From list at ericsinger.com Fri Apr 6 12:37:34 2007 From: list at ericsinger.com (Eric Singer) Date: Fri Apr 6 13:05:12 2007 Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] LEMUR classes start next week - still time to sign up Message-ID: LEMUR Spring Classes LEMUR's Spring Art & Technology classes begin next week. We are still accepting registrations for all classes. Please go to http://lemurplex.org/classes.html to sign up. **** Build Your Own Music/Video MIDI Controller: Creating a Sensor Instrument with MidiTron Mondays April 9, 16, 23, 6:30-9:30 pm Instructor: Leif Krinkle Imagine waving your hand and having an orchestra at your fingertips or tapping on a surface to explore a video archive. This is all possible through the use of MIDI and sensor-based technology. In three sessions, you will design and build a controller to create your art with the easy-to-use MidiTron (http://miditron.com) interface. Emphasis will be on hands-on learning. Basic electronics and Max/MSP/Jitter (http://cycling74.com/products/maxmsp) programming will also be covered. No previous knowledge of electronics, sensors or programming is assumed. Background information will be covered and the bulk of the class will be focused on building a working controller that you will take home and begin to create with. Examples of previous project ideas include a shoe that creates notes for each step and a glove that determines lighting cues in a theatrical performance. This is of interest to Artists, Musicians, Dancers, Actors, Engineers, Programmers, Lighting, Sound and Graphic Designers and others. **** Advanced Jitter: Beyond the Filters Tuesdays April 10, 17, 24, 6:30-9:30 pm Instructor: Joshua Goldberg This is a three-part workshop for Max users who are familiar with Jitter's (http://cycling74.com/products/jitter) paradigm and basic functionality and want to learn more. We will explore the following areas: advanced OpenGL programming, data exchange between MSP and Jitter, cv.jit and video tracking, non-realtime uses of the Jitter matrix system and much more. Prerequisites: Understanding of the Max scheduler and workflow, MSP signal capabilities, the Jitter matrix format and a basic understanding of OpenGL. (Don't fake it - this class is for advanced users.) **** Intermediate Microcontroller Programming for Artists: Going Further with the Arduino System Wednesdays, April 11, 18, 25, 6:30-9:30 pm Instructor: Roberto Osoria-Goenaga A project-based course that combines basic skills (acquired in Intro to Microcontroller Programming for Artists or elsewhere) with the creative vision to produce a final project. Students must be familiar with Arduino (http://www.arduino.cc) microcontroller programming, including writing code, serial communications and utilizing different forms of digital and analog input or output from the board. Students must also have a grasp of basic electronics, including circuits, Ohm's law, voltage dividers, motors and transistors. Students should own an Arduino board. Shopping for components online will be discussed during the first class, and students will create an electronics component order for their project, which will be verified for correctness before being submitted. Students should also have an idea for a project they would like to build. (Beginners should wait for the next Intro to Microcontroller Programming class to be offered.) **** Fun With Fiberglass: Basic Composite Fabrication Monday, April 30, 6:30-9:30 pm Instructor: Bob Huott Learn the skills and techniques used to build custom objects using fiberglass and epoxy. Students will get hands-on experience in various stages of the process, starting with sculpting a foam pattern, followed by glass lay-up and final finishing. Materials will include partially completed samples to work with so we can move between stages without waiting for epoxy to cure. Discussion will include ideas on how to integrate sensors, lighting or haptics into any project, and students are encouraged to bring their own project ideas to the class. Bob will also give a brief, inside-out tour of the Bean, his own composite sensor-based musical instrument. **** Robotics Control for Kinetic Art: Electronics and Software Saturday & Sunday, April 21, 22, 12:00-4:30 pm Instructor: Douglas Repetto This class focuses on electronic design and software control techniques for artists interested in using robotic or kinetic elements in their work. We will cover motor types and selection, basic electronics theory, motor control options and techniques, hardware interfaces and robotic control software. The class is a mix of theory and hands-on learning. Participants are encouraged to bring works-in-progress, surplus motors, mechanisms, etc., to be worked on in class. The class will not cover much of the mechanical side of robotics, so some experience with building mechanisms is recommended but not required. (Mechanics is covered in the Mechanics of Robotics course, which will be offered again in the next few months.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotnyc-blabber/attachments/20070406/eb9c8c32/attachment-0001.html From douglas at music.columbia.edu Sun Apr 8 21:59:31 2007 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas irving repetto) Date: Sun Apr 8 22:00:28 2007 Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Fwd: =?iso-8859-1?q?Juanjos=E9?