[dorkbotnyc-announce] The wild dork leads his bot through the cool night, Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation

[douglas irving repetto]

The nine million and seventeenth dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place 
on Wednesday, November 2nd at 7pm at Location One in SoHo. Info and 
directions: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotnyc



Please bring refreshments to share! (Chips, drinks, cookies (vegan?), etc.)


Featuring the lovely and talented:

Jonah Brucker-Cohen: Deconstructing Networks
Jonah will discuss his work in the theme of "Deconstructing Networks" 
in both physical and online instantiations. He will discuss his 
projects that attempt to challenge and subvert accepted notions of 
network interaction from software manipulation and rule-based systems 
to translating virtual processes and conventions into the physical 
world. Some projects he will discuss include BumpList, an email 
community for the determined, Alerting Infrastructure!, a website hit 
counter that destroys a building, PoliceState a fleet of radio 
controlled policecars who's movements are dictated by keywords 
sniffed on a local network, and SimpleTEXT a performance that is 
controlled by participants through texting messages from their mobile 
phones.
http://www.coin-operated.com

Carol Salmanson: Environments of pulsating color
Carol Salmanson builds installations that combine optics with light 
to create environments of pulsating color. Two years ago she started 
working with light, taking the spatial and color concerns that had 
long dominated her paintings into a whole different realm. Her work 
has both an architectural and a theatrical component, a fascination 
with how to transform ones perception of space. Instead of being 
about energy and motion, her installations seek to expand stillness.
http://www.carolsalmanson.com

Chris Vecchio: recent work
Chris Vecchio is an electrical engineer who began creating electronic 
devices to help him better understand the relationship between man 
and technology. Chris will present an overview of his work over the 
past few years including the Meterbox series - an investigation into 
the narrative potential of electronic circuitry, Evidence of 
Toolmaking - a series of handheld sculptures integrating electronics 
and bone, and concluding with a demonstration of Cube - an 
interactive sound installation and study in the design of ambiguous 
but suggestive user interfaces.
http://www.chrisvecchio.com


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