Vasulka-Squared
| August 27, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
| September 3, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | ||
Woody Vasulka finishes his retrospective at Santa Fe Complex with the second conversation on the changing relationship between art and technology over his 40-year career, each decade of which represents a distinct phase in the evolution of that relationship, says Vasulka. “It has been a dialogue with the machine that began in the political environment of the 60s with a time of continual interaction within an art community,” he explains. The first conversationwill occur at Santa Fe Complex at 6:00 on August 27. Vasulka will return for the second talk a week later on September 9. Read more
Frito Friday with SIG-graphic content
| August 29, 2008 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
If you follow the complex from the Santa Fe area, drop by tomorrow night at 7:00 to meet other complex-ers and enjoy a summer evening complete with sunset. Dave Modl and Steve Smith will report from their trip to SIGGRAPH 2008, the 35th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, earlier this month. They will run videos from the meeting, plus discuss a side trip to the Allosphere and a special gig Steve did with the MythMeisters.
As if that weren’t enough, Itinerant technologists Martin & Megan will relate a short summary of their experiences traveling the Americas by Craigslist. Martin will also relate various methods of computer recycling including a project he worked on in Uganda to put computers into schools there.
As always, we’ll have Frito pies, sodas and relaxed conversation. Martin and Megan will be offering their own concept of Vegan Frito Pie as well.Take a break from the gallery openings or start your weekend on a relaxed note with a pair of Santa Fe traditions, one old (Frito pies) and one new (Frito pie Fridays). It’s free (as always, we accept donations to defray our costs) and fun.
Cafe Scientifique Comes to sfComplex
| August 28, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
| September 25, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
| October 2, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
| October 16, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
| October 30, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Café Scientifique will hold its Santa Fe meetings at the complex beginning with a café on Thursday, August 28 and a Youth Leadership Team meeting on Thursday, September 4. The youth education program’s Santa Fe meetings will continue on a monthly basis through the 08-09 school year. The August 28th meeting features Dr. Joseph Martz of Los Alamos National Laboratory discussing whether science can end the nuclear race? The September 4 meeting follows that topic with a hands-on discussion session by the teen participants. Read more
From Moravia with Love
| August 13, 2008 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Pioneering digital artist Woody Vasulka brings a retrospective exhibit and three work sessions to the complex in August and September. His show opens on Wednesday, August 13; his workshops will follow through the next month. The retrospective revisits a generation of “continual interaction within an art community,” according to Woody, which was lost as “the idea of realism slowly came to dominate art in the digital era.” The irrepressible artist believes the hyperrealistic phase is fading. He offers this exhibit as a bridge between the earlier period it represents and modern trends. Woody’s show begins at 5:00 pm.
Missoula Oblongata
| August 13, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Missoula Oblongata is coming, Meow Wolf is moving, the Process held firm and Santa Fe Complex is ready. The three-person theater company alights briefly in Santa Fe Wednesday night, August 5, after its Monday night show in Ft. Worth and before moving on to Phoenix, Tucson, LA, San Francisco and points beyond. Long-time friends Donna Sellinger, Madeline ffitch and Sarah Lowry are the core of the company, which travels light to perform in any venue with electricity and space. St. Louis Magazine says they have the “romance of vaudeville, the adrenaline of punk, and the playfulness of the Children’s Television Workshop;” thanks to the efforts of many supporters, Santa Fe will get a chance to taste their eclectic mixture. Read more
Quickly Going Somewhere and Back
| August 11, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Samantha Giron Dance Project will be presenting work from two distinct shows: a premiere entitled “Quickly Going Somewhere and Back,” and two excerpts from “Women and War,” called “Fire Diary” and “Interrogations.” Read more
Music Theory & Mathematics
| August 14, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Mathematician Jack Douthett and music theorist John Clough wrote the book on music theory and mathematics, so to speak, in their 2008 publication titled, curiously enough, Music Theory and mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations. Douthett visits Santa Fe Complex on Thursday night, August 14 at 6:00 to review the theory of maximally even sets, an algebraic structure initially designed to model musical scales and chords, with an emphasis on visualization.
Unruly Data Make for a Bad Hair Day
| August 8, 2008 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Traditional structured database tools are limiting because they require pre-defined structures and fields. Chris Feola, president of xextPression and named one of the 50 most influential people in new media by Online Journalism Review, describes the ins-and-outs of information overload in the computer culture. In particular, he will discuss imposing order of data to extract meaningful information from it. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is free but donations to defray costs are appreciated. Read more
Whiskey’s for Drinking
| August 6, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The acequias of Northern New Mexico create a rich network of physical and social features that extends back through the history of Spanish New Mexico to the Moors of North Africa and the Native Americans who independently conceived of moving water through the communal irrigation systems that survive today. They also create a complex system with local agents (parciantes) creating demand for its services, external forces (precipitation and economic development, among others) creating limits on the system, and control points (topography and mayordomos) that influence its operation. Read more
