From tedwards at gmail.com Mon Oct 1 14:33:09 2007 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Mon Oct 1 14:33:48 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] "Proteomics" paintings at National Academy of Sciences Message-ID: <2fd1fa350710011133p46646d67x2687bad165d5c034@mail.gmail.com> http://www7.nationalacademies.org/arts/Mia_Brownell_Paintings.html Proteomics Paintings by Mia Brownell October 10 ? December 20, 2007 Closed November 22 and 23, 2007 National Academy of Sciences 2100 C St., N.W., Rotunda Gallery Reception: Sunday, October 14, 2007, 1:30 ? 3:00 p.m. Concert by Pianist Yakov Kasman will follow the reception at 3 p.m. Mia Brownell paints intertwined clusters of ripe fruit spiraling in meandering structures suspended in space. Employing dramatic chiaroscuro, Brownell's still-life fantasies simultaneously reference Dutch Old Master paintings and the coiling structures of DNA, amino acids, and protein chains. The exhibition's title, "Proteomics," refers to the study of proteins expressed by genes within an organism, with applications in the understanding of disease and in drug development. From tedwards at gmail.com Tue Oct 2 10:31:00 2007 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Tue Oct 2 10:31:03 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] 0 Project at Arlington Arts Center Message-ID: <2fd1fa350710020731y6fd63b45ud2b20cd84c6c4438@mail.gmail.com> Reception: Friday, October 5 http://www.arlingtonartscenter.org/shows/sculptureonthegrounds_Sept07/sculpture_07.pdf The Arlington Arts Center is pleased to launch The 0 Project, an installation involving worldwide participation. The centerpiece of the project is 0 ("Zero"), a 300-foot long, 15-foot high banner printed on DuPont? Tyvek(r), which will wrap the old building of the historic Maury School. It will be installed through February 2008. The image, based on a drawing created by Alexandria, VA artist Rosemary Feit Covey, shows a vast crowd of shouting faces looking out at an unseen event. The image, representing silent screams of the masses, serves to encourage viewers to speak out about societal concerns and contemporary events, thereby giving voices to the voiceless. Significantly, the image does not have a political bias and invites participation regardless of the cause. Originally a small drawing, Covey expanded the image to suggest the infinite number of causes facing society. As a fine print artist, Covey became interested in Tyvek because it had a texture similar to Japanese rice paper, a material she frequently uses for her wood engravings. After months of consultation with DuPont Graphics and a FASTSIGNS franchise in Antioch, TN, 0 was digitized and printed on DuPont banner media. This is one of the largest fine art projects with which DuPont has been involved. There are a number of ways in which viewers can participate, including: * The evening reception on Friday, October 5 will include a performance piece in which the public is invited to participate. * From 12-4 on November 17, the AAC will host Speaker's Corner, an open mic opportunity for anyone to come speak about causes important to them. * A number of tyvek mural workshops are available for school groups. * The public is invited to submit artwork, video, writings, or music on The 0 Project website and blog. The project also has a Second Life component. * A complete listing of events and a link to The 0 Project: http://www.rosemarycovey.com/0/ From tedwards at gmail.com Wed Oct 3 19:10:59 2007 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Wed Oct 3 19:11:02 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Three Cool Things Coming Up Message-ID: <2fd1fa350710031610y62ebc5a1le01628d6feff4cdc@mail.gmail.com> 1) A MITH Digital Dialogue Tuesday, October 9, 12:30-1:45 MITH Conference Room, McKeldin Library B0135 "From ARPANET to the Internet: How a Military Project became a World-Wide Cultural Phenomenon, 1970-1995" by PAUL E. CERUZZI The emergence of a commercialized Internet is a very recent phenomenon. Historians and other scholars have examined its early history, especially its origins in the military-sponsored project ARPANET, named after the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency. At the other end of the scale, scholars, business journalists, and others have examined the rise and fall of the "dot.com" phenomenon, with studies of companies including Amazon, AOL, and Google. What is missing is a study of the transition between the two: how a network funded by taxpayers, and intended for a restricted set of users for restricted purposes, evolved into a worldwide cultural phenomenon, open to all, with almost no restrictions on its use for commercial purposes. http://www.mith2.umd.edu/ 2) Princeton Laptop Orchestra: Come