From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Thu Nov 1 17:06:21 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 17:39:06 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] November 14 Dorkbot: Probing the Membrane between the Real and Unreal Message-ID: <37bd773c0711011406u4995a771pe70b3cbb289b7570@mail.gmail.com> **************************************************************** What: November 14 Dorkbot: Probing the Membrane between the Real and Unreal When: *7:30pm on* *Wednesday, November 14* Where: Offices of K&L Gates, *925 Fourth Avenue, 29th Floor* Who: You! **************************************************************** NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND LOCATION **************************************************************** * * MMPORGS and online worlds, synthetic life, telerobotics and telepistomology, Photoshop, phishing, loop quantum gravity, chimera, virtual voice technology, identity theft, etc., etc. As science and technology extend our senses and capabilities, they also challenge our notions of reality. This month *Dorkbot probes the membrane between the real and unreal with three provocative presentations*. Our presenters will be: *John Cramer ? UW physics professor.* John will escort us to the outer boundaries of communication with his presentation on "Nonlocal Quantum Communication: Real or Unreal?" Here is John's website http://faculty.washington.edu/jcramer/ (check out his audio simulation of the big bang) *Carter Mackley* ? *Owner and* *editor of BEARS and Other Top Predators Magazine *. Carter will provide a presentation on the latest Sasquatch research, including photographic evidence collected in the last two months. *Charlie Spinelli* ? *Associate Tech Fellow at the Boeing Company - Advanced Integrating Concepts** Group*. He will speak with us about remote sensing technologies and unmanned aeronautics. *NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND LOCATION* Due to scheduling conflicts at 911 Gallery, we will meet this month at *7:30pm on* *Wednesday, November 14* at the offices of K&L Gates, *925 Fourth Avenue * (It is diagonally across from the downtown public library main branch, between 3rd and 4th Avenue and between Marion and Madison Streets). When you come in to the building, take the elevator to the 29th floor. We will be in conference room 1, 2 and 3 (take a right at the reception desk). This months' Dorkbot meeting is curated by Scott David, email him questions at *scott.david@klgates.com* . We hope to see you there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20071101/d9a02574/attachment.html From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Tue Nov 13 16:00:05 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 17:39:06 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] Fwd: November 14 Dorkbot: Probing the Membrane between the Real and Unreal In-Reply-To: <37bd773c0711011406u4995a771pe70b3cbb289b7570@mail.gmail.com> References: <37bd773c0711011406u4995a771pe70b3cbb289b7570@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <37bd773c0711131300t598996c2s7e2e4045dd24c7c7@mail.gmail.com> Reminder! Tomorrow, November Dorkbot. I hope to see you all there, looks like a good one. Be sure to note it's in a different location: *925 Fourth Avenue* (diagonally across from the downtown public library main branch, between 3rd and 4 th Avenue and between Marion and Madison Streets). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: shelly@hive-mind.com Date: Nov 1, 2007 1:06 PM Subject: November 14 Dorkbot: Probing the Membrane between the Real and Unreal To: dorkbotsea-announce@dorkbot.org **************************************************************** What: November 14 Dorkbot: Probing the Membrane between the Real and Unreal When: *7:30pm on* *Wednesday, November 14* Where: Offices of K&L Gates, *925 Fourth Avenue, 29th Floor* Who: You! **************************************************************** NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND LOCATION **************************************************************** * * MMPORGS and online worlds, synthetic life, telerobotics and telepistomology, Photoshop, phishing, loop quantum gravity, chimera, virtual voice technology, identity theft, etc., etc. As science and technology extend our senses and capabilities, they also challenge our notions of reality. This month *Dorkbot probes the membrane between the real and unreal with three provocative presentations*. Our presenters will be: *John Cramer ? UW physics professor.