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		ixi software - alternative interactive modes in musical structuring on sunday 9th march
					Thor will discuss the idea behind ixi software and why they are concentrating on the interface and interaction part of musical software. ixi software started as an experiment over a year ago and has since then developed various applications that are downloadable from their website for free. ixi has participated in various festivals and conferences over the last year and is currently developing interfaces for Pure Data, Max/MSP and Supercollider in a residency at the DRU.
		Thor Magnusson is an Icelandic writer, musician and artist/programmer who writes his own musical software. After having studied music, philosophy and cultural studies in various places in Europe, he graduated in Electronic Arts from the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts in London. Since then he has been working in sound-related programming in various projects, one of them being the ixi software project where he, Enrike Hurtado and few others are experimenting with creating alternative interfaces for musical composition. At present, Thor is doing an Artist-in-Residence program at the Digital Research Unit of The Media Centre in Huddersfield, U.K.
		further info on thor magnusson: www.ixi-software.net, www.druh.co.uk