Unplugged Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007 Location: Koshland Science Museum Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Cost: $5 Age Range: 13+ Find out how a group of musicians can turn their laptops into instruments at the Princeton Laptop Orchestra's debut performance in Washington. Using their laptops and specialized computer-based language, PLOrk will give a live performance of their unique musical genre, followed by a discussion of how they use technology as a basis for their work. http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/events/upcomingevent.jsp?id=269 3) Petri Dish Circus The history of Microbiology in nine scenes of gags, burlesque, drollery and song..... * Nov 9 - Dec 2, 2007 * For adults and children aged ten and up (it's very smart.) * Performances: Fri., Sat. & Sun. at 7:30 pm, Sat. and Sun. at 4pm, Student matinees Nov. 15th & 29th at 12 pm. * Call 800-494-8497 for tickets! * For more information call 301-526-9921 At the Joe's Movement Emporium 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier , MD 301-526-9921 www.joesmovement.org PETRI DISH CIRCUS ? Microbiology as you've never seen it before. Rabies! Diphtheria! Malaria! Yoghurt! Suicide! Courage! Heroism! War! Juggling! Comedy sketches! Song and dance acts! Microscopes! Come see the daring-do of Louis Pasteur in his Parisian lab, the Scotch fortitude of Ronald Ross as he travels through disease-stricken Africa, and the sad Cuban saga of Walter Reed as he battles Yellow Jack. Inspired by Paul de Kruif's 1926 classic nonfiction novel MICROBE HUNTERS. http://www.activecultures.org/ From tedwards at gmail.com Wed Oct 10 16:12:42 2007 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Wed Oct 10 16:16:50 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] remote auction for SRL's Todd Blair Message-ID: <2fd1fa350710101312q2b0da0d4t1a1a66530aeb44b2@mail.gmail.com> Todd Blair from Survival Research Labs was involved in an accident when breaking down and SRL show in Amsterdam Sept. 23. Apparently a cage fell off a forklift and struck him, and he suffered severe head injuries . Dorkbot-SF is having an auction event to benefit Todd tonight, more info here: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/archive/200710/ You can also read about Todd's recovery here: http://toddblair.wordpress.com/ Karen from Dorkbot-SF also says you can participate remotely in the auction... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karen Marcelo Date: Oct 10, 2007 3:47 PM Subject: [dorkbotsf-blabber] remote auction To: dorkbotsf-blabber@dorkbot.org, dorkbotsf-announce@dorkbot.org hi all in case you cant make it tonight but are interested in any of the items on auction, just email dorkbotsf at dorkbot dot org with your bid and if it is still available after tonight we'll let you know if you won and make arrangements for payment/delivery. a note about the boingboing ad, the auction for that closes in december (exact date to be announced soon). if you know anyone that would be interested in that just have them email their bids in as well and we'll notify them when they win. it's a 125x125 ad space on boingboing that will run for a month (subject to a few boingboing terms see the link below). bids for this have already been accepted! list here: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsf/archive/200710/auction.html thanks! -Karen ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ From tedwards at gmail.com Fri Oct 12 16:24:33 2007 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Fri Oct 12 16:24:49 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Animal-Borne Imaging Symposium Message-ID: <2fd1fa350710121324s70dbfc82g6f3523157079378a@mail.gmail.com> The Animal-Borne Imaging Symposium Friday, October 12, 2007 One day about 20 years ago, a young biologist and filmmaker named Greg Marshall saw something while snorkeling along the coral reefs of Belize that fired his imagination. A small suckerfish known as a remora had attached itself to a much larger shark, and was "riding" along with the shark as it made its way around the reef. Marshall conceived the idea of attaching a small video camera to sharks and other sea creatures and thus was born Crittercam, an invention that has offered breathtaking glimpses into the animal world. Two decades later, Crittercam imagery has been shown in a number of National Geographic Television films, while the concept of allowing animals to record data about themselves has been adopted by other scientists, whose pioneering work has made "animal-borne imaging" a cutting-edge tool for studying wildlife. This fall, Marshall and National Geographic will host a three-day Animal-Borne Imaging Symposium (ABIS), which will bring together scientists from around the world to share ideas