DAREDX

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 2PM

Radio Amateurs in Montreal

Presentations by local hams about their work within and around Amateur Radio practices.  Speaking will be:

François Daigneault (VE2AAY)

François obtained his Amateur Radio certificate in 1969 at age 16 as a prelude to studying electronics.  His prime interests are training potential amateurs and helping public events with volunteer communications.

Daniel A. Lamoureux (VE2KA)

Retired banker, 64 years old, became a Ham in 1990, have been president of Club Radiomateur de la RiveSud, of RAQI, of RAC, presently Director Area ‘A’ and Executive committee member of IARU Region 2, VP International Affairs of RAC.

John Grow (VE2EQL)
Have Radio Will Travel
The world of Amateur Radio and Traveling to foreign lands. The exploits of communication via Amateur Radio in West Africa. Republic of Guinea. Voted the most corrupt and dangerous country in West Africa.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2PM

FM TRANSMITTER WORKSHOP

Using open schematics from long-time radio activist and artist, Tetsuo Kawgawa, all attendees will build their own micro FM transmitter able to be powered from a 9 volt battery.  No prior electrical experience  required, all supplies are provided.  Please reserve your spot by sending an email to: m[dot]biederman[at]sympatico[dot]ca.

SATURDAY - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th-21st

Dis/location: projet d’articulation urbaine, volet 3

I’ll be presenting the results of the project, as well as presenting a small performance collaboration using the recorded clips modified by a local weather station.  I’ll be working with Bart Woodstrup, a long time collaborator of mine and great artist in his own right.  Bart will also give a short talk on his own work and we’ll have a presentation by Steve Bates, a gentleman working in Montreal with a variety of forms, not least of which is a focus on sound, public spaces and whose worked with the electromagnetic spectrum. For more details on the conference, please see: http://www.dare-dare.org/dislocation-volet-3.

Bios:

Steve Bates

Steve Bates is a media artist, musician, and audio technician. After stumbling through early noise making adventures in punk rock bands, Steve developed an interest in more experimental forms of organizing sound into improvised and composed music, radio, and installation projects. This expanded notion of working with sonic material eventually lead to founding a sound art festival in Winnipeg, Send + Receive: A Festival of Sound, which he directed for 8 years. He is currently living in Montréal and is the Sound Coordinator at Hexagram Institute for Research/Creation in Media Arts and Technologies and in the MFA – Open Media program, both based at Concordia University.

Bart Woodstrup

Bart Woodstrup’s  eco-related artwork began in 1995 with his film “You
Cannot Survive the End of the World” which was produced for the first
annual World Population Film and Video Festival.  His current work investigates the relationship between environmental issues and new technology - specifically, the cultural integration of these issues and technologies.  He enjoys hacking solar powered LED lawn lamps, authoring data visualization software, and dreaming of ways to power his plethora of electronic gadgets carbon neutrally.

Bart’s goals are to understand and manipulate the aesthetics, semiotics, and narratives of various time-based media. His work takes the form of traditional musical composition, real-time interactive audio/video performance, multimedia installation and networked experience. He holds a Masters of Music from Northern Illinois University and a Masters of Fine Art from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.