[dorkbotsea-announce] January Dorkbot: Electronics for Artists (this Weds!)

[shelly at hive-mind.com]

Here's the updated info for the January Dorkbot!  It's a great line up, see
y'all Wednesday.  (Please note we'll be starting talks at 7:30 sharp!)

Come learn about how others have used electronics in their art, and be
inspired: Josh Kopel will be talking about the year of the Arduino, Tina
Aufiero will talk about wireless cameras, electronics, and swans, and Hugo
Solis Garcia about software he's developed to create sound art.  More info
below.

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WHAT:            January 2008 Dorkbot:  Electronics for artists!

WHEN:             Weds, Jan 7th, 7:00 - 9:30pm

                         (come early to chat, presentations will start at
7:30 sharp)

WHERE:           911 Media, 402 9th Ave N.

                           http://www.911media.org/

ADMISSION:    Free!  All ages welcome.

                        Bring a couple of bucks to support 911 Media!  We'll
have a donation jar out by the beer.  ;)



More about the presentations....

Josh Kopel:  "Out of Control" a quick review of the micro-controller and DIY
electronics explosion that was 2008.

2008 might well be called the year of Arduino, as the little
micro-controller from Italy invaded the DIY scene and showed up just about
everywhere.  Beyond just the Arduino, 2008 also saw a vast increase of
interest in micro-controllers and unique interfaces for use in the arts.
 Join us for a rapid no-doubt incomplete, but hopefully entertaining review
of the trends and topics that made 2008 so exciting.

Josh Kopel has been hacking electronics since he first discovered BYTE
magazine in the early 1980's. He is a recent arrival in Seattle from
Philadelphia where he helped found a hacker space (http://thehacktory.org),
and co-organized MakePhilly. An expert and dedicated accumulator, he has
turned to building Arduino projects in a vain attempt to use up the vast
quantities of junk he has collected.

Tina Aufiero: Computers, wireless cameras, electronics, and swans.

Tina will talk about using computers, a wireless camera, and some
electronics to marry the abstract concepts and representational forms in her
works, which includes "project_swancam".

We know Tina as the Education Director at 911 Media Arts Center.  She
received her MFA at NYU.   Her art work focuses on the observation of
swans.  The swan as a subject, object, metaphor, is a vehicle to make work
that speaks to love, solitude, being, self and other. Learn more at:
http://a.parsons.edu/~aufierot/blog/<http://a.parsons.edu/%7Eaufierot/blog/>

Hugo Solis Garcia:  Juum, a framework for multimedia production and
composition

Hugo Solís García (1976, México City) is currently a Ph.D student at DXARTS.
His main interests are sound art, musical structure of improvised music,
human computer musical interaction, and audiovisual systems. Currently he
works on the development of sonic and visual extensions for living and dead
pianos, the production of tools for collective creation, the creation of
interactive and multimedia installations, and also plays with the Juum duet.

On his talk, Hugo will talk about Juum, a framework for
multimedia production and composition that he has been developing during the
last year. This piece of software allows him to integrate all his
requirements into one single tool that follows his creative process. With
this program he has produced all his artistic works over the last year and
an interesting feedback loop has emerged. The tool has evolved because of
the artistic requirements and the art pieces have been influenced by the
program. This
constant iteration between technique and creativity constitute now a
layer in his artistic journey. The talk will be supported by previous works,
and samples of his work and research.

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 As ever, special thanks to 911 Media Arts Center for providing such a great
venue and friendly support for our monthly Dorkbot meetings.

See you on Wednesday, Jan 7th!
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