[dorkbotnyc-announce] The universal and undecidable dorkbot-nyc!

[douglas repetto]

What: dorkbot-nyc
When: Wednesday, Nov 7th, 2007
Where: Location One, 26 Green St (between Canal and Grand)
$$$: FREE!!!



The {{1, 2} -> {1, 1, -1}, {1, 1} -> {1, 2, -1}, {1, 0} -> {2, 1, 1}, 
{2, 2} -> {1, 0, 1}, {2, 1} -> {2, 2, 1}, {2, 0} -> {1, 2, -1}}th 
dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, November 7th, 
2007 at Location One in SoHo.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Please bring snacks to 
share. And wear something you made!

Also: we need more theme songs! Bring one and we'll post it on the 
website and play it at the beginning of the meeting.

Also: dorkbot t-shirts finally arrived! $12, cute colors, cut cuts. 
Profits go to support our host, Location One!



Featuring the universal and undecidable:

     	
     Kuba Bakowski: TV Zero Zones
     The TV Zero Zones project consisted in nightly broadcasting of four 
video-animations (one a night) on the TV test-card of Polish National 
Television TVP 2. TV Zero Zones were shown between September and 
November 2004 the whole night from the end of the regular program 
schedule (about 1:30 a.m.) till its start on the following day (about 
6:00 a.m.) First prepared in a television studio (blue box) and then 
computer-processed clips with the moving figure on transparent 
background were put one after another as picture layers on the TV 
test-card that Polish Television has emited for nearly 40 years. So, TV 
Zero Zones was a project which was created at that particular moment, 
i.e. the moment of emission, from two constituents: traditional, 
"classic" TV test-card and the author's interference into its structure.
     http://www.kubabakowski.net
     	
     Thessia Machado: pluck or dot matrix space resonator
     pluck or dot matrix space resonator: composition for exhibition 
space, freckles, visitors and strings in the key of 1 bedroom apartment 
is a sound installation with a 6-string custom-built self-playing 
instrument. Each string is tuned to the frequency value correspondent to 
the area of each room in a NY apartment. The strings are plucked in a 
rhythm based on the pattern of dots (freckles) on my torso using the 
principle of the player piano. This assembly is mounted directly on the 
wall, making the room itself part of an instrument that resonates the 
tones of another space. In this process, the host space adds its own 
harmonic stamp to the sound.
     	
     Rob Seward: "KILL" "RUN" "HOME"
     Over the last year I have been building mechanical signs in which 
tiny florescent lights spin over a black background. This creates an 
enchanting abstract visual spectacle. This alone, would be cool, but 
every minute or so the lights come together to spell a word. So far I've 
made signs that spell "KILL," "RUN," "HOME," and "YOU WILL DIE." I'm 
going to talk about why I'm doing this (there are reasons), and if 
there's time, show some other electronics I'm working on.
     http://robseward.com