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May 8, 2008
The Cans Festival, stencil art fest
Great article and gallery @ NOTCOT from the Cans Festival featuring BANKSY and 600 other artists...
The space itself opened with powder blue billboard with “GENTRIFY THIS” painted aggressively in black, which a mother explained to her young daughter behind me in line was “delightfully ironic”, a phrase that applied just as well to the work within and its interaction with the crowd. The audience was incredibly diverse and indeed, I think it was the crowd that I found the most interesting. We had the entire age range, there more than a few grandmothers admiring the walls and strollers and children marveling. And of course there were more than our fair share of hipster types. The range of cameras was equally impressive. I lost count of the number of cellphone cameras (and yes, iphones were disproportionately represented), but there were lots of semi and professional photographers on the scene, and even a good number of videocams and tripods. And an equally diverse range of camera styles, flybys, the sit and wait type, etc. The need to document and capture the art seemed as pressing as the need to get in to see it! And of course, there were stencils of photographers that needed photographing…
More:
- Stencil art fest, The Cans Festival.
- Scanned program.
- Additional gallery @ NOTCOT.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 8, 2008 08:00 AM
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May 6, 2008
Rube Goldberg 2008: The Makers and Their Machines (Video)
Here's a video of my visit to the 2008 National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Purdue University last month. It was a lot of fun to hear the participants talk about their creations and to see them running their machines. Not since the classic 1982 video game BurgerTime has the task of making a burger been so wonderfully complicated and urgent.
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Posted by Mike Dixon |
May 6, 2008 11:50 AM
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April 30, 2008
Soft Circuit Embroidery demo at Maker Faire
I'll be doing a demo at 11am on Saturday at Maker Faire on embroidering a circuit with conductive thread, LEDs, and a watch battery. Don't worry if you've never picked up a needle and thread before; this beginner's level demo will show you the basics of embroidery and circuits. I'm very excited to see you all there!
Posted by Becky Stern |
Apr 30, 2008 07:00 PM
Crafts, Electronics, Events, Maker Faire |
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April 29, 2008
MakeNYC2 meeting #1 - this Wednesday
NYC Makers - Want to attend a Make group, but can't find parking in downtown Brooklyn? Now there is a Make group you can call your own. New York City's second Make group (creatively called MakeNYC2.org) will be hosted in the center of Queens, convenient to most highways, bridges and tunnels (and plenty of free parking). If you're reading this website and you get a kick out of using your hands (and brain) to make stuff you know you're one of us, so come over on Wednesday night for an inaugural party with free pizza and soda. The first meeting has no agenda beyond meeting one another, but if you bring cool stuff you've made to show the rest of us, who knows, there might even be some cool prizes involved...When - April 30, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Where - 171-69 46 Ave (meeting hosted by Big Apple Hobbies)
Why - because it's fun (doh!)
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Apr 29, 2008 06:00 AM
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April 28, 2008
ArtBots deadline approaching - apply!
Don't forget to submit your projects to ArtBots, the deadline is May 1!
ArtBots is pleased to announce that the fifth international ArtBots exhibition for robotic art and art-making robots will take place at the Trinity College Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland on September 19-21, 2008. Creators of talented robots are invited to submit their work for possible inclusion in the show.
We have no fixed idea of what qualifies as robotic art; if you think it's a robot and you think it's art, we encourage you to submit your work. Regardless of whether it's hi-tech, low-tech, or neg-tech, we're interested in the ideas you're working with, not just the gear. Proposals for workshops, performances, and other kinds of participation are also welcome.
Each ArtBots is a bit different; the location changes and we invite new humans to co-curate the show with us. We hope that by changing the specifics of the show each year we can keep it accessible to a diverse range of people, works, and ideas.
Related:
Art Bots 2008 on HACKS
Posted by Becky Stern |
Apr 28, 2008 07:00 PM
Arts, Events, Robotics |
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RepRap coming to Providence DC401 meeting May 7
DC401 is bringing DIY rapid prototyping to their May meeting:
Bruce Wattendorf is a Rhode Island based RepRap maker. He and his son have working on their RepStrap since January 2007. Bruce will be bringing his RepRap in to demo its capabilities and talk about the process of actually building one. For anyone who's dreamed of printing 3D objects, this talk is for you.Date/Time: 7 May 2008 - 1730-1900
Location: AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence.
DC401 May 2008 meeting
Posted by Brian Jepson |
Apr 28, 2008 06:00 AM
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Maker Faire schedule is up!
The schedule of events for Bay Area Maker Faire '08 has been posted. Head over and start writing up you're game-plan for the big event - warning: this may be a bit of a challenge considering the GINORMOUS amount of good stuff happenning!
Seriously, this thing may be getting out of hand - Maker Faire Bay Area Schedule
Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset May 3rd and 4th at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, CA (Upcoming.org). It's for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to make things. Buy tickets now and save, discount ticket sales end on April 25th, 2008.
