From morishuz at gmail.com Mon Mar 2 09:07:42 2009 From: morishuz at gmail.com (Mauritius Seeger) Date: Mon Mar 2 09:07:57 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Electrovision - 7:30pm - 9th March 2009 - Cafe 1001 Message-ID: <87f894c40903020607y7ac14da4v959f933904480a3f@mail.gmail.com> [image: Electrovision flyer] Electrovision , London's most inventive visuals event, returns to Brick Lane's Cafe 1001 on Monday 9th March from 7:30pm. *Free Entry* Special guest SATBack provides a glimpse into the future of VJing. His multi-touch-screen VJ system VPlay is a new paradigm of VJ interaction. Designed for collaboration, it gets the VJ out from behind the laptop, and allows the audience to get involved. Clips, effects, mixers and more can be dragged and linked on-screen to create dynamic visual flows. Direct from the lab, this pioneering prototype showcases the dramatic possibilities of surface computing. This month's Electrovision also features Pixelpusher, whose kaleidescopic moving montages are accompanied by Cheju's new album Broken Waves. Motion graphic designer Paul Mumford [Labmeta] gets out his microscope, to present an experimental DJ/VJ set on life at the nano-scale, featuring the secret life of particles. Relaxed live cinema from Bassik+Pz blurs the boundaries between film and VJing, with The_Brandy_Alexander_Project set to electronic dub. Finally Oli Sorenson [VJ Anyone] provides a DVJ grand finale, which includes the very latest AV single from his label Ne1co. more info here *Electrovision* *7:30 - 11:30pm 9th March 2009 Free entry* Cafe 1001 1 Dray Walk, 91 Brick Lane London E1 [image: dr.mo logo] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20090302/bbddb2be/attachment.html From alex at slab.org Tue Mar 3 06:35:18 2009 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Tue Mar 3 06:35:33 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Thursday Club, 5th March: Arthur Elsenaar Message-ID: <1236080118.17082.16.camel@duck> Free, all welcome. Programmed and Organised by the Goldsmiths Digital Studios. Supported by the Goldsmiths Graduate School and the Department of Computing. ARTHUR ELSENAAR Date: Thursday 5 March 2009 Location: Seminar Rooms, ground floor, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths College http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/ Time: 18:00 - 20:00 Controlling the human face by a computer instead of the brain can make the face perform in unexpected and often surprising ways. In his current PhD research Arthur is investigating the fundamentals that constitute the computer-controlled face as a medium for algorithmic kinetic art. Humans normally use their faces in a limited way although their facial hardware allows for an enormous range of possible facial patterns. This range of patterns, referred to as 'face-space', is huge and largely unexplored. The level of control that digital technologies can offer allows for a systematic exploration of 'face-space'. The research presented systematically explores this by applying algorithms to map out sections of this space. Controlling the human face by computer clearly shows that biological entities can perform in a different and much more consistent way than when control is left to its biological counterpart, the brain. Digital control of biological entities points to a post-biological future reminiscent of the wildest cyborgian dreams. But the research here does not alter, change or embed elements/parts in the human body; it merely changes its control scheme. ARTHUR ELSENAAR dropped out of electrical engineering due to his heavy involvement in the '80s pirate radio and TV scene, when he operated an illegal radio station and built radio-transmitters for many pirate stations around the Netherlands. He graduated the Fine Art Academy Minerva (Netherlands) in 1993, where he developed radar-controlled interactive sculptures. Since then he investigates the artistic possibilities of the computer-controlled human face. His award-winning work has been presented throughout Europe and USA. He is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University. Programmed and Organised by Goldsmiths Digital Studios. Supported by Goldsmiths Graduate School & Department of Computing. http://thethursdayclub.net/ From matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk Thu Mar 5 03:56:24 2009 From: matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk (Matthew Wilson) Date: Thu Mar 5 03:56:40 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... Message-ID: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> Does anyone know either: Who supplies cascading amber (or yellow) lights mounted on top of traffic cones that are used at the beginning of roadworks, where the flashing light 'runs' down the cones from the start to the end or How do they work - I assume there is something like an infra-red link between the units to keep them in sync. Cheers, - MDW. From mike at electricstuff.co.uk Thu Mar 5 04:27:06 2009 From: mike at electricstuff.co.uk (Mike Harrison) Date: Thu Mar 5 04:27:16 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... In-Reply-To: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> References: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: <2m6vq4h5k04g682kqe5phno46gq7ce7rv0@4ax.com> On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:56:24 +0000, you wrote: >Does anyone know either: > >Who supplies cascading amber (or yellow) lights mounted on top of >traffic cones that are used at the beginning of roadworks, where the >flashing light 'runs' down the cones from the start to the end > >or > >How do they work - I assume there is something like an infra-red link >between the units to keep them in sync. > >Cheers, > >- MDW. >........................................................................ >.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... >..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ >........................................................................ http://www.dorman.co.uk/road/traffic-management/index.html Yes, I think they use IR From steve at sixnines.net Thu Mar 5 05:36:50 2009 From: steve at sixnines.net (steve allen) Date: Thu Mar 5 05:37:17 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... In-Reply-To: <2m6vq4h5k04g682kqe5phno46gq7ce7rv0@4ax.com> References: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> <2m6vq4h5k04g682kqe5phno46gq7ce7rv0@4ax.com> Message-ID: <1236249410.6126.6.camel@laptop> On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 09:27 +0000, Mike Harrison wrote: > On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:56:24 +0000, you wrote: > > >Does anyone know either: > > > >Who supplies cascading amber (or yellow) lights mounted on top of > >traffic cones that are used at the beginning of roadworks, where the > >flashing light 'runs' down the cones from the start to the end > > > >or > > > >How do they work - I assume there is something like an infra-red link > >between the units to keep them in sync. > > > >Cheers, > > > >- MDW. > >........................................................................ > >.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > >..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > >........................................................................ > > http://www.dorman.co.uk/road/traffic-management/index.html > > Yes, I think they use IR > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ how very dissapointing I always imagined it was a highly speacialised team that turned them on just at the right time. From julie at lubric.com Thu Mar 5 06:05:26 2009 From: julie at lubric.com (julie freeman) Date: Thu Mar 5 06:05:41 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... In-Reply-To: <1236249410.6126.6.camel@laptop> References: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> <2m6vq4h5k04g682kqe5phno46gq7ce7rv0@4ax.com> <1236249410.6126.6.camel@laptop> Message-ID: At the kinetica art show there was an exhibit by Chris O Shea using those beacons I think... he may have more tech details... http://www.chrisoshea.org/projects/beacon/ Julie On 5 Mar 2009, at 16:06, steve allen wrote: > On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 09:27 +0000, Mike Harrison wrote: >> On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:56:24 +0000, you wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know either: >>> >>> Who supplies cascading amber (or yellow) lights mounted on top of >>> traffic cones that are used at the beginning of roadworks, where the >>> flashing light 'runs' down the cones from the start to the end >>> >>> or >>> >>> How do they work - I assume there is something like an infra-red >>> link >>> between the units to keep them in sync. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> - MDW. >>> .................................................................... >>> .... >>> .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with >>> electricity.......... >>> ..........................http:// >>> dorkbot.org............................ >>> .................................................................... >>> .... >> >> http://www.dorman.co.uk/road/traffic-management/index.html >> >> Yes, I think they use IR >> ..................................................................... >> ... >> .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with >> electricity.......... >> ..........................http:// >> dorkbot.org............................ >> ..................................................................... >> ... > > how very dissapointing > I always imagined it was a highly speacialised team that turned > them on > just at the right time. > > ...................................................................... > .. > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with > electricity.......... > ..........................http:// > dorkbot.org............................ > ...................................................................... > .. From matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk Thu Mar 5 07:35:18 2009 From: matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk (Matthew Wilson) Date: Thu Mar 5 07:35:32 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... In-Reply-To: <1236249410.6126.6.camel@laptop> References: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> <2m6vq4h5k04g682kqe5phno46gq7ce7rv0@4ax.com> <1236249410.6126.6.camel@laptop> Message-ID: <49AFC706.2000307@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> steve allen wrote: > how very dissapointing > I always imagined it was a highly speacialised team that turned them on > just at the right time. That would be ace :-D Actually I find the self synchronisation bit must be quite clever to deal with 'just switch the lamps on and place them' specification for the workmen. Thanks for the replies so far, now I know the sort of phrases to use to search for the lamps, such as 'cone light' and 'taper' (which is the term for the line closing the lane) and there's a few types of these lamps. Now I can vaguely understand how an infra-red system might work in relation to where the position of the lamps are and when to flash but how would a radio based system work? http://www.horizont.com/signaltechnik/english/TopLEDSynchro_GB.pdf Although how does the lamp at the front with either system know it's to start the sequence? And what happens to keep the thing going if a lamp fails? All this started from driving through some roadworks last night which led to an idea for an experiment using cascading flashes and a 'well how would you do it' question? Anyway, better get on with the day job for now... - MDW. From mike at electricstuff.co.uk Thu Mar 5 08:01:59 2009 From: mike at electricstuff.co.uk (Mike Harrison) Date: Thu Mar 5 08:03:01 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... In-Reply-To: <49AFC706.2000307@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> References: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> <2m6vq4h5k04g682kqe5phno46gq7ce7rv0@4ax.com> <1236249410.6126.6.camel@laptop> <49AFC706.2000307@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: <00jvq4hh6v72qrlorgsucr86b67i45ot65@4ax.com> On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:18 +0000, you wrote: >steve allen wrote: > >> how very dissapointing >> I always imagined it was a highly speacialised team that turned them on >> just at the right time. > >That would be ace :-D > >Actually I find the self synchronisation bit must be quite clever to >deal with 'just switch the lamps on and place them' specification for >the workmen. > >Thanks for the replies so far, now I know the sort of phrases to use to >search for the lamps, such as 'cone light' and 'taper' (which is the >term for the line closing the lane) and there's a few types of these lamps. > >Now I can vaguely understand how an infra-red system might work in >relation to where the position of the lamps are and when to flash but >how would a radio based system work? > >http://www.horizont.com/signaltechnik/english/TopLEDSynchro_GB.pdf I think the radio part is only to receive a time signal - maybe to make them operate at certain times? It mentions the German time signal at Frankfurt. >Although how does the lamp at the front with either system know it's to >start the sequence? It can't see anything else talking to it within the timeframe it would expect. e.g. if no signal seen for 1.5 secs, start flashing >And what happens to keep the thing going if a lamp fails? As above -if ones further