tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60375791926356970902024-03-01T17:08:03.584-08:00dorkbot chicagopeople doing strange things with electricity - dorkbot chicago!joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-39958114475563328482015-01-12T04:33:00.000-08:002015-06-15T04:36:24.464-07:00Artist Talk: Emily Haasch // Jon Chambers<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">Happy New Year! This month we have back-to-back talks by the genius web-based designer Emily Haasch, and a demo of a new interactive artwork from the multi-talented new media artist Jon Chambers. The talks will happen 7pm Thursday January 29 at Catalyze Chicago at 650 W. Lake Street, Suite 220. (Closest L station: Clinton Green)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">For his talk, Jon will briefly discuss his work while focusing on newer pieces from his recent show Everything Is Text. These works i</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">nvolve a character-driven, interactive element with a hyper-local wireless platform. Viewers submit messages for Morse-code interpretation and re-presentation as color and light. Chambers will set up this network at Dorkbot and audience members will be encouraged to type in and submit their haikus, non sequiturs, and mini-manifestos for an immersive visual environment. He will also go over the various tech elements that make this system run.<br /><br />/////////////////////<br /><br />Emily Haasch is a designer, artist, and tiny human. She physically resides in Chicago, Illinois, USA, North America, Earth. Her thoughts digitally reside on Twitter. With roots in collage and object design, she enjoys cultivating a practice that is interdisciplinary in regard to both medium and purpose. Lately, Emily has been interested in the intersection of design and the systems it both supports and resists. By questioning these themes, she has slowly been initiating digital and IRL projects to make sense of what it means to be a designer in 2015.Emily graduated with a BFA from SAIC in 2013. By day, she is employed as a designer for a small game studio in Wicker Park. <a href="http://www.emilyhaasch.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>www.emilyhaasch.com/</a><br /><br />Jon Chambers’ work focuses on the production of art through technological objects, software, and networked interfaces while aestheticizing experiences of saturation, obsessions, and contradictions. He uses a range of mediums and has shown work nationally and internationally. Chambers currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. <a href="http://jonchambersart.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://jonchambersart.com/</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02841536653444725477noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-79932139533433442152014-12-10T04:03:00.000-08:002015-06-15T04:32:41.154-07:00Artist Talk : Chris Collins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px; text-align: left;">With tremendous excitement we are happy to have the multi-talented new media artist Chris Collins give a talk on his whole life’s work on the very month of his thirtieth birthday! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">Chris Collins1 is a prolific new media artist exploring the way relationships are mediated through technology. Emphasizing humor, collaboration, and banality, he creates absurd online platforms2, participatory performance events3, videos4, video games5, and all sorts of digital ephemera. He is also celebrating his 30th birthday this week. Oh, what these eyes have seen.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">For Dorkbot December, Chris will present a self-curated “thirty year retrospective,” with some recent projects alongside some older, ultra #rare deep cuts. He will use this work as an opportunity to discuss the importance of collaboration, the personal archive, and engaging with an audience outside your filter bubble. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">Chris has an undergraduate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and his work has shown nationally and internationally, notably at the Museum of the Moving Image (New York), SFMOMA, MCA (Chicago), The Nerberger Museum of Art (Purchase, NY) and the Grimmuseum (Berlin)</span><br />
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After a long hiatus, Dorkbot Chicago is back in action. We’ll be using Catalyze Chicago (<a href="http://www.catalyzechicago.org/" style="border: none; color: #6494b2; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.catalyzechicago.org</a>) as our base of operations, and have an exciting lineup of talks / workshops. First and foremost, Nick Briz will be giving an artist talk.<br />
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The main goals of dorkbot are: to create an informal, friendly environment in which people can talk about the work they're doing and to foster discussion about that work; to help bring together people from different backgrounds who are interested in similar things; to give us all an opportunity to see the strange things our neighbors are doing with electricity. dorkbot isn't really a forum for formal artist talks or lectures, but rather a chance for diverse people to have friendly conversations about interesting ideas.<br />
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Thursday Oct 23 7pm<br />
Catalyze Chicago<br />
650 W Lake St.<br />
Suite #220 Chicago IL, 60661<br />
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Facebook event: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/323730744472857/">http://www.facebook.com/events/323730744472857/</a><br />
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<strong>Artist talk: Nick Briz</strong><br />
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hi, my name is nick briz && i'm a new_media artist / educator / organizer living + working in chicago, IL. i'm critically obsessed w/the Internet + all my work is re:to digital culture; specifically: digital literacy + ecology, netizen rights, glitch art, net art, remix. i organize events on these topix ( GLI.TC/H, NO-MEDIA, etc ) && teach on these topix ( SAIC, Marwen, www ) && produce work on these topix ( independently && commercially w/Branger_Briz ). my work's been shown internationally ( FILE Media Arts Festival, the Images Festival, the Museum of Moving Image, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, etc. ) && i've been featured in on/off-line publications around the world ( VICE, <a href="http://rhizome.org/" style="border: none; color: #6494b2; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rhizome.org</a>, Fast Company, El Mundo, Neural, etc. ). my work is distributed through Video Out Distribution as well as openly and freely on the web.<br />
