Yesterday we celebrated the last edition of Dorkbot . Without noticing we’ve been bugging for 8 years, presenting in a somewhat irregular way, those projects that are related not only to the use of electricity, but to the clash of disciplines. In Dorkbot there are no rules. Biology, gastronomy, music, informatics, robotics, finance… they all have their place, not in their most rigorous expression but in the border where all roads meet.
All the Dorkbot projects stand out for their creativity, or better: their inventive, in the capacity of turning everyday objects upside down, anticipating the future, doing big things with small budgets. There is a place for everything: from high technology to DIY.
From the very begining we’ve always made sure to have streaming, so the physical presence in our meetings is not an issue. Our presentations can be followed wherever you are and with free software!
This is possible thanks to Minipimer
These are the photos of yesterday’s event, they are taken by Daniel Ospina. Enjoy while we scheme and plan what we’ll do next time
In the newest edition of Dorkbot Barcelona we are honored to have with us…
Blablablab
This apparent onomatopoeia is ironically the recursive acronym for “Adisciplinary laboratory blablablab” an adisciplinary collaboration structure that operates in the cultural reality of the average citizen around the collective imagination in the present tense but generating perspective.
Blablablab develop their production with a political intention through parasitism and erosion, involving multiple disciplines without prejudice: science, technology, finance, art, advertising, gastronomy… and without defined medium or format with an extropian philosophy that employs a DIY practice for the generation and transmission of knowledge.
Blablablab will show us how they work, what being “adisciplinary” is all about and some of their projects such as “Byos” and “Haberlandt”
Efraín Foglia presents mobilitylab, a platform that focuses on digital interaction and critical investigation, taking contemporary mobility as the focus of his research. This platform generates modular approaches through the interconnexion of artists, researchers and designers.
Efraín will present Nodo Móvil and AirCity; projects which focus upon the social frictions occurring in urban public spaces.
Plataform: https://www.mobilitylab.net/
*Nodo Móvil is a wireless mobile station. This device can be used in the urban environment and allows digital meshing through open public networks. The project is a research process that explores the possibilities of action in the public space. https://www.mobilitylab.net/nodomovil/
*AirCity is a Locative Media project applied to the digital public space. The system allows people to navigate urban space through portable devices activating graphic and aural systems, with the aim to recover the city’s intangible spaces. https://www.mobilitylab.net/aircity/
Spam Tower, por Ricardo Iglesias
Ricardo Iglesias returns to Dorkbot Barcelona to show us a new project. Do you remember the installation “They are alive”? The one with the surveillance robots? Well, the development of the bots is in full swing and Ricardo will show us the project in its next phase of development. This video will refresh your memory:
Not to rest on his laurels, Ricardo keeps on developing new projects, such as the Spam Tower, which addresses how we currently assist in the generalised conversion and manipulation of communication channels into channels used for sales and social control. The project tackles the creation of a panoptic tower that broadcasts and bombs the users and their cell phones with advertising and commercial SMS
Hypernoika presents…
From the new platform Hypernoika, Axel Guillaumet presents some of his works. In addition to details of this new project, he’ll tell us about the LaserPaint Application, which uses a multi-tracking algorithm developed with the programming environment Delphi/Lazarus; and the 2 Watt laser DPSS, with all the details of its construction and a practical demo.
Mira! presents their new artist in residence grants.
A show of electronic music and audiovisual research, Mira! (Look!), made its debut a few months ago with a great success. Not satisfied to rest on their laurels, they are preparing for the second edition. Along with the “fabrica de creació” Fabra i Coats and the Audiovisual Community Telenoika, Mira! will present their artists in residence, and we know that in the Dorkbot community there are a lot of protential residents!
They say “new year, new life” … well, in Dorkbot Barcelona we have taken this very seriously: New year , new website. While we cook another meeting, feel free to check this piece that the guys at La Malla Tendències did last spring. So if you are a surfer that doesn’t know Dorkbot yet, you can get an idea of what is all about the big family that does strange things with electricity, also known as Dorkbot!
