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Local Geek Art

Friday, September 7th
McLeod Residence
2209 2nd Ave. (Belltown)

Saturday, September 8th
911 Media Arts
402 9th Ave. N (Downtown)

For Seattle science / tech geeks there are two great art shows opening up this weekend. The first is happening Friday night (12/7) at the tech collective / art gallery down in Belltown – the McLeod Residence. Cassandra Nguyen has become fascinated with giant squid, and is now creating gigantic stuffed replicas of them. Three of those creatures will be on display at the residence on Friday night. The Seattle Cephalopod Appreciation Society will also be on hand to spread education, enthusiasm, poetry and squidy snacks!

The second event is being hosted by Shelly Farnham and everyone over at Dorkbot Seattle. It’s happening on Saturday night (12/8) downtown at 911 Media. You can expect the usual fare of people doing strange things with electricity. Though this year they’re focusing on interactivity: exhibits that interact with the environment, with the attendees, etc. There are a whole bunch of great artists, and the Dorkbot folks always know how to throw a good party.

Roq la Rue in November

Saturday, November 17th
Roq la Rue
2312 2nd Ave. (Belltown)

Roq la Rue, the pop surreallist art gallery down in Belltown, opened up a new show last week. I was hoping to write up a post for opening night, but, alas, got too busy with the day job. Thankfully, the show is going on all month, so you’ve got plenty of time to check it out before you start gorging on turkey next week.

This month, the gallery is featuring Scott Musgrove’s “Late Fauna of North America”, and Ryan Heshka’s Radio Army. But we’re most excited about Brian Despain’s “B-Side Stories”. A lot of Despain’s work features whimsical, often melancholy robots. It looks like something out of early Asimov stories, mixed with the character design from the Iron Giant.

The show will be in the gallery until December, so check it out now, while you’ve got the chance.