⚠ THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION — AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN ⚠
*** NEXT SHOW — TBD *** BOB IS LOOKING FOR A GALLERY SPACE. KNOW ONE? *** WHAT IS THE COUNTDOWN ON THE INSTITUTE'S WEBSITE? *** OVER 40 PAINTED DOORS AND COUNTING *** SCAN A DOOR WITH YOUR PHONE *** IT IS FREE, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FREE *** I LIKE DOORS AND CONCRETE ***
SUBJECT 89 was September 10 at Sandbox. Thank you to everyone who came out, scanned a door, and found out what they were hiding.
Right now I am looking for a space for a gallery show. Real walls, good concrete, a room where the doors can stand up. If you have one, or know one, email me. More on Bob's Wall.
Bring a phone. Scan a door. The game is still running.
The Institute's website has a countdown on it. It is at the top of cascadiaresonance.org, and again at the top of cri-tech.org. It counts down to 12:34 on October 24th. It does not say what happens at 12:34. Under it, in small letters, it says we are here to help.
I emailed them. They wrote back in four seconds. The reply also said we are here to help.
October 24th is a Saturday and I checked my calendar and I do not have anything on it. I asked Nick. Nick said “it is nothing, Bob,” and then asked if I had eaten.
I also found a law about it. It is called the Pacific Northwest Acoustic Preservation Act. Section 15 says that everyone in a High-Resonance Sector is supposed to stay where they are at 12:34. I do not know what a High-Resonance Sector is. I think I am in one.
If you know what the countdown is for, please write to me. Please do not write to me as the Institute.
Bob The Webmaster
October 14, 2026
I am looking for a space to have a gallery show.
Four shows at Sandbox has been wonderful, but there are over forty painted doors and most of them are in a storage unit in Georgetown. A storage unit is not a gallery. I would like to put them on real walls, where people can walk up to them.
It does not have to be big. It needs a room with walls, good concrete if possible, an owner who is okay with doors, and all ages if the place allows it. It will be free, like always. I bring the doors, the artists, the bands, and the phone game.
If you have a space, know a space, or are a space, please email me at bob@bobs-doors.com.
Bob The Webmaster
September 2026
SUBJECT 89 was September 10 at Sandbox. Capitol Hill Art Walk, all ages, no cover. That makes four shows I have done at Sandbox now. They keep letting me back in, which I choose not to examine too closely.
There is no next show yet. When there is one, it will be right here. Until then the doors are still up and the game is still running.
Bob The Webmaster
A while ago
The Georgetown Carnival was completely awesome. Huge thank you to everyone who came out to find the doors and see the installations.
Massive shoutout to all the bands who brought the energy, the volunteers who set everything up and tore it all down, and a very special thanks to Jellyfish Brewing Company for making it happen. We could not have pulled it off without you.
Bob The Webmaster
May 10, 2026 at 11:42 AM
A Kraken Time was INSANE!
Holy crap you guys. May 9th was massive. Thank you to everyone who came out.
Just to be clear: I did not actually paint anything, I am just curating the doors and finding the concrete spots. But my friends Laura Shaheen and Emily Bromberg did some absolutely incredible live painting. You guys blew my mind.
The bands killed it too. Huge shoutout to DTI, Vanished and Hellslaught for rocking the house.
Oh, and my best friend Nick Saputo was there as a special guest. He brought a bunch of weird gear and was scanning the doors for "Chronal Anomalies"... whatever that means. He kept muttering about The Operator.
Bob The Webmaster
Older
Added 6 new photos to the album: Old Show Posters & Graphics. Going through the hard drives and found some of the old promotional graphics from the earlier iterations of the doors.
Every Show So Far
Scrolling down goes backwards. The page gets older the further you go. I did not build it that way on purpose.
Sandbox
Subject 89
Sept 10 2026 — 5–9 PM — Sandbox, Capitol Hill — Capitol Hill Art Walk
Capitol Hill Art Walk. All ages, no cover. Fourth Sandbox show. Doors, art, and a file the Institute sealed.
