[dorkbotpdx-blabber] But is it ahht. (was ...)

[Thomas Lockney]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:16 PM, douglas repetto
<douglas at music.columbia.edu>wrote:

> At the nyc dorkbot I go out of my way to invite people with lots of
> different interests to participate, show their work, meet one another, etc.
> I'm sure that if you put out the invitation to some people doing
> electro-art/music/etc in PDX they'll come and say hello. I recommend setting
> the bar extremely low in terms of what it takes to get involved. Surely
> there are many people in PDX making art with technology of one sort or
> another, so it's simply a matter of providing a forum where they feel
> welcome. I know that PDX has had more of a workshop format as opposed to
> presentations, but maybe there's a way to switch it up a bit, have some
> nights that are more people talking about their work, others that are more
> hands on...


Douglas,

thanks for the very helpful input. We have actually had a few (3 so far)
evenings done more in the typical Dorkbot style. I have made quite a few
attempts to get various artists from the local community involved, but most
of them tend to look at me like I'm talking a foreign language. I suspect
part of it is that I just don't know how to approach them. We also need to
make more of an effort to get the artists who are in the group to reach out
to their friends and colleagues.

That said, we have started to have a bit more success in the last year or so
and have seen more artists and such coming and taking an interest in what
we're doing.
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