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

[douglas repetto]

Hi Thomas,

One way I avoid the "you are an alien" looks is by keeping it super 
simple: "Hi, I saw some of your terrific work and was wondering whether 
you'd like to give a short, very casual presentation to a bunch of 
people interested in art and technology. Would Wednesday the xyz work 
for you?"

We've had photographers, sculptors, dancers, all sorts of people give 
very interesting presentations. Everyone's using electricity in one way 
or another, even if some of the work doesn't exactly fit the "people 
doing strange things with electricity" motto.

Anyway, from scanning this list it sure seems like there's a lot of 
great stuff going on there already, regardless of who else gets involved!


best,
douglas

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