From thomas at lockney.net  Sun Jul  5 23:45:36 2009
From: thomas at lockney.net (Thomas Lockney)
Date: Sun Jul  5 23:45:48 2009
Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] Meeting tomorrow - Monday, July 6th,
	7PM @ Backspace
Message-ID: <4A517360.4060607@lockney.net>

Come join the fun and geek out with your fellow dorks at Backspace. See 
what sorts of strange things people are doing with electricity. If 
you're new, don't feel like you have to bring anything to show off, but 
if you have something you'd like to share, it's always welcome.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Note: a long weekend spent at ToorCamp is *NO* excuse for not being 
there. ;~)
From thomas at lockney.net  Fri Jul 17 00:41:52 2009
From: thomas at lockney.net (Thomas Lockney)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:41:52 -0700
Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] DorkbotPDX at Someday Lounge, Friday,
	7/17 @ 9PM
Message-ID: <7a05808a0907162141o4c4b83dbnb8072b96c9b920f2@mail.gmail.com>

Come join us Friday evening at Someday Lounge (http://www.somedaylounge.com).
We've been invited to bring our particular brand of dorkiness and geekdom
and show it off. This will be much like our usual meetings (so bring your
toys!) but we'll also be giving folks the opportunity to make a lot of noise
and get up on the stage.

The fun begins at 9PM and among the activities will be:

 * Don, performing on the computer-enhanced bass guitar
 * Jason and Jared, aka CRM114 Discriminator, performing an avant/noise
piece originally premiered at ToorCamp
 * Simran, with the feedback organ
 * Peter, with his suitcase of mystery
 * You!

Seriously, if you have something you'd like to show off, let us know and
we'll get you some time on the mic. Preferrably, ping Jason, Don or me
beforehand so we have some idea of what to expect, but don't worry if it's
all last minute. We'll be setting up at 8, so feel free to come down early
and to help out or just hang out and keep us company.

Here's a map if you don't know where it is -- but if you've been to one of
the Monday night meetups, it's just around the corner:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=125+NW+5th+Avenue,+Portland,+OR+97209&sll=45.429522,-122.705794&sspn=0.00771,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=45.524901,-122.675765&spn=0.007697,0.01929&z=16&iwloc=A
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From thomas at lockney.net  Fri Jul 17 17:35:49 2009
From: thomas at lockney.net (Thomas Lockney)
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:35:49 -0700
Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] Dorkbot show in October at ON Gallery!!
Message-ID: <7a05808a0907171435q5b23365esdbec0ab868f6f640@mail.gmail.com>

Apparently my earlier attempt to send this failed. This should be a really
great event -- I hope to see many of you submitting work for it.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Benjamin Foote <curator at ongallery.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:32:58 -0700
Subject: Dorkbot show in October at ON Gallery

Fellow Dorkbotters,

I am excited to announce the formal call for participants for the October
2009 show at ON Gallery.  This will be a group show drawn primarily from the
Dorkbot community.

A timetable...

by August 15th - please drop a quick note with a little bit of information
about yourself and your piece.  Please do note any particular staging
requirements for your work (electricity, internets),  the size of the work,
as well as if the piece is for sale and the price.  Please also note if and
when the piece has been displayed before, particularly if the work has been
show recently.

Early September, perhaps at a Dorkbot meetup - "reality check in" - are you
ready / are you going to be ready?

September 10th - finalized piece information so we can take a few snippets
and get good PR out there

September 28th & 29th - drop your work off and help setup and install

October 1st - First Thursday Opening

October 5th (12th?) - Dorkbot @ ON (perhaps?)

October 30th 5pm uninstall.

The focus of ON Gallery is on interactive art and mostly technology based
arts.  That said it's meant to be a big tent and I try to include folks if
possible.  Please feel free to submit 2d work or animation or projection
pieces.

Some of you may recall the booth at OSCON last year that was a group show
that I curated which included a variety of pieces from Makerlab and Dorkbot
(thank you Simran, Paul, Ward, Collin, Paige, Anselm).  That was a really
wonderful experience.  Since then I've been really looking forward to
hosting a show here at the gallery.

