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

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13.10.23 Festival MFRU - Solo (Festival Closing Concert)

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

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

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

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

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

15.09.22 Fold Yer Loops - Solo

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

22.11.21 Improvised Performance - Solo

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)

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)

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)

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
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

30.03.21 Improvised Performance - Quartet

Stara Elektrarna
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

10.6.20 Improvised Performance - Duo

GT22, Maribor https://gt22.si/zveze-rob-canning-tomaz-grom/
Improvisation: Rob Canning, electronics | Tomaž Grom, doublebass + iMstrument
Zavod Sploh - https://www.sploh.si

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