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This year the two will be merged, if only for a brief experiment; With thanks to the Berkeley Center for New Media and Berkeley Art Museum, we host an afternoon of food, drink, and video conferencing. Arrange a date with someone remotely, bring a laptop, and share a fun romantic meal with them. Modern long-distance relationships are full of video chat, but it's rare we do it in public, or socially. Or, come alone and empty handed for all the fun of digital and analog flirting. Thursday February 14 2008 Cafe Muse Berkeley Art Museum 2621 Durant Avenue 3:30-4:15 & 4:30-5:15 PST menu Fixed price of $16 Appetizer Roasted Tomato Bisque Main Chinese Chicken Salad with Soy-Ginger Dressing and Chopped Peanuts or Grilled Portobello Mushroom Panino with Arugula & Smoked Mozzarella Drinks One cold drink (soda, juice, etc). Other items such as beer or wine can be purchased directly from Cafe Muse at the event.
It works on both Mac & PC, so it's what we're recommending and troubleshooting, but the software choice is yours. Whatever you pick, please download and practice using the camera and software with your date before the event. Your date can be on another continent or on a couch in Kroeber. It is free and computers stations are set up in advance. But get creative-- there are ways to make any type of technology more social. We're surrounded by underutilized mobile phones, music players, GPS devices, social networks like Facebook and Google... There will be a lot of data flying around at this event, so come prepared to document and be documented. No one will be wire tapping you, but we hope to come out of the event with some interesting records. There is plenty of free and cheap software that will can record both sides of a chat.
View Larger Map get involved the event The following volunteer positions are available at the event. In other words, media generated by the event (eg footage from video capture) will ideally be made available to artists for creative reuse (eg to produce a video). This is a call to videodiners at tables and the bar willing to make media from their experience available to artists, and to artists interested in working with media generated by this event. Considering the rich possibilities for derivative artworks, participants are strongly encouraged to make media available in some form, and will have discretion over how their media are creatively reused.
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