User:Ålnik/Final presentation

_XPUB // highlights

from [illustrator] & [graphic designer] ▶ to [mixed-media] [artist, designer & facilitator]

_started using my illustration & graphic design skills for taking notes [now also on paper!], drafting ideas and concepts, observing, documenting, and keeping my references in handy
_started processing my visuals - playing with distorting, animating, and editing
_embraced my sound practice - went after my urgent need of working with sound and making that medium major in my practice + applied it in my individual and group work at XPUB2
_redesigned my whole working environment and practice [website, alWiki, notebooks, ...]

... and started drafting a note with all the "great new practice things" i learned at XPUB and i want to keep in my practice in the future! <3

_XPUB1 // special issues

//highlights

#16

_understanding of coding and tech infrastructures
_using python and html for project work
_xpub1 warming up & connecting to Rotterdam

#17

_editorial work with Gersande and class with Steve // Special Issue 17 Editorial
_concept of the box as a publishing object
_reading group with lyric-writing and karaoke
_using the python random generator for projects

#18

_the whole weekly releases structure by Femke
_sound as a major medium in my work
_residency in La General, Paris & XUNPUB concert with Herrald Schellinx

#summer

_music & sound residency in Burlats, France with Mitsa

//links ▶ Al's xpub1

_special issue #16
highlights: ▶ Rotterdam impressions

_special issue #17
highlights: ▶ Can Gaming Make A Better World? ▶ Connect[less] ▶ Editorial of the publication

_special issue #18
highlights: ▶ weekly contributions ▶ Release 05: Nested Narratives ▶ Intersection: our future is somewhere here

_XPUB1+2 // reading & writing

//highlights

# reading, annotating & keeping references in handy

_created a new annotation visual system for myself
_all the references were new to me - catching up with them + finding connections
_created my own system to keep the references in handy [was trying many things, still wip]

# writing

_writing in English was a big challenge for me - thus, I made a big effort + used the help of the school resources [classes, tutors, station skills]
_first time going through the process of writing a thesis in English <3

# documenting

_never documented my work before xpub
_established documentation system for my research and art practice
_set my own mediawiki on my server at the beginning of xpub2 and already use it for documenting & publishing

//links
_ ▶ AlWiki

_XPUB1+2 // prototyping

//highlights

# programming and tech structures

_programming with understanding what's happening for the first time
_better understanding of tech structures and software+hardware choices
_applying digital editing of my illustrations

# printed publications

_first time working with print publications [bookbinding, zine-making, riso printing, ...]
_joining fairs, making my own zines, prints, working with physical objects

# sound medium

_realising sound as a new medium that is a major part of my practice
_recording, sound editing, performing, publishing sound-based publications
_trying out small ideas and expanding them later [e.g. reversed words]
_discovering and trying out new instruments and software
_Room for Sound coordination + elective class facilitation - advocating for using sound as a medium around the whole WdKA

# documentation

_creating my own infrastructure and working environment for documenting on mediawiki
_attending Station Skill on documentation - embracing editorial approach to the practice

//links
_ ▶ AlWiki
_ ▶ Room for Sound

_XPUB2 // thesis

//chapters

# intro
# glossary
# sound jams
# principles
# outro

//links
_ ▶ thesis pdf

_XPUB2 // work & research

// research question

# Which methods of collective sound-based publication-making can be applied to a group of practitioners from various backgrounds?

// outputs

# 5 facilitated sound jams in Rotterdam

▶ #5: reversed words // 3~4-2023 // open online call
▶ #4: resister at worm // 12-2-2023 // worm, rotterdam
▶ #3: transverse atlantis // 16~20-1-2023 // willem de kooning academy, rotterdam
▶ #2: what do books say? // 17-10-2022 // leeszaal, rotterdam
▶ #1: m&m at pzi // 10-10-2022 // piet zwart institute, rotterdam

// final project

#  publication with the first 5 editions of "sound jams" audiozine

My first intention to create a handbook with prompts for sound jam shifted in order to fully process all of the research I made while facilitating the experiences. It was a necessary step to create a proper way to publish and present them - the process but also the result. In order to make it possible, I designed a mixed-media publication that presents the process in print and the sonic outputs in audio.

_XPUB2 // publication & grad show

// highlights

# two radio shows @radio WORM

_Gersande and I facilitated the process to get contributions from everyone
_we hosted the show and made some recordings for some of our classmates
_I made the two audio mixes

# shop

_the Sound Jams: Deluxe edition, some prints, zines and stickers

# sound installation

_a cosy corner at the Slash Gallery for the visitors to relax and listen to the sound jams

// links
_ ▶ radio shows