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I Believe In by Ai-Chen Lin

I Believe In… by Ai-Chen Lin, selected project for Interactivos? Better than the Real Thing

There’s a party in the warehouse: Would you like to come?

Upcoming events: It all depends on who you ask. Some of us are getting ready for the latest MIXER party on June 14, others are preparing for the end of the world. Good news: You can do both!


This Week at Eyebeam:

May 31: Interactivos? Call for Collaborators

June 14: MIXER: with Kudu | BiLLLL$ | The Collection Agency

New from our Labs:

Steve Lambert launches Add-Art

Teta Haniya and the Secrets of Syrian Seduction

Pocket Lightcoder

Community:

May 31: Graffiti Research Lab at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

June 1: How Soon is Now?

June 4: 01SJ Adobe Global Youth Voices Exhibition

June 14: Windows Brooklyn


May 31: Interactivos? Call for Collaborators

Interactivos? at Eyebeam: Better Than the Real Thing
Date: June 26 – August 9
May 30: Call for Collaborators deadline | June 3: Notification of acceptance

We’re pleased to announce that we (Eyebeam fellows, residents and staff) have selected ten projects—from the 60-plus submitted applications—to be realized during a two-week workshop in late June.

But we need help, and that’s where you come in. We are now recruiting collaborators—artists, engineers, musicians, programmers, designers, and hackers—to help bring these projects to life. This is an opportunity to work with international artists including current Eyebeamers Zachary Lieberman, Taeyoon Choi, Jeff Crouse, Friedrich Kirschner, and others. Collaborators will participate in skill-based workshops, attend public lectures and associated events, and be an integral part of the production of exciting new interactive projects. The completed projects will be included in Eyebeam’s Summer 2008 exhibition.

To be considered, send us a letter outlining your skill set and what you think you could contribute to the workshops, with a CV (in word or pdf format; no image attachments please) to interactivosinfo AT eyebeam DOT org by May 31. Selected collaborators will be notified June 3.

Interactivos? was initiated two years ago by the Medialab–Prado program and the Madrid City Council. This is the first time it has taken place outside Spain.

The full list of projects, with details on the kind of collaborative help we are looking for can be found online. See: http://www.eyebeam.org/learning/learning.php?page=interactivos

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June 14: MIXER: with Kudu | BiLLLL$ | The Collection Agency

Kudu

Date: Saturday, June 14, 9PM – Midnight
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC
Cost: $15. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: MIXER JUNE 14

Open bar! Sponsored by Dewar’s, Newcastle Brown Ale, and The Onion.

Kudu | BiLLLL$ featuring Guillermo E. Brown | The Collection Agency

Plus interactive art by Eyebeam artists: Addie Wagenknecht | Friedrich Kirschner | Digital Solutions | Geraldine Juárez

MIXER is Eyebeam’s new series dedicated to showcasing leading performing artists in the fields of live video and audio. In addition to live performances by video artists, musicians, VJs and DJs, each MIXER presents new interactive work by Eyebeam artists that encourages audience participation and creative play. Hybrid in format, and Eyebeam in spirit—collaborative, spontaneous and a little off-the-wall—MIXER electrifies Eyebeam’s Chelsea warehouse for a Saturday night quite unlike any other.

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New from our Labs

Steve Lambert launches Add-Art

Ad-Art

Add-Art is a free Firefox add-on that replaces advertising on websites with curated art images. Created as a open source project in Eyebeam’s R&D OpenLab, developers are encouraged to contribute to the project though Eyebeam’s development site (which includes a wiki, ticket system, and code repository). For more info: http://add-art.org.

