Workshop Electronics & Media
Fig. 1: Repairing a Casio Casiotone Keyboard
In the Workshop for Electronics and Media students of the HFBK Hamburg can learn a basic practise for working with complex systems, use the existing tools to create and repair their projects and devices, as well as get mentoring when it comes to artistic projects or technical questions. This is not only limited to digital or analog electronics, but also includes programming, ways of synthesizing or rendering image and sound, topics of interactivity, topics of filming and recording sound and the artistic/narrative use of these systems in combination.
In the courses of the Workshop we tinker with electronics, manufacture PCBs, design interactive 3D-worlds, hack programs, synthesize sounds, wire up modules and devices, find solutions to problems etc. Those who don't see a contradiction between art and technology and are curious how things work internally will feel at home here.
Fig. 2: Artistic rendering of a schematic created in horizon-eda
Individual dates for advisory can be scheduled via Email or personally in room K51 Le. In addition to traditional questions on electronics and media students should feel free to also bring up topics like:
- Sound Synthesis and Circuits (analog/digital/mechanical)
- Programming and Web (Python, C, C#, C++, Rust, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Linux, ...)
- VFX (Blender, Unity, AfterEffects)
- Film-, Camera technology, Light
- Film Sound, Sound Mixing, Postproduction
- Questions of natural science, as well as theatre-, film- and media science
Fig. 3: An algorihmic patch in the esoteric programming language ORCA: Algorave
Limitations
- Only works on Extra-Low Voltage (ELV) are legally allowed
- Electrical devices created in this workshop must not be operated without oversight (Danger of Fire!)
- Before and after work hands must be washed carefully
- During the COVID-19 pandemic wearing a mask is mandatory, physical distance (1.5 m / 5 ft) has to be maintained and you need to register
Contact
David Huss
Künstlerischer Werkstättenleiter
Werkstatt für Elektronik & Medientechnik
david.huss@hfbk-hamburg.de