October 23rd, 6pm-9pm
SODA room 1.01
FREE
Dorkbot Manchester #6 is an evening of talks, demos, installations, music, interfaces, and web art, sonified microbial fuel cells kinetic art, and 3d printing, with Chris Ball, Nicola Ellis, Drake Music, John-Robin Bold, Ellis Ley, Margaret O’Brien, with more to be confirmed!
Doors open at 6pm for a 6.30pm start. 5 minute Open Dork speaking slots are available to anyone, and there’s space for more demos! If you’d like to talk or show a project, let us know: dorkbotmcr@gmail.com
Talks
Chris Ball
Chris Ball is a freelance creative technologist, working with artists and small companies on technical projects. He specialises in physical and electronic prototyping.
Billy Payne + David McFarlane (Drake Music)
Drake Music is a leader in the fields of music, disability, and technology. As innovators, educators, curators, and advocates, they are committed to the belief that everyone has the right to express themselves creatively through music. By utilizing new technologies and ideas, they work to make music accessible to all. Their vision is a world where Disabled and Non-Disabled musicians collaborate as equals.
Nicola Ellis
Nicola Ellis is a visual artist based in Manchester, who explores the question of who values what—and why—in different contexts. Ellis has developed a long-term relationship with Ritherdon & Co. Ltd, a manufacturer of steel enclosures based in Darwen, Lancashire observing, participating in, and occasionally disrupting the ecosystem of the factory while working alongside—and in collaboration with—the Ritherdon workforce.
Demos
Ellis Ley
Ellis Ley will be showing bird flight replicated through kinetic modeling and brass automata.
John-Robin Bold
John-Robin Bold is an immaterial artist working with electronic music, internet and installation art.
About Dorkbot Manchester
Dorkbot is an international group of meetups for artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the broad umbrella of electronic art. Dorkbot meetings aim to nurture a local electronic arts community and to encourage people to talk about the work they’re doing, and to foster discussion about that work in a friendly, supportive, informal atmosphere. http://dorkbotmcr.org/about/