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<strong>Upcoming presentations include: </strong><br />
Claudia Hart (November) and Chris Collins (December).<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02841536653444725477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-25930684593722935572014-10-07T11:08:00.000-07:002014-10-22T11:23:35.468-07:00test<style>body{
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Mark asks that we let yawl know, so pls consider this opportunity!</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: small; ">// jonCates</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: small; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: small; "><div>Call for Submissions from advanced emerging artists, graduate students, scientists and DIY inventors working with Kinetic Sculpture or Interactive Robotics. </div><div> </div><div>We are looking for people who create kinetic art, robots (or something between) and love to share their process.</div><div> </div><div>Submissions will be added to a section of an exhibition of kinetic artworks titled “The Research Lab”, which will be entirely devoted artworks and instructional, videos, drawings, etc. which Embrace the spirit of Open Source/ DIY culture and present processes related to the creation of kinetic art or robotics. The Research Lab will serve as an educational/instructional component, in whichprojects and processes can be shared. Submissions can include sculpture, instructional websites (thinkinstructables.com), drawings, video, manuals,anything that fits within the theme of robotics, kinetic artwork or invention.</div><div> </div><div>Additionally, we are looking for artists interested in conducting workshops related to circuit bending, electric motors, microcontrollers or any type of DIY project that can be demonstrated to beginners</div><div> </div><div>Theexhibition will be held at Columbia College Chicago Glass Curtain Gallery beginning in September of 2012. A program of lectures, workshops, and a </div><div>catalogue will accompany the exhibition.</div><div> </div><div>To be considered please email a direct link to the website documenting your </div><div>work, or attach small images with descriptions to </div><div>robokinetic.exhibition@gmail.com. We can also accept snail mail submissions:</div><div> </div><div>Call for Research Lab Submissions</div><div>Glass Curtain Gallery, First Floor</div><div>1104 S. Wabash Ave.</div><div>Chicago, IL. 60605</div><div> </div><div>Submissions will not be considered after </div><div>May 15, 2012.</div></div>joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-17719257926316052652012-03-22T14:03:00.005-07:002012-03-22T14:14:21.766-07:00Anna Anthropy at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday April 5th at 7pm!Anna Anthropy at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday April 5th at 7pm!<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45xXgp_CHigljq3_Es5AGr8yz8astxk0DKSQDjCPxZhvhVHEEndjfiUR3O-I6IJqO5N0nT_YCW9UWBctOJeZnrWkLAE11qOhCz0nfblH7TeyBgq3gCvjHjZ-S7bp194Ryg24_LZX-Guo/s400/AnnaA_by_TomasGunnarsson1_small.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722831083428180946" /><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://auntiepixelante.com" target="_blank">Anna Anthropy</a></strong> is an acclaimed videogame designer, critic and vanguard in the effort to reclaim videogames from the "culture of privilege and misogyny that has so far obscured the potential of what could be the defining cultural medium of a new millennium." A prolific artist, her recent games include the allegorical <em><a href="http://www.auntiepixelante.com/keepmeoccupied/" target="_blank">Keep Me Occupied</a></em>, installed in public as part of Occupy Oakland, the playful <em><a href="http://games.adultswim.com/lesbian-spider-queens-of-mars-twitchy-online-game.html" target="_blank">Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars</a></em>, sponsored by Adult Swim, and the autobiographical <em><a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/591565" target="_blank">dys4ia</a></em>, which details her personal experience with hormone replacement therapy.<br /><br />Anna is based in Oakland, CA, and will be visiting dorkbot Chicago as part of a <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/Anna-Anthropy-World-Tour-2012">tour</a> for her new book <em><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781609803728" target="_blank">Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form</a></em>, published by 7 Stories Press.<br /><br />In her words, <em>Zinesters</em> is "a manifesto, a call to action, a do-it-yourself guide, an autobiography, in places [...] when our culture discusses videogames, it mentions corporations, blockbusters, and a hyper-masculinized 'gaming' culture. rarely does the idea of the small, authored, self-published game get much air in our discussion of art, even though it's these games that are the most important to games' relevance to a broader range of human experience."<br /><br />Anna will be reading from and speaking about the book and her work, followed by time for Q+A.<br /><br />Anna's book is available now: <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781609803728" target="_blank">Find a bookstore</a> (more info TBA about local Chicago bookstores).<br /><br />Her games are available on her website: <a href="http://auntiepixelante.com" target="_blank">auntiepixelante.com</a><br /><br />Hope to see you there!<br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY APRIL 5 2012<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM - 9 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-65692926545973545032012-02-07T08:24:00.000-08:002012-02-08T19:10:18.559-08:00Dorkbot Sprockit Mini-Synth Seminar! Saturday February 25th at 2pmDorkbot Sprockit Mini-Synth Seminar! Saturday February 25th at 2pm<br /><br /><img src="http://cardboardcomputer.com/media/sprockit_synth.jpg" /><br /><br />Matthew Heins presents a synth-building workshop using the Sprockit kit he designed!<br /><br />Order a Sprockit kit -- <a href="http://hackmeopen.com/?shopp_product=chicago-sprockit-build-seminar">http://hackmeopen.com/?shopp_product=chicago-sprockit-build-seminar</a> -- and get hands-on guidance from its designer, building your very own synthesizer! Or contact Matt -- <a href="mailto:matt@hackmeopen.com">matt@hackmeopen.com</a> -- if you'd prefer to pick one up at the workshop.<br /><br />Matt says:<br /><br />"We will be building complete Sprockits. This will be the circuit board only as the case is still in development. I plan on interspersing plenty of chit chat about how Sprockit works and will be totally open for questions about how to design and build your own synthesizer. This seminar is open to people of skill levels from novice upI’ve taught soldering before to people who’ve never touched a soldering iron, so please don’t be ashamed and come learn how to build electronics."