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<div><b>LEMUR News</b></div>
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<div>*<b> Microprocesors for Artists,</b> still time to sign up for
this class</div>
<div>*<b> New ReSiDeNts Announced,</b> next show December 12th</div>
<div>*<b> LEMUR in Poland</b> thanks to two grant awards</div>
<div>*<b> Eric Singer Published in Arcana III</b> edited by John
Zorn</div>
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<div><b>Microprocesors for Artists class starts November 4th</b></div>
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<div>Have you ever wanted to build a robot or an interactive art
installation? Have you ever wondered how LEDs, sensors and motors
work? Through collaborative exercises and the development of in-class
projects, you will learn how to program and prototype with an Arduino
microcontroller (http://arduino.cc). This class is geared towards
beginners, and no prior knowledge of electronics or programming is
required.</div>
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<div><b>Microcontroller Progamming for Artists: Introduction to the
Arduino System</b></div>
<div><b>Tuesdays 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 6:30-9:30 pm</b></div>
<div><b>http://lemurbots.org/classes.html</b></div>
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<div><b>November ReSiDeNts Announced</b></div>
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<div>LEMUR awards November residencies to three great artists:<b>
Michael Hearst, Roy Vanegas</b> and<b> Hallvardur
Asgeirsson.</b></div>
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<div><b>Michael Hearst</b> is a composer, multi-instrumentalist,
writer, and producer and a founding member of the band<b> One
Ring Zero</b>. He plans on featuring the robots in a series of songs
themed on "unusual creatures".</div>
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<div><b>Roy Vanegas</b> is a composer of ambient electronic
music and the sole member of<b> Noise Floor Music</b>. He'll be
creating ambient, beat-driven electronic music fused with guitars
driven by human and computer.</div>
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<div><b>Hallvardur Asgeirsson</b>, from Reykjavik, Iceland, is a
composer</div>
<div>of electroacoustic and classical music, often employing
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<div>guitars and industrial soundscapes. He plannes to write music for
LEMUR robotic percussion plus a special version of the Dorophone, a
guitar equipped with a feedback mechanism.</div>
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<div>Submissions for ReSiDeNt are now open for January and future
residencies. Accepted artists are awarded a one-month residency at
LEMUR to create a new performance or installation utilizing LEMUR's
musical robots, MIDI controllers and other technologies.</div>
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<div>Artists from all performing and installation disciplines are
encouraged to apply, including musicians, composers, dancers,
choreographers, video artists, interactive installation artists,
performance artists, multimedia artists and others.</div>
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<div>To learn about applying to ReSiDeNt, visit
http://lemurbots.org/resident.html.</div>
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<div><b>ReSiDeNt: New Works, New Instruments, New Artists</b></div>
<div><b>LEMUR, 461 Third Avenue, Brooklyn</b></div>
<div><b>Friday, December 12th</b></div>
<div><b>8 pm - 10 pm</b></div>
<div><b>$5 at the door</b></div>
<div><b>http://lemurbots.org</b></div>
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<div><b>LEMUR Heads to Poland With Todd Reynolds</b></div>
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<div>Thanks to generous grants from the Trust for Mutual Understanding
and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, LEMUR heads to Poland in
November with<b> Todd Reynolds</b> for a mini-tour. We'll be hitting
Krakow, Warsaw, Katowice and Gdynia as part of the annual Audio Art
Festival.</div>
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<div><b>Audio Art Festival</b></div>
<div><b>November 21-25</b></div>
<div><b>Poland</b></div>
<div><b>http://audio.art.pl</b></div>
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<div><b>Read Eric Singer's Essay on New Musical Instruments in Arcana
III</b></div>
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<div><b>Arcana III</b> is<b> John Zorn's</b> third edition of essays
by renown musicians writing on music topics.<i> Digital Luthier:
Musical Instrument Design in the 21st Century</i> is Eric Singer's
take on the present state of this art and motivations for future
directions. Arcana III is out now and available at the Downtown Music
Gallery and other bookstores, on- and off-line.</div>
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<div><b>Arcana III: Musicians on Music</b></div>
<div><b>http://tinyurl.com/5ez5d6</b></div>
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