= Rivas ++ NYC Message-ID: Can anyone help Juanjos?? douglas jonCates wrote: >Cc: Juanjos? rivas >Subject: Juanjos? Rivas ++ NYC >Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 20:39:25 -0500 > > >my friend Juanjos? Rivas (an amazing artist >based in Mexico City who does the Mexico City >dorkbot along w/alot of other aweSUm individual >+ collaborative projects) will be in NYC for the >bent festival (April 26 to May 6) + is looking >for a place to stay for a few days during the >fest. Juanjos? is offering to "pay or change >with work, cook, lessons, art, etc" + i have had >his cooking + it rocks. :) > > -- ............................................... http://artbots.org .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp .......... repetto....... http://works.music.columbia.edu/organism ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas From douglas at music.columbia.edu Fri Apr 20 13:37:07 2007 From: douglas at music.columbia.edu (douglas repetto) Date: Fri Apr 20 13:39:28 2007 Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] [Fwd: RE: place to stay?] Message-ID: <4628FA43.4010404@music.columbia.edu> Can anyone help Juanjos?? He's involved in the BENT festival at the Tank and needs a place to stay. He runs dorkbot in Mexico City! douglas -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: place to stay? Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:13:01 +0000 From: Juanjos? rivas To: douglas@music.columbia.edu Hola Douglas: Yes I'm still looking for a place to stay... Stephanie Rothenberg gives me help with a couple of days (26 April until 29 April) because she lives in a railroad apt... I need some days more 29 until 6 May. If you can help me in one or another way (with some students or in your place) will be great! Greetings and Thanks for your help!! Juanjos? Rivas ....................................... E-Mail: juanjorz@prodigy.net.mx Messenger: hefes7o@hotmail.com Tel.: 0052 (55) 5573 7756 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows Live Spaces en Prodigy/MSN Haz clic aqu? La red m?s grande en M?xico y el mundo. -- ............................................... http://artbots.org .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp .......... repetto....... http://works.music.columbia.edu/organism ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas From hoeken at gmail.com Fri Apr 20 13:57:25 2007 From: hoeken at gmail.com (Zach 'Hoeken' Smith) Date: Fri Apr 20 14:30:18 2007 Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Rapid Prototyping Access? Message-ID: <233b33c70704201057n30153f50p8042aa997840f1d9@mail.gmail.com> Hey, I'm looking to bootstrap my efforts on RepRap and take some of the printing pressure off of the guy who runs the project in the UK. I need some parts printed with a Stratasys machine in ABS, or some other similar plastic. Unfortunately I dont think the ZCorp style of starch printing will work. If anyone has access to a machine through a university or whatnot, I would greatly appreciate some help. I'm willing to cover costs of materials and such as long as they arent too much. Also, once I get my machine up, I'll print you whatever you want (or another machine!) ~Zach -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotnyc-blabber/attachments/20070420/dd707100/attachment.html From list at ericsinger.com Sat Apr 21 15:37:05 2007 From: list at ericsinger.com (Eric Singer) Date: Sat Apr 21 16:25:05 2007 Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] TRANZDUCER.004 @ LEMURplex, Friday 4/27 Message-ID: The aural bacchanalia that is TRANZDUCER @ LEMURplex is looking quite special this month. For TRANZDUCER.004, we've got international representation straight outta Poland, a few surprises in store, and as always: interactive art from LEMUR! Come down to LEMURplex on April 27th to see and hear for yourself. This month's acts feature * R. Luke DuBois and friend(s): Local new media celeb + >= 1 special guest(s) * Marek Choloniewski: Krazy sensor music from Krakow * Ellis & Aguilar Duo: Bass, percussion and electronics All this and more at LEMURplex 461 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn Between 9th & 10th Sts. Friday, April 27th 8-11 pm $5 TRANZDUCER is LEMURplex's music, art and performance series hosted by Eric Singer, Jamie Allen and Tristan Perich. See http://tranzducer.com and http://lemurplex.org for more details. From list at ericsinger.com Thu Apr 26 16:56:06 2007 From: list at ericsinger.com (Eric Singer) Date: Thu Apr 26 16:56:14 2007 Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Robosonic Eclectic: Live Music by Robots and Humans Message-ID: LEMUR presents Robosonic Eclectic: Live Music by Robots and Humans LEMUR's First Annual Commissioned Works Concert May 31, June 1st & June 2nd, 2007 3-Legged Dog Art and Technology Center Featuring Pop Musicians They Might Be Giants, Punk cum New Music Composer JG Thirlwell (Foetus), Electronic Music Pioneer Morton Subotnick and Jazz Trombonist and MacArthur Fellow George Lewis, Performing Live with LEMUR's Robots Plus Solo Works for LEMUR Robots by R. Luke DuBois and J. Brendan Adamson LEMUR: League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots presents its first concert series consisting entirely of works commissioned for LEMUR's musical robots. The program, Robosonic Eclectic: Live Music by Robots and Humans, will be performed during a three-night run, from Thursday, May 31 through Saturday, June 