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DORKBOT-SYD : NOVEMBER DETAILS
POSTPONED TILL TUESDAY 28th November 2006!!! commencing 19:30
This will be the last Dorkbot of 2006!!!
Talkers of the month:
Leigh Russell is a 3d computer animator. He will be talking about a current project: to send a camera into the stratosphere on a helium balloon and has built a computer controlled machine that fabricates his 3d models from materials like wood and foam.
Gordon Monro will talk about his use of a Lego robotics kit to make an abstract art video. He will play the video and describe the processes used to make it.
http://www.gommog.com/pieces/redgrains.html
Tim Boykett, who is part of a group based in Linz called Time’s Up, will speak about SPIN and about sensors; the big ball and about the tools they have used to get data into and out of the machines to know what is happening with it and with other stuff.
http://www.timesup.org/spin
Tim's attendance is sponsored by the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), as part of the the Creativity and Cognition
Studios /ACID symposium, ENGAGE: Interaction, Art, and Audience Experience. (http://www.creativityandcognition.com/engage06/)
LOCATION: Lanfranchis
Level 2, 144 Cleveland St Chippendale
OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!
Dorkbot is all about participation. It is what YOU make of it! We would love to see your work!
If you would like to present something please email dorkbotsyd@dorkbot.org.
All presentations should aim to be 20 minutes in duration. You are welcome to bring along whatever, the project itself or visual and audio documentation or both. Please bring as much as you can including resources e.g. Laptop, cables etc. Tell us what you are bringing beforehand so that we can accommodate you. If you are unsure as to wether your presentation is appropriate take a browse through dorkbot.org at what other people are showing around the world. Presentations are not supposed to be formal. We don't want your CV we want to know what you are making and how you did it. It is a great opportunity to get some quality peer review!
Sincerely,
Your fellow dorks: Pia van Gelder + Boris Gordon
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DORKBOT-SYD OR SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MAILING LIST GO TO http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsyd/
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