Learn how to interface Arduino and Max 7 to experience the ultimate power duo in interactive art.  Port sensor data or control actuators in Max via Arduino, or in Arduino via Max.  This workshop will be co-taught by our own power instructor duo, Gerald Grison and Kyle Duffield.  Two great brains teaching two great softwares, so that you can learn to make great art.  

About the instructors: GERALD GRISON is a new media artist whose practice incorporates sound, kinetics and optics. Finding inspiration from discarded electronics, his work focuses on the issues of technology and obsolescence. He graduated from the OCADU's Integrated Media program and has since taught introductory classes and workshops in electronics and physical computing at OCADU and at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto.

KYLE DUFFIELD is a Toronto based Intermedia Artist and Interaction Designer and Co-Collaborator of the artist collective Hopkins Duffield. His skill sets range from audio, video, electronics, programming, game design, and technically complex A/V setups as he seeks to find the balance between creativity, pragmatism, experimentation, and ambition. Additionally, Kyle is the Interaction and User Interface Designer for Sonic Wear, an educator, as well as a freelance technical consultant. Kyle is currently focusing on teaching interactive art, and is continually striving to create unforgettable technological experiences.