Learn to build your own analogue saw-tooth drone synth using electronics + oracle cards

Open to women and gender diverse people.

The Oram Awards and Sythesize_Her present a community workshop open to women and gender diverse people of all levels of experience.

We especially welcome absolute beginners and people who do not think of themselves as techy.

It’s not limited to people with an interest in electronic music, it is open to anyone who would like to understand how analogue technology works.

Friday 4th September from 10am - 2pm.

Accidental Theatre, Belfast, BT2 7DB

Only 8 spaces available

TicketsL £5

Analogue Synth Building Workshop

learn to build your own analogue saw-tooth drone synth using electronics + oracle cards

Guided by Viva Dean and Róisín Berg

Core Skills

Sound engineering

Soldering

Power drilling

Learning Outcomes:

Explain in simple terms how electricity creates sound

Explain the function of electronic components transistor, capacitor, resistor, amplifier

Solder components to strip board

Drill and assemble outer casing

Manipulate frequency of oscillator

Synthesize_Her is a feminist sound technology project. Founded to heal the mind/body split within technological learning environments We see the body as a site to access, blend and merge with technology To transcend gender and species. We believe learning is iterative, Peer 2 peer, Non linear

The Oram Awards celebrates and supports the work of women and gender non-conforming artists innovating in sound, music and related technology. In the spirit of Daphne Oram, we celebrate the unusual, the unique, and the unfiltered creative worlds of women and gender-diverse artists.

Viva Dean Belfast based artist and researcher investigating gendered relationships to technology and sound. Viva started Synthesize_Her in 2022.

Róisín Berg Limerick-based interdisciplinary artist working with electronic and digital systems, including the development of custom instruments. They lecture in digital art and media at the University of Limerick and run Concept NULL, a grassroots initiative connecting digital artists across Ireland.

Together, Viva and Róisín perform as [SPIT] using custom built electronic instruments, samples and movement.

Accessibility

A good level of dexterity and short range eyesight is required to assemble the circuits, the parts are quite small

The workshop is seated for the majority of the time with one group activity that involves moving around the space but this is flexible

It's a small group, you should be able to see the facilitators face clearly at all times, for those who need to lipread

This workshop is open to women and gender diverse people of all levels of experience. We especially welcome absolute beginners and people who do not think of themselves as techy. It’s not limited to people with an interest in electronic music, it is open to anyone who would like to understand how analogue technology works.

Description supplied by the event organiser.