* John will escort us to the outer boundaries of communication with his presentation on "Nonlocal Quantum Communication: Real or Unreal?" Here is John's website http://faculty.washington.edu/jcramer/ (check out his audio simulation of the big bang) *Carter Mackley* ? *Owner and* *editor of BEARS and Other Top Predators Magazine * . Carter will provide a presentation on the latest Sasquatch research, including photographic evidence collected in the last two months. *Charlie Spinelli* ? *Associate Tech Fellow at the Boeing Company - Advanced Integrating Concepts** Group*. He will speak with us about remote sensing technologies and unmanned aeronautics. *NOTE CHANGE OF TIME AND LOCATION* Due to scheduling conflicts at 911 Gallery, we will meet this month at *7:30pm on* *Wednesday, November 14* at the offices of K&L Gates, *925 Fourth Avenue * (It is diagonally across from the downtown public library main branch, between 3rd and 4 th Avenue and between Marion and Madison Streets). When you come in to the building, take the elevator to the 29th floor. We will be in conference room 1, 2 and 3 (take a right at the reception desk). This months' Dorkbot meeting is curated by Scott David, email him questions at *scott.david@klgates.com* . We hope to see you there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20071113/b0c56a63/attachment.html From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Tue Nov 13 19:22:50 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 17:39:07 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] Strange Things, Dec 8: Artists Making Technology, Technology Making Art Message-ID: <37bd773c0711131622t411ad232n94b224e4fd04f5e2@mail.gmail.com> We are pleased to announce that the Seattle chapter of Dorkbot, in collaboration with 911 Media Arts Center, opens a new juried art exhibit "Strange Things " with an opening night party on December 8, 2007. *Mark your calendars!* Celebrate the opening night of "Strange Things" with us on Saturday December 8th, 7pm-2am, 21+. We will have DJs, VJs, a bar, and one night only installations. Proceeds from bar and door cover (10$) to benefit 911 Media Arts Center. *Wear Electricity, and Bring a Robotic Date! * The exhibition opens Saturday, December 8, 2007 and closes January 11, 2008. *"Strange Things" web site:* http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe3/ *More About "Strange Things":* New and exciting genres of art emerge as artists, scientists and technologists bring together their expertise to push the boundaries of what is possible. Dorkbot-sea 's exhibition, People Doing Strange Things with Electricity, showcases innovative trends in modern art by bringing together established and emerging artists who work with electricity in a significant way either in their art, or in its creation. For the last show in 2005, over 1200 people visited the exhibit during the opening night event. Please see this pagefor an overview of our last exhibit including a list of artists, and here for pictures. This year, in addition to showcasing works that in some way involve the use of electricity, we are emphasizing interactivity: art installations that interact with the environment, with participant observers, and with other installations. " Strange Things" that pique curiosity and inspire a desire to touch. The Dorkbot Overlord Committee, with guest juror Misha Neininger, Executive Director of 911 Media Arts Center , selected over 25 pieces from regional artists. Our focus on interactive electronic projects encompasses a broad range of creative media: art that borders the line between physical and digital art, digital art and experimental media, kinetic sculpture, reactive sculpture, sound and light installations, web-based art, ubiquitous computing...to name a few. *Exhibiting artists:* Accelerator Group * Bill Beaty * Doug Bell * Joe Benner * Michele Boland * CCRT (LoVid & Douglas Repetto) * Rebecca Cummins * Scott David * Shannon Eakins * Leta Evaskus * Shelly Farnham * Stacey Farrar * Dan Greenberg * Eunsu Kang * Jeff Larson * Laura MacCary * Lawrence MacCary * Mark Malmberg * Marcell Marias * Mike McCracken * Eric McNeill * Chris O'Dowd * Toby Paddock & John Krug * Diana Vanderhoef * Rolf van Widenfelt * Xander * *Location* 911 Media Arts Center is located at 402 9th Avenue North at Harrison Street in South Lake Union. Call (206) 682-6552 for directions or visit the web at 911media.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20071113/7737bb91/attachment.html From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Wed Nov 14 21:28:42 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 17:39:07 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] Fwd: [dorkbotsea-overlords] mediaphile In-Reply-To: <007b01c82725$ff313fb0$7701a8c0@Red> References: <007b01c82725$ff313fb0$7701a8c0@Red> Message-ID: <37bd773c0711141828r50f38c8m3a28a4a6d7421b01@mail.gmail.com> >From Misha, Director of 911 Media Arts Center, what's coming up. If you want to subscribe to their newsletter "mediaphile" : >> You should sign up for this Digital Media Newsletter about 911 Media Arts and all things media. Click on the subscribe members signup link here, memberslist-subscribe@911media.org and you'll receive a confirmation and Mediaphile, the newsletter, will be emailed to you about twice a month. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: misha neininger Date: Nov 14, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [dorkbotsea-overlords] mediaphile To: misha@911media.org *mediaphile* November 14th, 2007 *Big Bang *If you've been to 911 Media Arts Center, one of the few low lying buildings left in the growing canyons of South Lake Union, you've been in our reactor. Haven't you? If you stand in the intersection of hallways (now temporarily filled with * Clover*, a four-monitor intersection installation by Gary Hill), you can experience the collision of ideas, expertise, art, and potential. It's been an amazing 20-plus years of expression issuing out of the people who've harnessed the power of our community, and in the next few weeks this anti-containment space and all of our supporters will take a big step forward in our evolution. Until that time, the fuel rods that ignite new forms of expression and invention are plunging into the reactor pool this month. Lean over the railing and see the upcoming On Screen Magazine Short Film Contest conclusion (with screenings at SIFF Cinema coming up soon), the Anne Focke Awards and 911 Fundraiser coming to life, the glowing life forms (sparks optional) of the upcoming PDSTWE show, a stunning VJ night with Control Room Console Master DJ Scobot, Open Screening that shows new (video) life forms, and many more interacting pools of potential with our many Media Events. And we haven't even reached the elemental expertise that shapes your inquiring minds, with lab-coated experts like John De Graaf leading you through producing a documentary. Or our Scholarship Recipients that are about to put their hands on the controls and learn how to manipulate media tools to shape their visions. Big changes are afoot here at 911, and we invite you to come down and experience what happens when you creating the safe setting for happy collisions of art and ideas. It's your reactor. Do touch the dials. *Arts & Events at 911 * *The NEXT STEP 911 Media Arts Center Fundraising Event* Featuring The Anne Focke Awards Awarded to Richard Andrews of The Henry Gallery *Sunday Evening December 9th, 2007* At Western Bridge 3412 5th AVe. South 6:00pm Doors open 7:15pm Dinner by the Great Northwest Catering Company Join us for an evening of awards, fine cuisine, and experiential entertainment as we bestow the Anne Focke Award to Richard Andrews of The Henry Gallery. The award is named after Anne Focke, whose rich career includes the founding and collaboration in the creation of new organizations and programs, including 911's predecessor *and/or*. The combination of unusual activities (including performance artist Martha Wilson), sumptuous cuisine by the Great Northwest Catering Company, and the intriguing setting of Western Bridge makes this worth getting a seat or sponsoring a table before they are all gone. Get your Brown Paper Tickets here, and read about the background of the awards and how to sponsor a table of your friends or business colleagues here. *The Travels of Mariko Horo *By Tamiko Thiel 911 Media Arts Gallery *Runs through Tuesday, November 20th *Gallery Hours Monday through Friday 12:00 pm to 6:00pm Saturday 1:00pm to 6:00pm *new hours *If you haven't experienced the interactive installation by Tamiko Thiel you should glide down to our Media Arts gallery and partake. This rich interactive experience allows *you* to control your gliding journey through an inverse Marco Polo journey from the perspective of a time-traveling Japanese woman who constructs an exotic and rich external world from her imagination. 911 Media Arts Center is partnering with the Seattle Art Museum to exhibit this contemporary example of the Japanese Namban genre to complement the opening of "Japan Envisions the West:16th-19th Century Japanese Art from Kobe City Museum", a Namban Art at the Seattle Art Museum at the Seattle Art Museum. While the truly interactive 3-D-VR installation only runs through November 20th here at 911 Media Arts, Seattle Art Museum is exhibiting the Japanese Art from Kobe City Museum in two parts. Part I ends November 25th, but if you buy tickets SAM Tickets Online to Part I, bring in your ticket stub from Part I receive 50% off admission to Part II, which opens on December 1, 2008. *Dorkbot's Strange Things *Opening Soon 911 Media Arts Gallery Opening Party Saturday December 8th 7:00pm The Seattle chapter of Dorkbot opens a new juried art exhibit"People Doing Strange Things With Electricity " with opening night party on Saturday December 8, 2007. *People Doing Strange Things with Electricity *showcases innovative trends in modern art by bringing together established and emerging artists who work with electricity in a significant way either in their art, or in its creation. Mark your calendars for December 8th, as the opening party promises to be as electrifying as the art. Insulated drink holders may be