DORKBOT CHICAGO
Dorkbot Chicago will soon be riding high at a new location! As soon as the details get worked out I'll be posting the new info!
See some of the past Dorkbot Chicago events held at DEADTECH!
October 2006 -- Civil Twilight - 6 Degrees Below Horizon.
Civil Twilight - 6 Degrees Below Horizon.
Don Lambert and Mathew Jinks
Opened: Friday October 20 2006, 8PM - Midnight
Drawing inspiration from found airspace maps, Lambert and Jinks explore the topic of flight. Their investigation of civilian and military modes of flight spans contemporary media, combining large-scale sculpture, textiles and drawings with integrated audio elements and on-site blueprinting. The two artists bring their own histories of working with information, maps, and hand-made electronic components to the project as they examine the phenomenon and aesthetics of flight and its relationship to the human body.
Alexander trying out the "Civil Twilight" blueprint machine.
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Don Lambert is a sculptor and new media artist based in Cincinnati, Ohio. His recent work utilizes cognition, social identity and the aesthetics of information as inspiration for sculptural works. With a playful and precise treatment of material, Lambert has created a body of work over the last few years that uses a visually enticing aesthetic to pose questions about socialization and interaction. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004, and his work has been exhibited at a number of locations in Chicago, including the 17th Evanston Biennial. http://www.donlambert.net/
Mathew Paul Jinks creates sound, photography and installation works that deal with systems of information, collection and release, and them materiality of technology and its processes. Fond of using contact microphones, radio transmission, pinhole cameras and other technologies that rely on natural phenomena, Jinks carefully crafts elegant considerations of energy, materiality and obsolescence. He received his BFA from the Glasgow School of Art in the UK, and is currently pursuing an MFA focusing on experimental sound at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Thanks to GL Packaging Products for supporting the arts! They generously donated some supplies to the project put the flyer for the show on their site!