Synthesizer can be a spaceship or a tool to explore unearthly, uncanny sounds.
This workshop offers an introduction to sound synthesis with a bit of history of synthesizers from a feminist perspective. We will listen to the pioneers of electronic music, learn about the basics of sound and components of synthesizers. Our meeting will be concluded with a space to explore what is a synth with a pair of headphones, so if you always wanted to touch one, there’s your chance. Attack, decay, sustain, release!

Duration: 2,5 h

Participants: 12-15

Language: English

BRING YOUR OWN HEADPHONES!

Donation: 5 - 10 euro (suggested donations for materials, no one will be turned away for the lack of funds)

BIO

Zosia Hołubowska is a non-binary sound artist, musician, and music activist. As a founder of Sounds Queer? they have been organizing and facilitating workshops on synthesizers since 2014. They share their time between performing as a curvy synth witch Mala Herba, promoting femmes and non-binary artists in electronic music as a member of Oramics, and working on their Ph.D. thesis at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, exploring the idea of queer sound.