necessary as you weave around the installations, if the previous show at Coca is any indication. *Open Screening: BIGGER* 911 Media Arts Theater Monday November 12th 8:00pm $2.00 Dollar Suggested Donation Sure you've got a big screen, but our screen is bigger. Our *70+ seat* Media Arts Theater has a big projector with plenty of space for you to view (your latest work, short, or clip, or video) to a group of (your friends, work colleagues, the band, fellow Open Screeners). Not only do you have the Big Factor, you have an incomparable host, Big *Greg Gould*, who guides the evening viewing with wit and style, acting as an MC for this open mic night for amateur to professional filmmakers and media artists. So unless you have a 70+ theater with the right equipment and a talented video -open-mic-host (egad), you need to take advantage of this monthly event that occurs on Monday, November 12th for the paltry sum of $2.00 suggested donation. Read a bit more *here*, then come down to the growing canyons of South Lake Union for your own Big Media Experience. Find the directions to forward to your friends here. *VJ Night "Hands On" *Thursday November 15th 8:00pm 911 Media Arts Theater Admission: $5.00 If you've wanted to lay hands and FEEL the power of VJ night, the Good Man VJ Scobot is welcoming you up on stage to revel in the glory of mixed visuals, beats, and the power of the VJ processor pulpit. Instead of watching, you can *get your hands on one of three VJ stations *and make the electrons dance to the beats in your head. Three VJ stations at one time! *Station ONE:* Laptop station Laptop running Arkaos VJ software (VJ scobot's actual performance rig) Midi keyboard controller. *Station TWO: *Mixer station Edirol V-4 video mixer DVD player + video feeds from laptop & effects stations main output to screen. *Station THREE:* Enjoy pulling 5 G's on $5k's worth of equipment (special thanks to Punch Drunk Productions and Edirol): the Edirol CG-8 Video synthesizer effects station and the KORG KPE-1 Entrancer. It's been one year since VJ night started, so here's a big shout of congrats to Scobot, the Man Connected with a Higher VJ Power! *911 Media Literacy Scholarship Recipients *Our recently initiated Media Literacy Scholarship Program gives people a chance to utilize the tools and expertise that infuses the hallways of 911 Media Arts. The recipients are: *Alex Stonehill: Executive Director for the Common Language Project *The Common Language Project supports independent media outlets by providing original international reporting in depth multi-media coverage and conducting medial literacy workshops. CLP will use the grant to take some of our Web classes and Documentary classes. *Elizabeth Augustine Buschmann* Elizabeth is a recent graduate of UW in ceramics. Her interest lies in exploring the role of computers and technology with her recent body of work, which combines sound and physical materials. She looks forward to being a part of the exciting community of 911. *Margot Quan Knight Margot* Margot Quan Knight Margot is a practicing, Seattle based artist, with roots in photography. She began to develop an interest in video during her tenure as a 911 intern. Her work examines the relationship between still and moving images, and you can see her work on her site. Margot plans take Final Cut Pro and Animation classes as well as rent equipment to continue her work. *911 Classes and Workshops *YES. The answer to "Can I bring my vision to life? " *Producing a Documentary Workshop *Everything you wanted to know* Saturday December 15th 10:00am - 4:00pm Member cost - $95 Non-member cost - $ 115 You've got the documentary bug, and the idea is bubbling around in your brain. Or, perhaps you've started to shoot and attempt to put your vision together. Wouldn't you like to sit down with an expert in the documentary world, someone who has been producing and directing documentaries for 25+ years? For a mere $95 dollars* for 911 members? If you want to learn the documentary work flow process, refined through years of experience, and save lots of time in YOUR process, come take Producing a Documentary with instructor John de Graaf. >From finding funding to identifying your audience, John de Graaf gives you the tools and knowledge needed to get your documentary out of your head and moving forward. John's will share his deep base of knowledge gathered from years as as a documentary producer, director, and writer, producing such works AFFLUENZA and the THE MOTHERHOOD MANIFESTO, and many PBS specials. This is a rare opportunity to learn from a master, so go here and scroll to the bottom to sign up with a better rate for 911 members. And if you're not a member, now would be a good time. While you're at it, check out the rest of our classes. Yes, Martha, there is a Media Arts Center near you. *Mediaphile: Spread the word 911 Media Arts Center *www.911media.org* 206.682.6552 206.464.9009 fax 402 