down don't see a signal, they assume they are first - wouldn't keep the whole line in sync but you'd still get a useable system From adrian at toynbee.org.uk Thu Mar 5 08:16:36 2009 From: adrian at toynbee.org.uk (Adrian Godwin) Date: Thu Mar 5 08:16:58 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... In-Reply-To: <00jvq4hh6v72qrlorgsucr86b67i45ot65@4ax.com> References: <49AF93B8.9050902@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> <2m6vq4h5k04g682kqe5phno46gq7ce7rv0@4ax.com> <1236249410.6126.6.camel@laptop> <49AFC706.2000307@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> <00jvq4hh6v72qrlorgsucr86b67i45ot65@4ax.com> Message-ID: <49AFD0B4.7000509@toynbee.org.uk> Mike Harrison wrote: > On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:18 +0000, you wrote: > >> steve allen wrote: >> >> Although how does the lamp at the front with either system know it's to >> start the sequence? > > It can't see anything else talking to it within the timeframe it would expect. e.g. if no signal > seen for 1.5 secs, start flashing > > >> And what happens to keep the thing going if a lamp fails? > > As above -if ones further down don't see a signal, they assume they are first - wouldn't keep the > whole line in sync but you'd still get a useable system > They might be triggered by their own strobes, like a slave flash (the strobe signal should be quite distinct from a car headlight). I wonder what would happen if you fired a photo flash at the last in the line, just as the cascade started from the other end ? -adrian From pixelsumo at gmail.com Thu Mar 5 08:58:47 2009 From: pixelsumo at gmail.com (Chris O'Shea) Date: Thu Mar 5 08:58:59 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Re: Cascading amber warning lights... Message-ID: <49AFDA97.80700@gmail.com> Beacon was by myself and Cinimod Studio www.beaconinstallation.com Mike Harrison did all the electronic engineering. -- Chris O'Shea +44 208 133 7462 www.chrisoshea.org www.pixelsumo.com www.thishappened.org From lists at lowfrequency.org Sat Mar 7 06:55:27 2009 From: lists at lowfrequency.org (evan.raskob [lists]) Date: Sat Mar 7 06:55:39 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Re: Cascading amber warning lights... In-Reply-To: <49AFDA97.80700@gmail.com> References: <49AFDA97.80700@gmail.com> Message-ID: <67433755-2677-43A4-BDE8-E4AC1D26915E@lowfrequency.org> Is there any electronic/LED-based installation in London that Mike HASN'T done?? ;) On 5 Mar 2009, at 13:58, Chris O'Shea wrote: > > Beacon was by myself and Cinimod Studio > www.beaconinstallation.com > > Mike Harrison did all the electronic engineering. > -- > Chris O'Shea > > +44 208 133 7462 > > www.chrisoshea.org > www.pixelsumo.com > www.thishappened.org From sophie.mcdonald at gmail.com Fri Mar 13 12:26:41 2009 From: sophie.mcdonald at gmail.com (sophie McDonald) Date: Fri Mar 13 12:26:52 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] MzTEK Unplugged Message-ID: Dear all, You are warmly invited to the first MzTEK Unplugged night on March 18th, 7pm - 9pm at The Brittannia Pub (44 Kipling Street, SE1 3RU). MzTEK Unplugged is a new series of informal round table discussions at the local pub. Guest speaker Lisa Haskel has worked with media artists for over 20 years, originally as an organizer, and more recently by providing technical support and teaching the technical fundamentals of creative work on the Web ? including networking, programming, and server administration. Demonstrating samples of former student programming projects, Lisa will open up a discussion on the importance and applications of programming knowledge for media artists, and strategies for acquiring these skills. // MzTEK Unplugged // Hosting a range of speakers who practice computer art, new media art, activism, curation, and promotion, Unplugged is designed as an opportunity to shut our laptops for an evening, and draw on the skills and experience of the media arts community. Unplugged gathers fortnightly through May 2009, and is open to the public. Free. For more details, please visit our site: http://www.mztek.org/pub-meet/ Upcoming workshops and events: http://www.mztek.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= // MzTEK // is a peer-led, educational organization for women artists and technologists in new media and computer arts. With a helping hand from [ Space Media ] we aim to extend career development and education opportunities for women working or wishing to work in media and computer arts sectors. In addition to Unplugged, we host ongoing Peer2Peer workshops and will soon launch uTEK: a unique, peer-devised taught course in new media arts. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Our events are free and open to the public. Join our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com Sign up for our mailing list: http://www.mztek.org/contact/ Contact us at info@mztek.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20090314/a67b9084/attachment-0001.html From sophie.mcdonald at gmail.com Sat Mar 14 11:11:07 2009 From: sophie.mcdonald at gmail.com (sophie McDonald) Date: Sat Mar 14 11:11:19 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Re: dorkbotlondon-blabber Digest, Vol 65, Issue 2 In-Reply-To: <20090314145352.BC746436AB3@music.columbia.edu> References: <20090314145352.BC746436AB3@music.columbia.edu> Message-ID: Hi Ian, hi all, Yes, the MzTEK Unplugged pub discussions are open to the wider public, including men. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Hope you can make it. Sophie 2009/3/14 > Send dorkbotlondon-blabber mailing list submissions to > dorkbotlondon-blabber@dorkbot.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotlondon-blabber > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > dorkbotlondon-blabber-request@dorkbot.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > dorkbotlondon-blabber-owner@dorkbot.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of dorkbotlondon-blabber digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Cascading amber warning lights... (Mike Harrison) > 2. Re: Cascading amber warning lights... (Adrian Godwin) > 3. Re: Cascading amber warning lights... (Chris O'Shea) > 4. Re: Re: Cascading amber warning lights... (evan.raskob [lists]) > 5. MzTEK Unplugged (sophie McDonald) > 6. Re: MzTEK Unplugged (Ian Morrison) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:01:59 +0000 > From: Mike Harrison > Subject: Re: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... > To: A discussion list for dorkbot-london > > Message-ID: <00jvq4hh6v72qrlorgsucr86b67i45ot65@4ax.