and discoveries from this new technology. As part of ABIS, National Geographic Live! will present film screenings, an exhibition, and other public events highlighting Crittercam and what it has taught us about the animal world. Friday, October 12 Public Presentations by Scientists Using Animal-Borne Imaging 1:15 pm John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research, "Blue Whales: A Crittercam Perspective" 2 pm Mike Heithaus, Florida International University, "Crittercam Down Under" 2:30 pm Terrie Williams, UC Santa Cruz, "Holes in the Planet Landscape: The Global Water Change Challenge to Large Animals" 3:15 pm Fred Sharpe, Alaska Whale Foundation, "Humpback Whales: Bubble-Net Feeding Strategy" 3:45 pm Frank Parrish and Charles Littnan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, "Changing Perspectives in Hawaiian Monk Seal Research" 4:30 pm Richard Reina, Monash University, Hold Your Breath!: Sex and Violence in the Leatherback Turtle World 7 pm Bear Island (Film Screening) Breaking new ground with deployment on land animals, Crittercam offers an unprecedented close up look at the coastal brown grizzly bears of Alaska's Chichagof Island. Film will be followed by a discussion with Greg Marshall and Lavern Beier of Alaska's Department of Fish and Game. Crittercam Day Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 10 a.m. A seal outfitted with a Crittercam Photograph by Birgit Buhleier As part of a three-day Animal-Borne Imaging Symposium, National Geographic presents a day of activities, including screenings of wildlife films made using the Crittercam technology pioneered by the Geographic's Greg Marshall, an entertaining program from Busch Gardens featuring live animals, and a chance to experience an exciting exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of Crittercam's invention. 10 am Wild Detectives See selections from the new show for children produced by National Geographic Mission Programs in which scientists use Crittercam and other tools to solve mysteries of animal behavior. Hosted by veteran Crittercam researcher Birgit Buhleier. 11 am Wild Chronicles A screening of Crittercam-related segments of Wild Chronicles, a show produced by National Geographic Mission Programs that looks at the human relationship with nature, highlighting breakthrough science that offers real hope for the future. 12 pm Saving the Wild A collaboration between Busch Gardens, Sea World, and National Geographic, Saving the Wild is a unique experience created for students in grades 4-12, an interactive show with a live host, live animals, and video stories of field conservation projects. 12:30 pm Meet the Animals An opportunity to visit with live animals from Busch Gardens and Sea World! 1 pm Global Warming and the Animal World A panel discussion with scientists Jerry Kooyman of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Brendan Kelly of the National Science Foundation, and Jeff Seminoff of NOAA. 1:45 pm Sustaining Our Fisheries Richard Reina of Monash University, Greg Skomal of the Massachusetts Division of State Fisheries, and Moira Brown of the New England Aquarium discuss how animal-borne imaging is used to improve sustainability in fisheries around the world. 2:15 pm The Value of Animal Instrumentation A panel discussion with scientists Jeff Seminoff of NOAA, Tracey Rogers of the Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre, and Jeff Carrier of Albion College. 3 pm Saving the Wild (repeat of 12 pm program) 3:30 pm Meet the Animals (repeat of 12:30 pm program) 4 pm Emperors of the Ice Crittercam travels to Antarctica to see how emperor penguins are coping with global warming. Followed by a discussion with Greg Marshall and Jerry Kooyman of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Visit the National Geographic Museum exhibition "Crittercam" Aug 31, 2007-Jan 2, 2008, 17th & M Streets. Location Tickets Grosvenor Auditorium National Geographic Society 1600 M Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 +1 202 857 7700 Free! No tickets required From tedwards at gmail.com Mon Oct 15 14:54:47 2007 From: tedwards at gmail.com (Thomas Edwards) Date: Mon Oct 15 14:54:52 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Fwd: [DIGISTUD] 11/7 Washington DC Area Tech & Humanities Forum In-Reply-To: <62f02aa20710140944p30d6cc8ayb06045fcf88baf88@mail.gmail.com> References: <62f02aa20710140944p30d6cc8ayb06045fcf88baf88@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2fd1fa350710151154w119c0152g3b5d3e52593c3bc7@mail.gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matt Kirschenbaum Subject: [DIGISTUD] 11/7 Washington DC Area Tech & Humanities Forum This fall the Washington DC Area Forum on Technology and the Humanities is pleased to present: Bob Stein on "The Evolution of