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Gijs Gieskes: Radionica solarnih instrumenata i kinetičkih objekata / Solar Powered Instruments and Kinetic Objects Workshop

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RADIONICA JE POPUNJENA. HVALA NA RAZUMIJEVANJU! U subotu, 6. lipnja 2026. od 10:00 sati na dalje u Radioni će se održati radionica solarnih instrumenata i kinetičkih objekata pod vodstvom nizozemskog umjetnika, glazbenika, dizajnera i izumitelja elektroničkih instrumenata Gijsa Gieskesa . Radionica se održava u sklopu njegove umjetničke rezidencije u Radioni, a otvorena je svim zainteresiranima bez obzira na prethodno iskustvo u elektronici. For English please scroll down. Photo: Gijs Gieskes – Solar instruments workshop (cc) Tijekom radionice sudionici će izrađivati jednostavne pokretne konstrukcije koristeći male solarne panele, motore, drvene grane i druge dostupne materijale. Polazište radionice bit će figura temeljena na Gieskesovom beambot elektroničkom sklopu, no polaznici su dobrodošli razvijati vlastite ideje i eksperimentirati s različitim oblicima, materijalima i načinima kretanja. Photo: Gijs Gieskes – Solar instruments workshop (cc) Radionica povezuje elektroniku, pokret, skulpturu i igru te pruža uvid u Gieskesov jedinstveni pristup tehnologiji koji se temelji na eksperimentiranju, improvizaciji i kreativnom korištenju jednostavnih komponenti. Umjesto savršenih i optimiziranih sustava, sudionici će istraživati kako nastaju neobični mali strojevi koji reagiraju na svjetlo i okolinu. Photo: Gijs Gieskes – Solar instruments workshop (cc) Što ćete naučiti? – kako spojiti motor na solarni panel – kako izraditi pokretne strukture od drveta i drugih materijala – kako koristiti sunčevu energiju za stvaranje pokreta – osnove DIY elektronike i kreativnog prototipiranja Predznanje iz elektronike nije potrebno. Sudionici koji već imaju ideju za vlastiti projekt mogu donijeti vlastite materijale i razvijati ga tijekom radionice. RADIONICA JE POPUNJENA. HVALA NA RAZUMIJEVANJU! Prijaviti se možete preko poveznice: https://forms.gle/gfNEhPZbj17i9wYt8 do četvrtka, 4. lipnja 2026. u podne. Kotizacija iznosi 15 eura te uključuje materijal i rad koji nosite kući. Polaznici trebaju voditi računa o tome da radionica može potrajati cijelo podne dok se ne završe radovi i iskoristi svjetlost sunca. Radionica će isto biti prilika da polaznici vide čime se Gijs bavio tijekom rezidencije. Photo: @ditwfestival & @deperifeer (cc) O voditelju: Gijs Gieskes (1977.) nizozemski je umjetnik, glazbenik, industrijski dizajner i izumitelj elektroničkih instrumenata iz Eindhovena. Od kraja 1990-ih razvija eksperimentalne audiovizualne uređaje, DIY instrumente, zvučne igračke i kinetičke sustave koji brišu granice između umjetnosti, glazbe, znanosti i tehnologije. Poznat je po nekonvencionalnom pristupu elektronici, radu s jednostavnim komponentama i stvaranju neobičnih strojeva koji kombiniraju zvuk, pokret i mehaničku slučajnost. Njegovi radovi izlagani su diljem Europe, SAD-a i Azije, a 2015. godine dobio je počasno priznanje na festivalu Ars Electronica za projekt Electromechanical Modular . Kao autor brojnih DIY elektroničkih instrumenata, audiovizualnih uređaja i solarno pokretanih zvučnih objekata, Gieskes već više od dva desetljeća inspirira umjetnike, glazbenike, makere i eksperimentatore diljem svijeta svojim razigranim i nekonvencionalnim pristupom tehnologiji. Web: https://gieskes.nl/ https://gieskes.nl/gijs/documentatie/stereolux/ Podržali: Grad Zagreb / Ministarstvo kulture i medija Republike Hrvatske / Zaklada Kultura nova /////////////////////////////////////////////////// Gijs Gieskes (NL): Solar Powered Instruments and Kinetic Objects Workshop THE WORKSHOP IS FULL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING! On Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 10:00 AM onwards, Radiona will host a workshop on solar powered instruments and kinetic objects led by Dutch artist, musician, designer, and electronic instrument inventor Gijs Gieskes. The workshop is part of his artist residency at Radiona and is open to all interested participants regardless of their previous experience with electronics. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA During the workshop, participants will build simple moving constructions using small solar panels, motors, freshly cut wooden branches, and other available materials. The starting point will be a figure based on Gieskes’ beambot circuit, although participants are encouraged to develop their own ideas and experiment with different forms, materials, and modes of movement. Combining electronics, movement, sculpture, and play, the workshop offers an introduction to Gieskes’ unique approach to technology, rooted in experimentation, improvisation, and creative use of simple components. Rather than focusing on optimized systems and technical perfection, participants will explore how unusual machines can emerge from curiosity, chance, and hands-on making. What will you learn? – How to connect motors to a solar panel – How to create moving structures from wood and other materials – How to use solar energy to generate movement – Basic principles of DIY electronics and creative prototyping No prior knowledge of electronics is required. Participants who already have an idea for a project are welcome to bring their own materials and develop it during the workshop. About the workshop leader: Gijs Gieskes ( 1977) is a Dutch artist, musician, industrial designer, and inventor of electronic instruments based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Since the late 1990s, he has been developing experimental audiovisual devices, DIY instruments, sound toys, and kinetic systems that blur the boundaries between art, music, science, and technology. He is known for his unconventional approach to electronics, working with simple components and creating playful machines that combine sound, movement, and mechanical randomness. His works have been exhibited internationally across Europe, the United States, and Asia, and in 2015 he received an honorary mention at Ars Electronica for his Electromechanical Modular project. As the creator of numerous DIY electronic instruments, audiovisual devices, and solar-powered sound objects, Gieskes has inspired artists, musicians, makers, and experimenters worldwide through his playful and radically inventive approach to technology. Web: https://gieskes.nl/ https://gieskes.nl/gijs/documentatie/stereolux/ Supported by: The City of Zagreb, Ministry of Culture and Media of Republic Croatia / Kultura nova Foundation