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:18 +0000, you wrote: > > >steve allen wrote: > > > >> how very dissapointing > >> I always imagined it was a highly speacialised team that turned them on > >> just at the right time. > > > >That would be ace :-D > > > >Actually I find the self synchronisation bit must be quite clever to > >deal with 'just switch the lamps on and place them' specification for > >the workmen. > > > >Thanks for the replies so far, now I know the sort of phrases to use to > >search for the lamps, such as 'cone light' and 'taper' (which is the > >term for the line closing the lane) and there's a few types of these > lamps. > > > >Now I can vaguely understand how an infra-red system might work in > >relation to where the position of the lamps are and when to flash but > >how would a radio based system work? > > > >http://www.horizont.com/signaltechnik/english/TopLEDSynchro_GB.pdf > > I think the radio part is only to receive a time signal - maybe to make > them operate at certain > times? It mentions the German time signal at Frankfurt. > > >Although how does the lamp at the front with either system know it's to > >start the sequence? > > It can't see anything else talking to it within the timeframe it would > expect. e.g. if no signal > seen for 1.5 secs, start flashing > > > >And what happens to keep the thing going if a lamp fails? > > As above -if ones further down don't see a signal, they assume they are > first - wouldn't keep the > whole line in sync but you'd still get a useable system > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:16:36 +0000 > From: Adrian Godwin > Subject: Re: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Cascading amber warning lights... > To: A discussion list for dorkbot-london > > Message-ID: <49AFD0B4.7000509@toynbee.org.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Mike Harrison wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:18 +0000, you wrote: > > > >> steve allen wrote: > >> > >> Although how does the lamp at the front with either system know it's to > >> start the sequence? > > > > It can't see anything else talking to it within the timeframe it would > expect. e.g. if no signal > > seen for 1.5 secs, start flashing > > > > > >> And what happens to keep the thing going if a lamp fails? > > > > As above -if ones further down don't see a signal, they assume they are > first - wouldn't keep the > > whole line in sync but you'd still get a useable system > > > > They might be triggered by their own strobes, like a slave flash (the > strobe signal should be quite distinct from a car headlight). > > I wonder what would happen if you fired a photo flash at the last in the > line, just as the cascade started from the other end ? > > -adrian > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:58:47 +0000 > From: "Chris O'Shea" > Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Re: Cascading amber warning lights... > To: dorkbotlondon-blabber@dorkbot.org > Message-ID: <49AFDA97.80700@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > Beacon was by myself and Cinimod Studio > www.beaconinstallation.com > > Mike Harrison did all the electronic engineering. > -- > Chris O'Shea > > +44 208 133 7462 > > www.chrisoshea.org > www.pixelsumo.com > www.thishappened.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 11:55:27 +0000 > From: "evan.raskob [lists]" > Subject: Re: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Re: Cascading amber warning > lights... > To: A discussion list for dorkbot-london > > Message-ID: <67433755-2677-43A4-BDE8-E4AC1D26915E@lowfrequency.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Is there any electronic/LED-based installation in London that Mike > HASN'T done?? > > ;) > > > On 5 Mar 2009, at 13:58, Chris O'Shea wrote: > > > > > Beacon was by myself and Cinimod Studio > > www.beaconinstallation.com > > > > Mike Harrison did all the electronic engineering. > > -- > > Chris O'Shea > > > > +44 208 133 7462 > > > > www.chrisoshea.org > > www.pixelsumo.com > > www.thishappened.org > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:26:41 +0000 > From: sophie McDonald > Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] MzTEK Unplugged > To: dorkbotlondon-blabber@dorkbot.org > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Dear all, > > You are warmly invited to the first MzTEK Unplugged night on March 18th, > 7pm - 9pm at The Brittannia Pub (44 Kipling Street, SE1 3RU). > > MzTEK Unplugged is a new series of informal round table discussions at the > local pub. Guest speaker Lisa Haskel has worked with media artists for > over 20 years, originally as an organizer, and more recently by providing > technical support and teaching the technical fundamentals of creative work > on the Web ? including networking, programming, and server administration. > > Demonstrating samples of former student programming projects, Lisa will > open up a discussion on the importance and applications of programming > knowledge for media artists, and strategies for acquiring these skills. > > // MzTEK Unplugged // Hosting a range of speakers who practice computer > art, new media art, activism, curation, and promotion, Unplugged is > designed as an opportunity to shut our laptops for an evening, and draw on > the skills and experience of the media arts community. Unplugged gathers > fortnightly through May 2009, and is open to the public. Free. > > For more details, please visit our site: http://www.mztek.org/pub-meet/ > > Upcoming workshops and events: http://www.mztek.org > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > // MzTEK // is a peer-led, educational organization for women artists and > technologists in new media and computer arts. With a helping hand from [ > Space Media ] we aim to extend career development and education > opportunities for women working or wishing to work in media and computer > arts sectors. In addition to Unplugged, we host ongoing Peer2Peer > workshops and will soon launch uTEK: a unique, peer-devised taught course > in new media arts. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Our events are free and open to the public. > > Join our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com > > Sign up for our mailing list: http://www.mztek.org/contact/ > > Contact us at info@mztek.org > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20090313/a2d6dab7/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:53:32 +0000 > From: Ian Morrison > Subject: Re: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] MzTEK Unplugged > To: A discussion list for dorkbot-london > > Message-ID: <49BBC4EC.4090300@darq.