From liav.koren at gmail.com Mon Jul 14 19:50:34 2008 From: liav.koren at gmail.com (Liav Koren) Date: Mon Jul 14 19:50:42 2008 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-announce] killah beeez Message-ID: Come down this thursday for a series of bee talks, bee-docs, and the wu-tang clan. Resonating Bodies and the Bumble-bee Domicile project have colonized dorkbot. July 17: Bees & Barcodes. Dr. Laurence Packer, Sarah Peebles, Rob King, Rob Cruickshank, Anne Barros, and a screening of "Bee Man," a short film by Robert Lendrum, Drew Ferguson, and Morris Lum. 7pm, at Interaccess. 7pm *sharp.* I'm serious about this, people! We're starting on time, this week. --- Bios: Anne Barros, RCA, received a BA from the College of New Rochelle and an honours diploma in Gold and Silversmithing from Humber College, Toronto. After further study at the Sir John Cass School of Art in London, England, she began practice as a studio silversmith with a specialty in small functional holloware and flatware Robert Cruickshank is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist. His work in various media includes electronic, kinetic and robotic installations, sound art, electroacoustic music and lo-fi and stereo photography, and has been exhibited in Toronto and internationally. Much of his activity is associated with InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Toronto, where he has developed a number of hands-on workshops for artists using electronics. Rob King is a New Media artist, visualist, programmer and researcher based in Toronto, Ontario. He has a BFA in Image Arts: New Media from Ryerson University, and is currently finishing a MA degree in the Communications and Culture joint graduate program at Ryerson and York Universities. His work explores the social dynamics of networked spaces, the potentials of mobile and ubiquitous computing, dynamic and generative processes, intellectual property issues, and system theory. Robert Lendrum is a Toronto-based artist working in video, performance and documentary. He received his BFA from the University of Western Ontario and his MA in Media Studies at Concordia University. He is currently completing his MFA in Documentary Media at Ryerson University. Dr. Laurence Packer is Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at York Univesity, author of "Bees of Toronto." Sarah Peebles is an American composer, improviser and installation artist based in Toronto since 1990. Her studies have included violin, composition and Japanese traditional musics at the University of Michigan School of Music, Toho Gakuen School of Music (Tokyo), Tokyo Association of Shinto Priests and The Okada guild, among others. From liav.koren at gmail.com Sun Jul 27 22:57:19 2008 From: liav.koren at gmail.com (Liav Koren) Date: Sun Jul 27 22:57:45 2008 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-announce] upcoming Message-ID: Hi all. Upcoming dorkbots are: Surfacing w. Kelly Jazvac, Kristen Peterson, & Atom Deguire August 28, 7pm, at Interaccess. Kelly, Kristen, and Atom are all doing wonderfully minimal, graphic, urban and spatial explorations of drawings and surface effects. Their works all resonate with each other really nicely. This should be a really great dorkbot. www... www.kristenpeterson.ca www.drawingresearch.com www.kellyjazvac.com www.atomdeguire.com ---- Sept 12: Bodies, w. Nina Leo, Maria Legault, and Istvan Kantor. www.ninaleo.com www.marialegault.com www.istvankantor.com