For a video introducing Add-Art, with installation directions, see: http://vimeo.com/1075987

Steve is also hosting a remix contest: http://fffff.at/intro-to-add-art-f-remix-contest/

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Teta Haniya and the Secrets of Syrian Seduction

Syrian Lingerie by Ayah Bdeir

After decades of running her kinky Syrian lingerie store in the Hamidiya souk of Damascus, Teta Haniya has arrived in America bearing gifts. Drawing on more than 60 years of Islamic teachings on seduction, and updating it using her arsenal of kitschy technology, Teta Haniya hijacks the Western panty, triggering the sexual liberation of American women. http://www.haniyassecrets.com

Teta Haniya’s Secrets is a line of electronic lingerie made by Eyebeam R&D OpenLab fellow Ayah Bdeir and graphic designer Luma Shihabeldine. See pictures and videos of Teta Haniya’s Secrets (including the flying panty, ponpon panty, fiberoptic panty, talking panty, magnet panty), from last week’s event on wearable technology at Eyebeam: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26390070@N03/sets/72157605278503947/

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Pocket Lightcoder

Lightcoder by Jerry Juarez

Digital communication relies on the performance of networks of infrastructure that enable the transmission of messages. In the event of a massive breakdown of these networks in a natural disaster or social crisis, how will we transmit information?

Have no fear: Eyebeam senior fellow Jerry Juárez has designed a new tool for the end of the world: The Pocket Lightcoder, a rebozo-style bag and communication device to explore the possibilities of survival in an urban environment. There are only a few Pocket Lightcoders left, so if you need one for your survival kit or want to find out more about her upcoming “light-mobs”, shoot her an email at: .---- . .-. .-. -.--@eyebeam.org
http://www.chocolaterobot.com/lightcoder.html

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Community

May 31: Graffiti Research Lab at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

The Graffiti Research Lab will be tagging the side of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Peter J. Sharp Building on May 31 to coincide with the midnight screening of the documentary Graffiti Research Lab: The First Season. The GRL events are part of the Sundance Series at BAM from May 29 to June 8.

For a complete schedule of events: http://bam.org/sundance/frontier_2008_LASER.aspx.

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June 1: How Soon is Now?

How Soon is Now?
Date: June 1 – August 18
Open House: 2 – 6PM, Sunday, June 1
Location: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx

Eyebeam alum Luke Lamborn will show three new videos made during his residency at Eyebeam at this year’s Artist in the Marketplace exhibit at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. How Soon Is Now? features an array of work by 36 artists from Artist in the Marketplace (AIM), one of the most celebrated and competitive programs for emerging artists in the country.

For more information, visit: http://www.bronxmuseum.org

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June 4: 01SJ Adobe Global Youth Voices Exhibition

01SJ
Date: June 4 – 8, 2008
http://www.01SJ.org
http://01sj.org/?page_id=63

Liz Slagus, Eyebeam’s Director of Education and Public Programs, is heading out to the 2008 01SJ “global festival of art on the edge”, June 4 – 8 to produce the Adobe Global Youth Voices Exhibition.

Designed to enable youth worldwide to examine critical community issues, share their views, and take action, this project has funded 18 different international artists, art collectives, and established non-profit arts organizations and institutions to support the creation of new work by young digital artists. The project culminates in an exhibition of their work during the 01SJ Festival; selected works from the Adobe Youth Voices global network will also be on display.

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June 14: Windows Brooklyn

Opening Reception: June 14, 3 – 5PM, cash bar
Location: Sam’s Restaurant, 238 Court St., Brooklyn

Art Walk
Date: June 22, 3 – 5PM
Location: Various

Closing Reception: June 22, 6PM
Location: Carroll Park (entrance on President between Smith and Court St., Brooklyn), closing performance by Maya Pyndick and Fletcher Boote

Windows Brooklyn is an art exhibition that will be installed in numerous storefronts along Court and Smith Streets in Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, Brooklyn from June 14 – 22, 2008.

Participating artists include: Eyebeam alum Leah Gauthier, and many more! Windows Brooklyn is curated by Leah Gauthier, Sara Jones and Andrea Wenglowskyj. All three curators are graduates of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and are long-time collaborators.

Visit www.windowsbrooklyn.com for a full list of participating storefronts and artists, schedule of events, printable map of the area and more.

