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Dorkbot at Art’s Birthday

Dorkbot Calgary will be at Art’s Birthday hosted by EMMEDIA. We will be making about 250 throwies as a workshop, then we’ll actually go outside and perform a Fluxus score “Audience Eve” by Henning Christiansen.

Arts Birthday
EMMEDIA PRESENTS:
ARTS BIRTHDAY 2010
In Collaboration with Quickdraw Animation Society + Beatroute Magazine

ABOUT ART’S BIRTHDAY:

1 million and 47 years ago, a sponge was dropped in a bucket of water and with that, Art was born! First acknowledged by Fluxus artist and poet Robert Filliou in 1963, Art’s Birthday has been celebrated by artists the world over, through collaborative and networked based activities that recognize the spirit of permanent creation. On the eve of this momentous occasion, EMMEDIA, in collaboration with Quickdraw Animation Society and Beatroute Magazine, would like to invite you to participate in an all night Media Art CRASH!  A series of generative and participatory installations will activate spaces throughout our shared building, supporting practices that reflect and celebrate the Eternal Network of Permanent Creation.

BIRTHDAY PARTIES:

DORKBOT PRESENTS: A “Throwie” Making and Performance Workshop

Facilitated by Lia Rogers

“Throwies” are self powered, self contained magnetic LEDs. Once approximately 250 are made, participants will perform the Fluxus script “Audience Eve” by Henning Christiansen.

INCANTATION
By Scott Rogers

With performances by Noel Begin, Christian Bok, Laura Leif, Larry MacDowell, Ryan Scott/Aaron Sereda, Sleepy Panther (Rita McKeough and Richard Brown) and others!

Incantation is a light and audio installation that creates temporary performance events in specific architectural spaces throughout the city of Calgary. Somewhere between open mic, karaoke, speakers corner, and a rave, the piece engages overlooked spaces to literally communicate through and with our existing built environment.

ZINE NIGHT
Facilitated by Micheal Welchman

Participants are encouraged to produce self published print and digital media zines. Paper, collage and drawing supplies will be provided in order to produce print based media in conjunction with both still frame video stands and hand held cameras in order to produce short “Video Zines” published to the web through a blogsite.

DISCORD PRESENTS: Open Noise Jam
Facilitated by Josh Fraser

Discord is excited to facilitate an open noise music jam, featuring an assortment of electronic and traditional instruments to be used improperly. Those who have never played an instrument are encouraged to come out and start! Discord is part of the 403 Noise collective, and runs a monthly concert series featuring local and touring acts. Discord is Calgary’s only stable forum for its growing Harsh Noise scene.

HARP
By Robyn Moody

A high-tech harp, whose “strings” are laser beams which appear as 24 lines of red light running from one end of the long, narrow space to the other. Parallel to the laser beams, are rows of small speakers, each emitting a sound when the corresponding laser beam is “plucked” or “strummed”. The beams can be played as a harp, but in this case the tones produced are phonemes – the building blocks of language.

PIKA-PIKA
Facilitated by Quickdraw Animation Society

Pika-Pika is a stop-motion animation technique combining long exposure photography and flashlights for participants to “light-paint” each frame. Come celebrate creativity with this interactive, glow-in-the-dark, animation station.

EMMEDIA.ca
www.artsbirthday.net
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When will this happen? January 16th 2010.

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