<div>For March's Dorkbot meeting, we have two presentations: Stephanie Andrews, experimental media artist and professor at DXARTS, will present "The Accretion Project" exploring visions of the body; Susie J. Lee and Yoko Ott will describe a class experience exploring geocaching and art that was exhibited at the Frye's education wing. More details below.</div>
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<div>Following these presentations we will wrap up our discussion exploring communication protocols for the upcoming dorkbot-sea "Strange Things" art exhibit. </div>
<p>**********************************************************************************************************************<br>WHAT: March 2009 Dorkbot: Visions of the Body, Geocaching, and Communication Procotols Part II<br>
WHEN: Weds, Mar 4th, 7:00 - 9:30pm (presentations start at 7:30 promptly)</p>
<p>WHERE: 911 Media, 402 9th Ave N.<br> <a href="http://www.911media.org/">http://www.911media.org/</a></p>
<p>ADMISSION: Free! All ages welcome. <br> Bring a couple of bucks to support 911 Media Arts Center. We'll have a donation jar out by the beer. ;)</p>
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<div><strong>Stephanie Andrews: The Accretion Project (7:30-8:00)</strong></div>
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<div>The accretion project is a creative investigation that continues to accumulate form as it explores the growing pains in the co-evolution of human manifestation and the global digital environment. The extruded figures have been modeled from digital recordings: sequences of motion captured dance choreography describing a loose narrative. These nodules of sculptural cinema are gathered from a creative interpretation of the body's energetic journey in relating with digital space; discovery, attraction, the conflict of integration, and finally mutual absorption and expansion. The images are extrusions of the human body in motion, the surfaces echoing the material of a shell.</div>
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<div>Stephanie Andrews is an experimental media artist and Assistant Professor in the DXARTS program at the University of Washington. She utilizes a variety of methodologies in her works, such as 3D computer graphics, stereoscopic and photographic imaging, video, neon, and computer-controlled pneumatics. Learn more at: <a href="http://www.washington.edu/dxarts/profile_home.php?who=andrews">http://www.washington.edu/dxarts/profile_home.php?who=andrews</a></div>
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<div><strong>Susie J. Lee and Yoko Ott: Geocaching and Art in the Public Realm (8:00-8:30)</strong></div>
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<div>This past summer seven artists were invited to conceive a project for teens enrolled in the studio art class "Geocaching and Art in the Public Realm." Taught by Susie J. Lee, the class was inspired by the exhibition Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt. Modeled after the popular high-tech treasure hunt adventure game Geocaching, artist-conceived caches were left throughout Seattle for students to discover with GPS devices. Upon discovery, students were presented with concepts addressing such things as psychogeography, site-specificity, fiction and rehistoricization, and globalism. All participatory, and sometimes performative in nature, every project engaged the teens with their surroundings and required them to use their observational and critical<br>
skills to document what transpired at that place and time. (Learn more at: <a href="http://fryemuseum.org/exhibition/3049/">http://fryemuseum.org/exhibition/3049/</a>)</div>
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<div>In this talk, Susie Lee and Yoko Ott will "(1) Give an overview of our approach and methodology to contextualize locative arts within the framework of geo-caching, mental mapping, and art historical touchstones (conceptual art, land art, etc.) (2) Present the individual artist projects proposed for the students, and (3) Provide images of the exhibition and our assessment of the project. If time allows, we may discuss how we envisioned a larger iteration as a city-wide artist project."</div>
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<div><strong>Communication Protocols Part II: A Discussion (8:40 - 9:30)</strong></div>
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<div>For this year's People Doing "Strange Things" with Elecricity 4 we are inviting artists to create and collaborate on works that explore the theme "Emergent Communication." Artists are encouraged (but not required) to work in groups to build 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.</div>
<div><br>At our last Dorkbot meeting we explored potential communication protocols to incorporate into the art exhibit. During the second half of this Dorkbot meeting, after the presentations, we will wrap up this discussion to help define protocols that artists may incorporate into their proposals for the exhibit.</div>
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<div>Please note the deadline for the proposals is being extended to March 14th. You may find more details at: <a href="http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe4/callforartists.shtml">http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe4/callforartists.shtml</a><br>
<br>***************************************************************************************************************************<br> <br>As ever, special thanks to 911 Media Arts Center for providing such a great venue and friendly support for our monthly Dorkbot meetings.<br>
<br>If you have any announcements or requests for the Dorkbot community please email <a href="mailto:shellyhivemind@gmail.com">shellyhivemind@gmail.com</a> to get on the schedule.<br> <br>See you on Wednesday, March 4th!</div>