Jul 02 2008
| July 7, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
An ongoing discussion that started with Metaphor, Morphometrics, and Category now continues around the pivotal theme of Design. Christina Cogdell, Winner of the 2005 Edelstein Prize from the Society for the History of Technology and interactive video-sound artist David Stout will contrast their contemporary work with the historical design trends Cogdell outlines in her research.
Jul 02 2008
| July 9, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
We continue the discussion started with the Stereo/Computational blender of March 27 (Jason Ordaz, Pete Rogina, Tim Thomas) and the Holographic Blender of June 25 (Fred Unterseher, Rebecca Deem, August Muth).
Stereographer and Book Artist Georgette Freeman will present her stereo camera and viewing rigs, her stereo card designs, digital stereo imagery, and talk about her experiences as a stereographer and artist.
Fred Unterseher and Rebecca Deem will present new work with colleagues on the development of Digital Holography. The Holography exhibit by Fred, Rebecca and August remains up through July 14th.
Stereographer and Computational Photography enthusiast Pete Rogina of WorldScape Inc. will attend virtually via (stereo?) Webcam.
Los Alamos Visual Analytics (LAVA) is sponsoring and facilitating this series and will be presenting some of the materials on their 3D DLP system at the Complex. LAVA is developing systems for immersive capture and display of objects and scenery with WorldScape and others.
Georgette Freeman: Vaporlock and high gas prices couldn’t stop photographer and book artist Georgette Freeman as she crossed and recrossed the continent this year, in yet another quest for “[q]uestions never dreamed of at home . . . and the answers, well, the answers are, literally out of this world.” Fortunately for Santa Feans, the San Franciso-based Freeman’s 2008 wanderlust found pause in our neighborhood and she’s agreed to continue May’s discussion of stereo and computational photography Continue Reading »
Jul 01 2008
| July 16, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Image: Datasets published in the Linking Open Data community project, from Richard Cyganiak.
The information revolution can seem more like an algal bloom of data overwhelming us as we try to make sense of it all. We’re told it’s all part of a network, as though that makes the millions of web pages and trillions of data points understandable. The word has become part of popular culture, as we network in our jobs and social lives or join virtual communities like MySpace and LinkedIn to expand our physical networks exponentially. What is a network, really? And how do modern networks make sense of the bits of information flowing through them? This industrial strength blender will present an eclectic mix of speakers who will discuss their application of the network data model for various problems in academia and industry.
Jul 01 2008
| July 23, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Paleontologist Ralph Chapman celebrates his move to New Mexico with an insider’s guide to building a model dinosaur in this July 23 blender.The former director of the National Museum of Natural History’s Applied Morphometrics Laboratory and the former director of the Idaho Virtualization Laboratory, Ralph will demonstrate how scientists use fossil fragments to create life-size replicas of the thunder lizards of old (now known to be bird ancestors, of course.) More details to come.
Jun 20 2008
| June 25, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Holographic artists Rebecca Deem, August Muth and Fred Unterseher are back. Thanks to the strong interest their work garnered in sfComplex’s grand opening, they’ve agreed to host a blender this Wednesday night, June 25. They’ll discuss the history of three dimensional art and give us a back-of-the-lens perspective on the work the do. More info to come.
Jun 19 2008
It was a grand opening, indeed, as 500 people packed Santa Fe Complex’s new home at 632 Agua Fria last Saturday, June 14. From 4:00 to 7:00, it was an SRO crowd, spilling out into grounds to enjoy the cool breeze as the evening progressed. At 7:00, the audience settled in for a one-hour Noisefold performance and lingered into the evening to savor the experience long after the lights went down on the live show.
Jun 16 2008
| June 18, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Blenders are a Wednesday night feature at Santa Fe Complex, located at 632 Agua Fria St. Entrance is on Romero St. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served; donations to defray their costs are welcome.
Numbers are metaphor: they describe the world in an abstract manner that implies their object. They can tell us how much something weighs, how tall its is or how fast it is going. Or, they can delve deeper into their objects and help us understand them in an almost intuitive way. Continue Reading »
Jun 14 2008
The grand opening of Santa Fe Complex begins today at 4:00 with an open house until 6:30. There will be a brief discussion of the complex’s mission at 6:30 followed by a live performance by Noisefold, the interactive audio-visual performance group. We are located at 632 Agua Fria between St. Francis and Guadalupe. There is no street parking on Agua Fria so folloow the signs to Romero Street and parking at the rear of the complex. For more information, click here. Click the map below for a close-up view of the streets.
Jun 09 2008
| June 11, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
What is a math circle and why should you join us?
No knowledge of math at any level necessary! Circle math is about starting from nothing (or not much) and exploring strange and beautiful ideas with noting more than marker and board. Think of it as build-it-yourself math. Sometimes we will start with a game–or play a game the whole session. Or learn how to see the world a flatlander from the second dimension would.
Math circles are a place for spirited play with the patterns of math and games of ideas. Math circles are absolutely nothing like the rigid lockstep of a school curriculum’s drill through technique after technique. Everyone, grades 5-12 are welcome.
Jun 09 2008
| June 10, 2008 | ||
| 3:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
The City of Santa Fe will host an open house at the complex on June 10 from 3-7 pm to present its NW quadrant plan for review. The plan includes an affordable & mixed-use housing and commercial development between HWY 599 and the city’s boundaries. The plan will be revised over the summer based, in part, on comments at this session.
For more info, read the story in the Santa Fe New Mexican.