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MzTEK Unplugged: Lisa Haskel

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

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Lisa Haskel

Programming instructor Lisa Haskel will explore samples of student projects she has supported to open up discussion on the importance (or otherwise) of programming knowledge for media artists, and strategies for developing these skills.

Lisa has worked with media artists for over 20 years, originally as an organiser/administrator, and more recently supplying technical support and teaching the technical fundamentals of creative work on the Web including networking, programming and server administration.

7 - 9pm at the Britannia Pub

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March 18, 2009
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

How to get the best out of your BitTorrent:

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

We’ll be meeting in Shoreditch / Old Street area (E1).  If you’ll take part in the workshop, please email us for the specific address and details in advance.
We will provide the pizza!!

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Caroline will introduce:

BitTorrent
Choosing the best service
Safety - avoiding viruses and the law

Common downloaded File types & how to play them
DIVX
ISO
RAR, TAR
Others

Premium newsgroups

Ripping streams

Ripping DVDs

mounting ISOs / virtual dives

And if there is anything else you know you don’t know about this kind of thing, she is happy to take requests and suggestions for the workshop content. Email them to info(at)mztek.org

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March 26, 2009
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Experiments in interactive video

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

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In this workshop we will make some funky visuals using live camera feed, pre-recorded video clips (feel free to bring your own… but make them small) and jpegs, (so bring some of those too). We will use sound and movement to trigger and manipulate visuals.

This workshop will involve some techy bits, like using a visual programming language, and it will also involve a bit of a boogie! Mary Clay is going to run a dance workshop for part of the session, and then we will combine the lot!

Don’t feel you need to bring a laptop if that will stop you coming along, (although if you can do) you can still join in with all aspects, as we will have to take turns in using the projector anyway… unless you can bring one of those too.

This workshop will be an introduction to the software Isadora. This is really easy to use software for building patches, or programs, and
the basic idea behind it can be translated to other software such as PureData, Eyes web and MaxMSP.
Isadora example movie clip
You can download the Isadora demo version here…http://www.troikatronix.com/izzy-download.html

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March 12, 2009
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Meet & Geek I

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

We’ve got a Meet & Geek coming up Wednesday, March 4 at The Foundry from 6.30 - 9pm.  Come on out to:

- meet your fellow MzTEKkers
- hear about what awesome seminars and courses we’re lining up for the next few months with the help of Space Media Arts et al.
- tell us what YOU want to learn
- bring your laptop, share some skills, make some stuff

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March 4, 2009
6:30 pmto9:00 pm