From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Wed Aug 1 13:15:18 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 17:39:05 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] Tonight!: August Dorkbot: Burning Man Art Message-ID: <37bd773c0708011015l1b05c0c2g1950a3f91eebf116@mail.gmail.com> On Wednesday, August 1st learn about Burning Man Art! ********************************************************************************************* WHAT: August 2007 Dorkbot: Burning Man Art WHEN: Wedneday, August 1st 7:30 PM WHERE: 911 Media Arts Center, 402 9th Ave N. http://www.911media.org/ ADMISSION: FREE, ALL AGES but bring a couple of bucks to buy a beer and support 911 Media! ********************************************************************************************** Burning Man 2007 is just around the corner, so for this August Dorkbotmeeting, we will focus on the art of Burning Man! First we will hear from Kay Morrison, President of Ignition Northwest ( http://ignitionnw.org), the regional burner-based arts and community group in the Northwest. Then you will see several Burning Man projects that will particularly appeal to geek and artist in you! - Simon Winder will talk about the dog dish art car, a wonder of microcontrolled steering. - Josh Lind will talk about his art car project for this year, the radioator. The Radioator is a mobile radio/audio broadcast cart, with giant headphones, for silent parties. ( http://www.dbltht.com/ ) - Mars Saxman will show us how to make laser fingers. Lasers! - Buphalo will show us how to incorporate fire into art, which he has done for the Fire Pod (which appeared at Burning Man, Bumpershoot, and Coachella) in previous years and for the hammerstrike for this year! Http://www.fire-pod.com . - Pope Phabulous will explain how to use Electroluminescent Wire (EL wire) in art and costumes! Doors will be open at 7:00 if you want to show up early, drink a beer, and chat. If you want to talk about your latest creation or announce an upcoming event during our "open dork" session, let me know! If you'd like to speak or perform at, or curate, a future Dorkbot, talk to me or email me at shellyhivemind@gmail.com. Looking forward to seeing you all on the 1st! Special thanks as ever go to 911 Media Arts Center, our fabulous hosts. ************************************************************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20070801/9760b141/attachment.html From shellyhivemind at gmail.com Wed Aug 15 18:28:08 2007 From: shellyhivemind at gmail.com (shelly@hive-mind.com) Date: Thu Nov 29 17:39:05 2007 Subject: [dorkbotsea-announce] Reminder: Dorkbot's "Strange Things" Call for Proposals Sept 10 Deadline Message-ID: <37bd773c0708151528w283ba311u364dd3a9c5f65da5@mail.gmail.com> Hello Dorkbots! I just wanted to send out a friendly reminder if you want to show your art at "Strange Things" the deadline for the call for proposals is September 10! That's 3.5 weeks away! Shelly ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: shelly@hive-mind.com Date: Jul 9, 2007 4:44 PM Subject: Dorkbot's "Strange Things" Call for Proposals To: dorkbotsea-announce@dorkbot.org Hello Dorkbots! I am very happy to announce that our biannual show "Strange Things" (a.k.a . Seattle Dorkbot's People Doing Strange Things with Electricity III) will be held at 911 Media Arts Center from December 8 to January 9th, 2008. We will take over 2800 square feet of the building with our strange and amazing art, art that in some way uses technology. We want your art at "Strange Things", whether it be LED wall hangings or full room robotic installations! The full request for proposals, with submittal requirements, is at: http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe3/callforartists.shtml Please note the deadline for proposals: September 10, 2007. I am really excited the show is finally happening, it took us a while to find a space, and special thanks to 911 Media Arts Center! Shelly Your Seattle Dork Overlord -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.columbia.edu/pipermail/dorkbotsea-announce/attachments/20070815/4968924c/attachment.html