[dorkbotsea-blabber] Fwd: July Dorkbot: Frayed Wire Sat July 11th

[shelly at hive-mind.com]

 For the month of July Dorkbot and friends are hosting FrayedWire, a full
day gathering of people at the intersection of art and technology.

Please register in advance!  We have about 75 people signed up so far so the
workshops are filling up already, and believe me you don't want to be
waiting in line to pay/get your badge at 8:30am on a saturday morning.

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*FrayedWire, **Saturday July 11th*
art, technology, community

*Day Camp,  **9:00-5:30 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center*
Presentations, workshops, open lab, and discussion sessions
Opening talk by *Ward Cunningham*, famous for inventing the *wiki*, and
closing talk by *Trimpin*, world reknown kinetic music sculptor and inventor
best known for his guitar scuplture at the EMP.  See full schedule at
http://Frayedwire.com/program <http://frayedwire.com/program>

*Evening Reception, 7:00pm-midnight at 911 Media Arts Center*
Bar, music, and People Doing Strange Things with Electricity IV
Art exhibit & artists' short talks

*Registration:*  50$, at http://FrayedWire.com <http://frayedwire.com/>,
This is a non-profit event, the fee covers event costs
Too rich for you?  Volunteer and we'll give you a ticket:  email
shellyhivemind at gmail.com

*Bring:*  Some robot vomit to share and tools for the Open Lab.  Best
wearable accessory gets a LilyPad Kit prize!

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*PRESENTATIONS*  (full schedule and speaker bios at
http://frayedwire.com/program)
*Augmented Ways of Seeing by Ward Cunningham, AboutUs.org (opening talk)  *
*Inventions in Music and Kinetic Scuplture by Trimpin, Artist (closing talk)
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*Philosophy in Motion by Jeff Brice, Cornish *
*To Breathe in the Digital Realm by Susie Lee, Artist  *
*A Brief History of the Interdisciplinary Collaboration of the E.A.T.
(Experiments in Art and Technology) and their Connection to the NW by Robin
Oppenheimer, University of Washington*
*Discussion:  A Culture of Innovation: Arts and Technology Incubation in the
NW by Genevieve Tremblay, Cultural Entrepreneurs/BRINC, Kate Wells Driscoll,
BRINC, Robin Oppenheimer, UW Bothell*
*Technology Shaping Art  by Sumit Basu, Microsoft Research*
*Bird Translator by Mark Zirpel, University of Washington*
*Collaborative Video for Dance by Robert Campbell, Cornish*
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*WORKSHOPS*
*Basic Electronics for Artist*  *by** Christopher Prosser, Dorkbot*
*Working with Fabrics:  Conductive Thread, LEDs, and Soft Switches*
*by Jennifer
Darmour *
*Electroluminescent Wire (EL Wire) for Beginners* *by Mike Begley*
*Processing* *by Joseph Gray, Grauwald Design*
*Cool Ideas for the Arduino** * *by Joshua Kopel, KolaborationStudio**
* *OPENLAB*
*All Day Open Lab* *Space with Best Wearable Accessory Contest: Win a
LilyPad Arduino**
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Special thanks to 911 Media Arts Center and Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
for all their support, to Ignition Northwest for sponsoring our coffee
service, and to Seattle Lumens for donating workshop materials!
See you Saturday July 11th!

Email questions to shellyhivemind at gmail.com
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