Swipe public lecture/demo at the Beall Center

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Encoding personal knowledge of the individual, the bar codes or magnetic stripes on our driver's licenses reveal far more than most people are aware. This is a hands-on demonstration workshop explaining the technologies and policies in place that facilitate your private information becoming a commodity. Some laptops will be provided, but due to limited availability, please bring your own laptop to this demonstration.

Public Demonstration and Workshop with Artists/Performers:
Brooke Singer, Beatriz da Costa and Jamie Schulte

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Time: 12:00 noon-1:00 pm

Location: Claire Trevor Theater, Building 711 in the Arts Plaza
University of California, Irvine

If you bring your own laptop for the workshop, you will need:

1) A registered wireless card. Please see http://www.nacs.uci.edu/ucinet/mobile/ to get signed up;

2)Internet Explorer;

3)Flash plug in: http://www.macromedia.com

A computer is not required to attend or observe the workshop.

Beatriz da Costa is a Machine Artist and Tactical Media Practitioner. Beatriz has taken part in the development and implementation of various bio-tech initiatives and models of contestational science.Her work has been exhibited at the New Museum in New York, ISEA in Japan and the World Information Organization in Belgrade.

Jamie Schulte is an engineer with an interest in designing systems that engage human aesthetics, culture, and politics. He received Masters degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering and in Knowledge
Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently a robotics researcher at Stanford University. He has exhibited work throughout the U.S as well as internationally including Canada, Germany, Austria, England and Brazil.

Brooke Singer is a digital media artist and curator who lives in New York City. She has exhibited and lectured throughout the U.S. and internationally. With NYCwireless Brooke is co-producing "Art in the Wireless Park" events, bringing net art off the screen and into public spaces. She recently was appointed Assistant Professor of New Media at SUNY Purchase.