====== Rob Canning ====== ===== Short Biography ===== {{:robcaning-extended_gong.jpg?direct&300 |}} Rob Canning is an Irish musician, intermedia artist and educator. He has produced music for the concert hall, theatre, screen and dance productions as well as working in a range of site-specific and improvisational contexts. His compositions have been performed internationally and presented at conferences including the ICMC (International Computer Music Conference), LAC (Linux Audio Conference) and NIME ( New Interfaces for Musical Expression). Since the late 90s, his work has relied solely on the use of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) for the realisation and implementation of projects. As a free culture advocate and educator he has worked closely with the GOTO10 media art collective, Openlab, London Hackspace and SPC medialab as well as working for many years as a senior lecturer in Networked Digital Media in UK universities. He now lives and works in Slovenia, where he and his family are developing a rural art program within the Rizoma Institute, operating at the intersection of technology, permaculture and performing arts. He holds a PhD in music composition from Goldsmiths University, London. http://zavodrizoma.si/robcanning kratka biografija v slovenščini [[robcanning-slo|tukaj]] ---- ===== Recent Music and Intermedia ===== ==== 2023 ==== === 13.10.23 Festival MFRU - Solo (Festival Closing Concert) === {{:canning:canning_mfru_2023.jpg?direct&150 |}} Rob Canning (Gong Feedback and Tactus capacitive touch interface) \\ 29th International Festival of Computer Arts\\ [[https://www.mfru.org/events/improvisation-for-computer-networked-instruments-and-multichannel-sound-diffusion]] \\ Foto: Mitja Lorenčič ---- === 12.10.23 Festival IZIS - Improvising Ensemble === {{:canning:izis_sploh.jpg?direct&150 |}} Rob Canning (Augmented Guitar), Vid Drašler (Drums), Samo Kutin (Hurdy Gurdy), Lina Rica (Visuals) \\ Zavod Sploh / Festival Izis \\ [[https://www.sploh.si/si/glasba/cikli/razsrediscenja]] \\ Foto: Emilija Blauzdyte \\ ---- === 04.10.23 Festival INDIGO - Solo / Clockwork Voltage === {{:canning:canning_indigo_festival_clockworkvoltage.jpeg?direct&150 |}} Live Coding Improvisation for Supercollider, Mother32s Semi-modular synthesisers and NeoPixels \\ Clockwork Voltage / Festival INDIGO \\ [[https://indigo.ooo/en/program/events/6/clockwork-voltage/]] \\ Foto: Jan \\ ---- === 21.09.23 Kamizdat RENTGEN @ - Solo === {{:canning:canning_kamizdat_rentgen_5scenes.jpg?direct&150 |}} Symphonic Gong, Live Electronics \\ OZMO/ZA Ljubljana & Live Stream \\ [[https://osmoza.si/index.php/dogodek/kamizdat-rentgen-rob-canning-sasa-spacal]] \\ ---- === 21.09.23 Album Release on Kamizdat - Five Scenes for Symphonic Gong and Electronics === {{:canning:canning_kamizdat_five_scenes.jpg?direct&150 |}} Kamizdat [[https://kamizdat.si/sl/izdaje/rob-canning-five-scenes-for-symphonic-gong-and-electronics-2/]] \\ [[https://robcanning.bandcamp.com/album/five-scenes-for-symphonic-gong-electronics]] \\ Luka Prinčič & Luka T. Zagoričnik · executive production, City Municipality of Ljubljana · financial support, Radio Študent · media support \\ ---- ==== 2022 ==== === 15.09.22 Fold Yer Loops - Solo === {{:canning:gtr_.png?direct&150 |}} Klub CD - Club Cankarjev dom Ljubljana, Slovenia \\ **Augmented Guitar, Computer and Quadraphonic Sound** \\ ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Functional Art, Music, Modelling and Design (FARM)\\ [[https://functional-art.org/2022/]]\\ Foto: Zavod Rizoma ---- ==== 2021 ==== === 22.11.21 Improvised Performance - Solo === {{:canning:canning-gong-concert-skuc.jpg?150 |}}Gallery SKUC, Ljubljana, Slovenija \\ **Improvisation for Symphonic Gong with Subwoofer & Electronics ** \\ [[https://www.skuc.org/rob-canning-ropotarnica]] \\ Ropotarnica XXII - Concert Series curated by Vitja Balzalorski\\ Foto: Zavod Rizoma ---- === 15.10 2021 Heklab (Intermedia Noise Ensemble) === {{:canning:heklab-mfru.jpg?direct&150 |}}International Festival of Computer Art / Mednarodni festival računalniških umetnosti \\ IFCA/MFRU 3-5, Maribor, Slovenija \\ **Rob Canning [Gong, Laptop, DIY & Analog Synthesisers]** | Monika Pocrnjić [DIY Instruments and Glitch Visuals] | Aphra Tesla (Voice&Poetry) special Guest Paula Pin [DIY Synthesisers] | Marko Gutman [Live Mix]\\ Foto: [[https://www.mfru.org/events/heklab]]\\ ---- === 08.10-15.10 2021 Ljub1mte (Exhibition / Installation) === {{:canning:ljub1mte-foto-mitjalorencic.jpg?direct&150 |}}International Festival of Computer Art / Mednarodni festival računalniških umetnosti \\ IFCA/MFRU 3-5, Maribor, Slovenija \\ **Collaboration between Rob Canning & Monika Pocrnjić** \\ Foto: [[https://www.mfru.org/si/dogodki/ljub1mte]]\\ ---- === 15.9 Improvised Performance - Trio (Razsrediščenja #4) === {{:canning:razsrediscenja4.2.jpg?direct&150 |}}GT22, Maribor \\ Beno Soršak [electric guitar] | Damir Mazrek [percussion] | **Rob Canning [gong and electronics]** \\ Kurator programa Igor Bezget \\ Foto: Zavod Sploh - [[https://www.sploh.si/en/music/cycles/razsrediscenja]]\\ ---- === 19.06.21 Live Performed Music for Theater === GT22, Maribor \\ Kriptoevangelist #3 \\ Aphra Tesla (Voice), Miha Horvat (Lights), **Rob Canning (Music)**, Matej Modrinjak (Concept and Actor).\\ [[https://gt22.si/events-gt/kriptoevangelist-3-kako-dolgo-lahko-traja-vrhunec/]]\\ ---- === 14.5 Solo Performance === Ljudmila Lab osmo/za (8. nadstropje), Slovenska 54, Ljubljana \\ {{:canning:canning-gong-live-code-algopolis.jpg?direct&150 |}}**Rob Canning [Live Coding Supercollider & Amplified Gong]** \\ Live Stream and Radio Broadcast [Radio Študent] \\ Produkcija: Društvo Ljudmila, laboratorij za znanost in umetnost \\ Koprodukcija: osmo/za, Radio Študent \\ Foto: [[https://wiki.ljudmila.org/Algopolis]] ---- === 02.05.21 Field Recording and Audio Walk (Dawn Chorus) === Rizoma@Selo, Čermožiše, Zetale, Slovenia \\ Live Stream 5am 02.05.21 [[http://rizom.si:8000/dawnchorus]] \\ [[http://zavodrizoma.si/doku.php?id=dawnchorus]] \\ Produkcija: Zavod Rizoma ---- === 01.04.21 Improvised Performance for Large Ensemble === {{:canning:neposlusno_2021_2.jpg?direct&150 |}}Stara Elektrarna, Ljubljana, Slovenija \\ Tea Vidmar - glas | Samo Šalamon - kitara | Dj Borka - gramofoni | Žiga Ipavec - bobni | Jure Boršič - sax | **Rob Canning - gong, sinteza zvoka** | Vitja Balžalorsky - kitara | Eduardo Raon - harfa | Marko Jenič - violina | Samo Kutin - hurdi gurdi | Ana Kravanja - violina | Rok Zalokar - klavir | Andrej Kobal - GranuRise | Ida Hiršenfelder (beepblip) - sinteza zvoka | Boštjan Simon - saksofon | Vid Drašler – bobni | Andrej Fon - sax | Blaž Božič - vzorčenje | Jošt Drašler - kontrabas | Bojan Krhlanko - bobni, efekti \\ Neposlušno - Zavod Sploh, Curated by Tomas Grom \\ Foto: Vid Uršič [[https://www.sploh.si/si/glasba/neposlusno/neposlusno-seznam]]\\ ---- === 30.03.21 Improvised Performance - Quartet === Stara Elektrarna \\ {{:canning:neposlusno_2021_irena_z_tomazin_rob_canning_vitja_balzalorsky_jure_borsic2.png?direct&150 |}}Improvisation: Jure Boršič - sax | Irena Z. Tomažin - glas | **Rob Canning - gong, sinteza zvoka** | Vitja Balžalorsky - kitara | \\ Neposlušno - Zavod Sploh, Curated by Tomas Grom \\ [[https://vimeo.com/532898848]]\\ [[https://www.sploh.si/si/glasba/neposlusno/neposlusno-seznam]]\\ ---- ==== 2020 ==== === 10.6.20 Improvised Performance - Duo === {{:canning:grom-canning.jpg?direct&150 |}}GT22, Maribor [[https://gt22.si/zveze-rob-canning-tomaz-grom/]]\\ Improvisation: **Rob Canning, electronics** | Tomaž Grom, doublebass + iMstrument\\ Zavod Sploh - [[https://www.sploh.si]]\\ ---- ===== Academic ===== ===== Education =====