<br /><br />Key Sprockit Details:<br /><br />- 4"x4" Circuit Board<br /><br />- Totally Open-Source Hackable Hardware and Software Design<br /><br />- Rockit Digital Synthesis Engine with 2 Detunable Oscillators<br /><br />- 8 Physical Knobs (All Rockit Parameters Accessible Via MIDI)<br /><br />- 4-Pole Digitally-Controlled Analog Low-Pass Filter with MIDI Accessible Envelope<br /><br />- Amplitude Envelope with Physical Attack and Decay, MIDI Sustain and Release<br /><br />- LFO with 3 destinations and 3 waveshapes (more accessible through MIDI)<br /><br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25 2012<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />2 PM - 6 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br />( NOTE: Sprockit synth kit is $50 and available to order at <a href="http://hackmeopen.com/?page_id=523&shopp_pid=10">http://hackmeopen.com/?page_id=523&shopp_pid=10</a> or contact Matt -- <a href="mailto:matt@hackmeopen.com">matt@hackmeopen.com</a> -- if you'd prefer to pick one up at the workshop )<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-53752152047109680862011-10-24T11:24:00.000-07:002011-10-25T09:27:08.724-07:00Paul Hertz at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday October 27 at 7pmPaul Hertz at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday October 27 at 7pm<br /><br /><img src="http://ignotus.com/anim/fibo_anim2.gif" /><br /><br />Paul Hertz will present his Processing library IgnoCodeLib (http://ignotus.com/ignocodelib/index.html), which should be available in a new version for this Thursday's Dorkbot gathering. <br /><br />IgnoCodeLib provides a 2D graphics pipeline for geometry based on lines and cubic Bézier curves. It provides a useful set of graphics primitives, geometric transforms, hierarchical display list and document structure, simple facilities for permutations and random numbers, and above all, export of graphics and text to Adobe Illustrator, including groups and layers. All components in the library support cascading calls to draw(), transform() and write() methods. Drawing can be accomplished with a single line of code and file export is nearly as simple. <br /><br />Paul will discuss his library and show some of the algorithmic images, digital prints, animations, and interactive applications he has created with the library. <br /><br />Paul Hertz has been working with computational art since 1984, when he was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in Art and Technology at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he currently teaches in the Art History and Art and Technology Studies departments. <br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY OCTOBER 27 2011<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM - 9 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-89234860664916421502011-07-25T12:34:00.000-07:002011-07-25T12:35:32.049-07:00Dorkbot summer hiatusJust a note that Chicago Dorkbot is currently on a summer hiatus due<br />to a few cancellations and the weather (Enemy is an oven this time of<br />year!).<br /><br />We'll be back in September.<br /><br />We have a few people lined up but there's plenty of room in the<br />schedule, if you'd like to do a workshop this Fall/Winter please drop<br />us a line!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-91632976211570674682011-05-23T13:30:00.000-07:002011-05-23T13:33:49.477-07:00Ben Baker-Smith and Evan Kühl at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday May 26 at 7pmBen Baker-Smith and Evan Kühl at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday May 26 at 7pm<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16440212?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16440212">Vaudeo Signal Opening Title</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/bitsynthesis">Ben Baker-Smith</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br />Vaudeo Signal is an ongoing exploration of the interconnectivity of sound and light. Media artists and medium hackers Evan Kühl and Ben Baker-Smith repurpose a variety of aging archaic audio/video hardware to forge synesthetic experiences.<br /><br />Join Ben and Evan for a night of throbbing, squelchy, stroboscopic sound and light - in live performance and Q&A, as well as a screening of their self-titled 2010 release Vaudeo Signal.<br /><br />Grotesque signal warfare will commence!<br /><br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY MAY 26 2011<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM - 9 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-89235649348175476412011-04-20T06:06:00.000-07:002011-04-20T06:07:45.433-07:00dorkbot Chicago CANCELLED for Aprilunfortunately our dorkbot Chicago event is CANCELLED for April. looking fwd to seeing yawl in May.joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-73295434202948494842011-03-28T15:19:00.000-07:002011-03-28T15:21:57.322-07:00Joey Carr at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday March 31st at 7pmJoey Carr at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday March 31 at 7pm<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mL2SKi-ACY0AK8hXM1DMhhVpQfzfxqJ4rLsU0OkXFu0zAMNiLTRBoWAFvYbNEfpez5EWdNvVc6kYTbsLdFLsHYnRJsNwTFB6GrcN9NE8hie4RwgapRnBgXRILbUK7o2QsC1cbaZb6U0/s1600/Google+ChromeScreenSnapz076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mL2SKi-ACY0AK8hXM1DMhhVpQfzfxqJ4rLsU0OkXFu0zAMNiLTRBoWAFvYbNEfpez5EWdNvVc6kYTbsLdFLsHYnRJsNwTFB6GrcN9NE8hie4RwgapRnBgXRILbUK7o2QsC1cbaZb6U0/s320/Google+ChromeScreenSnapz076.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589259238366371650" /></a><br /><br />A demonstration of techniques related to the algorithmic production of electronic noises and a discussion of the computer as an aesthetic model of cognition and culture.<br /><br />"Live coding is not about tools. Algorithms are thoughts. Chainsaws are tools." -- the TOPLAP manifesto. I'm gonna present work and explain techniques related to miniature computer programs that beatbox, speak nonsense, and sing off key. I'll also discuss some ongoing "research" into stuff like linguistics, artificial intelligence, and cultural studies, and the way these disciplines inform my interpretation of live coding work.