Meeting 1 - June 8, 2006 Presentations
- Bob Sabiston, the programmer/animator behind the trippy animation technology for Richard Linklater's films Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly debuted his latest invention: an art/animation homebrew application for the Nintendo DS game system;
- Phil Mancutt demonstrated his homemade Theremin that?s encased in a vintage 1984 Macintosh computer case; and
- Craig Newswanger fired off his Tesla Coil and Jacob?s Ladder (think of the electrified gizmos in Frankenstein movies).
- djkdh produced and DJ'd the night's music
- During Open Dork, Grey Mack demonstrated his LED wand
Photos can be found on Flickr
Meeting 3
- Zack Booth Simpson - <http://mine-control.com/> — interactive art installations extraordinaire!
- Jerry Chamkis and his you-have-to-see-it-to-believe-it Kosmophone <http://www.kosmophone.com> — a midi music synthesizer plugged directly into the cosmos!
- Student Film Showcase TV <http://www.sfstvvod.com/> — pod casting how-tos from students no less!
- Greg Most of Waxploitation! DJs — a live Trekkie DJ. We kid you not!
Meeting 4
- Kym Graner's S.U.V. (Shy Ultra Violet Mechanical) Flower, complete with sound effects and human interaction.
- Denise Scioli & P.Y. Hung's Mechanical Flower — a large (nearly five-feet tall) industrial restaurant-supply inspired mechanical flower sporting light sequences and patterns set to music and sound effects.
- Alan Watts’ Mikons — the first online vector drawing tool discussed and demoed by its creator.
- And special musical guest this month, Attic Ted — demented carnie music with hydrocephalic old man head masks.