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It’s time for the third installment of dorkbot in our beloved city. dorkbot Shanghai #3 will be held Sunday 26 September at Xindanwei. We have a great lineup for this meeting of people doing strange things with electricity; from live multichannel video art using rotating tables, to infra-red tracking and visualization for soccer, from color sensitive music mobile apps, to experimental Tesla coil installation.
Come along and enjoy an inspiring afternoon full of electricity and media art.
dorkbot Shanghai #3
Date: Sunday 26 September 2010
Time: 2:30pm – 5pm (doors open 2:30pm, first talk starts 3:00pm sharp)
Cost: Free
More info: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotshanghai/
Speakers:
*LLND (Paris): Intermedia Artists
Francis Lam (Shanghai): Media Artist / Creative Technologist at W+K
Wei Wei (Beijing): Multimedia Artist / Designer
Speaker profiles:
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*LLND is Laurent Lettree and Nathalie Delpech, intermedia artists from Paris. Their work focuses on interactive projects they call instrumental sculptures, and audio-visual performances. For visuals *LLND use a setup of rotating tables, cameras, multiple objects, and a multichannel video mixer – making it possible to do real-time cinema and special effects without using a computer. For sound *LLND use Max/MSP to link images and sounds, various sensors, physical objects and real-time processing together with Ableton Live.
For dorkbot Shanghai #3 *LLND will bring some of their live material and perform extracts as well as discussing associated themes and the techniques used.
More info: http://www.llnd.fr + http://www.myspace.com/kinoloops + http://www.myspace.com/pechou
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Francis Lam received his master’s degree from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2006. He is an expert in the social aspects of digital media and how people communicate in computer-mediated environments. Mobile is another field to which he is dedicated. Back in 2004, Francis and his team developed an emerging application – Versatile Messaging System that allows users to send customized video and animated messages. In addition, Francis is also a talented designer and media artist. He is particularly interested in creating new interfaces and applications for online communication. His award-winning project “db-db.com” created a new web arena for exhibiting online identities and connecting like-minded individuals.
For dorkbot Shanghai #3, Francis will present his recent work on an infra-red tracking project and particle systems visualization for Nike, and talk about his creative approach to mobile applications development.
More info: http://db-db.com/
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Wei Wei is a young multimedia artist and designer with a great passion for discovering interesting things. His works focuses on interactive media designing and experimental multimedia researching, which uses visual arts, science, new media, and perception as means of studies to create cross-disciplinary works and solve complex problems. Wei Wei holds a B.A. degree in Experimental Multimedia Design from China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA).
For dorkbot Shanghai #3, Wei Wei will present some of his work with a special focus on his Mood Machine installation, an interactive installation using Tesla coil.
More info: http://www.vimeo.com/6787489
About dorkbot Shanghai:
With electricity connecting the dots; artists, hackers, engineers, inventors, DIY enthusiasts, and people just like you, regularly meet at dorkbot events in over 85 cities around the world to exchange ideas in casual surroundings. The trusted motto of dorkbot worldwide is “people doing strange things with electricity.” dorkbot Shanghai is simply the Shanghai chapter of dorkbot.
More info: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotshanghai
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Tobias
talk / present 3 recent works that he did, one about hardware-hacking (The An-Archic Device or Cold Lights), another one about hacking of surveillance cameras (Large Scale or Breathing City) and finally one work that he based on the military chapters of ancient Chinese philosopher and engineer Mozi and makes use of 3d-prints and other technological stuff (The Grand Defender).
webpage mit further informations:
http://www.tobiasrosenberger.de
Vimeo-Channel:
http://vimeo.com/user1028849
Images of Works:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tobiasrosenberger80
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dorkbot上海第三期即将于9月26日在新单位举行, 我们又有一批强大的队伍玩弄与电相关的怪异玩意儿.从运用摇摆桌的多通路影像艺术到美士足球轨迹追踪与可视化, 从能感知色彩的音乐移动设备应用到特拉斯磁通量卷装置,本次dorbot将为你一一呈献.
Dorkbot上海第三期
日期: 2010年9月26日
时间: 14:30-17:00
费用:免费
更多信息请参考http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotshanghai/
演讲者信息:
*LLND (巴黎) 跨媒体艺术家
Francis Lam (上海) 媒体艺术家/ W+K创意科技人员
Wei Wei (北京) 多媒体艺术家/ 设计师
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