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bowed electrons

is an event hosted by the music technology section of the South African College of Music (SACM) of the University of Cape Town (UCT)​

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Bowed Electrons @ SAE Institute Cape Town

in collaboration with the

IMMP inside-sonic Beyond Culture Media Art Department Sound Programme of the University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe ​​

Date: 2025_11_28 to 29​

Venue: SAE Institute Cape Town

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inside-sonic intercultural media and music practice

is a global initiative of the Media Art Department Sound Programme of the University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe. Funded by the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, South African College of Music (SACM) of the University of Cape Town (UCT) music technology students and staff have been contributing to inside-sonic workshops, seminars, lectures, exchanges and concert performances.

Workshop: Circuitry-Based Sound
An inside-sonic Intercultural Media and Music Practice event
In collaboration with Bowed Electrons and the SAE Institute Cape Town
 

“Circuitry-Based Sound” is a transdisciplinary workshop focusing on DIY electronics and group performance. It introduces participants to self-built circuits as a simple and direct way of creating custom-made electronic music and programmable microcontrollers with sensors to create augmented and extended instruments.

The workshop combines hands-on experimentation with conceptual discussion. Participants will explore breadboarding, circuit hacking, and sound generation through simple electronic systems. Alongside the practical work, we will reflect on topics such as the relationship between tradition and technology, material, and artistic process.

Participants will design and build their own small-scale electronic sound devices and develop them into performative setups. The workshop concludes with a collective live presentation of the works created during the process.

No prior experience with electronics is required. All materials will be provided.

Venue: SAE Institute Cape Town
Dates: November 24 – 28, 2025
Further information: here

Lineages of the non- and anti-racial: the London Universal Race congress of 1911 and its contemporary relevance

Prof. Ari Sitas has invited five exceptional composers to workshop responses to the above from 24 to 30 November 2025 at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town.

 

The five composers are:

Prof. George E. Lewis, Columbia University

Prof. Wang Lu, Brown University/Chinese Conservatory Beijing

Prof. Natasha Loges, Music School, Freiburg

Prof. Sumangala Damodaran, IDEAS Network, Mumbai and Institute of Human Development, Delhi

Dr Sazi Dlamini, Musicology, University of KwaZulu-Natal

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The final day's events will be streamed from Milestone Studios

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is the music technology section of the South African College of Music (SACM) of the University of Cape Town (UCT), Faculty UG and PG handbooks here

tech talks

the music technology section of the South African College of Music (SACM) of the University of Cape Town (UCT) hosts tech talks, posters here

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theo.herbst@uct.ac.za
University of Cape Town, South African College of Music, Woolsack Drive, Rondebosch 7700, Republic of South Africa
University of Cape Town, South African College of Music, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, Republic of South Africa
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