2, 2007, at 8 pm each night. The series will take place at the Mainstage Theatre at the new 3-Legged Dog Art and Technology Center (http://3ldnyc.org/). Robosonic Eclectic is presented as part of the New York Electronic Art Festival (NYEAF), a month-long celebration of cutting-edge electronic music performed at various venues from May 12 through June 10, 2007. Four commissioned works, each with a live performance component, serve as the backbone of the evening, alternating with works that the robots will perform solo. Composer/performers for the live pieces are John Flansburgh and John Linnell (They Might Be Giants), JG Thirlwell (Foetus), Morton Subotnick and George Lewis. These works will feature live performances by the composer(s) of the piece, plus special guests. Pieces for solo robots by R. Luke DuBois and J. Brendan Adamson will also be performed by the robot ensemble. Tickets are $20 and available online now from Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/14405 LEMUR: League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots LEMUR is a Brooklyn-based group of artists and technologists developing robotic musical instruments. Founded in 2000 by musician and engineer Eric Singer, LEMUR creates exotic, sculptural musical instruments which integrate robotic technology. LEMUR's philosophy is to build robots that are instruments as opposed to robots that play existing instruments. LEMUR's growing ensemble includes over 50 robotic instruments. GuitarBot, an electric stringed instrument, is comprised of several independently controllable stringed units which can pick and slide extremely rapidly. ModBots are a large collection of modular percussion robots in a variety of styles and functions, including beaters, singing bells, and shakers. The Ill-Tempered Clangier is a robotic xylophone-like tubular bell instrument which clangs percussive melodies on forty-four tuned metal pipes. ForestBot is comprised of a forest of egg-shaped rattles sprouting from long rods that quiver and sway over onlookers. TibetBot is designed around three Tibetan singing bowls struck by robotic arms to produce a range of timbres. Visit LEMUR's website at www.lemurbots.org. They Might Be Giants (John Flansburgh and John Linnell) Combining a knack for infectious melodies with a quirky, bizarre sense of humor and a vaguely avant-garde aesthetic borrowed from the New York post-punk underground, They Might Be Giants became one of the most unlikely alternative success stories of the late '80s and early '90s. Musically, the duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell borrowed from everywhere, but their freewheeling eclecticism was enhanced by their arcane, geeky sense of humor. They Might Be Giants released their eponymous debut in 1986, and the album became a college radio hit. Two years later they released Lincoln, which expanded their following considerably. Their third album, Flood, worked its way to gold status. They celebrated their 20th anniversary in summer 2002 with the release of their first children's album, No! Early in 2005, Here Come the ABCs and its accompanying DVD were the band's first releases for Disney Sound. JG Thirlwell The inscrutable JG Thirlwell was dropped on this planet some time ago to bestow sonic majesty, chaos, violence & beauty and cunning linguistics on an unsuspecting earth. A Brooklyn-based Australian ex-pat, Thirlwell has used many names for his many visions: Foetus (and its many name variations), Steroid Maximus, Clint Ruin, Wiseblood, DJ OTEFSU, Manorexia and Baby Zizanie. His multitude of influential recordings under the name FOETUS and variations thereof, has amassed a rabid world-wide cult following. Over the course of more than a dozen albums he has stretched from yearning orchestral soundscapes, meticulously organized chaos, electronic swathes, blistering big band pastiche, crunching hard rock and even inventing stupefying collisions of genres and forms with a raw emotion and irresistible musicality. More recently JG has also branched out into audio installations (the freq_out project curated by CM Von Hausswolf, with whom he also conducted an audio workshop at the Stadelschule in Frankfurt), DJ-ing (as DJ Otefsu), has appeared in an opera (Der Kastanienball in Munich in 2004, directed by Stefan Winter), has scored a cartoon series for The Cartoon Network in the USA (The Venture Brothers), and recently completed a commission for Bang On A Can. In 2005, he wrote his first commission for Kronos Quartet, which premiered in 2006. Morton Subotnick Known as a grandfather of electronic music, Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. Most of his music calls for a computer part, or live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizes many of the important technological breakthroughs in the history of the genre. In addition to music in the electronic medium, Subotnick has written for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, theater and multimedia productions. Currently, Subotnick holds the Mel Powell Chair in Music at the California Institute of the Arts. He tours extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe as a lecturer and composer/performer. George Lewis MacArthur Fellow George Lewis is currently Edwin H. Case Professor of Music at Columbia, having previously taught at UC San Diego, Mills College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Simon