The chronic problem with "People Doing Strange Things With Electricity" exhibits is that they aren't strange enough. Flashing lights cut no ice, and neither do messages triggered by the presence of a viewer. Cars have been telling passers-by to bug off for years.

Factor in the experiments that are on the blink, resting in their sockets, out of juice or just plain dumb, and we have sleeper shows in the truest sense. This year, however, solid hits enliven the venture.

I love Dan Greenberg's fish circle made from refrigerator coil frost, a common species created with common industrial hardware. Jeff Larson's pseudo-bot collage drawings of sci-fi heads are nice, especially the one pre-installed with emotional baggage compartments.

The Accelerator Group's paper box tunneling system on the wall is appealing, especially when roused to song. Who'd quarrel with Scott Davis' goggles showing a bug's-eye view of a garden?

The stars of the show are Rebecca Cummins' gorgeous photos of glass art exploding when hit by a bullet.

"People Doing Strange Things" is a product of dorkbot-sea, the Seattle-based spinoff of dorkbot-nyc, a monthly meeting of artists, designers, engineers and students working with electronic art. For a list of Seattle dorkbot projects go to dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea/events/pdstwe3/.

Through Jan. 18. 911 Media Arts Center, 402 Ninth Ave. N. Open Mondays-Fridays noon-6 p.m., Saturdays 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

-- Regina Hackett