[dorkbotnyc-announce] first dorkbot of 2009!

[douglas repetto]

The 4706th dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, 
January 7th, 2009 at Location One in SoHo.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Please bring snacks to 
share. Really -- we've been slacking on the snacks, please bring 
something to eat or drink, we're hungry!

We're always looking for (and playing) more dorkbot theme songs! Bring 
or email one and we'll play it at the meeting.

Happy New Year!

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Featuring the stemmed and branching:

     	
Zach Lieberman: openFrameworks
Zach Lieberman will be presenting openframeworks, a cross platform c++ 
library for creative coding and talking about recent projects, including 
OF lab, a miniature research laboratory created at this years Ars 
Electronica, Animo, a full body stop motion animation system, Card Play, 
a musical instrument using playings cards and Lights On!, a performance 
of music and building lights premiering on New Years eve, 2009.
http://www.openframeworks.cc
     	
Di Mainstone: Hands-On Get-up
A quest of discovery for those who inhabit their fibers and an alluring 
curiosity for those who cohabit their space - I create playful 
interactive adornments that roam the body hiding and revealing tales 
that are close to my heart. A hands-on choreography of fashion, 
technology and performance, each piece is an exploration of human 
behavior. During the presentation, I will discuss a few of my recent 
wearable projects and share my current work in progress: Hands-On Get-UP.
http://sharewear.projects.v2.nl
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7kc41dKjA1c
http://www.xslabs.net/skorpions
http://www.dimainstone.com

Jay Van Buren: Brooklyn Is Watching
"Brooklyn is Watching" is a "mixed reality" project that spans the real 
world and Second Life bringing real world criticism into contact with 
the new and blossoming world of Second Life art. In the Brooklyn gallery 
"Jack the Pelican Presents" a computer is running Second Life whenever 
the gallery is open and lets visitors to the gallery pilot the project's 
avatar around a special island in Second Life. Visitors can see art on 
that island on a 52 inch screen. In Second Life a giant sign on a tower 
announces "BROOKLYN IS WATCHING" and any SL resident can create anything 
they want on that island for the visitors to the gallery in Brooklyn to 
see. There is a blog at www.brooklyniswatching.com and a podcast 
(itunes: brooklyn is watching) where a rotating cast of artists, 
gallerists and art historians chronicle and critique whatever shows up 
on the island with a contemporary art eye and a lot of brooklyn 
attitude. The project started in March of 2008 and will run for one full 
year.
http://brooklyniswatching.com