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Gijs Gieskes – artist-in-residence @ Radiona.org

🇭🇷 · RADIONA · deborah

Gijs Gieskes is an artist in residence at Radiona.org during the first part of June 2026 in Zagreb, Croatia. During the residency, he is developing experimental DIY electronics, sound objects, solar-powered instruments, and playful kinetic systems that explore the intersections of sound, movement and open hardware culture. Photo: @ditwfestival & @deperifeer (cc) Gijs Gieskes (born 1977) is a Dutch industrial designer, audiovisual artist, electronic musician, and instrument inventor based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Since the late 1990s, he has become internationally recognized for his radical and playful approach to electronics, circuit-bending, DIY instrument design, and hardware hacking, constantly blurring the boundaries between music, art, science, and technology. Gijs Gieskes (cc) Gijs work is rooted in experimentation, improvisation, and what could be described as a deliberately “non-expert” philosophy toward electronics. When he first began building electronic devices, he knew very little about how electronics actually worked, which led him to invent highly unconventional solutions using basic components and intuitive problem-solving. Instead of following optimized engineering principles, Gieskes embraced creative detours, accidental discoveries, absurd machines, and inefficient yet imaginative technological relationships — an approach that continues to define his practice today. Known for combining electronics with raw materials, found objects, mechanics, and kinetic movement, Gijs Gieskes creates audiovisual systems that often feel simultaneously playful, poetic, and strangely alive. His works include self-built electronic instruments, sound toys, mechanical sequencers, visual machines, Game Boy modifications, electromechanical modular systems, and solar-powered kinetic devices. Many of his creations are distributed both as DIY kits and assembled instruments, contributing to a broader culture of open experimentation and accessible electronics. Gijs Gieskes (cc) Among his best-known instruments and modules are 3TrinsRGB+1c , a standalone analog audio-video synthesizer generating glitchy color patterns through control voltage signals; Analog Hard Disk , an experimental Eurorack module that reads and writes signals directly from exposed hard drive platters; the 4-Relay Module , which uses loud physical relays to generate dynamic percussive triggers and circuit interactions; and Zonneliedjes (“Solar Songs”), compact solar-powered instruments that create generative electronic melodies through changing light conditions. His internationally exhibited works frequently embrace glitch aesthetics, mechanical randomness, low-tech processes, and anti-polished design strategies in opposition to sterile technological perfection. Alongside exhibitions, performances, artist talks, and demonstrations, Gieskes regularly leads workshops focused on experimental electronics, accessible making, sound art, and kinetic construction. Gijs Gieskes (cc) His work has been presented internationally in galleries, festivals, and media art contexts across Europe, the USA, Taiwan, Russia, and China, including institutions and festivals such as Ars Electronica , Sonic Acts , V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media and Vašulka Kitchen Brno, to name a few . In 2015, his work Electromechanical Modular received an honorary mention in the sound art category at the Prix Ars Electronica awards. Web: https://gieskes.nl/ Supported by: The City of Zagreb, Ministry of Culture and Media of Republic Croatia / Kultura nova Foundation

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Gijs Gieskes – artist-in-residence @ Radiona.org

