www.3leggeddog.org
PERFORMANCE: February 22, 2007—March 17, 2007
Thursdays and Fridays @ 6:30PM & 9:00PM, Saturdays @ 9:00PM
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street (b/w Rector and Edgar)
NY, NY 10006
Phone: 212.645.0374 Fax: 212.924.8102
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As a kind of thought experiment, it would be interesting to add behavior levels to the autonomous characters in a fighting game. (There is a theoretical point here, as well.)

I’m thinking of a game where two combatants square off, and go at it with martial arts fervor. Although the characters are usually designed with some characteristic style of combat, they are basically pure action … fight and win.
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http://www.harvestworks.org/education/classes
CLASSES:

INTRODUCTION TO FINAL CUT PRO
Lauren Petty
Tuesday, Feb 27, Mar 6 & 13 - 6:30-9:30pm

INTRODUCTION TO JITTER
Matthew Ostrowski
Thursday, Mar 1/8/15 - 6:30-9:30pm

INTRODUCTION TO 5.1 SURROUND SOUND
Paul Geluso
Tuesday, March 27 - 6:30-9:30pm

FEEDBACK: TAMING THE BEAST IN MAX/MSP
Peter McCulloch
Wednesday, Apr 18 - 6:30-9:30pm

OH WHAT WAR is a mixed media theater piece in development at HERE
as part of HARP. The most recelt performance used 3 video projectors and 3
surveillance monitors to stream video for an 1 1/2hour performance.
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http://www.free103point9.org/event.php?eventID=1027
INSTALATION: February 24, 2007 4:33PM
Free 45 Minutes
Gigantic ArtSpace
59 Franklin St.
Manhattan, New York 10013

A live performance installation featuring: Kelly Tuohy, Stephanie Silver,
Mario Quesada, Frank Boudreaux and Mike Sharpie; I used to be curious
[silence],
voyeuristically folds the
politics of sub-titles, answering machines and food.
created by Ryan Holsopple, Shannon Sindelar and Mirit Tal.

http://www.lmcc.net/art/residencies/120broadway/apply.html
DEADLINE: May 10th

LMCC is offering Workspace in two locations: 120 Broadway, 8th Floor in the Financial District and the 200 Hudson Street, 4th Floor in Tribeca - Residency includes free studio space, a small stipend. Workspace is open to emerging and early mid-career artists working in all disciplines including […] film/video, installation/mixed media, sound, performance and new media/computer arts.
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Here’s a question that is a question in theater and film as well: how much “character” (characteristic behavior) is enough?

An action film is almost all action (except for an occasional “character” actor for flavor). A Chekhov scene is almost all character. Most dramatic works fall somewhere in between.

Are there diminishing returns from adding character to robotic performances?

It’s possible that adding too much (too many levels of? too many variations on?) behavior can make the performers look merely random.
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http://tranzducer.com
PERFORMANCE: February 23rd 2007
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How many limbs are required for a robot to give the impression of human behavior?

One of my inspirations for this project was a program created by Hal Eagar … a series of simple geometric shapes, circles or squares, animated by algorithmic rules to resemble behavior. It was suprisingly effective … you could definitely read the beginnnings of action and character into the movements of the shape.
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Below are some thoughts about creating a layer of “character behavior” for robotic performance.

• “Action Model” / usually a pre-planned sequence of actions
• ““Behavior Model” / rules for generating characteristic behavior

If the behavior is being expressed in movement (e.g. a wheeled robot moving on a stage), then it might have basic parameters like this:

Direction
Purpose or seeking (straight) vs. confusion (e.g. spinning) …
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http://www.troikaranch.org/livei.html
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 9th, 2007.

Live-I (Live-Interactive) Workshop is an intensive seminar for artists who want to explore the use of interactive computer technology in the creation and performance of dance, theater, installation, and related live artworks. The workshop will take place from June 4th through June 15th, 2007 at 3LD Art & Technology Center in New York City.

http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=air
DEADLINE: February 26th, 2007

Eyebeam is now accepting applications for six-month Residency opportunities. Artists, hackers, designers, engineers and creative technologists are invited to apply to be Residents at Eyebeam, to work for six months on projects or research of artistic endeavor or creative expression.

http://www.lmcc.net/swingspace
DEADLINE: February 26th, 2007

Swing Space, the alternative art space program of Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council, puts emerging art and artists in vacant commercial space downtown.
Fomer banks, unused storefronts, old print factories, and empty office floors
are temporarily repurposed as studio workspace, rehearsal space, site-specific
installation space, and performance space.

http://lemurplex.org/classes.html
CLASSES BEGIN: February 12th - 15th thorugh March 7th, 2007

Fun With Fiberglass: Basic Composite Fabrication

Intro to Jitter: Video Processing in the Max/MSP/Jitter Environment

The Mechanics of Robotics: Using Motors, Solenoids, and Other Devices in Kinetic and Robotic Art

Microcontroller Progamming for Artists: An Introduction to the Arduino System

DPI Residency project RUS a New Media Theatre piece workshop presentation at HERE Arts Center

http://here.org/who/artists/rus/
PERFORMANCES: Fri-Mon 2/16-19; Wed-Sat 2/21-24 @ 8:30pm
$10 HERE Donors, $15 everyone else
Tix: 212-352-3101?/ www.here.org
At HERE: 145 6th Avenue, New York, NY
(between Spring & Broome, enter on Dominick)
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http://www.japansociety.org/
PERFORMANCES: February 7th - 10th @ 7:30 &February 10th @ 3:00
Japan Society

Layered with the company’s fearless fusion of dance, music and visual design, The Other Here weaves a modern journey through the ethereal stories of famed Japanese novelist Masuji Ibuse

http://creative-capital.org/application/
INQUIRY FORMS DEADLINE: March 5, 2007.