If you're in the Bay Area, or plan to attend Maker Faire add "makerfaire" to your Twitter, we'll be giving away tickets and will have updates before and during Maker Faire!
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Apr 28, 2008 04:00 AM
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April 26, 2008
BENT - Night 2 (video)
Some video highlights of BENT (The circuit bending music festival in NYC) night 2!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 26, 2008 03:00 PM
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Interactivos? workshop @ Eyebeam
Interactivos? at Eyebeam: Call for Participation Workshop dates: June 26th - July 12th.May 2: Application Deadline
May 22: Notification of acceptanceInteractivos? was initiated by the Medialab-Prado program and the
Madrid City Council in 2006. The two week program is a hybrid
workshop, exhibition, and seminar.This summer, Eyebeam joins Medialab-Prado in running Interactivos? as
part of its annual summer workshop-based programming.Through a call for participation targeting artists, engineers,
musicians, programmers, designers, architects, and hackers,
Interactivos? seeks a set of projects for collective development,
within a set of inter-disciplinary work groups. Once projects have
been selected from the call for participation, a second call will be
published for individuals to apply to become collaborators on the
selected projects. Completed projects will be presented in an
exhibition July 12 – August 9, at the end of the program.The program will be produced by Eyebeam staff, fellows and residents.
Please see the Call for Participation for more details:
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Apr 26, 2008 01:00 PM
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April 25, 2008
BENT - Day 2
Day 2 of BENT is bending hard - Tonight's acts include:
7:00
Aimee Norwich (NYC)
7:45
Computer at Sea (Maine)
8:30
EraSer (Italy)
9:15
Emilie Mouchous (Montreal)
Erin Sexton (Montreal)
10:00
casperelectronics
10:45
Dr. Rek (Japan)
11:30
Roth Mobot (Distance Performance) (Chicago)
If you're in NYC stop by tonight (going on until 1am) or pop in tomorrow for the closing day/night!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 25, 2008 07:08 PM
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Attention Capital Makers!
Wow, all of a sudden, it feels like Washington, DC is a happenin' place for DIY-minded techies and tinkerers. Check out this schedule of upcoming events:
Saturday, April 26: RobotFest, Linthicum, MD
Make: DC will be there doing Solarbotics BEAM workshops for kids!
Sunday, April 27: HacDC Pre-Grand Opening Parts Party
And:
Tuesday April, 29:
Dorkbot DC
7 PM - 9 PM (ET)
ALWAYS FREE!
Smith Hall of Art, Room 114
George Washington University
801 22nd St NW
Washington, DC 20037
Steve Hernandez : Machine to Machine (M2M) Communication Utilizing GSM Cellular Networks M2M communication is the process of allowing two or more machines to communicate with each other to exchange data and can encompass both voice and data communications. Steve's going to discuss using the GM862 Cellular Quad Band Module, manufactured by Telit, and available from SparkFun Electronics, in your projects.
Steve Hernandez is an engineer working in areas of telecom that he'd rather not discuss with you, but only because he doesn't like the hassle of having to dispose of your body afterwards.
Jay Swift : Bringing Up Rex In our second presentation on the RepRap project's plan for world domination and the good people that are making that possible, Jay--a member of the Baltimore/Washington RepRap Users' Group--will have us oohing and ahhing as he shows us his neonatal Darwin 1.0 (dubbed Rex by his GF) and tells us where RepRaps come from.
Jay Swift is a high school Junior who got interested in RepRap about six months ago, mainly because he wanted to do something that was more worth his time than K'NEX.
If you--or someone you know--has an interesting announcement or something to share (5 minutes or less), we'll make time to fit you in.
Afterdork
After the presentations, the exchange continues over food and drink at a nearby eatery.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Apr 25, 2008 01:00 PM
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Video from day 1 @ BENT
Video highlights from BENT NYC 2008, day one.
Furby Youth Choir
Loud Objects
Phil Stearns
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 25, 2008 08:28 AM
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Aliens MAKE contact - Maker Faire 2008
Exciting news Makers! Late last night alien communications were found, not only that - we've decoded some of them! Here's a video (MP4) of some of them or just watch it above!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 25, 2008 05:00 AM
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April 24, 2008
Two shows at Arizona State University
Next Tuesday there will be two events at ASU which should be interesting to us maker-folks. One is the exhibition from the Vizproto class, which is about 3D visualization and rapid prototyping in an arts context. Projects range from robot chassis to RFID tags embedded in acorns (above photo) and used in interactive installations to antique mechanical movements printed in 3D. Entitled Protoduction, the show's opening reception will be on Tuesday the 29th from 3-6pm.
