Pia van Gelder DORKBOT-SYD
DID SHE SAY... DORGBOOT? www.dorkbot.org “ people doing strange things with electrcity”
There are 83 Dorkbots around the world!
“ start a dorkbot in your city!/what is dorkbot?”
DORKBOT-SYD started up in 2006 at Lanfranchis Memorial Discoteque. It runs regularly every last Tuesday of the month at Serial Space.
The open motto attracts people from all fields artists, engineers, scientists, inventors...
SIMPLE STRUCTURE =  (Beer + Kraftwerk + mingling) + (2 or 3 presentations (approx 20 mins each)) + open show & tell
Dorkbot is a free event.
Presentations are generally about a single project made by one person or a group of people.
Presentations range in style from ppts to physical demonstrations. Some examples of projects that have been presented at Dorkbot are...
Dan Stocks and “The Radar MkII”
Mari Valonaki from the Australian Center of Field Robotics and their work “Fish-Bird Circle B – Movement B”
Neil Jenkins and his webbased work “Exquisite Copse”
Tim Boykett from Times Up, and their work “SPIN”
James Nichols & the “DubTable”
Nick Wishart & “CeLL”
Stephen Jones and his video synthesizers
John Jacobs and his “Paper Circuits” and various circuit bent wonders
Alex Davies and his work “Dislocation”
Aras Vaichas and his “WavRuta”
Wade Marynowsky and his “Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Robot”
Dorkbot facilitates friendships and creates opportunities for collaboration.
Regular meetings pose as an opportunity for... public discussion peer review
Dorkbot is a great place to workshop  new ideas experiments
Guest Programming Excursions
Workshops
Electrofringe 2007,2008 “Dorkshop”.
“ Electropark”, 2007 (Victoria Park)
Dorkbot is a fantastic place to meet like-minded folk and talk shop, get introduced to new skills or just get mind-boggled.
Since 2006 we have grown in numbers and solidified into an open and welcoming community of curious people
Come along! www.dorkbot.org/dorkbotsyd

Creative Sydney's Come Together - Presentation by Pia Van Gelder