3rd, of June, 6-9pm with Opening to Follow
Starting with Lucky Dragons performance “make a baby”–in which audience members are invited to play music by touching one another, modulating a low voltage electrical network by passing signals across skin–we will look closely at ways in which one signal can be modulated to carry another signal, as well as the open forms created by playful collaboration. Each point of contact between participants becomes a variable resistor in the network, a point at which any subtle interaction produces a ripple of changes in the sound, the network becomes fragile and dynamic, able to change quickly and radically as the interaction between participants evolves through playing.
Bookings

Please e-mail Sarah Jury at info@codeofcontingency.co.uk to ensure we will have enough room for attendees.

14th of June, 10-1pm
Call & Response (Nabil Ahmed, Jeremy Keenan, Matt Lewis) are a London-based sonic collective and curatorial platform for multi-channel sound art and other audio-based works in an immersive environment.
In response to ‘Code of Contingency’, C&R will create a generative multi-channel audio work using recordings from inside the SELCHP power plant, a major incineration plant located in South Bermondsey near the Agency Gallery. Data from the power output of the plant and power consumption of the gallery will be used to inform the resultant audio of the work at any given time. As such the work is a sonic representation of the energy consumed by the works in the show throughout its duration.
As part of their participation at Agency C&R will give an artist talk and workshop exploring environmental thinking, composition and media ecology with a focus on local sound issues and data sonification with special emphasis on multi-channel diffusion. Using the work as a discursive object, participants will think about strategies for creating an audio installation using field recordings exploring aleatoric, process and generative compositional techniques.
The workshop will begin with a visit to show at Agency Gallery. It is open to everyone including those interested in acoustic ecology, generative composition, environmental art and sound art.

Participants should bring their own laptops. If participants own recording devices, these should be brought as well.

Bookings

Please e-mail Sarah Jury at info@codeofcontingency.co.uk to reserve a place. A £20 suggested donation is requested to cover costs of materials; we will then e-mail you payment instructions. Please note places are limited to 12 and should be booked well in advance.

Participants should bring their own laptops. If participants own recording devices these should be brought as well.

www.codeofcontigency.co.uk

18th of June, 2- 6pm

Led by Tom Richards an experienced sound artist and musician, who has been making his own electronic instruments for the last ten years. Richards will lead a class for those interested in making sounds with hardwired electronics. Make your own oscillator and sequencer with the kit provided. Learn the fundamentals of digital electronics and take inspiration from other artists working with electronics. No experience necessary and you get to take the kit away with you to further experiment with. No soldering necessary at this stage, although a quick soldering lesson will be included. Compare notes and create an ad-hoc electronic symphony at the end of the class!

Bookings

Please e-mail Sarah Jury at info@codeofcontingency.co.uk to reserve a place. A £20 suggested donation is requested to cover costs of materials; we will then e-mail you payment instructions. Please note places are limited to 12 and should be booked by June 6th.