Jenn Kirby

Great letter in today's Irish Times. We have watched politicians and media enable apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians for almost two years. #GazaGenocide

In Ireland, we should:

Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris A landmark book exposes the history of loathing that underpins scandals like Winterbourne View. It has received next to no attention, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Critical Read of the National Scandal we all keep ignoring...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Liverpool. Makefest July 5th Banner

Because my Bluesky is new profile, you might not know I run the largest #Maker event in the UK free at Liverpool Central Library. It's on next Sat. So here's some info. I'll be tweeting about it. This will be our 10th Anniversary Year 🥳🎉⬇️

NIME 2026 is coming to London! 23-26 June 2026. General chairs Courtney Reed (Loughborough University London, Augmented Instruments Lab alum) and me. More details soon!

Funded PhD Studentship in AI for Wearable Music Interfaces at UWE, Bristol Explore a Funded PhD Studentship in AI for Wearable Music Interfaces. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

Fully funded PhD in the lab, looking at detecting/classifying gestures and tactile interactions with wearable technology. Come and join the lab.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNL898/f...

Learnopt - Bespoke Cloud-Based Managed Software Solutions Bespoke Cloud-Based Managed Software Solutions, Web Development, and Technical Project Management & Consultancy.

Friends, I'm looking for new projects. I've created a new Learnopt website to promote the bespoke cloud-based managed #software solutions that I offer: learnopt.com

If you need a system to capture & display data, upgrade from Excel, self assess against a model, or something else, please reach out.

Lecturer in Composition Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is seeking to appoint an outstanding Lecturer in Composition to join our dynamic and internationally respected department. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute ...

Job going in my old institution:

jobs.bcu.ac.uk/en/sites/CX_...

Tell MPs: Show up for people in Gaza!

The UK parliament on Monday is holding a debate on arms sales to Isreal. Join me in writing to your MP to call for a stop to this country profiting from the slaughter of innocent people. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

// History Repeats Itself as British Authorities Get to Decide Who the Terrorists Are // bit.ly/43GKpwg

A member of Kneecap has been charged with a terrorism offence, but those in power continue to look away from the deeper crisis, writes Toner Quinn.

Open Call | Soundscape for People's Park from Limerick City and County Council

Limerick City and County Council would like to commission an artist to create two audio islands for the public to sit, rest, and enjoy commissioned sounds in noise polluted areas of
visualartists.ie/advert/open-...

One week until the deadline! Full details and how to apply 👉 www.cafeoto.co.uk/job-vacancy-...

In the third and final episode of our NMDX / New Music Dublin Exchange Showcases, saxophonist Robert Finegan performs Jenn Kirby's 'Tripping'. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.

🎧 Listen: loom.ly/1fcvyDg

#amplify #NewMusicPodcast

Hand holding a single board computer with connected boards and wires

New instrument prototype. Using a #Teensy, #BNO055 for motion sensing, #MPR121 for touch input.
Processing audio files from the SD card. Mostly been learning what I can do with the CPU and RAM available. Going to work on making it all smaller now and making it wearable.

Our 3rd international workshop on #Explainable #AI for the #Arts #XAIxArts is open for submissions!
Deadline: 24th April 2025
Workshop: 23rd June, 2025
Online at the ACM Creativity and Cognition conference 2025
#HCAI #RAI #HCI #InteractionDesign #AI #XAI #DigitalArts

xaixarts.github.io/2025

Mark O’Connell: The little boy lost his entire family. He just sits staring at the wall Those of us who are willing to see what is under our noses know very well that what is happening now in Gaza is an ongoing project of ethnic cleansing

Should be read…

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Signal Flow – A One Day Festival of Experimental and Electronic Music

FULL DETAILS COMING SOON!

Radio Alhara at five years: 24-hour broadcast from Palestine - CDM Create Digital Music Today, Radio Alhara is marking five years of operation by playing 24 hours of archival material from its home in Bethlehem, Palestine.

Listening now. Bethlehem's international community radio at age 5.

Stop doomscrolling, turn this on loud, and yes - there are some ways to take action. Let's keep talking about them. We have to do better.

drums & drones for palestine, by various dissenters 8 track album

New Sylvia Hallett, Rhodri Davies, Chris Dowding & more.
variousdissenters.bandcamp.com/album/drums-...

The March 7th closing date for the AM.ICAD conference in Coimbra is rapidly approaching. Get your papers in soon.
Music call still open until April 4th.

Call for late breaking work at the OHMI Conference on music and disability (Birmingham, UK, 15-16 March). Submit an abstract here by 5 March: forms.office.com/e/fnu6M2HWTp

Meanwhile, the programme for the rest of the conference is published: www.ohmirp.org.uk/ohmiconferen...

I pulled the trigger and launched the kickstarter for SPOKE this morning.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

If you like it, consider supporting it or sending it to friends who might!

Coming soon: SPOKE - Touch sensing made simple SPOKE is a simplified capacitive touch sensor board for interactive computer interfacing.

The Pre-Launch for my kickstarter is now live.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tomfox/spoke-touch-sensing-made-simple

It is a new type of touchboard that has 27 inputs, can control MIDI or act as a HID. With neopixel indicators for each pin and connectors for i2c peripherals.

Hello, Bluesky! 🩵

We’re excited to join this platform and keep the conversation going. Our mission is to champion disabled-led artists and make change across the cultural sector—and we can’t wait to connect with this amazing community. 💬

Let’s build something great together!

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/professo...

Fun. What sensor inputs are you using?

Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras | CMMAS | Michoacán México El principal espacio en Iberoamérica para la creación, reflexión, y aprendizaje de la música contemporánea, con y sin nuevas tecnologías | Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras | Michoacá...

www.cmmas.org "Resonances: International Program of Professionalization and Sound Creation". 2 years of advice from artists and experts in electroacoustic music from Mexico and UK. Develop 2 works for Visionses Sonoras festival,The Anglo Foundation, CDMX.
Deadline 24 January 2025.

Ahoy Ahoy we’ve got a new job going in @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
It’s an ad Astra Fellow/Assistant professor in digital music cultures, and I think we’re casting the net pretty wide as to what that might entail.

Take a look below:

www.irishjobs.ie/job/ad-astra...