Slides Introducing Frayed Wire, a gathering of people at intersection of Art and Technology in the Pacific Northwest on July 11th

2. Brought to you by Dorkbot and Friends!

3. technology Dorkbot people doing strange things with electricity science art

4. Ryan Wolfe pdstwe2

5. Audible Avatar Mike McKracken pdstwe3

6. Bonding energy CCRT pdstwe3

7. Odesco pdstwe2

8. Scott Gaspian pdstwe2

9. Eric McNeil pdstwe2

11. Established by Douglas Irving Repetto in NYC in 2000

12. ~90 Dorkbots world wide

13. Loosely organized via web site and overlords mailing list

14. Seattle

15. ~600 people

17. Questionnaire -- Who are we? What are our goals and needs? “Are you an arts/tech creative? Have an impact on arts/tech incubation in the NW. BRINC (Bel-Red Incubator) and Seattle’s Dorkbot are joining forces to explore ways to create and improve local resources for interdisciplinary artists, designers, technologists and other hybrid thinkers working at the convergence of art, technology, and community. Now is your chance to have an impact, and tell us about your creative needs. If you live in the Pacific Northwest and if you use technology as a creative medium* in your projects please complete the following survey.” “*Mediums and genres may include: digital art, film, video, electronics, software, internet, social media, painting, sculpture, performance, site specific temporal works, photography, microcontrollers, sensors, lighting, kinetic sculptures, RFID, projectors, 3D modeling, electronic music, design, graphic design, new media, interactive media, multimedia, visualizations, mechatronics, hackery, physical computing, locative arts, geocaching, wayfinding, landscape media, virtual theatre, mobile devices, pervasive games, open-source, mapping, media sharing, social networking, socal networking gaming, digital storytelling, data visualization, interactive design, user experience, architecture, urban design, public art -- to name a few.”

18. Profile: 120 respondents 75% male, 24% female 38.9 years of age 97% with college degree: 22% masters, 3% doctorate Income: 13% 30-50K, 19% 50-75k, 20% 70-100K, 34% > 100K Primary employment: artists, web developers, web designers, 3D artists, software engineers

20. Projects collaborative? Extent to which projects are collaboration 15% extremely solitary 41% somewhat solitary 33% somewhat collaborative 11% extremely collaborative If collaborate 2-5 collaborators averaging 6.3 collaborators

21. Creative Work Spaces?

22. Where 1 = not at all, and 7 = extremely so

23. What do you need for your creative efforts? “More access to people. More opportunities for discussion” “I am quite isolated and would probably benefit by belonging to a group that I truly felt I belonged.” “a convenient location to where I live that is both hang-out spot and a studio, ideally with class rooms and a gallery.” “A mentor would be cool, would even be worth money to have a decent mentor. They would have to be very relaxed and easy going.” “Materials is something that I struggle with - I have big ideas and unfortunately materials cost for electronics components is spendy! Collaboration with larger scale projects would make things like soldering hundreds of tiny components go by MUCH faster.” “friendly community, knowledge, reference library.” “Mostly a vibrant community of creative and/or technically inclined people. Grants and organized information/assistance related to funding for research and projects.” “People to brainstorm collaboratively with, to help generate good creative directions to take project ideas.” “I think an organization focused on creative uses of technology would be most welcome. We have some good places already, so I think one that takes a modular approach that allows people to select the types of services & facilities would be ideal. Most importantly I think it should have a strong emphasis on networking of members and other interested people. Word.”

24. Becoming an Active Community of Creative Technologists/Technological Artists Dialogue Exchange specialized knowledge Share resources Mentorship Collaboration Fun Inspiration Collective action Accelerated innovation

26. Open lab space Lounge Play with stuff Conductive thread, fabric scraps, snaps, LEDs Robot vomit At reception, giving out prize for best wearable art/accessory

27. Reception at 911 Media Arts Center Bar, music Exhibit: People doing strange things with Electricity Artist short talks, 8-9

28. Technology Wi-fi http://frayed-wire.pathable.com Online directory of who’s here, with community features Join if you haven’t already, find people like you Use badge, find your matches! Twitter: #frayedwire

30. Introductions ball! Name Artist? Technologist? Scientist? Other? What you want from event