9th Ave N. Seattle. WA 98109 SUBSCRIBE:* send a blank email to: memberslist-subscribe@911media.org (You will be sent an email asking to confirm you would like to be added to this list) *UNSUBSCRIBE:* send a blank email to: memberslist-unsubscribe@911media.org (You will be sent an email asking to confirm you would like to be removed from this list) *Tell a friend about Mediaphile. *Copy this sentence below into an email and send it to your distribution list, work group, or that media-savvy friend. Help us spread the word, and we'll help you get a lunch. *>> You should sign up for this Digital Media Newsletter about 911 Media Arts and all things media. Click on the subscribe members signup link here, memberslist-subscribe@911media.org and you'll receive a confirmation and Mediaphile, the newsletter, will be emailed to you about twice a month. And hey...don't you owe me lunch? << * MISHA NEININGER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 911 MEDIA ARTS CENTER 402 9th AVE N. SEATTLE, WA 98109 USA T +206 682 6552 Ext. 17 E misha@911media.org www.911media.org _______________________________________________ dorkbotsea-overlords mailing list dorkbotsea-overlords@eldan.co.uk http://eldan.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotsea-overlords_eldan.co.uk dorkbotsea wiki: http://projects.dorkbot.org/dorkbot-wiki/DorkbotSeaWiki -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20071114/b6a9168f/attachment.html From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Tue Nov 27 14:01:53 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 17:39:07 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] "Strange Things" Opening Night Party Dec 8 Message-ID: <37bd773c0711271101o2e118bb2m6b6f96efbd97bb82@mail.gmail.com> The opening night party of dorkbot-sea's art exhibit "Strange Things" is just around the corner! Learn more at: http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe3/ ** *"Strange Things"* Artists making technology, technology making art Saturday, December 8, 7pm - 2am 10$, 21+, proceeds to benefit 911 Media Arts Center 911 Media Arts Center, 409 9th Avenue N, Seattle 91109 Please join the fun. Wear electricity, and bring a robotic date! DJs: DJ Blue, Menami, Levi, DJ Transistor, and DJ Spire, ranging from downtempo jazzy breaks to progressive house. Visuals: VJ Binarymillenium, Alan Altman's Amended Complaint, and real time animation from Joseph Gray. Exhibiting artists: Accelerator Group * Bill Beaty * Doug Bell * Joe Benner * Michele Boland * CCRT * Rebecca Cummins * Scott David * Shannon Eakins * Leta Evaskus * Shelly Farnham * Stacey Farrar * Dan Greenberg * Eunsu Kang * Jeff Larson * Laura MacCary * Lawrence MacCary * Mark Malmberg * Marcell Marias * Mike McCracken * Eric McNeill * Chris O'Dowd * Toby Paddock & John Krug * Diana Vanderhoef * Rolf van Widenfelt * Xander -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20071127/3ac22239/attachment.html From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Fri Nov 30 17:58:11 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Fri Nov 30 17:58:18 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] volunteer at upcoming dorkbot art show "Strange Things"? Message-ID: <37bd773c0711301458y2a02e0dfg7a2eecc9529757bc@mail.gmail.com> See below, we need an electrician! Also, we could use a few volunteers to help out at the door (stamping hands, taking $$) at the opening night event. If you're interested let me know! We'll do 1.5 hour shifts, between 7 and 2. Any one actively participating in the event will be added to the guest list, if you like. Opening event $$ goes to a good cause, covering costs of event, the rest donated to 911 Media Arts Center who have been great hosts for Seattle's Dorkbot. Shelly ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eric McNeill Date: Nov 30, 2007 1:32 PM Subject: [dorkbotsea-blabber] Volunteer Electrician needed for Strange Things show To: dorkbot We're in need of someone(s) familiar with basic building wiring to help us out with a few minor projects at 911 Media this weekend or early next week for our upcoming "Strange Things" show. It's fairly straightforward stuff: - The reception area ceiling is wired with conduit and outlets but it's not hooked up. - Hook up one set of trac lighting - Look into the possibility of having an isolated circuit in one of the rooms, for a piece with a large current draw Please let me know if you're interested in helping out on any of these. thanks... Eric ------------------------------ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. ........................................................................ .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... ..........................http://dorkbot.org............................ ........................................................................ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20071130/90f27eb3/attachment.html