Regine February 8, 2005 events, other reports, transmediale

People doing strange things with electricity (Part 1)

Yesterday, we had a great time at Dorkbot.BLN, aka “People doing strange things with electricity” at C-Base.

The works were presented by Jussi �ngeslev�. The ex-Media Lab Europe researcher and prolific artist who created works such as The Last Clock (a Bafta nominee), Spin, and the genius Urban Eye project.

There was Matthias Rang recreating the coil experiences Nikola Tesla made last century. All of his lecture was dutifully explained in German (I wouldn�t have understood it in english either, anyway).

I met loads of interesting people (thanks Monika for introducing me). The guys from ART+COM (who made the Floating Numbers Table) and -tadaaaaa!- Tim from Project Blinklights. He explained me that the first time he launched, or rather lighted, the project was to celebrate the birthday of the Chaos Computer Club. On September 11, 2001. So it was a bit of a shock to light a building in those circumstances.

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Monika Hoinkis on February 8, 2005 at 9:03 pm

pleasure! : )
hope to have you back in berlin soon
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Tim Pritlove on February 9, 2005 at 5:42 am

Hi Regine, good to have met you at c-base.
A side note: the c-base is not the headquarter of Chaos Computer Club. While c-base and CCC are heavily affiliated, it’s a separate entity.
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Tim Pritlove on February 9, 2005 at 6:18 am

And another note: the birthday we celebrated was not the birthday of a company – it was the twentieth anniversary of the Chaos Computer Club. What else.