Workshop cost:
Free and open to the public -- You MUST RSVP for this workshop!

Location:
Nebraska Innovation Studio
2021 Transformation Dr. Suite 1500 Lincoln, NE 68508
innovationstudio.unl.edu

Contact: Liana Owad, lowad2@unl.edu or Jerry Reif, jreif@unl.edu

BIO: G. Scott Cook
Proud to be a native of western Kentucky, G. Scott Cook left the bluegrass state to pursue and receive his Master of Fine Arts from the university of Nebraska - Lincoln. As a nationally and internationally shown studio-artist, his work in the media of Print, Drawing, Audio Recording/Performance, and Installation tends to engage layers of connection informed by correspondence, change through time and distance, acceptable loss, broken-ness, and reconstitution. In much of the work, mishandled documents are precisely remade/reconstructed, real- world objects are translated through digital space and back to become opportunistically formed sculpture or sound, and found objects are observed with totemic importance.

Scott’s studio and teaching practices revolve around the creative use of emerging technology, and the building of opportunistic bridges between traditional Visual Communication/Design and expanded artist practices in interactivity, programming, parametric/generative design, physical computing, sound, bespoke electronics, and making machines that make art. He is currently teaching Information Visualization, Web Typography, and Emerging Technology Studio courses as an assistant professor of Visual Communication at the University of Texas - Arlington.

Learn more about Scott:
http://www.uta.edu/art/index.php/community/faculty_staff/gregory_scott_cook/