Concrete Playground

This techno-call to arms comes from self-professed dorks “doing strange things with electricity”. There's something appealing about Dorkbot's epigram, especially when we consider the predictable behaviour electricity is made to perform: it is generated at power stations, sent through the grid, directed into our homes, and used without much thought or reflection. Like most things that satisfy our needs with the least amount of effort, electricity is often forgotten as the skeleton inside almost all of our movement, communication and entertainment.

Dorkbot, an eclectic group of organisms working as artists, electricians, engineers, software developers and hermits, comes together to stage various experiments and applications of electricity that are not as established or readily accepted as a flick-of-the-switch. So, if you're wondering how else you might utilise your computer, or what secret potential a desk lamp might have, Dorkbot welcomes you to join the circuit at this group exhibition curated by Dorkbot Sydney 'Overlord' Pia van Gelder, featuring work by Warren Armstrong, Tega Brain, Samuel Bruce, Melissa Hunt, Lukasz Karluk and Gavin Smith.

By Tom Melick