From liav.koren at gmail.com Fri Aug 7 11:39:36 2009 From: liav.koren at gmail.com (Liav Koren) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:39:36 -0400 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-blabber] august dbot Message-ID: It looks like there probably will be an August dbot -- I'm still trying to hash out the scheduling, but tentatively we have Nick Steadman and Kate Hartman for either the 20th or 27th. Details to follow. Cheers, Liav. From liav.koren at gmail.com Sun Aug 16 14:49:27 2009 From: liav.koren at gmail.com (Liav Koren) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:49:27 -0400 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-blabber] dorkbot: 27 August: Hartman/Stedman Message-ID: Hi all. Sorry for the later-than-usual nature of this dbot -- it took a bit longer to nail down schedules. Thursday 27 August, 7pm at Interaccess (9 Ossington Ave) Nick Stedman & Kate Hartman: Natural Interaction This coming dorkbot Nick and Kate will be presenting projects that bridge between natural and cultural systems: After Deep Blue, a modular robot system that ambiguously moves between endearing and sinister; Botanicalls, a hardware suite that gives plants new agency, and the Glacier Embracing Suit, a vehicle to become more intimate with sublimely indifferent nature. These projects are all really neat, and this should be a particularly fun dbot. -=-=- Links: Hartman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katehartman/sets/72157621178101762/ http://www.botanicalls.com/press/press-inquiries/ Stedman: http://nickstedman.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/adb-after-deep-blue/ -=-=- Bios: Nick Stedman: For the past decade, I've been designing and building devices which enhance social and cultural activities. These range from machines to interactive installations to performance technology to websites and software. I work primarily with electronic and mechanical technology, programming computers, and fabricating physical forms. In recent years, I have increasingly focused on making robots which physically interact with people. My goal here is to build machines which feel as if they are alive. Once built, the devices are enacted in galleries, festivals or other public forums where people have the chance to explore them at their will. I live in Toronto where I work on these projects for myself, and for others as a contractor. My projects have been shown in Canada, and abroad, some highlights of which include ISEA2004, Future Physical, Artbots, and Ars Electronica. I teach at Ryerson and will start teaching at York this fall. Previously, I managed the studio at InterAccess, and worked at the Banff Centre for the Arts.{\rtf1} -=-=- Kate Hartman Kate Hartman creates new tools for expression through innovative applications of technology. Her individual and collaborative projects span the fields of wearable computing, mobile telephony, video installation, and conceptual art. She is the co-creator of Botanicalls, a system that enables houseplants to make phone calls and send text messages and the Lilypad XBee, a sewable radio tranceiver that allows your clothing to talk. Hartman holds a B.A. from Bard College in Film and Electronic Arts and an M.P.S. from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has been featured by the New York Times, BBC World Service, NPR, in the recently published book "Fashionable Technology". Hartman previously taught classes and workshops at New York University, Parsons The New School for Design, NYCResistor, and the Banff New Media Institute and has recently relocated to Toronto to be the Assistant Professor of Wearable & Mobile Technology as part of the Ontario College of Art & Design's Digital Futures Initiative. From ben at ekran.org Mon Aug 17 12:38:34 2009 From: ben at ekran.org (B. Bogart) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:38:34 -0700 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-blabber] dorkbot: 27 August: Hartman/Stedman In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4A89878A.90007@ekran.org> Any videotaping this talk? I'd love to watch remotely... Thanks. .b. Liav Koren wrote: > Hi all. Sorry for the later-than-usual nature of this dbot -- it took > a bit longer to nail down schedules. > > > Thursday 27 August, 7pm > at Interaccess (9 Ossington Ave) > Nick Stedman & Kate Hartman: Natural Interaction > > This coming dorkbot Nick and Kate will be presenting projects that > bridge between natural and cultural systems: After Deep Blue, a > modular robot system that ambiguously moves between endearing and > sinister; Botanicalls, a hardware suite that gives plants new agency, > and the Glacier Embracing Suit, a vehicle to become more intimate with > sublimely indifferent nature. > > These projects are all really neat, and this should be a particularly fun dbot. > > -=-=- > Links: > > Hartman: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/katehartman/sets/72157621178101762/ > http://www.botanicalls.com/press/press-inquiries/ > > Stedman: > http://nickstedman.