SLOrk

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For the first time since before the pandemic, Stanford Laptop Orchestra is back in performance! @slork presents new works for electronic chamber music on May 5th, 2022 7:30pm PT. Both in-person and live-streamed (see link below). Join us! slork.stanford.edu/events/2022/sl…

Episode #1 of Artful Design TV (COVID-19 Edition) is now available in the Archive — enjoy! artful.design/tv/archive.html Tune in Wednesday 1pm PDT for our next episode; we will talk code, music, and the aesthetic education of engineers; special guest Perry Cook (@HumbugSonicArts)!

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If I were to organize a weekly multi-format Zoom series encompassing artful.design, coding, music, critical making w/ helpings of history & philosophy—and life check-ins for participants, would you be interested? No experience needed; all are welcome. Let me know?

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Why do people like computer music? Why would you come see our @slork laptop orchestra opera not once but three times??

Moments (photo set 1) from this weekend's premiere of The Furies: A Laptopera by the @Stanford Laptop Orchestra (@slork)

A "Micro Lecture" (16 min) for @StanfordAlumni on the fusion of engineering, art, the humanities and social sciences—united by a critical question: "How do we want to live with our technologies?" @Stanford @StanfordEng @StanfordArts @StanfordHumSci youtube.com/watch?v=aKic56…

I wish all AI designers took this to 💙 #StanfordHumanAI

Stanford Laptop Orchestra concert on Saturday (12/7) and Sunday (12/8) 7:30pm! Will premiere Act I of The Furies: A Laptopera (a laptop orchestra opera!) — come one, come all! slork.stanford.edu/events/2019/fa… (FREE and OPEN to all; RSVP at the link)

Video — The Furies: A Laptopera (Act III) @Stanford Laptop Orchestra (@SLOrk) A retelling of the Greek tragedy Electra, created in the medium of a #laptopera | @StanfordArts @SBFall @thestandingroom @ccrma @elenatheodora1 youtube.com/watch?v=NScHzn…

Inspired by O'Sullivan & Igoe's "a GUI's mental model of a user" (2004, left), below are some interfaces' mental models of their users, from #ArtfulDesign, starting with "a piano's mental model of a pianist" (right) a thread... (1/6) artful.design

Thank you for remembering Ocarina! Of all the things I have designed, I think Ocarina most concisely embodies the principles of #ArtfulDesign

Oh hey, it's been a year since #ArtfulDesign was released. Much has happened but our mission remains: to educate/be a kind of Pi-shaped individual — a "humanist engineer". @stanfordpress artful.design/pi/

Teaching a course about design & technology for human flourishing this academic year? (or know someone who is?) Please consider ARTFUL DESIGN as an unconventional textbook! artful.design @stanfordpress

My friend the Wizard Jordan Rudess and I receiving our Denny Awards for "Achievement in Music Technology" at DIFAT 2019. @Jcrudess #ArtfulDesign

A little computer music for you, from a recent @SLOrk performance—enjoy! @StanfordArts @Stanford youtube.com/watch?v=8MzzLU…

Stanford Laptop Orchestra (@slork) performs Nomadic Hues by @trijeetm and @ntindall_ Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=Jf_BLB…

Video from recent Stanford Laptop Orchestra (@slork) concert — Aura (2019) by Kunwoo Kim, featuring all new SLOrk Lanterns (slanterns!). Enjoy! youtube.com/watch?v=MT7x8E…