Maker Night

- Date: June 10, 2008
- Location: Writers Boot Camp, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
- Frauenfelder presentation: "The Rise and Fall and Ride of Modern Making"
- Boynton presentation: "Circuit Bending" instrument performance
- SIGGRAPH short for Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques

The Los Angeles chapter of SIGGRAPH (a production of the Association for Computing Machinery) held Maker Night in June of 2008. The event, which was free to SIGGRAPH members and $20 for the general public, included presentations by Mark Frauenfelder and Jeff Boynton, as well as opportunities for attendees to display their collaborative projects.
About Mark Frauenfelder

Author and illustrator Mark Frauenfelder, formerly an editor for Wired magazine and a columnist for Playboy, founded the award-winning blog Boing Boing. He is currently the editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine.
About Jeff Boynton

Since playing in the '80s new wave group Wazmo Nariz, Jeff Boynton has hand-created numerous "Circuit Bending" musical instruments from discarded consumer electronic components. He hooks each instrument to its own small amplifier, each of which is placed around the room for a surround sound-like audio experience.

Maker Night Images Powered by Flickr and Google
view more images...
Maker Night Videos Powered by YouTube
view more videos...
Maker Night on Amazon
- The Dark Shadows Movie Book: Producer/Director Dan Curtis' Original Shooting Scripts from House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows - $21.95
  
  Featuring producer/director Dan Curtis' original shooting scripts from "House of Dark Shadows" and "Night of Dark Shadows", this book contains previously unpublished publicity phot...
  
  Amazon
- Cartoons That Time Forgot: The Van Beuren Studios Vol. 1 - $3.99
  Amazon
- Vev Vigano Van Gogh Starry Night Espresso Maker - 6 cup size - $66.99
  
  World renowned Vev Vigano espresso pot makers delights us with this wonderful stovetop espresso pot. Porcelain top and 18/10 stainless steel bottom. SS filter basket included. Made...
  
  Amazon
- All Night Riot - $14.98
  Amazon
- Day N' Night (as made famous by Kid Cudi) - $0.99
  Amazon
view more products...
Maker Night Questions
- Is Boston beautiful at night or what? 2 Answers
  
  Some of the harbor views aren't half bad at all... read more
- What happens to my Windows Movie Maker if I upgrade to Windows 7? 1 Answer
  
  The obvious way to get Movie Maker is to download the Windows LIve Suite and include the Windows LIve Movie Maker option. That gets you the newest version from... read more
- Why Japanese Auto Makers are investing in Hybrid Cars? 5 Answers
  
  Japanese auto makers Toyota start investing on Hybrid cars since 1994, the idea is to create a new car which would be fuel efficient, environmentally friendly a... read more
view more questions...
Featured Video

Comments (0)

Write a comment...

ask any question

On Twitter Powered by Twitter
- They call me the night maker
- Spooky house last night, childrens bath bubble maker switched itself on LOL. Need some coffee , not a lot of sleep, baking soon, mummy day!
- @jensized I think pretty much all of them are open. It's a big money maker, Thanksgiving night. People need to drink the familial pain away.
- is thankful I'm a list maker. Last night I wrote down some things I want to take with me & today I forgot - until I got out my list! Hehe!
- Trying to get video of last night onto computer. Seriously need to buy a real video editing software. Windows Movie Maker blows.
view more tweets...
Related Mahalo Pages