🇭🇷 · Radiona · deborah

Gijs Gieskes is an artist in residence at Radiona.org during the first part of June 2026 in Zagreb, Croatia. During the residency, he is developing experimental DIY electronics, sound objects, solar-powered instruments, and playful kinetic systems that explore the intersections of sound, movement and open hardware culture. Photo: @ditwfestival & @deperifeer (cc) Gijs Gieskes (born 1977) is a Dutch industrial designer, audiovisual artist, electronic musician, and instrument inventor based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Since the late 1990s, he has become internationally recognized for his radical and playful approach to electronics, circuit-bending, DIY instrument design, and hardware hacking, constantly blurring the boundaries between music, art, science, and technology. Gijs Gieskes (cc) Gijs work is rooted in experimentation, improvisation, and what could be described as a deliberately “non-expert” philosophy toward electronics. When he first began building electronic devices, he knew very little about how electronics actually worked, which led him to invent highly unconventional solutions using basic components and intuitive problem-solving. Instead of following optimized engineering principles, Gieskes embraced creative detours, accidental discoveries, absurd machines, and inefficient yet imaginative technological relationships — an approach that continues to define his practice today. Known for combining electronics with raw materials, found objects, mechanics, and kinetic movement, Gijs Gieskes creates audiovisual systems that often feel simultaneously playful, poetic, and strangely alive. His works include self-built electronic instruments, sound toys, mechanical sequencers, visual machines, Game Boy modifications, electromechanical modular systems, and solar-powered kinetic devices. Many of his creations are distributed both as DIY kits and assembled instruments, contributing to a broader culture of open experimentation and accessible electronics. Gijs Gieskes (cc) Among his best-known instruments and modules are 3TrinsRGB+1c , a standalone analog audio-video synthesizer generating glitchy color patterns through control voltage signals; Analog Hard Disk , an experimental Eurorack module that reads and writes signals directly from exposed hard drive platters; the 4-Relay Module , which uses loud physical relays to generate dynamic percussive triggers and circuit interactions; and Zonneliedjes (“Solar Songs”), compact solar-powered instruments that create generative electronic melodies through changing light conditions. His internationally exhibited works frequently embrace glitch aesthetics, mechanical randomness, low-tech processes, and anti-polished design strategies in opposition to sterile technological perfection. Alongside exhibitions, performances, artist talks, and demonstrations, Gieskes regularly leads workshops focused on experimental electronics, accessible making, sound art, and kinetic construction. Gijs Gieskes (cc) His work has been presented internationally in galleries, festivals, and media art contexts across Europe, the USA, Taiwan, Russia, and China, including institutions and festivals such as Ars Electronica , Sonic Acts , V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media and Vašulka Kitchen Brno, to name a few . In 2015, his work Electromechanical Modular received an honorary mention in the sound art category at the Prix Ars Electronica awards. Web: https://gieskes.nl/ Supported by: The City of Zagreb, Ministry of Culture and Media of Republic Croatia / Kultura nova Foundation

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Gijs Gieskes: Radionica solarnih instrumenata i kinetičkih objekata / Solar Powered Instruments and Kinetic Objects Workshop

