Workshop: Sound, movement, interaction: Introduction to the wearable electronic instrument Hreyfð (Sól Ey, Paulína Šmatláková)

This workshop takes place in the premises of the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU) and is for the faculty students only. If you are interested in workshops, you can register for free for the workshop by Martin Hurych or Francisco Lopéz.

Hreyfð is a wearable electronic instrument that creates sounds with gestures using audio feedback and sensors. Thus, the performers are simultaneously dancers, musicians and a sound system. The instrument is the result of Sól Ey’s extensive research on instruments that create sounds with movement. The workshop consists of a presentation and demonstration on the instrument, collective experiments on performing with the instrument, and concludes with a discussion. Students are encouraged to bring a short presentation of their own projects or ideas. The workshop is led by Icelandic composer and new media artist Sól Ey and Slovak dancer Paulína Šmatláková.

The workshop is primarily for students from composition, dance and performance making, interested in digital media in performance art, the connection between sound and movement, and musical instrument design.

Sól Ey’s piece Materize, for 4 performers wearing Hreyfð, will be performed on November 28 at 17:00 at Dvorana VŠMU.