Fraser University's Contemporary Arts Summer Institute. He has served as music curator for the Kitchen in New York, and has collaborated in the "Interarts Inquiry" and "Integrative Studies Roundtable" at the Center for Black Music Research (Chicago). A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since 1971, Lewis studied composition with Muhal Richard Abrams at the AACM School of Music, and trombone with Dean Hey. An active composer, improvisor, performer and computer/installation artist, Lewis has explored electronic and computer music, computer-based multimedia installations, text-sound works, and notated forms. His artistic work is documented in over 120 recordings and has been awarded by a 2002 MacArthur Fellowship, 1999 Cal Arts/Alpert Award in the Arts, and numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. R. Luke DuBois R. Luke DuBois is a composer, performer, video artist, and programmer living in New York City. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Columbia University and teaches interactive sound and video performance at Columbia's Computer Music Center and at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University. He has collaborated on interactive performance, installation, and music production work with many artists and organizations including Toni Dove, Matthew Ritchie, Todd Reynolds, Michael Joaquin Grey, Elliott Sharp, Michael Gordon, Bang on a Can, Engine27, Harvestworks, and LEMUR, and is the director of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra for its 2007 season. He is a co-author of Jitter, a software suite developed by Cycling'74 for real-time manipulation of matrix data. His music (with or without his band, the Freight Elevator Quartet), is available on Caipirinha/Sire, Cycling'74, and Cantaloupe music, and his artwork is represented by bitforms gallery in New York City. J. Brendan Adamson Brendan Adamson's compositions and interactive works are informed by the superhuman performance requirements of works by Conlon Nancarrow and others, but employ recently developed capabilities of such robotic instruments as modern self-playing pianos, recent automated organs, and musical robots created by LEMUR. As an undergraduate student, Brendan presented his "impressive compositions" (The New York Times) at Juilliard's first ever all-robot-performed concert, RoboRecital. In addition to numerous performances in the United States, his music has been performed by robots at international festivals around the world, including those in Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Mexico, and Japan. Brendan holds a Bachelor's degree in music composition from the Juilliard School. A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, past teachers include Nils Vigeland, Christopher Rouse, Mari Kimura, and Milton Babbitt. Robosonic Eclectic is presented in collaboration with Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center (http://harvestworks.org). Works by George Lewis and Morton Subotnick are commissioned by LEMUR and Harvestworks with support from the Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund. LEMUR is supported by generous grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the Greenwall Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and Arts International. See http://lemurbots.org for more information. For more information, contact info@lemurbots.org. For press information, contact Gayle Snible at gayle@lemurbots.org. ALSO DON'T FORGET! TRANZDUCER.004 Friday, April 27th 8-11 pm This month's acts * R. Luke DuBois and friend(s): Local new media celeb + >= 1 special guest(s) * Marek Choloniewski: Krazy sensor music from Krakow * Ellis & Aguilar Duo: Bass, percussion and electronics LEMURplex 461 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn Between 9th & 10th Sts. $5 TRANZDUCER is LEMUR's music, art and performance series hosted by Eric Singer, Jamie Allen and Tristan Perich. See http://tranzducer.com and http://lemurbots.org for more details. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotnyc-blabber/attachments/20070426/49f56072/attachment-0001.html From andsell7 at yahoo.de Sat Apr 28 09:59:15 2007 From: andsell7 at yahoo.de (andreas sell) Date: Sat Apr 28 09:59:20 2007 Subject: [dorkbotnyc-blabber] Mobile Real Time Eye Tracker Message-ID: <199162.87179.qm@web26214.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> (Send that email already yesterday. Unfortunately I've got trouble with my mac account, that's why again through another account) Hi! I'm a MFA New Forms student at Pratt Institute NY. Since 2005 I'm concentrating my work on eye movement, specially regarding changes of movement in intimate and public environments. In order to intense my artistical researches I'm about to build a mobile real-time eye tracker that converts the eye's movement into spoken words. They shall roughly describe the line of vision (right, left, up, down, right up, right down, left up, left down). The system user simultaniously listens to the description over headphones. It's intended to create an awareness of the eye's movement as well as an influence of behavior. I'm looking for people I could hire to write me a real time eye tracking program that also converts motion into sound. Andreas __________________________________ Kennt man wirklich jeden ?ber 3 Ecken? Die Antworten gibt's bei Yahoo! Clever. www.yahoo.de/clever