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Call For Makers!

Natalie — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:38:39 GMT

We are pleased to announce Bay Area Maker Faire 2007!

Organized by the staff of MAKE and CRAFT magazines, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft an engineering in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. This family-friendly event showcases the amazing work of all kinds of makers--anyone who is embracing DIY and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience. Last year, we had 20,000 people at Maker Faire.

Maker Faire Bay Area will take place May 19-20, 2007 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. We are also adding Maker Faire Austin for October 20-21, 2007 at the Travis County Fairgrounds. This call is primarily for Maker Faire Bay Area but you can indicate if you are interested in participating in Maker Faire Austin.

We encourage you to join the fun and propose a maker exhibit, performance or workshop. You can submit a proposal through the web using the link described below or you can come show us your work at a Maker Faire "audition" on Saturday, February 24 at TechShop in Menlo Park, CA.

http://www.makerfaire.com

Proposals: We invite proposals for Maker workbench exhibits, workshops, presentations and performances for the Maker Faire. We are interested in proposals from individuals as well as from groups such as hobbyist clubs and schools.

Maker Workbench: Our standard setup for Makers is a six-foot long workbench. You can use this workbench to display your work and/or demonstrate how you make something. Some makers don't need workbenches, typically because they have a large object or they set up outside. Please provide a short description of what you make and what you will bring to Maker Faire. Please link to photographs or videos of what you make. Let us know about any requirements you have, such as electricity, Internet, ventilation, etc.

Interactive Performance: We're seeking performances that will engage and entertain the attendees and enable them to interact in a fun way. The performances may be tied to a stage or roving through the fairgrounds as a kind of street theatre. Performances could be musical or theatrical, but they could also be a collaborative building process. For example, you might work with attendees to put something large together in an hour.

Presentation: These includes audio-visual presentations intended for showing a project (or process) that cannot be brought to the faire, or a special project that requires AV resources. These presentations are limited to 20 minutes. Please describe the topic of your presentation and what kind of media (audio/video) that you will have. As a general rule, PowerPoint presentations are not appropriate for this event unless they are unusually entertaining.

Demonstration Workshop: A demonstration workshop is a show-and-tell session on how to make something. We're looking for makers who can demonstrate (and teach) particular skills, techniques or processes. You should start off by explaining your materials and tools and then step-through a build process, sharing your knowledge and interacting with the audience. Sessions should be under 30 minutes in length and may be repeated on the program. Please describe the subject of your workshop and what kind of setup you need for it.

Application Form: Please go to the following URL and fill it out to apply for participation as a maker. http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2007/proposal/

All proposals will be reviewed and we will notify makers of acceptance via email by March 19, 2007.

NOTE: Presenters whose talks are accepted will receive free registration to Maker Faire. We cannot pay for travel and accommodations. (We do make exceptions under some circumstances.) If you have any questions about participating in Maker Faire, please contact Natalie Villalobos by email: info@makerfaire.com. Please let Natalie know if you plan to come to the audition at TechShop.

Key Points:

* Maker Proposal Due: Midnight (PST): Feb. 27, 2007

* Maker Faire Bay Area Audition: Saturday Feb. 24, 2007

* Notification of Acceptance: March 19, 2006

* Confirmation of Participation: April 2, 2007

* Maker Faire Bay Area: May 19-20, 2007; Saturday 10-6 pm; Sunday 10-5pm.

* Maker Faire Austin: October 20 .. 21, 2007

* Application Form: http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2007/proposal/

Commercial Exhibitors If you are a commercial maker or you work for a company that would like to exhibit at Maker Faire, please contact Sherry Huss sherry@oreilly.com.

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ZeroOne San Jose Aug 7-13: Biotecknica Laboratory Remix

mella — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:07:15 GMT

http://01sj.org/content/view/176/49/ http://www.bioteknica.org/

From http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008822.php :
"The Bioteknica Laboratory Remix is a complex functional laboratory installation – built to sustain cellular life within the gallery environment. Utilizing tissue culture and tissue engineering technologies, the artists have developed a series of small sculptures (Teratological Prototypes) that will be grown live in the gallery environment with an accompanying installation, laboratory protocol performances, and video. To prepare the installation living cells have been extracted from the body of Shawn Bailey. The biopsy of dermis contains fibroblasts, viable keratinocytes, etc. They are used as primary cell source to be grown and proliferate in-vitro. Cells are placed in bioreactors and given fresh nutrient serum to allow them to develop."

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Biopresence

mella — Mon, 02 May 2005 18:35:40 GMT

http://www.biopresence.jp

From the site:
'Biopresence creates Human DNA trees by transcoding the essence of a human being within the DNA of a tree in order to create "Living Memorials" or "Transgenic Tombstones". Biopresence is collaborating with scientist and artist Joe Davis on his DNA Manifold algorithm, which allows for the transcoding and entwinement of human and tree DNAs.'

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Silencing Critical Art!

ferrous_arts — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:12:30 GMT

I went to a fundraiser last night for Steve Kurtz.
It was a fun event as well as a worthy cause.

Check:

http://www.caedefensefund.org/

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'Living' robots powered by muscle

mella — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:36:31 GMT

Tiny robots powered by living muscle have been created by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/4181197.stm

...more 'science' than 'art', but fascinating nonetheless.

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biojewelry

.zegnatronicalled — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:44:29 GMT

instead of shopping for wedding rings, couples can now have biopsies and use their bone cells to grow their own wedding rings. the researchers are looking for couples who want to do this for real:

http://www.biojewelry.co.uk/

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pig wings and extra ears

.zegnatronicalled — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:10:48 GMT

check out oron catts and ionat zurr's pig wings:
http://www.anat.org.au/serendipity/residencies/ORON-IONAT.htm

also stelarc's extra ear: http://stelarc.va.com.au/extra_ear/index.htm
i got to see this last year -he hasn't found a doctor yet that will graft the ear onto his arm but he has successfully grown 3 1/4 scale replicas of his ears. they have to be 'fed' and they eventually die but grafted to his arm, they should live. they're not meant to be hearing aids. he wants to pipe streaming audio through it and have the ear speak and literally have something up his sleeve.

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victimless leather

.zegnatronicalled — Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:15:27 GMT

is what they call it. a jacket made of living tissue from the pig wings people:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65248,00.html

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gut reactions

mella — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:06:14 GMT

So I've had pretty much the same conversation with a few people now - they hear about living transgenic creatures created as art, and first reaction is horror: the potential environmental impact (what if it escapes?), the ethics of creating a novel lifeform without a 'purpose' other than to be an art piece, and in general the ethics of inserting genes from one species into another and how we really shouldn't be messing with this at all.

But my gut reaction is awe and wonder. It's wonderful to see artists coopting techniques that are currently being used on mammals for increasing profits, and have been used on plants & bacteria that have already been released into the environment, and techniques that have been around for decades and relatively well-understood at this point.

Your gut reaction?

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links

mella — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 18:12:03 GMT

Some sites dealing with genetic & transgenic art, and the fallout:

www.ekac.org/

http://www.genomicart.org/

http://www.genomicart.org/pn-home.htm

http://www.critical-art.net/biotech/index.html

http://www.genegenies.com/ggw.html

http://www.changesurfer.com/Hlth/Genes.html

http://www.genochoice.com/

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