🇭🇷 · RADIONA · deborah

RADIONICA JE POPUNJENA. HVALA NA RAZUMIJEVANJU! U subotu, 6. lipnja 2026. od 10:00 sati na dalje u Radioni će se održati radionica solarnih instrumenata i kinetičkih objekata pod vodstvom nizozemskog umjetnika, glazbenika, dizajnera i izumitelja elektroničkih instrumenata Gijsa Gieskesa . Radionica se održava u sklopu njegove umjetničke rezidencije u Radioni, a otvorena je svim zainteresiranima bez obzira na prethodno iskustvo u elektronici. For English please scroll down. Photo: Gijs Gieskes – Solar instruments workshop (cc) Tijekom radionice sudionici će izrađivati jednostavne pokretne konstrukcije koristeći male solarne panele, motore, drvene grane i druge dostupne materijale. Polazište radionice bit će figura temeljena na Gieskesovom beambot elektroničkom sklopu, no polaznici su dobrodošli razvijati vlastite ideje i eksperimentirati s različitim oblicima, materijalima i načinima kretanja. Photo: Gijs Gieskes – Solar instruments workshop (cc) Radionica povezuje elektroniku, pokret, skulpturu i igru te pruža uvid u Gieskesov jedinstveni pristup tehnologiji koji se temelji na eksperimentiranju, improvizaciji i kreativnom korištenju jednostavnih komponenti. Umjesto savršenih i optimiziranih sustava, sudionici će istraživati kako nastaju neobični mali strojevi koji reagiraju na svjetlo i okolinu. Photo: Gijs Gieskes – Solar instruments workshop (cc) Što ćete naučiti? – kako spojiti motor na solarni panel – kako izraditi pokretne strukture od drveta i drugih materijala – kako koristiti sunčevu energiju za stvaranje pokreta – osnove DIY elektronike i kreativnog prototipiranja Predznanje iz elektronike nije potrebno. Sudionici koji već imaju ideju za vlastiti projekt mogu donijeti vlastite materijale i razvijati ga tijekom radionice. RADIONICA JE POPUNJENA. HVALA NA RAZUMIJEVANJU! Prijaviti se možete preko poveznice: https://forms.gle/gfNEhPZbj17i9wYt8 do četvrtka, 4. lipnja 2026. u podne. Kotizacija iznosi 15 eura te uključuje materijal i rad koji nosite kući. Polaznici trebaju voditi računa o tome da radionica može potrajati cijelo podne dok se ne završe radovi i iskoristi svjetlost sunca. Radionica će isto biti prilika da polaznici vide čime se Gijs bavio tijekom rezidencije. Photo: @ditwfestival & @deperifeer (cc) O voditelju: Gijs Gieskes (1977.) nizozemski je umjetnik, glazbenik, industrijski dizajner i izumitelj elektroničkih instrumenata iz Eindhovena. Od kraja 1990-ih razvija eksperimentalne audiovizualne uređaje, DIY instrumente, zvučne igračke i kinetičke sustave koji brišu granice između umjetnosti, glazbe, znanosti i tehnologije. Poznat je po nekonvencionalnom pristupu elektronici, radu s jednostavnim komponentama i stvaranju neobičnih strojeva koji kombiniraju zvuk, pokret i mehaničku slučajnost. Njegovi radovi izlagani su diljem Europe, SAD-a i Azije, a 2015. godine dobio je počasno priznanje na festivalu Ars Electronica za projekt Electromechanical Modular . Kao autor brojnih DIY elektroničkih instrumenata, audiovizualnih uređaja i solarno pokretanih zvučnih objekata, Gieskes već više od dva desetljeća inspirira umjetnike, glazbenike, makere i eksperimentatore diljem svijeta svojim razigranim i nekonvencionalnim pristupom tehnologiji. Web: https://gieskes.nl/ https://gieskes.nl/gijs/documentatie/stereolux/ Podržali: Grad Zagreb / Ministarstvo kulture i medija Republike Hrvatske / Zaklada Kultura nova /////////////////////////////////////////////////// Gijs Gieskes (NL): Solar Powered Instruments and Kinetic Objects Workshop THE WORKSHOP IS FULL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING! On Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 10:00 AM onwards, Radiona will host a workshop on solar powered instruments and kinetic objects led by Dutch artist, musician, designer, and electronic instrument inventor Gijs Gieskes. The workshop is part of his artist residency at Radiona and is open to all interested participants regardless of their previous experience with electronics. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA During the workshop, participants will build simple moving constructions using small solar panels, motors, freshly cut wooden branches, and other available materials. The starting point will be a figure based on Gieskes’ beambot circuit, although participants are encouraged to develop their own ideas and experiment with different forms, materials, and modes of movement. Combining electronics, movement, sculpture, and play, the workshop offers an introduction to Gieskes’ unique approach to technology, rooted in experimentation, improvisation, and creative use of simple components. Rather than focusing on optimized systems and technical perfection, participants will explore how unusual machines can emerge from curiosity, chance, and hands-on making. What will you learn? – How to connect motors to a solar panel – How to create moving structures from wood and other materials – How to use solar energy to generate movement – Basic principles of DIY electronics and creative prototyping No prior knowledge of electronics is required. Participants who already have an idea for a project are welcome to bring their own materials and develop it during the workshop. About the workshop leader: Gijs Gieskes ( 1977) is a Dutch artist, musician, industrial designer, and inventor of electronic instruments based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Since the late 1990s, he has been developing experimental audiovisual devices, DIY instruments, sound toys, and kinetic systems that blur the boundaries between art, music, science, and technology. He is known for his unconventional approach to electronics, working with simple components and creating playful machines that combine sound, movement, and mechanical randomness. His works have been exhibited internationally across Europe, the United States, and Asia, and in 2015 he received an honorary mention at Ars Electronica for his Electromechanical Modular project. As the creator of numerous DIY electronic instruments, audiovisual devices, and solar-powered sound objects, Gieskes has inspired artists, musicians, makers, and experimenters worldwide through his playful and radically inventive approach to technology. Web: https://gieskes.nl/ https://gieskes.nl/gijs/documentatie/stereolux/ Supported by: The City of Zagreb, Ministry of Culture and Media of Republic Croatia / Kultura nova Foundation

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Gijs Gieskes: Radionica solarnih instrumenata i kinetičkih objekata / Solar Powered Instruments and Kinetic Objects Workshop

Gijs Gieskes – artist-in-residence @ Radiona.org

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Gijs Gieskes: Radionica solarnih instrumenata i kinetičkih objekata / Solar Powered Instruments and Kinetic Objects Workshop

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