Reading and Writing in the Networked Era" For the past several hundred years intellectual discourse has been shaped by the rhythms and hierarchies inherent in the nature of print. As discourse shifts from page to screen, and more significantly to a networked environment, the old definitions and relations are undergoing substantial changes. The shift in our world view from individual to network holds the promise of a radical reconfiguraton in culture. Notions of authority are being challenged. The roles of author and reader are morphing and blurring. Publishing, methods of distribution, peer review and copyright - every crucial aspect of the way we move ideas around - is up for grabs. The new digital technologies afford vastly different outcomes ranging from oppressive to liberating. How we make this shift has critical long term implications for human society. Our speaker will be Robert Stein, director of the Institute for the Future of the Book (http://www.futureofthebook.org). The institute has two principal activities. one is building high-end tools for making rich media electronic documents (part of the Mellon Foundation's higher-ed digital infrastructure initiative) and the other is exploring and hopefully influencing the evolution of new forms of intellectual expression and discourse. Previously Stein was the founder of The Voyager Company where over a 13-year period he led the development of over 300 titles in The Criterion Collection, a series of definitive films on videodisc, and more than 75 CD ROM titles including the CD Companion to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Who Built America, and the Voyager edition of Macbeth. We will meet on Wednesday November 7, 2007 from 4:30-7:00 PM on George Mason University's Fairfax campus in Room 163 of the Research 1 Building. There will be an informal dinner after the forum, at a cost of $10 per person. You must RSVP to Meredith Mayo (mmayo1@gmu.edu) by October 30, 2007 if you would like to have dinner. Co-sponsored by the Center for History & New Media (CHNM) at George Mason, the Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship (CNDLS) at Georgetown, and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), the DC Area Technology and Humanities Forum explores important issues in humanities computing and provide an opportunity for DC area scholars interested the uses of new technology in the humanities to meet and get acquainted. The Research 1 building is located on the main Fairfax campus of George Mason University (http://coyote.gmu.edu/map/maphtml/researchi). Parking is located directly across from the building in the Sandy Creek Parking Deck (http://coyote.gmu.edu/map/maphtml/parkingdeck2.html). From lists at mediadog.com Sat Oct 20 18:41:35 2007 From: lists at mediadog.com (Lorne Covington) Date: Sat Oct 20 18:41:52 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Cheapo embedded PCs Message-ID: <471A841F.9010907@mediadog.com> While browsing for something completely unrelated, I stumbled across some cheap, small PCs. Intel has a MiniITX board, with 1.33GHz Celeron, fan, gfx, net, sound, USB, etc. for $70: http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-D201GLY-Mini-ITX-Motherboard There's an Elite with Via C7 1.5GHz, and direct 12V, for $100 (but it does use pricier SODIMMs): http://www.mini-box.com/Elite-C7-1-5G Considering the price, that these are only 6.75" square, and all the Linux/Windoze tools you can run, I know what my next project is going to use! Mini-box.com in general has some cool Auto-PC based stuff: cases, DC PC power supplies, etc. Have fun! - Lorne From dorkbot-dc at dpe.lusars.net Sat Oct 20 19:18:32 2007 From: dorkbot-dc at dpe.lusars.net (David Edwards) Date: Sat Oct 20 19:24:22 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Cheapo embedded PCs In-Reply-To: <471A841F.9010907@mediadog.com> References: <471A841F.9010907@mediadog.com> Message-ID: Also, rumor has Intel releasing a D201GLY2 sometime in the November/December timeframe... If the rumor is right, it'll have a slightly slower CPU that can run without active cooling. Also, it's rumored to have the SATA connectors soldered in. (The GLY has the motherboard traces for SATA, but no connectors.) If you want something smaller with lower power consumption (but still big enough to run Linux), Atmel makes a AVR32-based board (with Linux BSP) called the ATNGW100 that can probably be found for about $75, aimed mostly at developing network gateways (2 ethernet ports + USB B port + RS232). On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Lorne Covington wrote: > While browsing for something completely unrelated, I stumbled across > some cheap, small PCs. > > Intel has a MiniITX board, with 1.33GHz Celeron, fan, gfx, net, sound, > USB, etc. for $70: > > http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-D201GLY-Mini-ITX-Motherboard > > There's an Elite with Via C7 1.5GHz, and direct 12V, for $100 (but it > does use pricier SODIMMs): > > http://www.mini-box.com/Elite-C7-1-5G > > Considering the price, that these are only 6.75" square, and all the > Linux/Windoze tools you can run, I know what my next project is going to > use! > > Mini-box.com in general has some cool Auto-PC based stuff: cases, DC PC > power supplies, etc. > > Have fun! > > - Lorne > > > > ........................................................................ > .......dorkbot dc: people doing strange things with electricity......... > ................... http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotdc ....................... > ........................................................................ > > From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Sat Oct 20 20:00:53 2007 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Sat Oct 20 20:00:57 2007 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Cheapo embedded PCs] Message-ID: <471A96B5.5030109@dorkbot.org> Accidentally discarded these two messages via mailman. Still getting used to the interface and the amount of spam is pretty impressive. Apologies to Lorne and David, but here they are. Alberto -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: David Edwards Subject: Re: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Cheapo embedded PCs Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:18:32 -0400 (EDT) Size: 5647 Url: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotdc-blabber/attachments/20071020/da0ef7d1/dorkbotdc-blabberCheapoembeddedPCs-0001.eml From gina at biverstudio.com Sun Oct 21 12:32:29 2007 From: gina at biverstudio.com (Gina Biver) Date: Sun Oct 21 12:32:34 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] music concert with Max/MSP/Jitter artist Message-ID: Don't miss the exciting first performance of SPLASH ensemble! Concert will premiere Gina Biver's TIme Pieces and works by other modern composers. Sunday, October 28m 2007 Kreeger Auditorium of the Gildenhorn/Speisman Center for the Arts JCC of Greater Washington 6125 Montrose Road Rockville, MD www.jccgw.org Admission is free for this special event* The show will consist of modern music performed with projected video animations, triggered in real time by the musicians themselves. Featuring visuals by new-media artist Edgar Endress, with stage installation art by Howard Connelly, and special guests including jazz trumpeter Scott Forrey and spoken word by M Magnus. For more details, visit www.ginabiver.com *Concert is funded in part by a Composers Assistance Project Grant from the American Music Center. Gina Biver www.ginabiver.com 703-280-4768 (c)703-901-1912 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotdc-blabber/attachments/20071021/235729c0/attachment.html From lists at mediadog.com Sun Oct 21 13:41:32 2007 From: lists at mediadog.com (Lorne Covington) Date: Sun Oct 21 13:48:26 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] music concert with Max/MSP/Jitter artist In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <471B8F4C.7090702@mediadog.com> New music, free, Sunday afternoon - what's not to like? (It's at 1 PM for those interested.) Cheers! - Lorne Gina Biver wrote: > Don't miss the exciting first performance of SPLASH ensemble! Concert > will premiere *Gina Bive**r's* TIme Pieces and works by other modern > composers. > > Sunday, October 28m 2007 > Kreeger Auditorium of the Gildenhorn/Speisman Center for the Arts > JCC of Greater Washington > 6125 Montrose Road > Rockville, MD > www.jccgw.org > > *Admission is free* for this special event* > > The show will consist of modern music performed with projected video > animations, triggered in real time by the musicians themselves. > Featuring visuals by new-media artist *Edgar Endress*, with stage > installation art by Howard Connelly, and special guests including jazz > trumpeter Scott Forrey and spoken word by M Magnus. For more details, > visit www.ginabiver.com > > *Concert is funded in part by a Composers Assistance Project Grant > from the American Music Center. > > Gina Biver > www.ginabiver.com > 703-280-4768 > (c)703-901-1912 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotdc-blabber/attachments/20071021/20a651a8/attachment.html From katie at hoteldetective.org Tue Oct 23 13:50:41 2007 From: katie at hoteldetective.org (Katie Bechtold) Date: Tue Oct 23 13:54:32 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] photos from last night's meeting Message-ID: <20071023175041.GD7778@blue> Here are my photos from last night's meeting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/sets/72157602635924579/ I'm sorry I didn't arrive in time to