All welcome: Drink and Think Artist talks

Romaine Logere sent a message to the members of Drink+Think research presentation evenings:
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Subject: Drink+Think 090909 :: "The Getting of Wisdom" Edition
Spring has sprung, and the drink+think bounty is RRRRRripe for the harvest! This month is an exercise in the sacred and divine, as the holy twins of interactive research across Melbourne and Sydney hold court at the design hub gallery.
The first Saint to bear witness is the blessed Bruce Mowson. Bruce is currently completing a PhD in fine art and will be discussing one of his research projects, birdland. The project aims to produce new material and understandings about audiovisual installation art and immanence. Immanence describes a subjective state that emphasises an embodied sense in time and space. It is explored in the project artworks by using materials and techniques that heighten one’s sense of being a receptor – of seeing and hearing, rather than being an identity formed in language. The research works through the derivation of my notion of immanence from my environmental listening experiences. He has used artistic and philosophical material to aid and extend these concepts in relation to their investigation through the practical works.
Next comes the sanctified teachings of St. Martin Tomitsch. Martin received an MSc in Informatics in 2004 and completed his PhD in 2008, both at the Vienna University of Technology. His research deals with user interfaces that go beyond traditional desktop computing applications. In his PhD thesis he explored the concept of architectural display, focussing on the architectural ceiling for visualizing information at the periphery of user attention in everyday environments. He is especially interested in synergies between architectural concepts and ubiquitous computing environments. He is also involved in industrial projects, where he works as a usability consultant and interaction designer, and teaches courses in user interface design, usability engineering, and human-computer interaction.
Divinity can be reached@the design hub gallery [110 Victoria Street, Building 91, ground floor], on Wednesday 09th September from 6pm onwards. The Boss’s blood will be available but it may not have been bottled at His best moment and you will be expected to make a $2 donation to the "church" with every cup. Far better to byo your own grapey salvation.
For further information on this manifestation of miracles call or text mssg 0400 507412, or direct a glad heart to: http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.sial.rmit.edu.au/Events/Current_&_Upcoming.php
Halleluj!
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R