Reminder: this Saturday, come check out Dorkbot's "Strange Things" art at our opening night party, with one night only installations and a bar! Wear electricity, bring a robotic date!<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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Date: Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:48 AM<br>Subject: Dorkbot's Strange Things: Opening Night Sat June 27<br>To: <a href="mailto:dorkbotsea-announce@dorkbot.org">dorkbotsea-announce@dorkbot.org</a><br><br><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
<span style="font-size:10pt"><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><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'"><strong><font color="#3333ff">People Doing <font size="6">”Strange Things”</font> with Electricity 4</font></strong></span></div>
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<div>Exhibition dates: <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">June 27 – July 24, 2009</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt"><font color="#3366ff" size="2"><strong>Saturday June 27th</strong></font> <span> </span></span></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt"><span></span>7pm - midnight 21+ Only</span></div>
<p 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'">Wear electricity, bring your robotic date!<span> </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'">Location: <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif'">911 Media Arts Center, 402 9th Ave. N. (at Harrison), Seattle, WA 98109</span></span></div>
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<p 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/" target="_blank">http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe4/</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Morea About “Strange Things”:</font></span></b></p>
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<p 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> </span>For pictures from last years’ show, please see: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pdstwe3&w=all" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pdstwe3&w=all</a><span style="color:black"></span></font></span></p>
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<p 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><i>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> </span></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The jury selected pieces from 18 regional artists.<span> </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 style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Exhibiting artists: </font></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Doug Bell: <b>Animated Ball</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Michele Boland: <b>Electrical Thinking and Dreaming</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Scott David:<span> </span><b>Synasthesia</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Curtis Erlinger: <b><i>...become light like the bird, not like the feather...</i></b><i></i></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Shelly Farnham and the Uber Geek Project:<span> </span><b>Seattle Voices, H.E.Ai.D. Core</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Albert Hwang:<span> </span><b>Wiremap</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Josh Kopel and Robert Gallup: <b>Flotsam</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Dan Lipert, Laura Andrews, and Colleen Cox:<span> </span><b>ARDJ - Augmented Reality DJ System</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Lawrence MacCary: <b>Cartesian Diver</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Stewart McCullough: <b>Feed Me</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Margaret McEwen: <b>Crochet Hyperbolic Plain</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Eric McNeill: <b>In the P-I</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Randy Moss: <b>Secret</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Andrew Peterson: <b>touch doll with animating former self pelt</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Chris Prosser: <b>neerunder</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Ari Lacenski and Eleanor Saitta: <b>Anti/Social Lights</b></font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Rolf van Widenfelt: <b>HandPrints</b></font></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">Dorkbot, Seattle Chapter</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt">911 Media Arts</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://www.911media.org/" target="_blank"><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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