dorkbot saskatoon

Dorkbot – April 2008

After a few months absence, we are gearing up for another
series of Dorkbot Saskatoon presentations.

This Month - Ian Campbell will demonstrate his case moding project "A Suitcase PC"
and introduce Puredata: a visual programming language for audio and video
manipulation. Sign up for Ian's free Puredata workshops: Apr 30 and May 1.

Join us on Tue Apr 29th 8pm-10pm
At PAVED Arts @ 424 20th Street.

Hi there.
The dorkbot discussion group/lecture series is currently on hold as the PAVED Arts building is being renovated.

We hope to bring you new talks about art and technology in 2008.
Stay tuned for more information!

Swedish Artist Olle Essvik (alias jimpalt) is a web-artist that embraces high technology and
poetic gestures. Join us for a SKYPE lecture live from Goteborg, Sweden!

see jimpalt.org for more info.

Saturday May 12 at 1pm

PAVED Arts
Saskatoon, SK
CANADA

Dorkbot for April 14th is cancelled due to scheduling difficulties.

We will return with another new media lecture on May 12.

Thanks!

Art and Vectors: Adobe Illustrator in a fine art practice

An artist talk by Ed Pas

Art and Vectors: Adobe Illustrator in a fine art practice
Ed Pas is a Saskatoon native who has recently returned after three years overseas. He has used Adobe Illustrator as a graphic design tool since 1988, and as a fine-art medium since 1996.

Ed will talk about how he uses the vector-based imaging program Adobe Illustrator in his art practice, and how it relates to a more general practice that includes painting, assemblage, and sculpture. He will also talk about how his digital practice has affected his work away from the computer, and the feedback loops created by working in a number of seemingly unrelated areas that include traditional and digital media.

For more information about Ed Pas, please visit http://edpas.net

Saturday
March 3, 2007
1:00-2:00pm

PAVED Arts and Dorkbot present

Saturday Feb 3rd, 2007

SBOT N WO
www.sbotnwo.com

Sbot n Wo is a unique and dynamic duo of voice and electronics. Singer Helen Pridmore provides an extraordinary range of sounds and vocal effects; WL Altman contributes his own style of vocalism while spinning the voices through his laptop to create sonic mayhem.

Based in eastern Canada, Sbot n Wo has performed at the festival Rencontres de musiques spontanées in Rimouski, Québec, Reflux festival de musique actuelle in Moncton, New Brunswick, Halifax Experimental Music Festival, and 2006 Art’s Birthday international radio event. The duo has been broadcast on Radio-Canada and performs the soundtrack to Berlin artist Vincent Trasov’s film
“Flammable”.

Check out “O --- M”, Sbot N Wo’s contribution to art-o-rettes, a group piece curated by Donna Wawzonek, showing at the Mendel until March 25.

Saturday Feb 3rd, 2007

Dorkbot presentation:
PAVED Arts
424 20th Street West Saskatoon

Saturday December 9, 1pm
Ping-pong simulations. Facilitated by Tim Dallett

An interactive exploration of how different approaches of interface design model physical activity, using table tennis as an example. Participants will have the opportunity to play and compare physical, 'real' ping-pong, with the 'classical' 1970s/early 1980s Pong video game, a 1990s transmitter paddle-based video game, and contemporary 'high-realism' table tennis video games.

For more information on the Dorkbot concept and the Saskatoon chapter, visit http://www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsask/