From tedwards at gmail.com Wed May 16 19:20:06 2007 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Wed May 16 19:20:08 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-announce] Dorkbot DC Meeting May 30 Message-ID: <2fd1fa350705161620v3a95dadkc857000bb51c82fe@mail.gmail.com> Next Dorkbot DC Meeting: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7 PM - 9 PM (ET) Provisions Library Suite 200 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20009 (above Ann Taylor Loft) Metro: Dupont Circle (Red Line), Q Street North exit. Limited parking on street. Paid parking garage at 20th Street and Florida Avenue. Presentations for Next Meeting: T. Sibley Verbeck "Virtual Architecture" T. Sibley Verbeck is founder of The Electric Sheep Company, which is dedicated to designing experiences and delivering add-on software for 3D virtual worlds including Second Life, There.Com, and Virtual Laguna Beach. ESC has build virtual environments for clients like Toyota, IBM, MTV, and the NBA. Alberto Gait?n "Remembrancer" Remembrancer is three networked machines with robotic arms that slowly deposit paint on three panels. The amount of paint placed at a given moment is controlled by a computer program that interprets data from gallery-installed sensors and from Internet sources. It is on display at Curator's Office until May 26 as part of the ColorField.remix tribute to the Washington Color School movement of the 1960's. Brian Judy "Games, Contemporary Art and Activism" Brian will be looking at recent movements in utilizing computer games as engines for social change and his efforts in merging the areas of games, contemporary art and activism. Recent work includes participation in the Your 2 Cents collaboration, the Flash game, My US Rep:Role Play Congress! and North/South:An Art Toy About Immigration. AfterDork: Probably at the Childe Harold unless we get really excited about trying somewhere else. For more info, see: http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc [Don't forget, Artomatic's last day is May 20 - http://www.artomatic.org] [There are now 139 subscribers to the dorkbotdc-announce mailing list!] From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Thu May 24 23:22:21 2007 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Thu May 24 23:22:29 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-announce] Dorkbot DC - Next Wednesday night! Message-ID: <2fd1fa350705242022q1bd6881ye6d7d6cc68ecd18c@mail.gmail.com> Next Dorkbot DC Meeting: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7 PM - 9 PM Provisions Library Suite 200 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20009 (above Ann Taylor Loft) Metro: Dupont Circle (Red Line), Q Street North exit. Limited parking on street. Paid parking garage at 20th Street and Florida Avenue. Presentations for Next Meeting: T. Sibley Verbeck "Virtual Architecture" T. Sibley Verbeck is founder of The Electric Sheep Company, which is dedicated to designing experiences and delivering add-on software for 3D virtual worlds including Second Life, There.Com, and Virtual Laguna Beach. Alberto Gait?n "Remembrancer" Remembrancer is three networked machines with robotic arms that slowly deposit paint on three panels. The amount of paint placed at a given moment is controlled by a computer program that interprets data from gallery-installed sensors and from Internet sources. Brian Judy "Games, Contemporary Art and Activism" Brian will be looking at recent movements in utilizing computer games as engines for social change and his efforts in merging the areas of games, contemporary art and activism. Recent work includes participation in the Your 2 Cents collaboration, the Flash game, My US Rep:Role Play Congress! and North/South:An Art Toy About Immigration. Don't forget "AfterDork" at the Childe Harold across the street from Provisions after the meeting! ================ Other news: DC Independent Film Festival 2008 Call for Entries Calling all filmmakers, the 2008 Call for Entries for the 10th Anniversary of the Washington, DC Independent Film Festival now Open. All filmmakers are encourage to spread the word that the DCIFF 2008 is now accepting submissions for all features, documentaries, shorts, animations, and any other crazy, off-the-wall, independent movie making concoction that can be dreamt up and brought to the screen. http://www.dciff.org/submission/submission_form.cfm ================= The Johns Hopkins University Digital Media Center (DMC) seeks a Digital Video/Multimedia Artist. Please view the official job description and apply online at https://hrnt.jhu.edu/jhujobs for job req 28930 The DMC is a non-academic lab located on the North Baltimore/Homewood campus in the Mattin Arts Center. In addition to supporting students in their use of multimedia technology we develop extra-curricular programs that provide opportunities to integrate art and science. Please view our web site at http://digitalmedia.jhu.edu. General Job Description: Instruct students in video and multimedia technology through non-credit workshops and one-on-one mentoring. Set-up and maintain digital video equipment, organize special projects and events, participate in departmental multimedia collaborations. This 28-hour per week position (with full benefits) requires some evening and weekend hours. The successful candidate will be encouraged to interact with the Baltimore-Washington digital arts community and to share connections and collaborations with JHU students. Qualifications:  MA, MFA, with emphasis in multimedia.  Must be able to learn new information quickly  Strong written and verbal communication skills;  Ability to work with artists, technicians, and to assist students in the creation of inter-disciplinary multi-media works of art.  Superior knowledge of digital video hardware and software, cameras, assorted lighting and audio-recording equipment  System-level knowledge of both Macs and PCs;  Ability to use animation, 3-D modeling, web, and graphic design software such as Flash, After Effects, InDesign, 3-D Studio, Dreamweaver, or open source versions.  Experience with video script writing, project management and planning, shooting, recording, editing and output such as printing, CD, DVD, and streamed media. For more information, please email Joan Freedman, Director JHU Digital Media Center freedman@jhu.edu.