<div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="Times New Roman">We are pleased to announce that Dorkbot Seattle, in collaboration with 911 Media Arts Center, opens a new juried art exhibit “Strange Things” with opening night party on June 27th, 2009.</font></span></div>
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<div>Exhibition dates: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">June 27 – July 24, 2009</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">5-10$ suggested donation, proceeds to benefit 911 Media Arts Center</span></p>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Wear electricity, bring your robotic date!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bar and one night only installations.</span></div>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Location: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">911 Media Arts Center, 402 9th Ave. N. (at Harrison), Seattle, WA 98109</span></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">learn more and get updated info at: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><a href="http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe4/">http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe4/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Morea About “Strange Things”:</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">New and exciting genres of art emerge as artists, scientists and technologists bring together their expertise to push the boundaries of what is possible. Dorkbot-Seattle's annual exhibition, People Doing Strange Things with Electricity, showcases innovative trends in contemporary art by bringing together established and emerging artists who work with electricity in a significant way either in their art or in its creation. This is the fourth installment of "Strange Things"; previous shows have attracted in excess of 1000 visitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For pictures from last years’ show, please see: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pdstwe3&w=all">http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pdstwe3&w=all</a><span style="COLOR: black"></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">This year, in addition to showcasing works that in some way involve the use of electricity, we are emphasizing <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">emergent communication:</i></b> pieces that communicate with each other (and potentially the viewers and environment) in novel ways, to create a larger system that's greater and more complex than its individual parts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The jury selected pieces from 18 regional artists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our focus on interactive electronic projects encompasses a broad range of creative media: art that borders the line between physical and digital art, digital art and experimental media, kinetic sculpture, reactive sculpture, sound and light installations, web-based art, ubiquitous computing...to name a few. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Exhibiting artists: </font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Doug Bell: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Animated Ball</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Michele Boland: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Electrical Thinking and Dreaming</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Scott David:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Synasthesia</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Curtis Erlinger: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">...become light like the bird, not like the feather...</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"></i></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Shelly Farnham and the Uber Geek Project:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Seattle Voices, H.E.Ai.D. Core</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Albert Hwang:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Wiremap</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Josh Kopel and Robert Gallup: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Flotsam</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Fiyel Levent and Baris Yuksel: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">15,000</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Dan Lipert, Laura Andrews, and Colleen Cox:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ARDJ - Augmented Reality DJ System</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Lawrence MacCary: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cartesian Diver</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Stewart McCullough: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Feed Me</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Margaret McEwen: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Crochet Hyperbolic Plain</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Eric McNeill: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">In the P-I</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Randy Moss: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Secret</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Andrew Peterson: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">touch doll with animating former self pelt</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Chris Prosser: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">neerunder</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Ari Lacenski and Eleanor Saitta: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Anti/Social Lights</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Rolf van Widenfelt: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">HandPrints</b></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dorkbot, Seattle Chapter</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">911 Media Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://www.911media.org/"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font color="#0000ff">www.911Media.org</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></p>
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