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I've been one of the lucky persons to have been at the diyfestival.ch last weekend. A festival for art and technology hosted at the //Dynamo// in Zürich. Apart from there amazing collection of [[wp>Theremin]]s, there were quite some impressive installations, performances and talks.

Under the motto do it <del>yourself</del> together; we've conducted a touch-screen workshop based on [[wiki:frontera]] and [[http://fronteraproject.net]]. The standards were quite high: One team set up improvised screens using a beamer and two web-cams. While an other team worked with [[http://pure-data.info|pure-data]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max/MSP|MAX/MSP|| and processing.org|processing]] on interaction and design. Communication between the screen and visualization software was done with [[http://opensoundcontrol.org|OSC]]. We ended up with a virtual Theremin, some touchable flame/interactive flare animations and even improved //justpoint// software tools with long awaited user-feedback. Really impressive for only an afternoon of //work//. 

It's been one of the best hands-on workshops and even better you had an amazing taste for music and community. I had a great time. Many thanks to the organizers of the festival and anyone involved.

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