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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Summer geekOut!

August 21st, 1.30pm - 6.30pm at Watermans Gallery.

To start our season of workshops and events, we invite all women artists, techies and tinkerers to come and geekOut.

Bring your projects, ideas, or come and practice projects from our previous workshops. We will have computers, projector, previous workshop pdf’s, and some tools and components available to borrow, but if you have something in mind to work on, please bring tools and components you know you will need, if you can.

This will not be a tutored event, but an opportunity to play, learn and practice anything that takes your fancy, and to catch up on the SolarBots, Electronics for Absolute Beginners and Arduinorama workshops.

If you have any kit from previous workshops, bring it along!

When?
21st August ‘10 – 1.30pm – 6.30pm

Where?
Watermans Gallery - 40 High Street Brentford TW8 0DS

£5
SIGN UP HERE: http://mztek.eventwax.com/mztek-summer-geek-out
Book your place now!

If you have any queries, please contact us on sophie [dot] mcdonald @ gmail [dot] com

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August 21, 2010
1:30 pmto6:30 pm

SHOW & TELL: Julie Freeman

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Calling all women artists/techies/tinkerers!

Come and join Julie Freeman introducing the technicalities of her latest work in the next MzTEK P2P show ‘n’ tell.

Julie recently returned from ISEA (International Symposium of Electronic Arts) in Belfast at the end of August, where she showed the piece Specious Dialogue III.

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Specious Dialogue III consists of a pair of movable, sculptural concrete forms that house wireless audio playback systems. Mounted on pairs of swivel castors the forms are designed to be played with – pushed, rolled, kicked and shoved around the exhibition space. They are physical audio curiosities with personality.
Julie will be discussing the story of the work from the initial commission through to version 3.  She will talk about how she built it from sourcing and constructing the concrete forms, to the writing of the Max>/MSP patch as well as the development of the piece through the sound recording and editing. She will be accompanied by sound producer Dan Grigson (Grantby) who will give hands-on hints and tips on voice-over recording, editing and formating.

http://www.translatingnature.org/2009/specious-dialogue-iii/

Specious Dialogue was commissioned by Cybersonica for Soundwaves 07 and has been shown in London, Luxembourg, Dublin and Limerick.

December 3rd, 6pm - 8pm
Space,  129 - 131 Mare St, Hackney, London, E8 3RH
How to get there… http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/contact/SPACE/
Please feel free to bring refreshments

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December 3, 2009
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

WORKSHOP: Sinful Machines

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Here you go, a fantastic workshop led by the creative gals at Seaweed Studios, in the tricked out front media studio at [ SPACE ].

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RSVP soon—Get it while it’s hot!  Space for 15 participants and a 20% reduction fee for tickets purchased before July 12.

Bring your own Arduino, or borrow one from us.  Let us know if you need one, however. You may also purchase a beginner kit at oomlout.com.

|| ABOUT THE WORKSHOP ||

MzTEK presents: Sinful Machines with Seaweed Studio
July 25 & 2006, 11am - 5pm
at [ SPACE ] 129-131 Mare Street, Hackney, London E8 3RH

Sinful machines is a workshop which is part of a project exploring the delicate relationship between man, machines and sins. How is a sin defined? In the original sense of the word, to sin means to ‘err’ or miss the mark, but modern definitions associate it with violations of a morality.  What happens when 7 deadly sins and social sins manifest themselves within machines?

Throughout the weekend, we will take you through the design and creation of your own interactive ’sinful machine’ using Arduino and components such as sensors, lights, motors, mp3 players and more.

Perfect for complete beginners and those with intermediate knowledge Arduino skills, we welcome people of all age and gender. For those who are stuck for ideas, we will also prepare a few examples to show on the day to inspire and help you through your project concept.

If you have any concerns about your ability to attend as you have children and need someone to mind them, don’t hesitate to speak to us about having a creche in [SPACE]’s courtyard.

RSVP to info@mztek.org

£65, includes lunch both days.  £45 special if you register before July 12.
Bring your own Arduino or borrow one from us
Supported by [ SPACE ]
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July 25, 2009toJuly 26, 2009

P2P Workshop - Hair raising harmonies!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

THIS SUNDAY 28th JUNE, 12 noon - 2pm - Pizza and hair of the dog at Sal’s place.

Following from her excellent ‘make music with your hair’ workshop at Eclectic Tech Carnival (/ETC) in Umea, Sweden, Joan is up for doing it again for MzTEK.  Check out the blog post I wrote on the workshop at /ETC for an idea of what it in-tales (ha ha!)

RSVP to info@mztek.org for workshop location, Shoreditch area.

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Joan Healy is in town to perform Becoming a Franz West TONIGHT (wed 24th) at Shunt

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June 28, 2009
12:00 pmto2:00 pm

Next Peer to Peer: Arduinorama

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

NB:  If you would like to attend, please RSVP by email.

Kit: If you have your own Arduino starter kit, or Arduino and sensors, bring them so you can follow along with your own tools.  You can buy them online in advance if you don’t have them.

Or, if you’re simply interested in the tech, you’re welcome to look on!

We recommend buying one in advance if you want to be able to take home what you’ve made and use it in your own projects, and in our upcoming workshops.

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June 20, 2009
11:00 amto2:00 pm