[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Fwd: [dorkbotsea-announce] July Dorkbot: FrayedWire: The Dream Art/Geek Event on Sat July 11th

Wed Apr 22 11:37:53 EDT 2009

This looks like it could be worth a trip up north.

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Date: Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] July Dorkbot: FrayedWire: The Dream
Art/Geek Event on Sat July 11th
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For July, we're giving you the heads up early so you can be sure and
mark your calendars and buy a ticket!

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WHAT:            FrayedWire: a one day mini conference: the Dream Art/Geek Event
                      http://frayedwire.com

WHEN:           Saturday, July 11th, 9:00am to midnight

WHERE:         Daytime at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Reception
at 911 Media Arts Center

ADMISSION:   40$ if you buy tickets by April 29th:
http://frayedwire.eventbrite.com/
                      --this is a not for profit event;  $$ raised
beyond expenses will be donated to 911
                      --volunteer if you want to get in for free!
email shelly: shelly at wagglelabs.com

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Dorkbot is collaborating with 911 Media Arts Center, Youngstown, and
friends, to bring you FrayedWire:  a one day mini conference designed
to inspire, educate, and build community for people at the
intersection of art and technology.   FrayedWire is a mix of
presentations, workshops, an open lab space, open discussions, and an
evening reception with "Strange Things" artists' talks. More details
below.  See full speaker bios at  http://frayedwire.com/?page_id=53 or
view our tentative schedule at
http://frayed-wire.pathable.com/meetings.

Our speaker schedule is full, however if you would like to participate
as a workshop organizer, or discussion leader, there is still space
available.  Please complete our proposal for participation form by May
15th: http://frayedwire.com/?page_id=15

*************SPEAKERS***************************************************************************************

Ward Cunningham, AboutUs.org (opening talk):  Augmented Ways of Seeing

In this talk, Ward will discuss how we may leverage technology to
augment the way we see and process the world in social media, science,
and art, drawing from his own experiences as an inventor, developer,
and tinkerer.  Ward Cunningham is well known as the inventor of the
first wiki and for his contributions to the developing practice of
object-oriented programming, the variation called Extreme Programming.

Trimpin, Artist (closing talk):  Inventions in Music and Kinetic Scuplture

Trimpin is a Seattle, Washington-based kinetic sculptor, sound artist,
musician, and composer.   Most of his pieces integrate both sculpture
and music in some way, and many make use of computers to play these
instruments.  He will be talking about his history of work, exploring
inventions in music and kinetic sculpture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimpin

Robin Oppenheimer, University of Washington:  A Brief History of the 9
Evenings: the Theatre and Engineering Event that Started E.A.T.

Learn about the early history of art and technology in this talk on
the inspiration for the Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) — a
non-profit organization established in 1967 to develop collaborations
between artists and engineers.  Robin Oppenheimer is an
internationally recognized media arts consultant, historian, curator,
writer, and educator who has worked in the field since 1980. She is
currently a professor at the University of Washington.

Jeff Brice, Cornish:  Philosophy in Motion

What is the relationship between language and our sense of self within
our associational communities?  ‘Philosophy in Motion’ is Jeff's
current body of work that visualizes diagrammatic movements of
conceptual sequences and singular moments of conceptual framing. Jeff
Brice is currently an Associate Professor in the motion design
concentration within the Design Department at Cornish College of the
Arts.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimpin

Susie Lee, Artist:  Experiential Arts, Interstitial Moments

Susie Lee’s work merges digital technologies with physical materials,
codifying phenomena into a system of experiential art.  In particular,
she explore the interstitial moments between what we experience and
what we remember, what we hold on to and what we let go. Susie
received her MFA at the University of Washington and currently resides
in Seattle. Susie is represented by Lawrimore Project in Seattle and
Galleria Tiziana Di Caro in Italy.   Learn more at:
http://www.susiejlee.com/

Sumit Basu, Microsoft Research: Technology Shaping Art

Having worked on a variety of projects that use technology as an
element for auditory and visual artwork, I’ve been intrigued at the
ways in which the tools we use shape the art that we create.   I’ll
walk through several examples from my own work to help us think about
the effects that new technologies have on the way we make – and the
way we think.  Sumit Basu is a Researcher in the Knowledge Tools Group
at Microsoft Research, Redmond. His recent work includes Songsmith: a
songwriting tool that takes melodies as input and uses statistical
modeling to help users develop accompaniments for them.
http://research.microsoft.com/~sumitb

Robert Campbell, Cornish:  Collaborative Video for Dance

In this talk, Bob Campbell will describe recent work exploring
collaborative video for dance.   Bob works as an installation artist,
digital printmaker, documentary filmmaker and video artist, and is
also currently a Professor of Video/Experimental Studio/and Digital
Imaging at Cornish School of the Arts.  Since 1992 his collaborative
video-for-dance work has premiered in On The Boards’ New Performance
Series, Northwest New Works Festival Series, and Artist Access Series.
His dance-on-video work has been presented in the Dance on Camera
Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center, and in Seattle’s New Dance
Cinema Festival.

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Joshua Kopel, KolaborationStudio: Intro to the Arduino

It’s the Year of the Arduino, with this small, easy to use
microcontroller appearing as the tool of choice in new media and
electronic arts.  Get a brief intro to the Arduino in this hands-on
workshop.  Josh has been hacking electronics since he first discovered
BYTE magazine in the early 1980’s In between then and now has acquired
degrees in sculpture and metalsmithing, and built a career developing
web sites and flash applications. He currently teaches Arduino classes
at 911 Media Arts Center.

Joseph Gray, Grauwald Design: Augmented Sculpture

This workshop explores how audiovisual technology can be used to
transform, create, expand, amplify and interpret physical spaces.
Joseph Gray earned a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 1999,
focusing in video and sculpture. Since then his work has primarily
been seen as live video accompaniment to musicians from the Seattle
area, playing in various venues in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.
Learn more at http://grauwald.com/

Christopher Prosser, Dorkbot:  Basic Electronics for Artists

A crash course in basic electronics to get you started incorporating
electronics into your art.  Chris Prosser received his BS in Computer
Science at UMASS Amherst. He currently works at Adobe Systems as an
Engineering Manager on Adobe After Effects. In his spare time he works
on kinetic sculpture exploring the relationship between people and
their pets and any other mad scientist ideas that come his way. Learn
more at:  http://www.nart.org/

************OPEN LAB AND OPEN SPACE DISCUSSIONS*********************

Open Lab

The open lab is a space for you to share what you are doing, or work
on DIY/Maker projects over the course of the day.  If you prefer a
more hands-on experience, come prepared with:

Your latest cool project  to demo or work-in-progress to share
Your laptop
Miscellaneous tools
“Robot Vomit” for the junk exchange

You can make what you want of this space.  There will be tables, power
strips, and some tools waiting for you!

Open Space Discussions

In the tradition of open space meetings, we have set aside a block of
time that is dedicated to participant-determined discussion sessions.
You will have a chance to propose a discussion section in the morning,
and topics will be chosen by popular vote.

Evening Reception and “Strange Things” Artists’ Short Presentations

Join us for an evening reception at 911 Media Arts Center, where you
will have the opportunity to see Dorkbot’s “People Doing Strange
Things with Electricity” art exhibit, and see short, five minute,
Ignite-style presentations from selected artists from the show.

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.........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity..........
..........................http://dorkbot.org............................
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-- 
Thomas Lockney
Instigator, Geek, Techie
http://www.google.com/profiles/tlockney