take pictures of Tom's talk -- blame Metro! -- Katie Bechtold http://hoteldetective.org/ From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Tue Oct 23 14:23:00 2007 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Tue Oct 23 14:22:52 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] photos from last night's meeting In-Reply-To: <20071023175041.GD7778@blue> References: <20071023175041.GD7778@blue> Message-ID: <471E3C04.1060605@dorkbot.org> Thanks, Katie! I'll link to them a bit later this week. Alberto On 10/23/07 1:50 PM, Katie Bechtold wrote: > Here are my photos from last night's meeting: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/sets/72157602635924579/ > > I'm sorry I didn't arrive in time to take pictures of Tom's talk -- > blame Metro! > From dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org Thu Oct 25 09:27:24 2007 From: dorkbotdc at dorkbot.org (Dorkbot DC) Date: Thu Oct 25 09:45:56 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] LemonSaltSugar: A Tongue Opera-Improv Message-ID: <472099BC.8050800@dorkbot.org> LemonSaltSugar: A Tongue Opera-Improv Conk & Bang, a DC-based improv video-electronic music duo, bring a tongue-centric synesthetic experience to the Warehouse on Halloween night (Oct. 31. 8 p.m., $10). Audience members will receive lemon, salt, and sugar to enhance their viewing experience. when: October 31 Wednesday-8 p.m. where: The Warehouse Warehouse is located at 1017-1021 7th Street NW, between New York Ave. and L St. in downtown Washington, DC ? across the street from the new Washington Convention Center. Washington DC t: 202 783 3933 cost: $10 suggested donation. for more info: The Warehouse 202 783 3933 or http://www.warehousetheater.com/aboutus.php Conk aka Jeannine Mjoseth, 6?2? blond Norwegian-American, former professional wrestler, video artist, and independent curator (remember ?Curve? at Signal 66?), projects for the first time hundreds of highly individualized tongue performances taped at assorted venues (were you there?): * ARTOMATIC @ HECHINGERS * MARDI GRAS @ AVAM * HALLOWEEN AND JULY FOURTH @ TAKOMA PARK?S FUNKIEST * VENUES * GAY PRIDE PARADE * TWIN OAKS WOMEN GATHERING ?Multi-sensory experiences build empathy,? Conk says. ?In the tongue opera-improv, Bang and I will perform Pavlovian magic with the viewer/listeners/participants. He will be creating and responding in real-time (RT), I will be creating and responding RT, and we hope the audience will be creating/responding RT, too. We may also have a live video feed for the extra-extraverted people who are willing to risk a tongue improv of their own!? Bang, aka Pavlov aka Steve "da sleeve" Hilmy, the not quite 6"2" blondish, Scottish-Egyptian, ultra-running, tattooed, Director of GWU?s computer music studio cites musical influences of Witold Lutoslawski, Trent Reznor, Gyorgy Ligeti, and KC & the Sunshine Band. ?By the end of the performance, we will be able to play a sound or show a clip and prompt mass salivation -- or not,? Bang says. From lists at mediadog.com Thu Oct 25 17:26:07 2007 From: lists at mediadog.com (Lorne Covington) Date: Thu Oct 25 17:27:11 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] FCC Media Hearing in DC Oct. 31st Message-ID: <472109EF.7000002@mediadog.com> Just in time for Halloween, the FCC has announced a surprise hearing in DC about something that should really scare you: media consolidation! They're still trying to rush new rules allowing for huge media conglomerates to become truly gargantuan. The short notice is to reduce the attendance, since folks that show up at these are usually against those changes (big media gets to talk to the FCC all it wants, anytime it wants). *FCC Public Hearing on Media Localism* *Date:* Wednesday, Oct. 31 *Time:* 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. /(come early to sign up to testify)/ *Location:* FCC Headquarters 445 12th Street SW Washington, D.C. More Information: www.stopbigmedia.com/=dc Seeya there! - Lorne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotdc-blabber/attachments/20071025/7a611fb7/attachment.html From alberto.gaitan at gmail.com Fri Oct 26 19:39:57 2007 From: alberto.gaitan at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alberto_Gait=E1n?=) Date: Fri Oct 26 19:39:34 2007 Subject: [dorkbotdc-blabber] Dorkbot SL meeting on Sunday 28 Oct, 4pm EDT Message-ID: <47227ACD.2050208@gmail.com> Notice From: Evo Szuyuan The 4th Dorkbot Session SL will take place sunday 28 Oktober 1 pm PDT / 22:00 CET and start at the Odyssey Simulator, featuring Nnoiz Papp (Tobias Becker) and Juria Yoshikawa (Lance Shields). Please see the attachment and the Dorkbot SL blog for details. http://rhizomatic.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/dorkbot-session-announcement-2/ Hope to see you all sunday!