[sdiy] dorkbot-atl

[Aaron Lanterman]

Even those who aren't in Atlanta might find this "dorkbot" thing 
interesting - it seems to have planted roots in quite a few cities.

I had been planning to try to get some sort of Atlanta get together going, 
but never got around it it - fortunately, Jason took the lead...

Jason is a new faculty member in the music department at Georgia Tech, and 
doing very interesting work:

http://www.jasonfreeman.net/index.php

- Aaron

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:11:22 -0500
From: Jason Freeman <jason.freeman at music.gatech.edu>
To: Aaron Lanterman <lanterma at ece.gatech.edu>
Subject: Fwd: dorkbot-atl

Hey Aaron,

I'm starting up an informal arts-technology community forum called
dorkbot (see info below). Besides hopefully participating yourself,
could you forward along this information to any people and/or mailing
lists you think might be interested? It's by no means limited to
people at Ga Tech.

Thanks,
--Jason


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jason Freeman <jason.freeman at music.gatech.edu>
> Date: November 15, 2005 10:32:28 PM EST
> Subject: dorkbot-atl
>
> I'm starting an Atlanta chapter of dorkbot, a monthly meeting of
> artists (sound/image/movement/whatever), designers, engineers,
> students and other interested parties who are involved in the
> creation of electronic art (in the broadest sense of the term).
> Dorkbot was started in New York in 2000 by douglas irving repetto
> and has since spread to over 40 cities worldwide. (See them all at:
> http://dorkbot.org)
>
> Meetings will be held once a month (probably at 7 p.m. on a
> weeknight) and hosted by the Georgia Tech Music Department. We hope
> to start in January 2006.
>
> If you're interested in dorkbot, here's what I need you to do:
>
> 1. Subscribe to our super-low-volume announcement list to find out
> when dorkbot-atl meetings are happening:
> http://dorkbot.org/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotatl-announce
>
> 2. Take the poll on our web page to indicate your preferred meeting
> day:
> http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotatl/
>
> 3. Contact us (dorkbotatl at dorkbot.org) if you would like to present
> at an upcoming meeting
>
> 4. Forward this message to your friends, colleagues, students, etc.
> or point them to our web page:
> http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotatl/
>
> If you're still wondering exactly what dorkbot is and what we do,
> read on:
> the purpose of dorkbot-atl is to:
> • give artists/programmers/engineers an opportunity for informal
> peer review
> • establish a forum for the presentation of new art works/
> technology/software/hardware
> • help establish relationships and foster collaboration between
> people with various backgrounds and interests
> • give us all a chance to see the cool things that our neighbors
> are working on
>
> dorkbot tries to be totally neutral with respect to style and
> aesthetic. an emphasis on the creative use of electricity is all
> that is required. dorkbot also tries to be more informal than
> conventional academic forums: no PowerPoint slides are required, no
> academic affiliation is necessary, and lots of open discussion is
> encouraged!
>
> imaginary presentation topics:
> • a demo of the new motion tracking software you're writing
> • playing a video you made
> • an explanation of how you hacked your game boy to get it to make
> cool bleeping noises
> • trouble shooting/brainstorming your remote-controlled sandwich
> making robot
> • bringing in some dancers you're working with and having them
> demonstrate the interface used in your new mind-control ballet
> • discussing your approach to electronic sculpture
> demos of commercial software are not appropriate, unless you wrote
> the software or you are making it do something particularly novel
> or interesting. on the other hand, presenting a piece that was
> created using commercial software is fine.
>
> dorkbot-atl meetings will be free and open to the public.
>