The other is the Arts, Media and Engineering departmental open house where students will showcase current projects which range from gesture-recognizing immersive environments (above photo) to collaging software to my knitted Body-Technology Interfaces and Electronic Embroidery. The open house is also on Tuesday the 29th from 6-9pm.
I'll be at both of these events, and I hope all of you in the area will make it, as well!
Above mechanical simulation by Alex Schlegel.
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Apr 24, 2008 07:00 PM
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MAKE @ BENT NYC 2008
MAKE is @ BENT NYC 2008, if you're in the NYC area pop by 87 Lafayette! We have a lot of MAKE stuff here at a discount AND there are a TON of great musical acts all weekend!
Concert 1 - Thu, Apr 24, 6:00 PM
6:30
Dr. Bleep (Austin)
7:00
Furby Youth Choir (Austin)
7:45
Loud Objects (NYC)
Torino:Margolis (NYC)
8:30
Steak (Austria)
9:15
Joo Youn Paek (Korea)
10:00
Phil Stearns (Los Angeles)
Installations - Installations are permanently on display during festival hours.
Michael Dory (NYC)
Lesley Flanigan (NYC)
Andy Doro (NYC)
Phil Stearns (Los Angeles)
Ed Bear (NYC)
Lea Bertucci (NYC)
Leah Wechsler (NYC)
Dr. Bleep (Austin)
Steak (Austria)
Christopher McDonald (NYC)
Photos of BENT will be going up here all weekend.
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Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 24, 2008 04:00 PM
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Trenton Computer Festival - Friday, April 25th, 2008 through Sunday, April 27th, 2008
The Trenton Computer Festival is this weekend! The Trenton Computer Fest is one of the oldest computer festivals in the country, and this year boasts robot events, electronic music events, and as usual, the most wonderful flea market for electronics and computer goodies.
(Warning, the site screams at you).
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 24, 2008 07:00 AM
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Kite making @ Socrates Sculpture Park
Wow, lots of Maker-type events going on in the NY tri-state metro area, Marco writes in...
Miwa Koizumi and Marco Scoffier have been invited by Socrates Sculpture Park to help organize a day of making kites from scratch using recycled shopping bags. We would love to get a lot of makers out to riff on the ideas, come up with new designs and help get as many kites in the air as possible.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Apr 24, 2008 06:59 AM
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April 23, 2008
NYC XO laptop meetup + bonus XO laptop teardown
MAKE attended last week's NYC XO laptop meetup, and we took apart a DOA XO that the folks at OLPC were kind enough to send our way. We dove right in without RTFMing, and it wasn't all that hard to figure out. If you decide to take one apart, you might want to check out the fine manual (at least when you go to put it back together).
Posted by Brian Jepson |
Apr 23, 2008 06:00 AM
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MIDI drumbot workshop @ BentFest Minneapolis
Michael writes -
Hey Makers! I've been busy building my very own MIDI-controlled Drumbot using the HighlyLiquid MIDI decoder kit.Nice incorporation of a Buddha box into the setup! - Robot drummerI'm going to be conducting a workshop detailing how to build and implement the kit on Friday, May 2 as part of BENT festival Minneapolis. Free kits will be given to workshop participants, limited to the first 12 people to sign up onsite. I'll walk everyone through assembly and then we'll commence with the Drumbot action!
Other excellent workshops will be given throughout the weekend on circuit bending, analog sensor interfacing, and working with the 555 timer. Also, there will be many excellent performances by groups that use circuit-bent instruments, a barbeque, and interactive electronic art installations. Anyone who's caught the electronic maker's bug will surely have a fun time!
In the Maker store:
MidiTron, unassembled & assembled kits
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Apr 23, 2008 05:00 AM
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April 22, 2008
REMINDER: NYC Bent Festival - THIS WEEK April 24-26
MAKE will be @ Bent Festival NYC April 24-26. In addition to the requisite noise-blasting and glitch-casting, we'll be bringing some select items from the Maker store - so stop by, check out some kits and say "HI" (please do speak loudly, so we can hear you over the collective noise-frenzy!)
New York, NY (April 7, 2008) - The Tank is pleased to announce The Fifth Annual Bent Festival of hardware hacking, DIY electronics, and circuit bending. The term circuit bending refers to the inspired short-circuiting of battery-powered children's toys to create new musical instruments, and over the last few decades a worldwide subculture has sprung up around this amazing art form. The Bent Festival began as a celebration of circuit bending, but has quickly grown to embrace not only circuit benders but also artists who create instruments and artwork from scratch using homemade circuitry. Artists from around the globe perform music with their homemade or circuit bent instruments each night of the festival, teach workshops to adults and children alike, and create amazing, interactive art installations. The festival brings together artists of all ages and showcases the state of the art of DIY ele ctronics and circuit bending culture.
BENT FESTIVAL NEW YORK CITY - April 24-26, 2008
DCTV - 87 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013
BentFestival.org
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Apr 22, 2008 02:00 PM
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