[dorkbotpgh-announce] pittsburgh dorkbot -- this Thursday, 18 Oct 07

[jet]

Join us at the brillobox for this month's speakers:

Lori Hepner: Lori is an interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses 
on aspects of coding through spoken and computer language in digital 
culture.¬Ý Ambiguous visual representations of binary code are used 
in the Code Words body of work to create large-scale digital print 
installations and are performed in the Unworkings of a Binary System 
body of work. Ms. Hepner has been working through ideas of 
translation of code through performance, video, and photography since 
earning her M.F.A in Digital Media at the Rhode Island School of 
Design in 2005. Ms. Hepner currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, 
PA where she holds the position of Assistant Professor of Integrative 
Arts at Penn State Greater Allegheny

Gabe Johnson: Gabe is a 
graduate student in the Computational Design program at Carnegie 
Mellon. He will be demonstrating FlatCAD, a design environment for 
rapid prototyping using machines such as laser cutters or 3D printers.

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