Belltown
The Belltown Blast
Aug 2026 — Belltown — one-day street takeover, the Saturday after the art walk � doors up and down the street
A one-day street takeover on the Saturday after the art walk. They let us put doors up and down the block during a full festival, and we brought the game with us. That is why the game still says Belltown Blast.
Sandbox
Bob Loves Doors 3: Failed Flight Plan
Aug 2026 — Sandbox, Capitol Hill — Capitol Hill Art Walk � the D.B. Cooper chapter
The D.B. Cooper one. November 24, 1971: a man steps out the aft airstair of Flight 305 into the dark and is never found. We have opinions about where he went. Players scanned tags around the room to pull apart the Institute�s cover story.
Sandbox
Bob Loves Doors 2
2026 — Sandbox, Capitol Hill — second Sandbox show
Second night at Sandbox. More doors, more people, and the first time the room felt like it belonged to us.
Jun 11 2026 — Jellyfish Brewing, Georgetown Carnival — first public launch of Timeline Protocol � The Accused A.D., Hutchie, Distest
All ages, 12 PM to 10 PM. The first public launch of Timeline Protocol. Bands: The Accused A.D., Hutchie, Distest and many more. Live painters scattered across the festival � you had to ask them for the code. Food trucks: Alaska N Dumplings, Moubak Kitchen.
The Kraken
A Kraken Time
May 9 2026 — The Kraken — DTI, Vanished, Hellslaught � live painting by Laura Shaheen and Emily Bromberg
Remember Ink Jet, the octopus that escaped the Seattle Aquarium? He came back. He travelled through time, survived a mutation, and started telepathically communicating with the team. Bands: DTI, Vanished, Hellslaught. Live painting: Laura Shaheen, Emily Bromberg.
Pioneer Square Art Walk
Shipwreck'd at The Meyer
Apr 2 2026 — Pioneer Square Art Walk — First Thursday
A monthly run at The Meyer. The story came apart a little more each month while the Institute tried to hold the timeline together with painted doors.
The oldest bar in Seattle, which felt correct for a show about things that will not stay in their own decade. This is where it got loud.
Sandbox
Bob's Doors Strikes Back!
Feb 12 2026 — 5–9 PM — Sandbox, Capitol Hill — Capitol Hill Art Walk — the first one
The first Bob's Doors show. Doors, kiosks, a Pepper's ghost and live paint, all in one room at Sandbox during the Capitol Hill Art Walk. It was the first Sandbox show.
The poster says it was presented by the C.R.I. I did not ask them to. I have asked them to stop. The small print says participation constitutes consent to bio-acoustic monitoring. I did not write that either.
> end of archive > earlier records not recovered
How To Play
It is free. There is nothing to install. You do not make an account. I would not know how to build that anyway.
Find a door. They are painted. You will know.
Tap or scan the tag. Hold your phone near it, or scan the code with your camera. If neither works, there is a code printed on it you can type in by hand.
The story opens in your browser. You also get the file on the artist who painted that door, and a link to their own work — which is honestly the better half.
Find another one. Different doors, different pieces. Any order.
Some of the doors that are out there. There are over forty now. Most are still in storage, which is the whole problem.
The Meyer Machete DoorPeek
1892 Resonance Field Limiter · The Bathypelagic Gate · The Crimson Threshold · 1956 APL Lab Door — and more, in the archive.
Messages (1)
FROM: [REDACTED]
SENT: 24 OCT 1956 — 12:34
TO: bob@bobs-doors.com
BOB —
IF YOU ARE READING THIS THE DOOR HELD.
DO NOT LOOK FOR ME. I AM NOT MISSING.
I AM EARLY.
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I do not know how this got in my inbox. It has been there since I made the site.
My email did not exist in 1956. Neither did I. — Bob
Doors: Paint One, Donate One, Host One
Over forty doors have been painted by more than sixty Seattle artists and musicians. Most of them are still in storage. That is the problem I am trying to solve.
Want to paint a door? Email saputo@gmail.com. Your name stays on it.
Have a door to donate? We take salvage. Same address.
