From penguin at supermeta.com Sat Feb 3 23:25:55 2007 From: penguin at supermeta.com (Sebastien Bailard) Date: Sat Feb 3 23:28:57 2007 Subject: [dorkbotottawa-blabber] Fwd: Artengine: Electronic arts workshops | Ateliers d'arts =?iso-8859-1?q?=E9lectroniques?= Message-ID: <200702032325.55908.penguin@supermeta.com> This should be fun. -Sebastien ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Artengine: Electronic arts workshops | Ateliers d'arts ?lectroniques Date: Saturday 03 February 2007 13:19 From: Artengine Artlist To: artlist@artengine.ca CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONICS EXPERIMENTATION! Artengine is hosting two electronics workshops this month! _______________________ WORKSHOP 1 Sensitive electronics workshop with PureData and the Arduino What This workshop will introduce participants to the possibility of micro-controllers and sensor technology in their artistic practices. Using the open source software PureData participants will gain hands on experience with Arduino I/O boards ( http://www.arduino.cc/). Workshop participants are encouraged to bring their laptops, however the Arduino boards and necessary tools will be available. Instructor Alexander Queesy (Montreal) When Saturday, February 17th and 24th, 2007, 10 am to 4:30 pm Where Council for the Arts Board Room, Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave. Cost $45 for Artengine members / $60 non-members Includes one year Supporting Membership or %20 off any other level of membership. See http://artengine.ca/html/newmember-e.php for more details on membership. Registration Space is limited. Register in advance with Marl?ne Barr? at operations@artengine.ca. ________________________ WORKSHOP 2 Circuit bending for everyone! What This workshop introduces basic circuit-bending concepts and focuses on body contact with electronics. Participants will probe their way through audio circuit like professional unprofessional and learn how to stick audio jacks onto things that should not have them. The workshop is followed by an experimental jam open to the public. No previous experience with electronics or instruments necessary. Participants should come equipped with non-cherished battery-powered electronic audio device such as music and sound toys for kids. Instructor Darsha Hewitt (Montreal) www.artengine.ca/darsha When Sunday, February 25th, 2007, 12 pm to 5 pm Where Courtroom, Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave. Cost $30 for Artengine members / $45 for non-members Includes one year Supporting Membership or %20 off any other level of membership. See http://artengine.ca/html/newmember-e.php for more details on memberships. Registration Space is limited. Register in advance with Marl?ne Barr? at operations@artengine.ca. ______________________________ ____________________________________ ARTENGINE PR?SENTE UNE S?RIE D'ATELIERS EN ARTS ?LECTRONIQUES ! Cr?ativit? et technologie. Exp?riences avec l'?lectronique! ________________________ ATELIER 1 Atelier d'?lectroniques sensibles (Sensible Electronics) avec PureData et l'Arduino Quoi Cet atelier pr?sentera aux participants les possibilit?s d'utilisation de microcontr?leurs et de technologie de sonde dans leurs pratiques artistiques. Les participants utiliseront PureData, un logiciel de 'source ouverte', pour acqu?rir de l'exp?rience pratique en manipulant des panneaux d'Arduino I/O ( http://www.arduino.cc/). Les participants sont encourag?s ? apporter leurs ordinateurs portatifs, toutefois les panneaux d'Arduino et outils n?cessaires seront disponibles. Instructeur Alexandre Quessy (Montr?al) Quand les samedis 10 et 24 f?vrier 2007, de 10 h ? 16h30 O? La Consiel des arts d'Ottawa, salle du consiel, Cours des arts, 2, avenue Daly. Frais 60$ pour les membres de Artengine ou 75$ pour le public, ce qui inclu une adh?sion de base, ou %20 de rabais pour les autres niveaux d'adh?sion. Consultez notre site Web pour plus de d?tails sur l'adh?sion: http://artengine.ca/html/newmember-e.php Les places sont limit?es. Pour vous inscrire, veuillez communiquer avec Marl?ne Barr?: operations@artengine.ca. ________________________ ATELIER 2 Le non-strument : une introduction au recourbement de circuits Quoi Cet atelier pr?sente des concepts de base de recourbement de circuits, avec attention particuli?re du corps en contacte avec l'?lectronique. Les participants.es exp?rimenteront avec ces circuits audio en temps que non-professionnel et apprenneront comment coller les crics audio sur les choses qui ne devraient pas les avoir. L'atelier sera suivi d'une session exp?rimentale pour le public. Aucune exp?rience pr?c?dente avec l'?lectronique ou d'instruments musicales n?cessaire. Les participants.es devraient apporter des instruments audio ?lectroniques ? piles tels que des jouets de musique pour enfants. Instructrice Darsha Hewitt (Montr?al) www.artengine.ca/darsha Quand Le dimanche, 25 f?vrier 2007, de 12 h ? 17 h O? pi?ce "Courtroom", Cours des arts, 2, avenue Daly. Frais 30$ pour les membres de Artengine ou 45$ pour le public, ce qui inclu une adh?sion de base, ou %20 de rabais pour les autres niveaux d'adh?sion. Consultez notre site Web pour plus de d?tails sur l'adh?sion: http://artengine.ca/html/newmember-e.php Les places sont limit?es. Pour vous inscrire, veuillez communiquer avec Marl?ne Barr?: operations@artengine.ca. ARTENGINE, Arts Court / Cour des arts, 2 avenue Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6E2, 613-482-0119, www.artengine.ca ------------------------------------------------------- From darsha.h at gmail.com Thu Feb 22 21:07:16 2007 From: darsha.h at gmail.com (darsha hewitt) Date: Thu Feb 22 21:07:32 2007 Subject: [dorkbotottawa-blabber] NEW MEMBER + CURCUIT BENDING WORKSHOP Message-ID: Hi People, Just thought I would introduce myself. I am an artist originally from Ottawa currently residing in Montreal. I travel back to Ottawa on a regular basis and thought I would pop in to see what kind of dorkbot action is going on here. If anyone is interested, I am teaching a workshop this Sunday at Artengine. The workshop is called The Unstrument and is an intro to electronics through circuit bending. The fees for the workshop include a Beginner Benders Kit. Check it out here: www.artengine.ca/html/workshops-circuit-bend.php You can check out documentation from the last Unstrument workshop I did in Winnipeg here: www.artengine.ca/darsha/darsha_unstrument.html Ciao, Darsha -- {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} www.artengine.ca/darsha {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{} From penguin at supermeta.com Thu Feb 22 23:18:16 2007 From: penguin at supermeta.com (Sebastien Bailard) Date: Thu Feb 22 23:21:45 2007 Subject: [dorkbotottawa-blabber] NEW MEMBER + CURCUIT BENDING WORKSHOP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200702222318.16547.penguin@supermeta.com> Darsha, Welcome to the list! I'll be attending. -Sebastien On Thursday 22 February 2007 21:07, darsha hewitt wrote: > Hi People, > > Just thought I would introduce myself. I am an artist originally from > Ottawa currently residing in Montreal. I travel back to Ottawa on a > regular basis and thought I would pop in to see what kind of dorkbot > action is going on here. > > If anyone is interested, I am teaching a workshop this Sunday at > Artengine. The workshop is called The Unstrument and is an intro to > electronics through circuit bending. The fees for the workshop > include a Beginner Benders Kit. > > Check it out here: > www.artengine.ca/html/workshops-circuit-bend.php > > You can check out documentation from the last Unstrument workshop I > did in Winnipeg here: > www.artengine.ca/darsha/darsha_unstrument.html > > Ciao, > > Darsha