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Date: Wednesday, January 7th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Location One (26 Greene Street)
Cost: Free

It's time for another installment of Dorkbot, the group of people that gather to discuss some of the weirder things people try to do with electricity. Featuring the stemmed and branching: Zach Lieberman (openFrameworks), Di Mainstone (Hands-On Get-up) and Jay Van Buren (Brooklyn Is Watching.) Please bring snacks... lecture details below.

Zach Lieberman: openFrameworks
Zach Lieberman will be presenting openframeworks, a cross platform c++ library for creative coding and talking about recent projects, including OF lab, a miniature research laboratory created at this years Ars Electronica, Animo, a full body stop motion animation system, Card Play, a musical instrument using playings cards and Lights On!, a performance of music and building lights premiering on New Years eve, 2009.
http://www.openframeworks.cc

Di Mainstone: Hands-On Get-up
A quest of discovery for those who inhabit their fibers and an alluring curiosity for those who cohabit their space - I create playful interactive adornments that roam the body hiding and revealing tales that are close to my heart. A hands-on choreography of fashion, technology and performance, each piece is an exploration of human behavior. During the presentation, I will discuss a few of my recent wearable projects and share my current work in progress: Hands-On Get-UP.
http://sharewear.projects.v2.nl
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7kc41dKjA1c
http://www.xslabs.net/skorpions
http://www.dimainstone.com

Jay Van Buren: Brooklyn Is Watching
"Brooklyn is Watching" is a "mixed reality" project that spans the real world and Second Life bringing real world criticism into contact with the new and blossoming world of Second Life art. In the Brooklyn gallery "Jack the Pelican Presents" a computer is running Second Life whenever the gallery is open and lets visitors to the gallery pilot the project's avatar around a special island in Second Life. Visitors can see art on that island on a 52 inch screen. In Second Life a giant sign on a tower announces "BROOKLYN IS WATCHING" and any SL resident can create anything they want on that island for the visitors to the gallery in Brooklyn to see. There is a blog at www.brooklyniswatching.com and a podcast (itunes: brooklyn is watching) where a rotating cast of artists, gallerists and art historians chronicle and critique whatever shows up on the island with a contemporary art eye and a lot of brooklyn attitude. The project started in March of 2008 and will run for one full year.
http://brooklyniswatching.com

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Bourbon and Bluegrass

FreeNYC Event Flyer

Date: Wednesday, January 7th
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Ellis Bar (627 5th Avenue btw. 17th & 18th, South Park Slope)
Cost: Free

Here's a new one in our sites but all the keywords are there, 25¢ bourbon, free bluegrass, and our beloved Park Slope (okay, 18th st is pretty close to Sunset Park but who's counting.) All that said we're down to see what the Ellis Bar and two hours of the before-mentioned 25¢ bourbon and free bluegrass is a great way to try it out. Plus, there are small plates to order should you get hungry or rot-gut from all the drinking. 21+

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Theater of Fools

FreeNYC Event Flyer

Date: Wednesday, January 7th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, bet. Bleecker & Houston)
Cost: Free

Theatre of Fools is a ive music showcase on the first Wednesday of each month. "It’s a night of non-stop fun featuring live music from Jason Trachtenburg, The Fools, Sean T. Hanratty, Very old Flyer. 21+

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