Dorkbot is a group of affiliated organizations worldwide that sponsor
grassroots
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meetings of artists, engineers, designers, scientists, inventors, and anyone else working under the very broad umbrella of
electronic art
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. The dorkbot
motto
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is "people doing strange things with electricity".
Started by Douglas Repetto at the
Columbia University
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Computer Music Center
The Computer Music Center (CMC) at Columbia University is the oldest center for electronic and computer music research in the United States. It was founded in the 1950s as the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.
Location
The CMC is hous ...
in 2000, dorkbot spread around the world, with over 100 chapters either planning or actively holding meetings as of 2010.
[The current list of chapters, with map, can be seen a]
dorkbot.org
In 2012,
a series of viruses with the same name appeared and it caused many of the chapters to disband.
The purpose of dorkbot meetings is to nurture a local electronic arts community and to encourage emerging, and established, artists to present new works for informal peer review. While many of the dorkbot groups hold their meetings at universities and students are encouraged to attend, dorkbot meetings are not restricted in any way to the academic community. Dorkbot groups encourage the free exchange of ideas on the electronic arts, and regular attendees of one dorkbot will often visit another when they are travelling, serving as informal ambassadors between groups.
See also
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ArtBots ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show is an international robot talent show held in New York City and other cities. It is sponsored by a variety of arts organizations, produced by an army of volunteers, and is directed and curated by dorkbot founder, and ...
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Café Scientifique
Café Scientifique currently exists in more than 60 towns and cities across the United Kingdom and world-wide. It was the idea of Duncan Dallas, from Leeds, who was impressed by the Café Philosophique session he saw in France. Café Scientifiqu ...
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Hackspace
A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace, or makerspace) is a community-operated, often "not for profit" (501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, such as computers, machining, technology, sc ...
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Maker Faire
Maker Faire is a convention of do it yourself aka-DIY enthusiasts started by ''Make'' magazine in 2006. Participants come from a wide variety of interests, such as robotics, 3D printing, computers, arts and crafts, and hacker culture.
History
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Nerd Nite
References
External links
Dorkbot Main PageFootage of NYC Dorkbot eventsinterview with Repetto for Pixelache 2008 Helsinki festival
"Technical Knock-Outs"by Ben Davis, Artnet Magazine
Dorkbot PDX
Art festivals
Organizations established in 2000
New media art festivals
Festival organizations
New media art
Digital art
Hacker culture
Digital media organizations
Political art
Politics and technology