Ask the Robot: Mechanized Labor Day (An Official Robot Holiday) August 31, 2005

$5 SUGGESTED DONATION

DOORS 6:30PM
Special Screening of "SALT OF THE EARTH" 7PM
SHOW 9PM
The band: PROJECT JENNY PROJECT JAN 10:30PM
DJ Mike Horan till late

ASK THE ROBOT is a platform that gives artists working within and across different media a chance to present their work on an open stage. The evening will feature performances, installations, and video art from artists working across analog, digital and just plain human media.

"Salt of the Earth" (1954). Special screening of this classic film, produced, written and directed by victims of the McCarthy-era Hollywood
blacklist in association with the International Union Of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. "Salt of the Earth" tells the tale of a real life strike by Mexican-American zinc miners in New Mexico.

WITH YOUR HOSTS: OPHRA WOLF (ROBOT OPERATOR), MEGATRON (ROBOT), KELLY SHINDLER (VIDEO CURATOR)

PERFORMANCES BY
3CP: Manlio LoConte, Scott Fitzgerald, Mike Sharon
Biggs and the Stepkids
Jamie Allen and Company
Jessica Delfino
Strike Anywhere Ensemble
Tristan Perich

INSTALLATIONS AND ARTWORK BY
Andrew Milmoe
David Gitt
Hans Christoph Steiner
Elizabeth Line (Performance Installation)
Jite Agbro (Seattle)
Meghan Trainor
Paul Davies
Tristan Perich

VIDEOS BY
Nick Fox-Gieg
Jeremy Baudry
Zev Robinson
Meredith Warner
and more

SPECIAL THANKS:
John and Angela Kevey (the Frying Pan folks), Alyssa Wright (programs), Manlio Lo Conte (sound man), Mac McKean (DVD production), Bob Hewitt

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