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hey hey, > > sophie McDonald wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > You are warmly invited to the first MzTEK Unplugged night on March 18th, > > 7pm - 9pm at The Brittannia Pub (44 Kipling Street, SE1 3RU). > > Sounds Awesome! > > > // MzTEK // is a peer-led, educational organization for women artists and > > technologists in new media and computer arts. > > It's not clear from your message; are boys allowed to come too? > > Stay frosty, > > > ian > -- > __/_/_ :: http://narq.net/ - big yourself up > __/_/_ :: http://darq.org.uk/ - free weekly unix workshops in > shoreditch > / / :: turning wishes into horses, one hoof at a time > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20090314/a67b9084/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > > > End of dorkbotlondon-blabber Digest, Vol 65, Issue 2 > **************************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20090314/c7d0e7de/attachment.html From alex at slab.org Mon Mar 16 10:09:05 2009 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Mon Mar 16 10:09:20 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Thursday Club, 19th March: Derek Holzer Message-ID: <1237212545.13886.12.camel@duck> ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ THE THURSDAY CLUB ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Date: Thursday 19th March Location: Seminar Rooms, ground floor, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths College http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/ Time: 6pm - 8pm Cost: Free, all welcome Derek Holzer - TONEWHEELS Experiments in Opto-Electronic Synthesis and Graphical Sound DEREK HOLZER is a sound artist with a background in radio, webstreaming and environmental recording. His work focuses on capturing and transforming small, unnoticed sounds from various natural and urban locations, networked collaboration strategies, experiments in improvisational sound, self-made analog electronics and the use of free software such as Pure-Data. He has released tracks under the Nexsound, Sirr, and/OAR and Gruenrekorder labels, and has co-initiated several internet projects for field recording and collaborative soundscapes including http://soundtransit.nl/ . Holzer has performed live in many venues and festivals in Europe, the US and Brazil. http://thethursdayclub.net/ Programmed and Organised by the Goldsmiths Digital Studios. Supported by the Goldsmiths Graduate School and the Department of Computing. From matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk Sat Mar 21 07:01:39 2009 From: matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk (Matthew Wilson) Date: Sat Mar 21 07:01:53 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Searching for an animated video... In-Reply-To: <1237212545.13886.12.camel@duck> References: <1237212545.13886.12.camel@duck> Message-ID: <49C4C913.5090000@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> This is slightly OT but IMHO a good place to ask - A few weeks (maybe even a couple of months ago) I viewed online a video done in a stop frame type style but with real actors/sets. It was surreal in that the story was about a relationship break-up and had the boyfriend and girlfriend 'fighting' with each other at various points and had either one being trapped, animated, in photo frames, pieces of paper and so on. It's a very good piece of work and if you've seen it you'll (hopefully) know what film I mean. Anyway I can't find the link to it any more nor remember its title and wanted to show it to some people for inspiration. It's possibly something someone in the Dorkbot realm has seen, so any help in finding it again much appreciated. Cheers & happy Spring all. - MDW. From matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk Sat Mar 21 17:39:51 2009 From: matthew at zamboodle.demon.co.uk (Matthew Wilson) Date: Sat Mar 21 17:39:59 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Searching for an animated video... In-Reply-To: <49C4C913.5090000@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> References: <1237212545.13886.12.camel@duck> <49C4C913.5090000@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: <49C55EA7.3010004@zamboodle.demon.co.uk> Hurrah, I found the video I was looking for, it's called "10,000 pictures of you" and can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/2554266 - Matt. From dorkbot at atwood.org.uk Mon Mar 23 08:15:42 2009 From: dorkbot at atwood.org.uk (Robert A. ) Date: Mon Mar 23 08:15:31 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Anyone want broken VCR? Message-ID: <49C77D6E.1040503@atwood.org.uk> After presentations last year about wonderful things one might do with a broken vcr, maybe some of you are inspired to take away my broken vcr? The cassete eject does not work and I opened it to get a cassete out. However, apart from that it was working so the other motors, drums, and electronics probably work! Robert robert@atwood.org.uk From sarah at spacedog.biz Tue Mar 24 08:47:12 2009 From: sarah at spacedog.biz (Sarah Angliss) Date: Tue Mar 24 08:48:00 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] vibration motors Message-ID: <6E38F231-CA25-4711-B534-79CD01A6FE89@spacedog.biz> Hello Do any of you have any vibration motors going spare? If so, I'm wondering if I can buy a few from you (I'm just looking for three or four of them). I'm working in Dalston all week so could drop by if you happen to be in the area. The ones I'm looking for are like this: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8449 Yours hopefully Sarah From mike at electricstuff.co.uk Tue Mar 24 09:17:51 2009 From: mike at electricstuff.co.uk (Mike Harrison) Date: Tue Mar 24 09:18:48 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] vibration motors In-Reply-To: <6E38F231-CA25-4711-B534-79CD01A6FE89@spacedog.biz> References: <6E38F231-CA25-4711-B534-79CD01A6FE89@spacedog.biz> Message-ID: On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:47:12 +0000, you wrote: >Hello > >Do any of you have any vibration motors going spare? If so, I'm >wondering if I can buy a few from you (I'm just looking for three or >four of them). I'm working in Dalston all week so could drop by if >you happen to be in the area. > >The ones I'm looking for are like this: > >http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8449 > >Yours hopefully > >Sarah Here's a UK source of different types of vib motors - a bit pricy but good range. http://www.precisionmicrodrives.com/index.php?catTop=1?osCsid=53544f65e24726f82bb1f45e04e186de Also try your local friendly mobile phone repair shop, and ebay of course. From alex at slab.org Tue Mar 24 19:31:30 2009 From: alex at slab.org (alex) Date: Tue Mar 24 19:31:45 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Thursday Club, 26th March from 6pm: Rachel Armstrong & Joanna Zylinska Message-ID: <1237937490.8694.93.camel@duck> ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ THE THURSDAY CLUB ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Date: Thursday 26th March 2009 Location: