<div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="gmail_quote">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!)<span class="nfakPe"></span><span class="nfakPe"></span></div>
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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, <span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style=""><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span>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.</div>
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<div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">WHAT:<span> <span class="nfakPe">January</span></span> 2008 <span class="nfakPe">Dorkbot</span>:<span> Electronics for artists!<br>
</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">WHEN:<span> </span>Weds, Jan 7th, 7:00 - 9:30pm </font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> (come early to chat, presentations will start at 7:30 sharp)</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">WHERE:<span> </span>911 Media, 402 9th Ave N.</font></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span> </span><a href="http://www.911media.org/" style="color: rgb(7, 77, 143);" target="_blank">http://www.911media.org/</a></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<font size="3"><font face="Calibri">ADMISSION:<span> Free! All ages welcome. </span></font></font></p><div style="border-style: none none dotted; border-width: medium medium 3pt; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">
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<font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span> B</span>ring a couple of bucks to support 911 Media!<span> </span></font></font><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">We'll have a donation jar out by the beer.<span> </span>;)</font></font></p>
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<br></p></div></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">More about the presentations....</span></span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">Josh Kopel: </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Out of Control" a quick review of the micro-controller and DIY electronics explosion that was 2008.</span></span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">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.</span><br>
</div><div><br></div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">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 (<a href="http://thehacktory.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">http://thehacktory.org</span></a>),
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. </span>
<br><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"></span><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style=""><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tina Aufiero</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">: </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Computers, wireless cameras, electronics, and swans.</span><br>
<br></span>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".<br><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse;">We know Tina as the Education Director at 911 Media Arts Center. She received her MFA at NYU. </span><font size="-1"> 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.
</font><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"> Learn more at: </span><a href="http://a.parsons.edu/%7Eaufierot/blog/" target="_blank">http://a.parsons.edu/~aufierot/blog/</a><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hugo Solis Garcia</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">: Juum, a framework for multimedia production and composition</span></span></div>
<div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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.<br>
</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">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<br>
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.</span></span><br></div><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">As ever, special thanks to 911 Media Arts Center for providing such a great venue and friendly support for our monthly <span class="nfakPe">Dorkbot</span> meetings.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">See you on Wednesday, Jan 7th!</p></div></div></div></span></div></span></span>