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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Melissa Daubert, who incorporates the audience as part of
her interactive visual art, will premiere her latest work at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:City></st1:place>’s Ingenuity Festival July
10-12, 2009. Her kinetic sculpture “Urban Trotters” resembles
a life-size walking horse and rider, and – at roughly ten feet long and
seven feet high – is the largest moving work of art she has created. The
rider is part of the sculpture and sits atop the horse, but his job is the easy
one: festival-goers must add the elbow grease to make the work come
alive. With help of a complex articulated steering system, visitors push
the piece, navigating horse and rider throughout festival grounds. The
horse’s legs, rigged atop cams, simulate walking, while head and tail bob
up and down. Movement is just half the experience that Daubert and the
audience create. As “Urban Trotters” travels down alleys and
around city corners, horse-related audio plays and is transmitted to wireless speakers
along the course, creating audio events for bystanders.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>“Urban Trotters” will be on view at the
Preview Party July 9 and will travel the outer perimeter of the Ingenuity
Festival grounds July 10-12, 2009. For specific running times for “Urban
Trotters,” please visit <a href="http://ingenuitycleveland.com/schedule">http://ingenuitycleveland.com/schedule</a>
or call (216) 589-9444.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>A sneak peek of “Urban Trotters” is available
on YouTube (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRl7F7WT24g">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRl7F7WT24g</a>),
and pictures of the artist with work in process are available on Flickr (<a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17769053@N00/sets/72157620546613636/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/17769053@N00/sets/72157620546613636/</a>).
For information about the artist, visit <a href="http://www.melissadaubert.com/">http://www.melissadaubert.com/</a>
or call (216) 651-0929. For further information about Ingenuity Festival,
visit <a href="http://ingenuitycleveland.com/">http://ingenuitycleveland.com/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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