Seminar Rooms, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, London UK http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/ Time: 6pm - 8pm Free, all welcome. BIO FEMINISM: MOVE OVER DARWIN Rachel Armstrong Respondent: Joanna Zylinska A significant change is occurring in the biological sciences with implications for feminist identity politics. This illustrated presentation examines cutting edge developments from pioneering laboratories and invites the audience to engage with the notion that Bio Feminism is set to play a pioneering role in the science of the third millennium. Modern science rests upon philosophical pillars that originate from 19th Century principles of logical analysis, reductionism and machines, particularly with respect to the organism. Feminist writers such as Evelyn Fox Keller and Donna Haraway, both of whom were trained biologists, have raised objection to this hierarchical, traditional view of science and made provocations for change towards a more inclusive feminist model of science whose organizational agenda is ?cyborg?. At the start of the 21st Century there is a convergence between feminist and biological scientific agendas, which propose a more complex view of life and cell mechanisms than stated by traditional science and is the basis for a new reading of biological identity that Armstrong has called Bio Feminism. This engages with a mechanism for the evolution of Haraway?s cybernetic entities and also embodies the unique politics of the cyborg. Despite counter arguments that feminist agendas have no contribution to make to scientific practice, feminist scientific thinkers have proven to be prophetic. The emerging disciplines of synthetic biology, Alife and chembiogenesis are more in keeping in their methodologies and rhetoric with modern feminist principles than their 19th Century scientific counterparts and as such, mark the emergence of a mainstream branch of science that could be regarded as inherently sympathetic to the feminist critique. Bio Feminist science promotes the treacherous biology of the cyborg challenging notions of aliveness, performing every transgressive act possible within autopoietic systems at a molecular level and redefining our view of evolution. RACHEL ARMSTRONG is a medical doctor, author and arts collaborator who has worked at the intersection of art, science, technology and human space habitation. She has appeared regularly in the media and at international conferences speculating on the future of humankind, non-Darwinian techniques of evolution and the challenges of the extra-terrestrial environment. Her work includes collaborations with the artists Stelarc, Helen Chadwick and Orlan in the field of radical body modification and anatomical design. Armstrong is an academic architect working at the intersection of biology and design of autopoietic materials that facilitate the construction of autonomous architecture. She is a member of AVATAR, the advanced virtual and technological architecture research group. Armstrong has also written a number of Science Fiction narratives. Her current affiliations are with the Bartlett School of Architecture and SMARTlab Digital Media Institute UEL. JOANNA ZYLINSKA is a Reader in New Media and Communications at Goldsmiths. She is the author of three books: Bioethics in the Age of New Media (MIT Press, 2009), The Ethics of Cultural Studies (Continuum, 2005) and On Spiders, Cyborgs and Being Scared: the Feminine and the Sublime (Manchester University Press, 2001). She is also the editor of The Cyborg Experiments: the Extensions of the Body in the Media Age, a collection of essays on the work of performance artists Stelarc and Orlan (Continuum, 2002) and co-editor of Imaginary Neighbors: Mediating Polish-Jewish Relations after the Holocaust (University of Nebraska Press, 2007). Most recently she has been combining her philosophical writings with photographic art practice. http://thethursdayclub.net/ Programmed and Organised by the Goldsmiths Digital Studios. Supported by the Goldsmiths Graduate School and the Department of Computing. From Jim at spacestudios.org.uk Wed Mar 25 10:32:43 2009 From: Jim at spacestudios.org.uk (Jim Prevett) Date: Wed Mar 25 10:34:16 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] PermaCultures | Open Studio | Saturday 28th Message-ID: Hi all, I think this will interest some of you and if you are in the neighbourhood pop in for a cup of tea, have a cup of tea, chat to Simon and see what he has been doing during the first PermaCultures residency. Please forward to anybody that may be interested Simon Blackmore Open studio Main Gallery, SPACE Saturday 28th March 1pm - 6pm Simon has been developing a light drawing machine that creates images in response to electro-magnetic activity. Built using a modified 'RepRap' open source 3D printer, the machine draws forms in light revealed through long exposure photography. PermaCultures is a series of residencies and talks exploring the convergence of art, media culture, technology and sustainability. http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/blogcategory/Media_Arts/ SPACE 129-131 Mare Street Hackney E8 3RH Map: http://tiny.cc/OejjP Jim Prevett Emergent Technologies Producer [ s p a c e ] 129-131 Mare Street London E8 3RH 020 8525 4339 Mobile number 07951405466 jim@spacestudios.org.uk www.spacestudios.org.uk Current Exhibition: Godfried Donkor, Story of a London Township 17th January - 14th March, 2009 Art Services Grants Ltd Reg Charity #267021 Reg in England & Wales #1157240 Reg Office: 129 - 131 Mare Street From tenyen at tenyen.net Wed Mar 25 19:05:26 2009 From: tenyen at tenyen.net (Ten Yen) Date: Wed Mar 25 19:10:46 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Hacking At Random In-Reply-To: <1235247087.6067.3.camel@laptop> References: <0A59A990A96C4A129BCE7E46026D623C@bigpc> <1235239615.10423.7.camel@duck> <1235247087.6067.3.camel@laptop> Message-ID: <20090325230525.GA1644@tenyen.net> Heya, excuse the quoting, its a mess . . . X steve allen [2009-02-21 20:09] : > On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 18:06 +0000, alex wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 21:42 +0000, Iain Sharp wrote: > > > I am thining about going to Hacking at Random this year, I booked my ticket yesterday, discounted tickets are available till 31/03. > > > but I can't > > > really tell whether it has a strong security focus or if it's more > > > diverse. I really don't give a fig about security and I am much more > > > interested in hardware and wacky/artistic things than software stuff. I've always been very interested in network security, and I've been to AAA, Con*, HIP'97, CCCamps, Summercon, H2K, (*Defcon - this was very corporate - I got chased out ;), HAL and WTH, so