<br /><br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY MARCH 31 2011<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM - 9 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-89794925860546548742011-02-20T14:23:00.001-08:002011-02-20T14:31:09.985-08:00Nick Briz at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday February 24 at 7pmNick Briz at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday February 24 at 7pm<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72CRnX9J9LV5poKcYh0Q9H4RNCJc8JnlZPQuom1DBuVEkvAEotGRIPWk9_w23n9SGRKB8CQESNUCWi9VdEDBkaz-IkBlf2Pt2It1d-XJN7oisCupqScALv2BbKMX-nBM3Ylg3JMDWkZA/s1600/ColdplaySongGenerator-ScreenShot2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72CRnX9J9LV5poKcYh0Q9H4RNCJc8JnlZPQuom1DBuVEkvAEotGRIPWk9_w23n9SGRKB8CQESNUCWi9VdEDBkaz-IkBlf2Pt2It1d-XJN7oisCupqScALv2BbKMX-nBM3Ylg3JMDWkZA/s320/ColdplaySongGenerator-ScreenShot2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575901208992824978" /></a><br /><br />Nick Briz is a new-media artist living and working in Chicago IL. He has been an active participant in digital culture and "dirty" new-media, specifically through his research and writing on glitch art as well as through his lectures and curatorial work in a number of institutions and events.<br /><br />Nick will walk us through a recent project: the "Coldplay Song Generator," an app that generates likely Coldplay songs based on a set of conventions and formulae.<br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24 2011<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM - 9 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-45510976563965541972011-01-18T21:54:00.000-08:002011-01-19T07:08:17.073-08:00Philip Tibitoski & Devon Scott-Tunkin at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday January 27 at 7pmPhilip Tibitoski & Devon Scott-Tunkin at dorkbot Chicago on Thursday January 27 at 7pm<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3zgqhEsTm0XlZ3ggGfjdfximcMKmgqA1KErlBEb9u4b1Wh2yNWw6msXmdbNp3L_qugHCGeMsecWCvDCuBYzKcqal0Nsr1d_DzJfXhAsBYMaL7odWc5UPP_N3cO4sLTbqMQo4PpGuQVg/s1600/octodad-screen6.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3zgqhEsTm0XlZ3ggGfjdfximcMKmgqA1KErlBEb9u4b1Wh2yNWw6msXmdbNp3L_qugHCGeMsecWCvDCuBYzKcqal0Nsr1d_DzJfXhAsBYMaL7odWc5UPP_N3cO4sLTbqMQo4PpGuQVg/s320/octodad-screen6.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563771766057712882" /></a><br /><br />Octodad is an award-winning adventure game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about a day of his life. His existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodian nature a secret from his human family. The game is a student showcase winner at the 2011 Independent Games Festival. It's free & available now at http://octodadgame.com/<br /><br />Octodad was developed by students at DePaul University, located in Chicago, Illinois. Developers Philip Tibitoski & Devon Scott-Tunkin will share technical information about the game, its unique control system and where the project is headed next.<br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY JANUARY 27th 2011<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM - 9 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-38897128178417366922010-11-13T17:15:00.000-08:002010-11-13T17:31:06.412-08:00Chicago Botluck! Thursday November 18th at 7pm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh836_grH_kJd2lhCZL8a0_46-793patAq365taUd2PiQxgDSlIVOB55rM7PlRMcrD0oTvALRYOxVlNAsrkF26xEHc4SYXU7D995lSk4mHC4pvz1_Y8ctrLepHZbzVUWbh-P4_oc_E8N10/s1600/Screenshot-63.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh836_grH_kJd2lhCZL8a0_46-793patAq365taUd2PiQxgDSlIVOB55rM7PlRMcrD0oTvALRYOxVlNAsrkF26xEHc4SYXU7D995lSk4mHC4pvz1_Y8ctrLepHZbzVUWbh-P4_oc_E8N10/s320/Screenshot-63.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539208634482959170" /></a><br /><br />In lieu of our monthly dorkbot meetup, let's get together and share food, conversation and strange electronic projects! Bring something to eat (if you like), something to drink (if you want) or something to hack (if you dare)! We'll have table space for your projects and/or food, and a video projector if you have something you'd like to see something large on the wall.<br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18th 2010<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM - 9 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-87493865458661174262010-10-24T11:52:00.000-07:002010-10-24T12:01:43.909-07:00Alex Barnett @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday October 28th at 7pm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdbeC_k653P0LQ9pYZIY2t11oRQzAU4560XH7mY8vUz4HEZVeYXwfHs-8Wtk-BPKwZw4RYzn9uZxLjv8DiNXIH8Nw3WnC2sbnB_0Ot2-iiJuotBefAQDaWXWq96bT38YpZPu8evDHs8c/s1600/ratsnest.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdbeC_k653P0LQ9pYZIY2t11oRQzAU4560XH7mY8vUz4HEZVeYXwfHs-8Wtk-BPKwZw4RYzn9uZxLjv8DiNXIH8Nw3WnC2sbnB_0Ot2-iiJuotBefAQDaWXWq96bT38YpZPu8evDHs8c/s320/ratsnest.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531688781033252882" /></a><br /><br />Alex Barnett @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday October 28th at 7pm<br /><br />Intro to PCB Layout with EAGLECAD<br /><br />EagleCAD is a free and useful computer-aided layout editor for the development of printed circuit boards. This introductory presentation will briefly cover the merits and feasibility of using a layout editor and professional board house for inexpensive home projects. Alex will cover some theory behind circuit board behavior, rules of thumb for layout, and common "gotchas" for inexperienced board designers. The event will include a work-along tutorial where we will come up with a simple layout. The tutorial is designed for brand new beginners up to someone who has laid out a few boards and wants to learn a little more. Please bring laptops (windows, mac, or Linux). People are welcome to attend without a laptop, but it will certainly be more fun and useful to work along.<br /><br />Alex Barnett is a musician and electrical engineer. His limited layout experience comes from interaction with full-time PCB designers as well as home projects.<br /><br />Note: The software for this workshop is available to download for free from http://www.cadsoft.de/download.htm . We'll have the software at the workshop on USB thumb drives as well.<br /><br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY OCTOBER 28th 2010<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!jake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-58420099635405253612010-09-30T08:01:00.000-07:002010-09-30T08:04:50.300-07:00Rosa Menkman: Glitched TONIGHT 2010.09.20 6 PM!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFZ9vkq1BzgrqLDBrCsNPUlYigS-yBzGVJqCXYT0FjHsx9IAqsvE-czF3PTnogfmSm0_5q9D7biK-Eo7x1gWi6QNqvfzY-zH3oGDqhLh_KNwFWD_05D0wTnt6yom0WUPt2pB6pLkURRc/s1600/rosa-menkman-dutch-glitch-filmmaker-480x269-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFZ9vkq1BzgrqLDBrCsNPUlYigS-yBzGVJqCXYT0FjHsx9IAqsvE-czF3PTnogfmSm0_5q9D7biK-Eo7x1gWi6QNqvfzY-zH3oGDqhLh_KNwFWD_05D0wTnt6yom0WUPt2pB6pLkURRc/s400/rosa-menkman-dutch-glitch-filmmaker-480x269-copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522722691075618706" /></a><br /><br /><br />Rosa Menkman: Glitched<br />Thursday, September 30, 6 p.m | Rosa Menkman in person!