- 1037 SE Ash St.
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45.521631, -122.654731 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Meter on the wall facing SE 11th Ave.
- First four digits of serial number
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3101
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Historical background
The Bots are art objects created by the local artist Gary Hirsch. The idea for the Bots came from a sketch Gary published in 2000. The caption inspired to "go through your entire day visualizing that you have a personal giant robot that protects, defends, and gives you outrageous compliments". A lot of readers got excited about this idea, and Gary started painting Bots on the back of dominos so anyone could take his own Bot wherever the protégé goes. Artist created more than 50,000 of Bots figures leaving them on the streets for random stranger to pick, donating them to children's hospitals, painting big ones in graffitis. Viewers are asked to interact with Bots by taking a selfie and sharing it online with #botpdx and #botjoy hashtags. The Bots creator hopes these photos will show a snapshot of the developing community. Hirsch says, "The purpose behind this project is to really help connect community — to have people think about some questions that are really simple but they still may not answer often in their own day-to-day lives".
Present in routes of categories Lion, Griffin
Passed by: 36/39 (92%).
By categories:
- Griffin: 8/10 (80%)
- Lion: 28/29 (97%)