I'm a *bit* biased . . . > > > Any advice on whether HAR would be worth the trip? A camping trip to the continent, especially if you can take a ferry or train (as opposed to a airplane) is always special . . . > > On the plus side it was > > a really nice atmosphere, well organised and had great beer. I'd say it was worth it just for the festival atmosphere (personal hygiene jokes aside . . .). I've been to Reading and Glastonbury and wouldn't pay to go either. I've been to ATP twice, and would consider going again. Your less likely to lose your mind and/ or your friends at a hacker event, infact you might make gains on both fronts (lobes- geddit!) I haven't looked at the schedule for this year yet, I imagine I'll be *very* selective about which talks I choose to attend, but my path to joy will be attending, particapating, mingling and partying. > > > Also do they let camper vans in to their camping areas or would I need > > > to revert to a tent? check the wiki? in the past there has always been a provision for camper vans, but often you had to make a decision about being "grounded" (e.g. unable to drive to the shops) or being some distance from campers and activities) > it looks like a great campsite, and not too far from the 'possible' > location of the senster I cycled to What the Hack and considered checking out the Phillips (?) campus on the way, I'd be very interested in any pointers! > > Also they are welcoming people to set up their own villages, we could > > make a dorkbot one. I made a page for it here some months ago but no > > interest as yet: https://wiki.har2009.org/page/Village:Dorkbot . I > > guess there is surprisingly little hacker culture/dorkbot crossover. > > So I reckon it would be fun if we can get more dorkbots involved. I'll > > send a probe to the dorkbot overlord list. did the probe return with samples (44khz?)? Call Quatermass? ;) werd, -- -- HpA, hPa, j0y, j0y ! tenyen@tenyen.net | ] -- web/ info/ gpg : http://tenyen.net/ _#_#_ ] . From ian at darq.net Wed Mar 25 19:17:39 2009 From: ian at darq.net (Ian Morrison) Date: Wed Mar 25 19:17:56 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Hacking At Random In-Reply-To: <20090325230525.GA1644@tenyen.net> References: <0A59A990A96C4A129BCE7E46026D623C@bigpc> <1235239615.10423.7.camel@duck> <1235247087.6067.3.camel@laptop> <20090325230525.GA1644@tenyen.net> Message-ID: <49CABB93.7060406@darq.net> Ten Yen wrote: > Heya, > > excuse the quoting, its a mess . . . > > X steve allen [2009-02-21 20:09] : > >> On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 18:06 +0000, alex wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 21:42 +0000, Iain Sharp wrote: >>> >>>> I am thining about going to Hacking at Random this year, >>>> > > I booked my ticket yesterday, discounted tickets are available till > 31/03. > I've been to all of these big hacker camps since my first CCC camp in 1999. They rule. I just booked the tickets, and so I'm going with 6 people in my mates van. The catering was very proffesional at What the Hack, I thought, and Holand is always nice. nice one, ian From aninfinitenumberofmonkeys at gmail.com Thu Mar 26 12:38:34 2009 From: aninfinitenumberofmonkeys at gmail.com (Henry Cooke) Date: Thu Mar 26 12:38:46 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Long shot: anyone got a GBA tri-wing screwdriver? Message-ID: <63757ff00903260938q191737d0g322359df62164922@mail.gmail.com> The thieving postie on the work run has stolen mine :( h. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20090326/6cdc1920/attachment.html From dorkbot at atwood.org.uk Fri Mar 27 19:21:50 2009 From: dorkbot at atwood.org.uk (robert a.) Date: Fri Mar 27 19:22:13 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Winchester experimental music and workshops? Anyone want to be involved Message-ID: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> Hi All Stephanie and I have been working on organizing an experimental and contemporary music event to take place in Winchester; due to the pre-existing marquee in the Cathedral Close for anohter event we can extend it at a manageable cost for a couple of days. So, we can have it Fri, May 8 and Sat May 9 . Several Openlab people are plannign to come and do performances on May 8 but we could use a few more things, I thought that some workshops during the day would be attractive to local art school students. In the evening of Sat. May 9th the Cathdral has a concert already, so the marqee must not be too noisy, so I was thinking of getting a headphone concert going. Anyone like to propose a performace, a workshop, or offer to help out? Get in on the groudn floor because next year we hope to do it "for real" starting now and we've already arranged to use the inside of the Cathedral for 2010 . Let me know asap. as we need to commit soon Help with somehow streaming the performaces ? Workshops in electronics related to music? Ambient stuff during the day? robert@atwood.org.uk Unfortunately there's no budget this year.. Robert From jagernot at gmail.com Fri Mar 27 19:27:12 2009 From: jagernot at gmail.com (S Jagannathan) Date: Fri Mar 27 19:27:24 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Winchester experimental music and workshops? Anyone want to be involved In-Reply-To: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> References: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> Message-ID: I really want to do a school students workshop+presentation with the title 'understanding sound & music by programming computers'. I want present concepts in sound synthesis in an easy to learn format and lay out musical instruments I have developed (din, boxar, guzheng etc) for them to play with etc. Let me know. --jag From dorkbot at atwood.org.uk Fri Mar 27 19:35:47 2009 From: dorkbot at atwood.org.uk (robert a.) Date: Fri Mar 27 19:36:01 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Winchester experimental music and workshops? Anyone want to be involved In-Reply-To: References: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> Message-ID: <49CD62D3.7030509@atwood.org.uk> That sounds great, Jag! I hope we are also still planning to perform together at it because it should be great. So says I. S Jagannathan wrote: > I really want to do a school students workshop+presentation with the > title 'understanding sound & music by programming computers'. I want > present concepts in sound synthesis in an easy to learn format and lay > out musical instruments I have developed (din, boxar, guzheng etc) for > them to play with etc. > > Let me know. > --jag > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From jagernot at gmail.com Fri Mar 27 19:44:30 2009 From: jagernot at gmail.com (S Jagannathan) Date: Fri Mar 27 19:44:41 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Winchester