<br /><br />Every technology possesses its own inherent accidents. Rosa Menkman is a Dutch artist and theorist whose focus is on visual artifacts created by accidents in digital media specifically. She describes these as “the uncanny, brutal structures that come to the surface during a break of the flow within a technology; they are the primal data-screams of the machine.” Working at the experimental junction of glitch, noise, and new media art, Menkman creates glitch work and writes texts about codecs, interpolation, and compression going awry. This evening, Menkman will introduce a selection of videos followed by a real-time performance. Rest assured, the equipment is working, though it may not look like it is. This presentation coincides with GLI.TC/H, an international noise and new media conference taking place from September 29 to October 3 at various locations around Chicago. Visit http://gli.tc/h. Rosa Menkman, 2006–10, Netherlands, multiple formats, ca. 75 min (plus discussion).<br /><br />ROSA MENKMAN (1983, Arnhem, Netherlands) is the leading international theory-practitioner of glitch art. She has written extensively on digital artifacts and noise, including the Glitch Studies Manifesto (2010). Her videos and real-time performances have been included in festivals like Blip, Europe and U.S.; Haip, Ljubljana; Cimatics, Brussels; Video Vortex, Amsterdam and Brussels; and Pasofest, Ankara. She has collaborated on art projects together with Alexander Galloway, little-scale, Govcom.org, Goto80 and the Internet art collective, Jodi.org. Menkman received her Master’s degree in 2009 and is currently a PhD student at KHM Cologne, writing on the subject of Artifacts.<br /><br />Conversations at the Edge is a weekly series of screenings, artist talks, and performances by some of the most compelling media artists of yesterday and today.<br /><br />CATE is organized by SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Video Data Bank.<br /><br />Programs take place Thursdays at 6 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State / Chicago, IL / 312.846.2600), unless otherwise noted.<br /><br /><a href="http://conversationsattheedge.org">http://conversationsattheedge.org</a>joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-73103985146013292712010-09-21T08:07:00.000-07:002010-09-21T08:08:00.500-07:00Processing.Android: Open Source for Mobile Innovation<img src="http://approachings.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/palogo.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://approachings.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/processingandroid_uic_oct_1_3_2010_page_1-1.png"><br /><br />Processing.Android: Open Source for Mobile Innovation<br />UIC Innovation Center<br />1240 W Harrison St, Chicago, Illinois 60607<br />October 1st-3rd, 2010<br /><br />Processing.Android: Open-Source for Mobile Innovation brings together internationally recognized innovators from the open source software community, Chicago based startup companies, and students and academics from the areas of Art and Design, Computer Science, and Information Sciences. Keynote speakers Ben Fry and Casey Reas present the latest edition of Processing targeting Android devices, designed to simplify and streamline prototyping and development for mobile platforms. Processingis used by tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. Join us for the first public summit to hold Processing.Android workshops, presentations, and panel discussions. The event is free and open to the public. Workshops require prior registration.<br /><br /><br />PRESENTATIONS<br /><br />Casey Reas: Coding with Processing as a Design Practice<br />Projects created with Processing, an open-source programming environment for visual designers and artists, are used to show the potential of writing custom software as a design methodology. Examples range from dynamic information visualization to art installations to object fabrication.<br /><br />Ben Fry: Introduction to Processing for Android<br />The latest edition of the Processing project targets Android devices. Like the desktop version, it's designed for rapid iteration and to streamline how you develop and prototype. In addition, it provides a simple platform for building applications that make use of the affordances of mobile devices — touch input, location and tilt sensors, always-on network access, and portable, high-resolution screens. <br /><br />Malcolm McCullough: Situated Technologies Too<br />Mobile communication applications can increase participation in locales. In the what is now called “augmented city,” the dynamics of socially-produced cultural tagging need not be reduced to wayshowing. Fixed accumulations of information often complement mobile technology in this regard. Locative media often increase the importance of others but sometimes make it ambiguous who is a user. At a cognitive level, the workings of attention suggest much more technological emphasis on context. This talk thus invites a broad perspective on embodiment, architecture and the city as complementary counterparts to the fascinations of the personal handheld device.<br /><br />Daniel Sauter + Jesus Duran: Ketai in Motion<br />The variety of sensors built in 4th generation mobile devices offer new ways to interact with applications and services. Focusing on motion detection and image processing,Ketai in Motion is a research project that aims at capturing, processing, and interpreting multiple streams or sensory data. The presentation will feature the first release of the Ketai library for processing, and outline future development.<br /><br />Sjoukje van der Meulen: A Plea for a Critical Approach toward (new) Media in the US<br />This presentation will discuss the work of the Czech media theorist Vilém Flusser (1920–91). While hardly known in the United States, Flusser's work is of crucial importance for all critical theory - and practice - of media. Flusser both continues the Marxist tradition of German media theory (Walter Benjamin and others) and upgrades that legacy to contemporary media conditions in the footsteps of a Marshall McLuhan. This talk is based on the essay, "Between Benjamin and McLuhan: Vilém Flusser's Media Theory," recently published in the New German Critique (Summer 2010).<br /><br />Jer Thorp: Processing: From Mac to Mobile<br />In this wide-ranging presentation, Jer will show a variety of work built in Processing. These projects, built over the last two years, cover a strange terrain - from evolutionary computing to text analysis to interactive toys. He’ll also sneak-peak some new data visualization work from the New York Times R&D Lab, and will discuss the challenges and opportunities that arise from building for a mobile environment with Processing for Android.