Hey CC Regional Folks! We are pulling together a cool (and slightly last-minute!) event for tomorrow! Thursday, 7pm, in Beirut. Details all below. If anybody has cool science/tech/art music or videos, or CC mashups, etc, please let us know! Michael John Gorman is a very interesting guy, working on a great project ... and the evening will continue after his discussion is over!
Some other fun things coming up, as well. We've been publishing Hibr.me newspaper in Lebanon (25,000 copies per month) with the CC logo/info on the front cover for over a year, and have run some articles on it... We've been working on plans to build on that, and we have a several fun things in the pipeline: - Working on a Citizen Journalism guidebook, to be published in about a month and a half... which will be licensed under CC, and will have some very cool elements to make it a "living book" ... once the first bit is published, we'll also open up elements to other publishers/creators, etc. We'll send you more info on that soon. - and more...! But most pressing... see below! Cheers! Munir Nabti *art + science = √ ( ∆ culture ) (AKA: Art and Science at the Root of Cultural Change) * *WHAT? * Join us for a fun-filled evening with the Founding Director of Science Gallery in Ireland, Dr. Michael John Gorman. Dr. Gorman will give a presentation, share videos, and host a discussion around “Where Art & Science Collide: Hybrid Cultural Institutions for the 21st Century.” Plus some surprises, fun science/tech music and videos, and more after Dr. Gorman's talk! The Science Gallery, at Trinity College Dublin (www.sciencegallery.com) is a new space dedicated to igniting creativity and discovery where science and art collide. Recent exhibitions include BIORHYTHM (exploring the relationship between music and the body, from human beatbox to the neuroscience of dance) and Technothreads (exploring the science of fashion). Full bio/info is below, and you should definitely check out the Science Gallery site and on YouTube. This is a collaborative event! If you have art/science/tech music, videos, mixes, or mashups to share, bring them along and we'll see what we can mix in! *WHEN? Thursday, November 18* • 7pm: Welcome! (grab a drink, seat, chat, socialize) • 7:30pm: Presentation/video/discussion • 8:30pm+: Happy hour + science/art videos and music, Creative Commons mashups, and more! *WHERE?* Obros in Hamra/Clemenceau (right by Clemenceau Medical Center) (MAP IT! http://l.hibr.me/obrosmap ) *PLEASE RSVP AT: * http://artscienceculture.eventbrite.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172490542780993 *WHO? * Organized + by = Hibr.me / DevIneMedia (Development In eMedia) / RootSpace Special + Thanks = Jolan + Obros (Special + Thanks)^10 = (Michael John Gorman) + (Daniel Gorman) + (Science Gallery) *Dr Michael John Gorman and Science Gallery* Dr Michael John Gorman is the Founding Director of Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin (www.sciencegallery.com), a new space dedicated to igniting creativity and discovery where science and art collide. Since opening in February 2008 Science Gallery has been visited by over 700,000 people and held twelve exhibitions on topics ranging from music and the body to contagion and the science of fashion. Science Gallery was recently honoured with Special Commendation for innovation in the museum sector at the European Museum of the Year Awards. It also recently won the European Commission's first ever call for projects linking art and science, leading a consortium including Ars Electronica (Linz), Le Laboratoire (Paris), MediaLab Prado (Madrid) and RCA (London) in the StudioLab project which will involve artists, scientists and experimental designers in collaborations around the future of water. Recent exhibitions include BIORHYTHM exploring the relationship between music and the body, from human beatbox to the neuroscience of dance and Technothreads, exploring the science of fashion. Michael John is also an Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to leading the development of the Science Gallery Michael John worked at Stanford University where he lectured in Science, Technology and Society, and has held fellowships at Harvard University and MIT. Michael John is the author of several books and numerous articles on the intersections between science, technology and the arts including Buckminster Fuller: Designing for Mobility (Skira/Rizzoli, 2005). Michael John has a BA in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford University and a PhD in History of Science from the European University Institute in Florence. ~~~ David Munir Nabti (منير دافيد نبتي) || Skype/Twitter: dmnabti || Leb Mobile: +961-3-138-770 || US Mobile: +1-415-355-HIBR (4427) ~~~ • Youth/citizen alternative media in Lebanon (in print, online, in person): www.Hibr.me • Volunteer, and support volunteering, in Lebanon: www.avs.org.lb • Tech, open source, and entrepreneurship for sustainable development: www.therootspace.org • Daily monitoring & translation of news from the Arab World and Iran: www.Mideastwire.com ~~~ REMEMBER! Think before you print... 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