Gallery dimensions and notes:
http://ongallery.org/gallery.cgi

I am also excited to announce that Captured By Porches will be sponsoring
this opening and providing a keg for the occassion.  If you haven't had
CPB's beer yet I hope you'll try it out.  It's really good stuff and I'm not
just saying that.
http://pdxstump.com/site/Captured_by_Porches/5964f49f3eef20ef15371619

I will be looking for a few volunteers to help sit the gallery for
galleryhours during the month.  That has been Thur, Fri, Sat from noon
to five.
Please let me know if you are interested in hanging out here for a few hours
and talking to folks about the work and Dorkbot.

I hope you'll come by on First Thursday in August or September or for
gallery hours otherwise to take a look at the space and enjoy the art.

Also, while the gallery is not a money making endeavor for me, I do take 20%
commission on sales.

Please do forward this note on to others that you think might be interested
in showing their work.

Please don't hesitate to email me on or off list or call with any questions
or concerns.

Please drop a quick note to curator at ONgallery.org

Thanks,

ben

Benjamin Foote
http://pdxstump.com - a search engine and news aggregator for Portland
http://ONgallery.org <http://ongallery.org/> - an art gallery for
interactive media, First Thursday openings
http://bnf.net - Linux and Java Consulting
ben at bnf.net
503-313-5379
@pdxstump on twitter
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From jason at noisybox.net  Thu Jul 30 03:25:22 2009
From: jason at noisybox.net (Jason Plumb)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:25:22 -0700
Subject: [dorkbotpdx-announce] DorkbotPDX 0x04 - NYC invasion - Aug 9th
Message-ID: <4A714AE2.2000408@noisybox.net>

Dorkbot PDX brings you the next installation of its lecture series.

   * Where: AboutUs 107 SE Washington St, Suite 520.
   * When: Sunday, August 9th, 2009 -- 7pm

As always, the event is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring 
snacks and beverages to share. Please spread the word!
------------------------------------------------------------------------

We are extremely honored to have two distinguished artists from New York 
visiting Portland and sharing their work with DorkbotPDX. Please help us 
welcome these amazing and inspiring dorks from across the way!

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Michael Mandiberg

"FAIL, WIN!, FTW? Three Creative Commons Case Studies"

Michael Mandiberg is known for selling all of his possessions online on 
Shop Mandiberg, making perfect copies of copies on 
AfterSherrieLevine.com, and creating Firefox plugins that highlight the 
real environmental costs of a global economy on TheRealCosts.com . His 
current projects include the co-authored groundbreaking Creative Commons 
licensed textbook Digital Foundations: an Intro to Media Design that 
teaches Bauhaus visual principles through design software, 
HowMuchItCosts.us, a car direction site that incorporates the financial 
and carbon cost of driving, and Bright Bike, a retro-reflective bicycle 
treehugger.com praised as ?obnoxiously bright.? He is a Senior Fellow at 
Eyebeam, and an Assistant Professor at the College of Staten 
Island/CUNY. He lives in, and rides his bicycle around, Brooklyn. His 
work lives at Mandiberg.com

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Open Dork

Your project, your dime!

OpenDork provides a flexible forum for people doing strange things with 
electricity to show off their work in a quick, formal, but relaxed 
setting. It's up to YOU! Do a quick demo, brag, ask for help, show off 
your stuff.

OpenDork talks/demos are short (generally 5-10 minutes) and may have 
slides, or hardware, or both, or neither. Get interactive!

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Marisa Olson

"Performed Listening"

Marisa Olson's work combines performance, video, net art, sound, 
drawing, and installation to address the cultural history of technology, 
the politics of participation within pop culture, and the aesthetics of 
failure. Her work has recently been presented by the Whitney Museum of 
American Art, Centre Pompidou-Paris, New Museum of Contemporary Art, 
52nd International Biennale di Venezia, the British
Film Institute, the Sundance Film Festival, and elsewhere. She's a 
Contributing Editor at Rhizome and Assistant Professor of New Media at 
SUNY-Purchase.

-jason
http://noisybox.net
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