<br /><br />Andres Colubri: The Future of OpenGL in Processing <br />OpenGL is a fundamental technology in the generation of real-time graphics. Recent developments in OpenGL (vertex buffer objects, shading programming, OpenCL) are bringing exciting possibilities such as manipulation of massively complex geometries, interactive non-photorealistic rendering and real-time HD image/video processing. Many of these features are currently being integrated into Processing, both on the Android and PC/Mac platforms. These ongoing developments will be discussed during the presentation.<br /><br />Julio Obelleiro + Shawn Roske: Cing, Creative coding bridging Processing and C++<br />This presentation will introduce Cing, an open source library for creative programming which bridges the elegant and intuitive syntax of Processing with the power and flexibility of C++. Cing allows innovative and accessible experimentation with advanced capabilities such as 3D, Physics or Computer Vision. Cing is being developed for use on desktop platforms and it is currently on its first steps towards mobile platforms like the iPhone. Cing is developed by Julio Obelleiro, Jorge Cano and Shawn Roske.<br /><br /><br />WORKSHOPS (register online)<br /><br />Ben Fry: Introduction to Processing for Android<br />This workshop is for people who are familiar with Processing and want to write programs for Android devices with the new Processing for Android. Bring your Android device to get up and running during the workshop. The differences between standard Processing and Processing for Android will be discussed as well as the future of project.<br /><br />Casey Reas: Introduction to Processing for Programmers<br />This workshop for intermediate-level programmers (and up) is a brief introduction to using the Processing graphics library and environment. We'll cover how to code 2D and 3D interactive graphics and how to use libraries to extend the base software into other domains. This workshop covers the basics of Processing and assumes the participant understands programming fundamentals from variables to object-oriented techniques.<br /><br />Daniel Sauter + Jesus Duran: Mobile Devices as Universal Sensors<br />This workshop focuses on using the Ketai library for processing, allowing to register the native sensors supported by the Android platform. The workshop covers data capture, processing and export via Ketai Motion, and introduces image capture via Ketai Vision. Bring or share your Android device to take full advantage of your mobile phone as universal sensor. <br /><br />Jer Thorp: Processing.Android for Beginners<br />One of the key selling points for Processing for Android is ease-of-use. In this workshop, we’ll learn how to quickly produce applications for Android devices. We’ll walk through the basics of setting up Processing to develop for Android, and will create our own interactive sketches to run on devices. BYOA (Bring your own Android).<br /><br />Andres Colubri: Fast 3D graphics in Processing for Android<br />The goal of this workshop is to introduce the new 3D renderer of Processing for Android, A3D. This renderer provides all the basic functionality required for three-dimensional graphics (camera, lights, texturing, etc.), following the API found in earlier versions of Processing. A3D also offers many advanced drawing capabilities on Android devices supporting OpenGL ES 1.1, such as offscreen rendering, Vertex Buffer Objects (VBOs), and 3D text. Level: intermediate to advanced. BYOA is highly recomended.<br /><br />Julio Obelleiro + Jorge Cano + Shawn Roske:<br />Introducing Cing: Simplifying Advanced Capabilities for Creative Coders<br />This workshop will introduce the first steps to creating Cing applications. Cing is an open source library for creative programming which bridges the elegant and intuitive syntax of Processing with the power and flexibility of C++. The workshop will showcase how Cing facilitates the use of advanced capabilities through cutting-edge libraries such as: 3D & 2D graphics, Physics Simulation, Computer Vision, Advanced Interactivity, 3D worlds & animations, MIDI and 3D Sound, among others<br /><br />Panel, moderated by Susan M. Fullman, and Daniel Sauter: <br />The panel will investigate whether a public university, such as UIC, with a mission that encompasses teaching, research, service and economic development should capitalize on open source platforms as a means to increase cooperation and collaboration with its surrounding community. <br /><br /><br />BIOs:<br /><br />Casey Reas is a professor in the Department of Design Media Arts at UCLA and a graduate of the MIT Media Laboratory. Reas’ software has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Asia. With Ben Fry, he co-founded Processing in 2001. He is the author of Process Compendium 2004-2010 and co-author of Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture(Princeton Architectural Press), Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists (MIT Press) and Getting Started with Processing (O’Reilly).<br /><br />With Casey Reas, Ben Fry started the Processing project in 2001, which seeks to ruin the careers of talented designers by tempting them away from their usual tools and into the world of programming and computation. Similarly, the project is designed to turn engineers and computer scientists to less gainful employment as artists and designers. Ben is principal of Fathom, a design firm based in Boston that focuses on understanding complex data through information graphics and interactive tools, delivered via the web, software-based installation works, mobile devices, or in print.<br /><br />Malcolm McCullough studies tacit knowledge in media environments. His booksAbstracting Craft (1996) and Digital Ground (2004) both became standards on human-centered design practices. McCullough teaches architecture and information design at the University of Michigan, and has previously served on the faculty at Harvard and Carnegie Mellon. Thirty years ago he was a pioneer in digital media at Autodesk. In the last decade he has given invited talks in a dozen countries. Currently he is writing a book about ambient information.<br />Daniel Sauter is an artist who creates interactive installations and site-specific interventions dealing with the cultural and social implications of emergent technologies. His work spans a variety of disciplines, Electronic art, Performance art, Robotic art, Sound art, Interactive Sculpture, and Software art. While technology plays an important role in his work, it is not foregrounded. He uses technology as artistic material, embedded in larger social and cultural contexts. Sauter is currently an Assistant Professor of New Media Arts and Program Coordinator at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design.<br />Sjoukje van der Meulen is an art historian, theorist and critic. She received her Ph.D in modern architectural history and theory from Columbia University (Fall 2009) after the defense of her dissertation "The Problem of Media in Contemporary Art Theory (1960-1990)." Van der Meulen is currently a Visiting Assisting Professor of Modern Art History and Theory in the Department of Art History at UIC.