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The future of art is in the hands of dorks.
More accurately, in the hands of Dorkbot — an international organization of hackers, artists, builders, modders and makers — whose motto is “people doing strange things with electricity.”
“I’ve always been into experimental electronic art,”
explains Jane Crayton, founder of local chapter Dorkbot303. “I’m a new media artist myself. I’m also into educational public outreach. I think it’s important to teach people about technology, science, engineering and math. I think we need to approach it from the aspect of art and getting people inspired by art.”
Get your own glimpse of the future tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. at Dorkbot303 V3.02 at the Object + Thought Gallery, 3559 Larimer Street. Local chiptunes artist Ate Bitten will perform and explain the art of warping video games and electronic toys into musical instruments. Darwin Grosse will give a presentation on the powerful music-programming language Max and demonstrate the custom audio/video manipulation applications he’s used to develop it. Finally, John English will display his custom-built experimental electric motors and discuss their construction and possible applications in renewable energy. A donation of $5 is all it takes to travel to the geeky future of art. For more info, visit www.dorkbot.org/dorkbot303 or call the gallery at 720-226-9196.
Fri., March 21, 7-10 p.m., 2008