experimental music and workshops? Anyone want to be involved In-Reply-To: <49CD62D3.7030509@atwood.org.uk> References: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> <49CD62D3.7030509@atwood.org.uk> Message-ID: hi robert, thank you for accepting my proposal. i thought you would deliberate on it :D yeah its a pleasure to play with you mate. as long as you promise to turn down the volume of your bleeding test tone! im not doing another headphone concert with that code still on! ==j From steve at sixnines.net Fri Mar 27 19:58:17 2009 From: steve at sixnines.net (steve allen) Date: Fri Mar 27 19:58:45 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Winchester experimental music and workshops? Anyone want to be involved In-Reply-To: References: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> <49CD62D3.7030509@atwood.org.uk> Message-ID: <1238198297.10763.4.camel@laptop> robert pump up the volume pump up the volume dan dan... thats how I read it anyway steve On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 23:44 +0000, S Jagannathan wrote: > hi robert, > > thank you for accepting my proposal. i thought you would deliberate on it :D > > yeah its a pleasure to play with you mate. as long as you promise to > turn down the volume of your bleeding test tone! > im not doing another headphone concert with that code still on! > > ==j > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ From jagernot at gmail.com Fri Mar 27 20:06:20 2009 From: jagernot at gmail.com (S Jagannathan) Date: Fri Mar 27 20:06:31 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Winchester experimental music and workshops? Anyone want to be involved In-Reply-To: References: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> <49CD62D3.7030509@atwood.org.uk> Message-ID: oops. where is gmail's undo send feature when i want it! --j From dorkbot at atwood.org.uk Fri Mar 27 20:06:53 2009 From: dorkbot at atwood.org.uk (robert a.) Date: Fri Mar 27 20:07:21 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Winchester experimental music and workshops? Anyone want to be involved In-Reply-To: References: <49CD5F8E.2020101@atwood.org.uk> <49CD62D3.7030509@atwood.org.uk> Message-ID: <49CD6A1D.4080303@atwood.org.uk> Since you put it on the openlab wiki days and days ago, I already deliberated! S Jagannathan wrote: > hi robert, > > thank you for accepting my proposal. i thought you would deliberate on it :D > > yeah its a pleasure to play with you mate. as long as you promise to > turn down the volume of your bleeding test tone! > im not doing another headphone concert with that code still on! > > ==j > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ > ........................................................................ > From sophie.mcdonald at gmail.com Mon Mar 30 05:34:08 2009 From: sophie.mcdonald at gmail.com (sophie McDonald) Date: Mon Mar 30 05:34:23 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] MzTEK Unplugged with Ruth Catlow Message-ID: Dear all, MzTEK is pleased to announce it's second Unplugged night is this Wednesday April 1st, 7pm - 9pm at Leon Restaurant, 7 Canvey Street, SE1 9AN. Unplugged Guest speaker Ruth Catlow will be talking about Furtherfield.org, an independent media arts organisation that provides contexts and platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the intersection of art, technology and social change. www.furtherfield.org www.http.uk.net Ruth is a media artist, educator and co-founder and co-director of Furtherfield.org and HTTP Gallery in North London. She works collaboratively with other artists, technologists, musicians, writers, activists and thinkers from around the world, to devise and realise artistic projects that explore relationship, connectedness and participation; developing platforms with their own distinct artistic and social contexts. Her work has been exhibited internationally and in the UK at venues including the CCA, Glasgow and The Baltic, Gateshead. www.furtherfield.org All are welcome to join us: April 1st, 7pm - 9pm Leon Restaurant, 7 Canvey Street, The Blue Fin Building (Behind the Tate Modern) London SE1 9AN Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl. MzTEK Unplugged is a 3 month series of informal round table discussions at the local pub. // MzTEK Unplugged // Hosting a range of speakers who practice computer art, new media art, activism, curation, and promotion, Unplugged is designed as an opportunity to shut our laptops for an evening, and draw on the skills and experience of the media arts community. Unplugged gathers fortnightly through to June 2009, and is open to the public. Free. For more details, please visit our site: http://www.mztek.org/pub-meet/ Upcoming workshops and events: http://www.mztek.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= // MzTEK // is a peer-led, educational organization for women artists and technologists in new media and computer arts. In partnership with SPACE we aim to extend career development and education opportunities for women working or wishing to work in media and computer arts sectors. In addition to Unplugged, we host ongoing Peer2Peer workshops and will soon launch uTEK: a unique, peer-devised taught course in new media and computer arts. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MzTEK Unplugged events are free and open to the public, men are welcome. Join our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com Sign up for our mailing list: http://www.mztek.org/contact/ Contact us at info@mztek.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotlondon-blabber/attachments/20090330/561ec370/attachment.html From hello at spacedog.biz Mon Mar 30 15:12:50 2009 From: hello at spacedog.biz (Sarah Angliss) Date: Mon Mar 30 15:13:07 2009 Subject: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Electroplasm - new show in Brighton Message-ID: Hello Just a quick note to tell you about Electroplasm, a new show in the Brighton Festival Fringe on 8, 9 and 10 May. Apologies to Robert for the clash with the Winchester event - which sounds marvellous: Jenny and I (aka Spacedog UK) will be joined by psychologist Richard Wiseman for an evening of theremin, automata and death ballads, concluding with a theatrical reconstruction of a Victorian s?ance. In The Malborough, a gracefully distressed (i.e. tatty but lovely) Regency theatre on the edge of Kemp Town, Brighton. Here's a preview video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t7sJZ3KYIE ...and here's some more info on the event: http://www.spacedog.biz/ gigs/electroplasm Hope to see some of you there! Sarah x PS Thanks to everyone for the advice on mobile phone vibrators. I managed to find some in Brighton in the end. Er, in an old exhibit, at the back of my shed.