[Noisebridge-discuss] Opening TONIGHT: "Dancing With Invisible Light" - Kinect IR Photographs by Audrey Penven

[Doctor Popular]

If anyone is interested, we'll be renting car and driving over. Still have
room for two more. We'll be leaving the mish at 6:30 and probably be back
around 10. Lemme know if you'd like to ride with us.

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Aaron Muszalski <sfslim at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Please join me tonight for the opening reception of Audrey Penven's first
> solo photography exhibit, "Dancing With Invisible Light". This show
> documents Audrey's recent experimentation using a Microsoft Kinect as a
> lightsource and photographing the results with an infrared DSLR. The
> resulting images are striking, as strange and otherworldly as they are
> beautifully and unmistakably human, displaying a magical tension between the
> digital and analog. We're very excited to share these beautifully luminous
> images with you in person.
>
> In addition to Audrey's photos, tonight's reception will feature a live
> musical performance by Doctor Popular, performing his original BitPop
> compositions on iPad and iPhone, and delicious organic vegan catering from
> our friends at Idle Hands Baking Company.
>
> The opening runs from 6pm-11pm at Emeryville's Pictopia Gallery. I've
> included directions below for driving and BART. (Both are surprisingly
> easy!) And if you'd like to attend but don't have transport, please let me
> know and I'll happily see what I can do to help out.
>
> Sincerely,
> Slim
>
> ps. As this is Audrey's debut show, we would be extremely grateful if you'd
> take a moment to spread the word, either by forwarding this email, inviting
> friends/coworkers or posting about the show on Facebook or Twitter. Thank
> you.
>
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> *Dancing With Invisible Light*
>
> Photographs by Audrey Penven
>
>
> In brief: A striking and futuristic series of portraits created using the
> infrared light from a Microsoft Kinect as the primary light source.
>
>
> Pictopia Gallery <http://blog.pictopia.com/category/pictopia_gallery/>,
> April 1st-29th
>
> 1300 66th Street, Emeryville, CA
>
>
> OPENING RECEPTION: April 1st, 6pm-11pm
>
> Featuring a live performance on iPad + iPhone by musician Doctor Popular<http://www.docpop.org/>
>
> and delicious organic vegan catering from Idle Hands Baking Company<http://www.idlehandsbakingcompany.com/>
>
>
> "With these images I was exploring the unique photographic possibilities
> presented by using a Microsoft Kinect as a light source. The Kinect – an
> inexpensive videogame peripheral – projects a pattern of infrared dots known
> as “structured light”. Invisible to the eye, this pattern can be captured
> using an infrared camera. The Kinect uses the deformation of this dot
> pattern to derive 3D information about its subjects (an ability which has
> already spawned an explosion of incredible digital art).
>
>
> As a photographer I am most interested in the nature and quality of light:
> how light behaves in the physical world, and how it interacts with and
> affects the subjects that it illuminates. During this shoot my models and I
> were essentially working blind, with the results visible only after each
> image was captured. Together, we explored the unique physicality of
> structured light, finding our way in the darkness by touch and intuition.
> Dancing with invisible light."
>
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> *Clicky-Linkys*
>
>
> CNET Interview with the artist: http://bit.ly/DwILCN
>
> Coilhouse: http://bit.ly/DwILCH
>
> Boing Boing: http://bit.ly/DwILBB
>
> Laughing Squid: http://bit.ly/DwILLS
>
>  Facebook event page: http://on.fb.me/DwILFB
>
> Audrey's blog post about the opening,
>
> including full credits for the shoot: http://bit.ly/DwILinfo
>
>
> Dancing With Invisible Light - a Photoset on Flickr<http://www.flickr.com/photos/audreypenven/sets/72157625454305998/>
>
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> *How To Get There*
>
> Pictopia
>
> 1300 66th Street, Emeryville, CA
>
> By Car<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=San+Francisco,+CA&daddr=1300+66th+St,+Emeryville,+CA+94608+%28Pictopia%29&hl=en&geocode=FVJmQAIdKAe0-CkhAGkAbZqFgDH_rXbwZxNQSg%3BFZqEQQIdn_61-CEsMvmdcaf7fSkbt8oJX36FgDFqHeHxs3bQdQ&mra=ls&sll=37.848189,-122.290406&sspn=0.01081,0.019119&ie=UTF8&ll=37.807071,-122.354908&spn=0.08992,0.15295&z=13>
> Find your way to the "Bay Bridge". (ProTip: That's the big gray one, not
> the big orange one.) Drive East. Once across the bridge, keep left,
> remaining on 80 East (toward Berkeley/Sacramento). Take the Shellmound
> Street exit. Turn right at Shellmound Street. Take the 2nd left onto 66th
> St. Pictopia will on the left side of the street.
>
> By BART
> Exit at the MacArthur station. Board the free Emery-Go-Round shuttle,
> taking the *Hollis Route*. Exit at Stop #10, Hollis at 65th. Walk
> northbound to 66th Street. Turn Right on 66th. Pictopia is halfway down the
> block, on your left. *Please note:* the last Emery-Go-Bound back to
> MacArthur BART departs Hollis & 65th at 9:50pm. More Emery-Go-Round info can
> be found at http://www.emerygoround.com/schedule-maps/hollis
>
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