Tool of Tools
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Workshops by Camilo Sandoval with the intention that we learn to create our own tools, following our own specific needs.
Workshop 5(mini), My own Football Jersey
Duration: two sessions (3 hours each)
Dates: TBA, before the end of the Football World Cup
Location: new exMedia Lab, Peter-Welter Platz 2 - 3rd floor
Materials: t-shirts, textiles, sewing machines
Workshop 4, Pen Plotter with everything but a Pen
Duration: five sessions (4 hours each)
Dates: -First Session: 23.06.2026, 09:30 - 13:00
-Upcoming sessions: we decide them together with the participants
Location: new exMedia Lab, Peter-Welter Platz 2 - 3rd floor
Materials: laptop, mouse, pen plotter, various materials
Workshop 3, Fountain of infinite Fonts
Duration: five sessions (4 hours each)
Dates: -First Session: 19.06.2026, 09:30 - 13:00
-Upcoming sessions: we decide them together with the participants
Location: new exMedia Lab, Peter-Welter Platz 2 - 3rd floor
Materials: laptop, mouse, paper, scissors
Do you always use the same boring fonts? Are you not tired to scroll and scroll through an infinite list of fonts to always end up using plain old Helvetica? Why not design your own characters that reflect more accurately your project´s character!
In this workshop we will:
-learn the basics about typography
-play a loooooot with paper, scissors and pens to create the must wacky and fun typographies
-learn how to use open source software to digitalize them into usable fonts and export our own .ttf (True Type Font) file
-Your font can be used everywhere from printed media, to your website to your text editor
-learn how to vibe code so we can animate the font into time based media like video or interactive installations
No previous knowledge is requiered.
You will need to install:
-Inkscape https://inkscape.org/
-Processing https://processing.org/
-Font Forge https://fontforge.org/
Workshop 2, Control Freak
Duration: three sessions (4 hours each)
Dates: 23.01.2026, half day - 26.01.2026, full day
Materials: ESP32, cables, buttons, resistors, potentiometers, cases
Why leave anything to chance if we can control everything?! Computer autonomy? NO thanks. We will control image, sound, VR, 3D, IRL installations, etc. all in real-time! Control, control, ctrl.
We will learn how to build and program our own MIDI/OSC controllers using open source software and hardware.
From selecting a case, through soldering together buttons, knobs and other inputs, to establishing a communication protocol; all the basics of DIY electronics will be covered and each one will go home with a functional device.
In the end, it is all just an excuse to build funky, freaky, playful and personalized electronics. :) Let's have fun in building custom made electronics to fit each one's artistic needs.
No previous knowledge is requiered but it helps out if you have already soldered or programmed a bit.
Here some examples of some past controllers:
Workshop 1, Multi-threaded conversations
Duration: two sessions (4 hours each)
Dates: 19.01.2026, full day
Materials: wool, cardboard and hands
Schedule is as follow:
Monday 19th:
1-We will start at exMedia lab at 10:00am
2-and then do a lunch pause at 1pm.
3-At 2pm we will restart until 5:30pm.
All the materials are provided. We have a lot of yarn of different colors and types, but if you feel like working with a specific one then just bring it.
-Check out this cool guy with his andean sling!
-As it is an extended period of working time, I would recommend to bring something to drink and something to snack and even to share. I will bring some fruit for everybody.
It will be a chill and fun atmosphere! We will craft a looot, watch fun videos and chat and chat.
This is totally the mood ;)
Following the example of the “círculos de palabra” (word circles) we will exchange thoughts and stories that we will weave into an object. Based on several handcraft techniques, we are going to twist, braid, and loom ropes together. Each rope is the materialization of an algorithm and the vessel of a narration. All hands will be working rhythmically in a collective choreography, harmonized to the sound of our words.
This is a hands-on-workshop that emphasizes on group storytelling, as a way to escape individualism.
We will have the common goal of making a “Warak'a” (Andean sling) and a “Chumbe” (belt).
No previous knowledge is needed.
Here some examples of the objects we will do:
Here some examples of my recent work:
