Max Meetup Philadelphia is a regular meeting to share ideas and strengthen the connections of the Philadelphia community of Max users, digital artists and musicians. Each meetup will feature workshops, conversations, and open work-shares focusing on art-making, Max, and digital technologies. All experience levels are welcome to attend. Attendees are encouraged to bring their computers if they wish to patch along with the workshops.

This Meetup will feature a performance and patch-along demo by Cerulean S. Payne-Passmore, who will share a gesture-controlled laptop feedback instrument and how to build your own in Max. Cerulean is a Philly-based composer and improviser studying at the University of Pennsylvania with Tyshawn Sorey.

This event is free and open to the public.

Max Meetup Philadelphia is organized by Sam Wells, a musician, video artist, and Max Certified Trainer based in Philadelphia.

Support provided by Fidget.

Max Meetup — Philadelphia

March 29, 2024

7pm ET

Fidget Space

1714 N. Mascher Street

Philadelphia, PA 19122

RSVP Required

Max Meetup Philadelphia is a regular meeting to share ideas and strengthen the connections of the Philadelphia community of Max users, digital artists and musicians. Each meetup will feature workshops, conversations, and open work-shares focusing on art-making, Max, and digital technologies. All experience levels are welcome to attend. Attendees are encouraged to bring their computers if they wish to patch along with the workshops.

This Meetup will feature a demonstration and presentation by Paula Matthusen, a composer and performer who writes both electroacoustic and acoustic music and realizes sound installations using Max. Matthusen is currently Professor of Music at Wesleyan University.

This event is free and open to the public.

Max Meetup Philadelphia is organized by Sam Wells, a musician, video artist, and Max Certified Trainer based in Philadelphia.

Support provided by Fidget.

release date: March 8 (Pre-order now!)

The second album from Miller, Vidiksis, and Wells marks a deeper, more reflective phase in the trio's journey through the realm of telematic free music. While their debut album resonated with dynamic rhythms and energetic textures, this new collection shifts focus, embracing a darker contemplative ambiance that is rich in depth and nuance. Despite this change in tone, an undercurrent of tension remains, lending a compelling complexity to their soundscapes.

Max Meetup Philadelphia is a regular meeting to share ideas and strengthen the connections of the Philadelphia community of Max users, digital artists and musicians. Each meetup will feature workshops, conversations, and open work-shares focusing on art-making, Max, and digital technologies. All experience levels are welcome to attend. Attendees are encouraged to bring their computers if they wish to patch along with the workshops.

This Meetup will feature a demonstration and presentation by Aeroidio (Adam Vidiksis and Sam Wells) on a recent web that integrates machine learning and RNBO generated audio. Working in collaboration with the Little Artists League in Tokyo, Japan, a global-minded art organization devoted to fostering children’s creativity through process-oriented art, Aeroidio has developed a web application that transforms camera and gestural data from a mobile device, turning it into an interactive musical instrument that nearly anyone can play.

Following, Aeroidio, Wells will lead a workshop highlighting the exciting, new features in the most recent release of Max, version 8.6.

This event is free and open to the public.

Max Meetup Philadelphia is organized by Sam Wells, a musician, video artist, and Max Certified Trainer based in Philadelphia.

Support provided by Fidget.

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