Silent Auction at Site 3!

Site 3 is having a silent auction! The makers, artists, and craftspeople of Site 3 will be selling their wares to the public on August 20th:

“Once again the maker community of Site 3 is coming together for a fantastic event. We are having an auction!

Show, party and silent auction starting at 7pm.

Doors will be open during the afternoon for anyone who would like to preview the works on offer. There will be an option for a ‘buy it now’ bid during the day for anyone determined to acquire any items they can’t resist.

Come for the art and other offerings from the Makers of Site 3. Stay for the party!”

For more details and to RSVP, head on over to the Facebook event page.

New toy at Site 3 – an enormous 3-axis CNC Mill

What’s big, weighs nearly *TWO* tonnes, and new at Site 3 coLaboratory? It’s a 3-axis CNC milling machine!! Check it out.

This machine was originally sold to Mars, Inc. in 1979 in Hayward, CA where it was used to make chocolate molds!

Time to update the Site 3 equipment page to show off all our awesome toys.

Maker Faire Detroit – Site 3 coLab + SUPER STREET FIRE

The countdown is now just days until Maker Faire Detroit – July 30/31 – Henry Ford Museum

Site 3 coLab and SUPER STREET FIRE combined teams are organizing rides, hotels and such.. and starting to get really excited, cause, ya know.. ROAD TRIP!

There are many hotels in Dearborn, a few of us are staying at the nearest Hyatt

Don’t miss the OCD pre-party on Friday night!

If you’re going to be there, or want to go, let us know now! — or at the very last minute… it’s summer – we understand We’ll try and help you out with a ride or crash space.

– syber / volunteers – at – site3.ca

Art Show: A Thousand Lines A Thousand Drawings

*Last minute note* Pre-purchase your ticket and original art piece from Robert’s site creativeexercise.com

What to expect from the evening of Art, Philosophy and other debauchery:

- With each ticket ($15) you will get a signed original drawing from the “A thousand lines, a thousand drawings” Art project. Each additional drawing (if you wish to get more than one) is an additional 10.00
- Great music provided by a local DJ.
- A view of new work by Artist Robert Bentley.
- Announcement of several upcoming art projects and creative events.
- This will be a licensed event so social lubrication will be on hand to assist philosophical discourse.

WHEN: Saturday, July 16th 2011 – 8:00pm – 2:00am

WHERE: Site 3 coLaboratory. A wonderful space where the intersection between art and technology is explored. 718R, Ossington Avenue. A 2 minute walk from Ossington Subway Station.

See more on the Facebook event page.

WHY: This is the launch party of the art project “A Thousand Lines, A Thousand Drawings”, a platform to announce future art projects and ideas, and the launch of my new website. Or an excuse for all of the amazing people I know to get together and discuss art.

This art project that blossomed out of a recent discussion about calligraphy. It started out as a way of exploring the infinite varieties of expression that are possible even with a very strict set of rules. Each drawing will be one continuous line inspired by a random collection of words, a favourite quote, an expression, or a brief description of an idea.

For example; a person could provide me with the quote “Ignis Aurum Probat, Miseria Fortes Homines” or the words “Love, Hospital, Rock”. In each case I would create an exploration in line incorporating these stimulus words and send the drawing to that person.

To get an idea what some of my continuous line drawings look like you can visit the following link:

creativeexercise.com – sketchbook

Hope to see you there!
Warm regards,

Robert Bentley

SUPER STREET FIRE at Firefly

Great news from the SUPER STREET FIRE team! the test run at Firefly was a success!

SUPER STREET FIRE - at Firefly in the woods in Vermont

“We ran for varying amounts of time for three afternoons and nights. reactions ranged from “uhh… wow” to “that was FUCKING AWESOME how can i give you money to support this project?” It was awesome enough to enlist our neighboring camps to spend hours carting water up the hill just so we could get running sooner. ” — Seth Hardy (project leader/genius artist)

Are there any more photos from firefly participants? please send to me: syber at site3.ca

Volunteers Needed for Detroit Maker Faire

We really need volunteers for Detroit Maker Faire – July 30/31 – and during July to help with build days, real-life testing, etc.

Volunteers who can be in Detroit are most crucial – it takes 4 people to man the game; from controlling the game through the gui, prepping the players, to holding the safety dead-man switch for a while. Then we need a team of 6-8 people for setup and tear-down activities.

If you can help out in July or will be in Detroit for the Maker Faire and can lend us a few hours – please drop us a line: volunteers – at – site3.ca – right now! do it! even if just for the odd hour =)

Thanks for your help!

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to the SSF funding drive on ulule! Woot – we made it! Your swag is on the way!

Paying for the fancy wireless real-life game *with fire* adds up, and we really appreciate your help and we hope you can come play with us soon! Thanks so much

Cubitron for Mooseman

Christine Irving is looking for volunteers and a lead for “Cubitron” for Mooseman

Build will be happening at Site 3, and if we make this happen, we can keep this awesome structure on permanent display!

Similar : Burning Man 2009 – Cubitron

Work Required to Make Cubitron Happen:

• IMPORTANT MUST: One project task master driver who will own all the get ‘R’ dun activities including whipping
• One Weekend Day or 2 week nights of 5 – 7 consistent people to do wiring of all the LEDs to the main controller board (this will not take long if a group of people sit down and just do it assembly line for 6 hours (there are only 64 to do)
• 1 – 2 people to drill 80 ping pong balls (extras are always required as we will fuck up balls)
• 2 people to make sure the wiring is numbered and create the structure needed to hang the balls
• 4 people (can be people from drilling group or structure group) to assemble the balls in the right order within the cube structure
• Test it with the controller: Already pre-programed and ready to go
• Set it up at Mooseman and enjoy the Toronto-made Cubitron

Please email me by Friday July 12th if you are interested: “christine.irving” at gmail