From liav.koren at gmail.com Tue Nov 11 21:13:38 2008 From: liav.koren at gmail.com (Liav Koren) Date: Tue Nov 11 21:13:52 2008 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-blabber] dbot dec 11th. Message-ID: 11 December, 7pm, at Interaccess (9 Ossington Ave) The long delayed... Pyschogeography dorkbot. (w00t.) =-=-=-=-=-= Since being spawned by several crotchety french intellectuals in the 1950s, psychogeography has evolved from a set of Leftist/surrealist strategies for experiencing/diagramming/critiquing the way cities work under capitalism, into a richly diverse and fragmented set of techniques for addressing geography and place. In some ways many of the early Situationist drawings and diagrams try to map out relationships and intangibles that seem to anticipate digital tools. Now that we're post-web2.0-bubble-google-wirelessly-hyper-networked-and-enabled, what do some contemporary pyschogeography practices look like? Laura Nanni, and Amos Latteier will be presenting recent work in this vein. -=-=-=- upcoming dbots: Jan 15 Mar 12 May 14 -=-=-=- Bios: Laura Nanni is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist and curator. She has presented her work at festivals, galleries and theatres across North America and the UK, including 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Nuit Blanche and Koffler Gallery (Toronto); Angel Row and Bonington Gallery (Nottingham) and Galapagos Art Space (New York). With frequent collaborator Sorrel Muggridge (Nottingham UK), Laura most recently participated in the Walking and Art Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts developing a large-scale site-specific installation and performance project entitled To Trail Is Not Always To Follow Behind and in October 2008, presented Re:::lay, a series of performance-walks for participants between Nottingham and Edinburgh, London and Sheffield and Nottingham and Bethesda in the UK. Other recent projects include co-editing the Canadian Theatre Review 126: site-specific performance, Curious Walking Tours: In Search of the Perfect Lawn for Nuit Blanche 2006 and Pick 7, an interactive mapping project devised with Erika Hennebury for the research and presentation space Hub 14. Laura is currently an Artistic Associate for Performing Arts at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. -=-=-=- Amos Latteier is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist who creates interactive public art using technology and performs PowerPoint lectures. He has performed lectures across North America and in Europe. His recent public art projects include a location-specific haiku by sms project, a telephone-operated karaoke protest song project, a pigeon condo, cell phone-operated nature tour, a 500lb potato battery, and a chainsaw-powered walking machine. For more information visit http://latteier.com/ From liav.koren at gmail.com Wed Nov 19 14:12:09 2008 From: liav.koren at gmail.com (Liav Koren) Date: Wed Nov 19 14:12:19 2008 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-blabber] (minor) website update Message-ID: Yes, I know this is truly earth shattering. Have updated the website (http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbottoronto/) Now featuring: tables. W00t. Please note upcoming presentation dates: Dec 11th, Jan 15, Mar 12, and May 14. Cheers, L.