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/adb-after-deep-blue/ > > -=-=- > Bios: > > Nick Stedman: > > For the past decade, I've been designing and building devices which > enhance social and cultural activities. These range from machines to > interactive installations to performance technology to websites and > software. I work primarily with electronic and mechanical technology, > programming computers, and fabricating physical forms. In recent > years, I have increasingly focused on making robots which physically > interact with people. My goal here is to build machines which feel as > if they are alive. Once built, the devices are enacted in galleries, > festivals or other public forums where people have the chance to > explore them at their will. > > I live in Toronto where I work on these projects for myself, and for > others as a contractor. My projects have been shown in Canada, and > abroad, some highlights of which include ISEA2004, Future Physical, > Artbots, and Ars Electronica. I teach at Ryerson and will start > teaching at York this fall. Previously, I managed the studio at > InterAccess, and worked at the Banff Centre for the Arts.{\rtf1} > > -=-=- > > Kate Hartman > > Kate Hartman creates new tools for expression through innovative > applications of technology. Her individual and collaborative projects > span the fields of wearable computing, mobile telephony, video > installation, and conceptual art. She is the co-creator of > Botanicalls, a system that enables houseplants to make phone calls and > send text messages and the Lilypad XBee, a sewable radio tranceiver > that allows your clothing to talk. Hartman holds a B.A. from Bard > College in Film and Electronic Arts and an M.P.S. from New York > University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Her work has been > exhibited internationally and has been featured by the New York Times, > BBC World Service, NPR, in the recently published book "Fashionable > Technology". > > Hartman previously taught classes and workshops at New York > University, Parsons The New School for Design, NYCResistor, and the > Banff New Media Institute and has recently relocated to Toronto to be > the Assistant Professor of Wearable & Mobile Technology as part of the > Ontario College of Art & Design's Digital Futures Initiative. > ........................................................................ > .........dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity.......... > ......................... http://dorkbot.org ........................... > ........................................................................ > From liav.koren at gmail.com Wed Aug 26 22:42:00 2009 From: liav.koren at gmail.com (Liav Koren) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:42:00 -0400 Subject: [dorkbottoronto-blabber] dorkbot tomorrow: Hartman/Stedman Message-ID: Thursday 27 August, 7pm at Interaccess (9 Ossington Ave) Nick Stedman & Kate Hartman: Natural Interaction This coming dorkbot Nick and Kate will be presenting projects that bridge between natural and cultural systems: After Deep Blue, a modular robot system that ambiguously moves between endearing and sinister; Botanicalls, a hardware suite that gives plants new agency, and the Glacier Embracing Suit, a vehicle to become more intimate with sublimely indifferent nature. These projects are all really neat, and this should be a particularly fun dbot. -=-=- Links: Hartman: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katehartman/sets/72157621178101762/ http://www.botanicalls.com/press/press-inquiries/ Stedman: http://nickstedman.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/adb-after-deep-blue/ -=-=- Bios: Nick Stedman: For the past decade, I've been designing and building devices which enhance social and cultural activities. These range from machines to interactive installations to performance technology to websites and software. I work primarily with electronic and mechanical technology, programming computers, and fabricating physical forms. In recent years, I have increasingly focused on making robots which physically interact with people. My goal here is to build machines which feel as if they are alive. Once built, the devices are enacted in galleries, festivals or other public forums where people have the chance to explore them at their will. I live in Toronto where I work on these projects for myself, and for others as a contractor. My projects have been shown in Canada, and abroad, some highlights of which include ISEA2004, Future Physical, Artbots, and Ars Electronica. I teach at Ryerson and will start teaching at York this fall. Previously, I managed the studio at InterAccess, and worked at the Banff Centre for the Arts.{\rtf1} -=-=- Kate Hartman Kate Hartman creates new tools for expression through innovative applications of technology. Her individual and collaborative projects span the fields of wearable computing, mobile telephony, video installation, and conceptual art. She is the co-creator of Botanicalls, a system that enables houseplants to make phone calls and send text messages and the Lilypad XBee, a sewable radio tranceiver that allows your clothing to talk. Hartman holds a B.A. from Bard College in Film and Electronic Arts and an M.P.S. from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has been featured by the New York Times, BBC World Service, NPR, in the recently published book "Fashionable Technology". Hartman previously taught classes and workshops at New York University, Parsons The New School for Design, NYCResistor, and the Banff New Media Institute and has recently relocated to Toronto to be the Assistant Professor of Wearable & Mobile Technology as part of the Ontario College of Art & Design's Digital Futures Initiative.