<br />Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada. A former geneticist, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science and art. Recently, his work has been featured by The New York Times, The Guardian, BusinessWeek and the CBC. Jer is a contributing editor for Wired UK, and a frequent lecturer at the conferences and universities around the world. He is currently Data Artist in Residence at the New York Times.<br />Andres Colubri is a programmer, researcher, and artist. His interests range from algorithmic modeling of complex systems to creative use of computer code for subjective expression and experimentation. He originally studied mathematics in Argentina, then did research in the area of computational biology at the University of Chicago, and recently obtained an MFA degree in Design|Media Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is involved in several open source projects focused in the use of real-time graphics and video, among them the ongoing OpenGL integration in Processing. Currently a professor at Jeju National University in South Korea, and visiting lecturer at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.<br />Jesus Duran is an artist and technologist currently pursuing a Master’s of Fine Art in the New Media Arts program at UIC. His primary interests lie in exploring the impact that technology has on relationships between individuals, media and the sense of self. These themes often manifest themselves as Software Art, Interactive Installations, various media and anonymous releases.<br />Julio Obelleiro is an artist and engineer focused on the creation of interactive installations and large-scale projections that address the alteration of the viewer’s perception. His interdisciplinary work has been exhibited in festivals and venues such as Ars Electronica (Austria), File (Brazil), 10YearsAfter Festival (Seoul), The White Night (Madrid), Looptopia (Chicago), Urban Art Festival (Bucharest), etc. He has been recipient of the grants Fulbright and Torres Quevedo and has contributed to the publication AI Game Programming Wisdom (Charles River Media). Obelleiro currently teaches in the New Media Arts program at UIC and in the Art and Technology Studies at SAIC. In 2007 he co-founded the open source tool Cing with Jorge Cano.<br />Jorge Cano is a designer and digital artist who is currently working in human computer interaction and data visualization. In recent years, his body of work has been focused on researching the use of new media, mainly interactive video and audio systems, in order to study new ways of communicating with the viewers. In 2007 he co-founded the open source tool Cing with Julio Obelleiro.<br />Shawn Roske is an interaction designer and software engineer that recently joined the Cing team. For the past 12 years he has created web experiences, mobile applications and permanent interactive installations for company and clients. His current interests are focused on developing and exploring the capabilities of all the major mobile device platforms.<br />Susan M. Fullman<br />As Associate Dean at the University of Illinois College of Engineering Sue Fullman works to introduce Chicago area companies to early stage UIC engineering research and faculty resources. Fullman spent the nine years prior to joining UIC at Motorola creating several profitable mobile consumer solutions and highly successful high-end mobile companion products business. Prior to Motorola Fullman spent twenty years at United Airlines most notable for being first to capitalize on emerging internet technologies by developing and launching electronic booking and ticketing capabilities setting the stage for distribution to consumers through direct on-line channels such asual.com and M&A activities including funding of Orbitz, Internet Travel Network (ITN) and Hotwire.<br /><br />CONTACT<br /><br />Organizer:<br />Daniel Sauter<br />Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator <br />New Media Arts<br />UIC - School of Art and Design (M/C 036)<br />929 W. Harrison - 106 Jefferson Hall<br />Chicago, IL 60607-7038<br />info@processingandroid.org<br /><br />Co-Organizer:<br />Susan M. Fullman,<br />Associate Dean College of Engineering, UIC<br />Interim Director, UIC Innovation Center<br /><br /><br />SUPPORTED BY<br /><br />UIC Innovation Center<br />UIC School of Art + Design<br />Google<br />Fuzzy Math<br />Download Processing.Android Poster. Request printed copy<br /><br />You are receiving this email because a friend/colleague recommended you for this event.<br /><br />Our mailing address is:<br />UIC Innovation Center<br />1240 W Harrison St Chicago<br />Chicago, Illinois 60607joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-1894355779612213562010-08-13T01:41:00.000-07:002010-08-13T02:04:42.278-07:00Taylor Hokanson and Chris Reilly @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday August 26th 2010 @ 7 PM<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUCDSmK7NNQP2YkZ7j7rX5FjvwBc4mqbU_SJJ2S1U6i9-_GVFKqXKLGXQnGzjoXNBlgVguR2G2Ii0-UPZjwUdDODJXapBNrjBSJBToQVCvjgdEGOfoAilNuKQ5_zauQ61IMlRTce13As/s1600/DIYLILCNC_render.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUCDSmK7NNQP2YkZ7j7rX5FjvwBc4mqbU_SJJ2S1U6i9-_GVFKqXKLGXQnGzjoXNBlgVguR2G2Ii0-UPZjwUdDODJXapBNrjBSJBToQVCvjgdEGOfoAilNuKQ5_zauQ61IMlRTce13As/s400/DIYLILCNC_render.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504817156994546802" /></a><br /><br /><br />Taylor Hokanson and Chris Reilly @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday August 26th 2010 @ 7 PM<br /><br />This session will detail the explosive growth of CAM (Computer-aided Manufacturing) technology in the DIY community. Specifically, Taylor Hokanson and Chris Reilly will present the process of developing the DIYLILCNC: a set of plans for an inexpensive, open source 3-axis CNC (Computer Numerical Control) mill that can be built by an individual with basic shop skills and tool access for about 700 USD. CNC devices are used to make highly accurate physical versions of digital 3D models, a process that was previously limited to the industry setting. The plans can be downloaded for free at diylilcnc.org.<br /><br />Falling prices, increased computer literacy, and the availability of Do-It-Yourself CAM projects like DIYLILCNC and Makerbot put rarified, commercial-grade design tools and vocabulary in the hands of the average consumer. In fact, the accessibility of CNC expands the label "consumer" itself by providing an individual with a way to both produce and consume the objects that precisely meet their needs. This situation threatens the traditional model of industrial production that provides inexpensive, high-volume, lowest common denominator objects to a historically disenfranchised consumer class. Audio tape, the VCR, and Napster all caused a similar panic when they first arrived, in that they interrupted economic structures that enriched big business. In addition to describing the process of creating the DIYLILCNC itself, we'll discus these new challenges that accessible CAD/CAM tools pose to amateur and professional makers alike.