Tuesday night's New Media networking event at Artist Trust was fantastic. Brent Watanabe shared some of his past projects as well as ideas for his upcoming residency at Jack Straw New Media Gallery. Hugo Solis spoke about his improvisations, sound art, installations, and his fascination with adding electronics to discarded pianos. Following the presentations, Maggie Orth led a discussion about new media resources in Seattle. Shelly Farnham from Dorkbot and Steven Vroom of 911 Media Arts talked about what their organizations have to offer. The feeling that I got from many of the artists is that they feel isolated and disconnected from Seattle's art scene. They enjoyed having the face-to-face meeting and discussion time, and hoped the group could continue. I started a google group:
for artists to continue networking independently of Artist Trust. Feel free to join, and please post about other meetings, ideas, projects, art openings and opportunities.
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