[dorkbotnyc-blabber] ReSiDeNt show Friday + other LEMUR news

[Eric Singer]

LEMUR News at a Glance

* Frequency Hopping featuring the Ballet Mécanique Orchestra opens May 29th
* LEMURtron at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum opens June 1st
* LEMUR receives Greenwall Foundation grant towards commissioning new works
* Summer classes begin in June
* ReSiDeNt returns in July, submissions open through June 15th

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Frequency Hopping featuring the Ballet Mécanique Orchestra

LEMUR continues our collaboration with Paul Lehrman on the Ballet 
Mécanique Project by providing the pit orchestra to Frequency 
Hopping, a new play by The Hourglass Group. Running May 29th through 
June 29th at 3LD Art & Technology Center, Frequency Hopping is a dark 
comedy based on the remarkable collaboration in 1940 between 
Hollywood glamour girl Hedy Lamarr and "bad boy" composer George 
Antheil (the composer of Ballet Mécanique) on a secret communication 
system.

The orchestra consists of LEMUR robots playing xylophones, bass 
drums, gong, siren, doorbells, miniature singing bowls and simulated 
airplane propellors, plus eight Yamaha player pianos. The robotic 
assemblage performs the play's original score, written by New York 
composer Joshua Fried.

Special Performance June 7th: The performance on June 7th will be 
followed by Antheil's Legacy, a tribute to composer George Antheil. 
This very special evening will feature the New York premiere 
performance of the full-length, fully robotic version of Ballet 
Mécanique, plus performances by other artists in the spirit of George 
Antheil.

Frequency Hopping
May 29-June 29
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich St, NYC
For info and tickets, visit http://www.hourglassgroup.org/frequency.html

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LEMURtron Installation in Pittsburgh

LEMUR travels to the Pittsburgh Children's Museum this week to 
install the latest version of LEMURtron, our interactive robotic 
installation featuring live video projection and tracking. The 
installation opens on Saturday, May 31st and runs for three months, 
through September 7th.

This version features exciting new interactive video programmed by 
Luke DuBois and interactive robotic music programmed by Eric Singer. 
And of course, over 20 LEMUR musical robots.

LEMURtron
Pittsburgh Children's Museum
Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.pittsburghkids.org/Templates/CMP_ExhibitsDetail.aspx?CID=887&SECID=5&MENUID=301


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Greenwall Foundation Grant

LEMUR has been awarded a generous grant from the Greenwall Foundation 
(http://greenwall.org). This grant will go to support LEMUR's music 
and performance commissioning programs, including professional 
composer commissions and ReSiDeNt, our monthly creator-in-residence 
program. LEMUR thanks the Greenwall Foundation for their continued 
support of our work.

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Summer Classes

Summer classes will be announced next week and will begin later in 
June. LEMUR will be running a full complement of classes in sensors, 
robotics, microprocessors, interfacing and more. If you're not 
already on it, please sign on to our email list at 
http://lemurbots.org to receive the class announcement and future 
LEMUR news.

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ReSiDeNt Returns, Submissions Welcome

After a two-month hiatus, ReSiDeNt, LEMUR's monthly 
creator-in-residence program returns in July. Applications for this 
and future ReSiDeNt months are now open. Submissions for July are 
open through June 15th.

Artists from all performing and installation disciplines are 
encouraged to apply to ReSiDeNt, including musicians, composers, 
dancers, choreographers, video artists, interactive installation 
artists, performance artists, multimedia artists and others. To learn 
about applying to ReSiDeNt, visit http://lemurbots.org/resident.html. 
Deadlines are rolling, and decisions are made shortly after the 15th 
of each month for the following month's residencies.

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