<br /><br />Taylor Hokanson is an Assistant Professor of Art at Oakland University in Detroit. His art practice uses technology as material to address technology as concept. The presence of altered or hacked electronics, such that their operation is impeded, is a common theme in his work (see the Sledgehammer-operated Keyboard, for example). Hokanson also works in conjunction with The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he performs research into computer-aided fabrication and education.<br />www.taylorhokanson.com<br /><br />Chris Reilly is a Chicago-based artist, writer and teacher. He received his BFA with a focus on New Media from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. Chris is currently employed as manager of SAIC’s Advanced Outptut Center, and a part-time faculty member teaching between SAIC’s Design and Film/Video/New Media departments. Since 2003, Chris has shown work in several solo and group art exhibitions in the US and Europe; he works with modded video games, virtual/augmented reality, scripting/programming and kinetic sculpture.<br />http://www.chris-reilly.org<br />http://www.rainbowlazer.com<br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURSDAY AUGUST 26th 2010<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-85605174348397194822010-07-23T11:02:00.000-07:002010-07-23T11:03:06.282-07:00Jodie Mack @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday July 29th 2010 @ 7pm!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQYb9c4xXiPLBe8I1G-RkadzoBzbcxpiWppm3o7UNYUvYUFGDIg1zFrxv2toJiSN9h6kQrN4RorV5xdUpuiKSi-QlTJNdwZmK_2apT-t8l8uDmEky874JyfcOaH-NVVYj8xB-kLk800w/s1600/JodieMack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQYb9c4xXiPLBe8I1G-RkadzoBzbcxpiWppm3o7UNYUvYUFGDIg1zFrxv2toJiSN9h6kQrN4RorV5xdUpuiKSi-QlTJNdwZmK_2apT-t8l8uDmEky874JyfcOaH-NVVYj8xB-kLk800w/s400/JodieMack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497163690257230050" /></a><br /><br />Jodie Mack @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday July 29th 2010 @ 7pm!<br /><br />Jodie Mack presents a DIY zoetrope workshop in which we will make zoetropes (both slit and strobe) with record players, motors, etc; a thaumatrope workshop where we will make the actual discs (using drills to make them spin instead of string); and then a digital thaumatrope excercise where we take two unrelated images and explore alternating them in rapid sequences until the viewer sees a combined image!<br /><br />PLEASE BRING: old cds and dvds, things that have turning motors (record players, fans, drills, blenders, other automata) and strobe lights if you have them! Jodie will be bringing buckets, discs, one record player, one drill, and two motors (that may need rewiring)<br /><br />Jodie Mack is a Chicago-based artist working in various forms of cut-out and stop-motion animation. She works with young filmmakers and spends her free time making pop-up cards and coordinating screenings and film festivals.<br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURS JULY 29 2010<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br /><a href="http://www.enemysound.com">http://www.enemysound.com</a><br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE!<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-6403849762416957612010-06-18T06:29:00.001-07:002010-06-18T06:29:53.731-07:00Frank Wang Yefeng @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday June 24th 2010 @ 7pm!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7AlomfqmSy0KJPybsUh9uSKaEtQgB5gEVZxrTtA_qJ6FcWWQaoXyiSMm7_mL5YUR87o1Xq9kEtl1GabXXYmhQ3TTHpVhl6gHY4At95d-Jzphg1MbcLwGvAx2rMms2URwrx_N__-7Ups/s1600/a+figure.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7AlomfqmSy0KJPybsUh9uSKaEtQgB5gEVZxrTtA_qJ6FcWWQaoXyiSMm7_mL5YUR87o1Xq9kEtl1GabXXYmhQ3TTHpVhl6gHY4At95d-Jzphg1MbcLwGvAx2rMms2URwrx_N__-7Ups/s400/a+figure.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484103596555490290" /></a><br /><br />Frank Wang Yefeng @ dorkbot Chicago on Thursday June 24th 2010 @ 7pm!<br /><br />Frank Wang Yefeng will discuss developing digital graphics software and digital animation techniques at this dorkbot Chicago meeting. Yefeng will explain how he has developed methods for generating duplicated images and extreme slow-motion animation in the production of his most recent project entitled "A Figure." A Figure is exhibited as large scale a video installation, most recently in the exhibition Power of Copying at Xuzhou Museum of Art (China) and Effervescent Condition at Gallery X (Chicago).<br /><br />DATE:<br /><br />THURS JUNE 24 2010<br /><br />TIME:<br /><br />7 PM<br /><br />LOCATION:<br /><br />Enemy Sound<br />1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl.<br />Chicago, IL 60622<br />http://www.enemysound.com<br /><br />COST:<br /><br />FREE<br /><br />WTF:<br /><br />What is a "dorkbot"?! The idea of the international dorkbot network is "people doing strange things with electricity" and meeting in informal, friendly environments to discuss their projects. These projects could include hardware hacks, New Media Art projects, creative code, circuit bent musical instruments or wild DIY garage science!joncateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10721378984857387989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037579192635697090.post-13092101837060485552010-05-25T11:47:00.000-07:002010-05-25T11:48:21.522-07:00No chicago dorkbot this Thurs, but check out an awesome show at Enemy!Howdy!<br /><br />As we mentioned last month, due to a couple different scheduling<br />issues there will be no chicago dorkbot this Thursday May 27th. We'll<br />resume on June 24th with a presentation by Frank Yefeng Wang.<br /><br />This Thursday evening there is a show at Enemy (our friendly chicago<br />dorkbot hosts) featuring electronic improv group Koboku Senju playing<br />sets with local musicians. Koboku Senju is a 5-piece experimental<br />improv group whose roster includes no-input mixer druid Toshimaru<br />Nakamura and noise-blues guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama. <a href="http://www.enemysound.com/?p=426">Check it out</a>!<br /><br />Also, we're making good progress on our <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/149077132/dorkbot-chicago-video-projector">kickstarter drive to buy a<br />dedicated dorkbot projector</a> - we've got only 9 days and $155 to go --<br />thanks for all your support & spreading the word!<br /><br />rock<br />jake+jonjake elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701489199727879903noreply@blogger.com0