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via facebookConvening leading artists, critics and curators, this panel will look at the state of contemporary art engaged with the internet art today. The second in a series of Net Aesthetics 2.0 events, the panelists will explore the newest directions and greatest challenges faced by this expansive field. Panelists include artists Petra Cortright, Jennifer and Kevin Mccoy, Tom Moody, Tim Whidden and Damon Zucconi and will be moderated by curator, critic and Rhizome staff writer Ed Halter.Also, make sure to check out the Personal Democracy Forum this June 23-24.From their site:Technology and the Internet are changing politics -- now more than ever. Over the last five years, Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) has become the seminal gathering place for the growing community of people who understand the effects underway, and want to make sure they stay on top of what's coming next.This year PdF will be bigger and better than before--we're expanding to two full days at a spectacular new venue overlooking Central Park, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.AgendaThe 2008 election has shown that the Internet has become the central battlefield for campaigns, from the presidential race on down. So, on the first day of PdF 2008, we're going to focus on how technology is changing the electoral process. But we all know that no matter who is elected, big changes are also coming in how government uses technology to serve or connect with the public. That's why we're adding a whole second day to the PdF agenda, devoted to how technology is changing governance and civic action.
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Fast forward (revisited)

This week has been an exciting melange of opportunities blossoming for dance on camera on the internet. This made me think about the article I was asked to write in 2000 about the future of dance films. Will this prediction indeed happen? Below is an excerpt from the article..."In 2050, when choreographers jetpack to their studios, they will arrive with their warm-up complete, having executed their stretching exercises along the way. The wall-size mirror-- which doubles as a screen and a computer secretary--greets them with the screen saver of yesterday’s best aerial variation. As the dancers straggle in, the choreographer walks through a heat-sensitive hallway programmed to search for a sound or music that is directly “in tune” with that day/that moment/that particular artist’s sensibility. That accomplished, she reviews her laptop notes: “Check video thesaurus for another leap to replace in time-code 01:06:20:04.” “Tell Samantha she must look into her gene pool to see what can be eliminated to erase her fears about re-entering the gravity field. She is breaking the rhythm of the group in the cloud scene.”: “Find someone whose legs serve as complement to Samantha’s torso. We’ll just have to substitute her from the waist down.”Sooner than that—dancers may be complaining as much about their video lap tops as their Achilles tendons. Instead of bemoaning the loss of six weeks when an injury occurs, a dancer might seize the time to download images or graphics from the Web to spike up her video portfolio. Apple’s digital editing software “Final Cut Pro,” released in 1999, plunged the price of post-production, empowering choreographers with tools that writers have enjoyed for decades. Choreographers will be accustomed to working with split screens, morphing techniques, and spot corrections. Dancers and/or whole sections will be deleted, copied, moved, and added as easily as words. A video dance may become as much of a composite as a CD is now. Choreographers may also secretly seek the editorial feedback of composition software programs. Today’s writing software automatically comments if a sentence is extremely long or convoluted; a composition software will coach the beginning choreographer with similar movement suggestions. We might see laptops hurling out of dance studios with a robot’s voice harping, “Delete. Phrase is boring. Delete...”Back in 1958, a year before the Cuban revolution, Graham Greene wrote Our Man In Havana, an amazingly timely spoof of incompetent spy networks. Midway in the novel, a doctor tells the main character, a vacuum cleaner salesman, “You should dream more, Mr. Wormold. The reality in this century is not to be faced.” As amusing as that statement is, it is subliminal advice that we all have lived by, to one degree or another. Maybe in 2058 a well-meaning friend will recommend a weekend free of dreams, virtual reality toys, and holographic nightclubs. “What you need, young man, is to dance more, barefoot in the grass!”Dancers are realizing that they possess a key that can open doors not only to a new form of cinema, but to a vehicle that expands their art. That key is the same one that enabled them to master their technique: imagination. With the patience of a sculptor and an image in mind of what their bodies could become, dancers chip away at their block of flesh and muscles. They routinely summon mental pictures of complicated movements to assure smooth execution. Teachers challenge their students to master mind-body coordination by using imagery. Visual, emotional, and physical training operate in tandem so that the best dancers are always directing and starring in their own film, seen only by their mind’s eye and one as ephemeral as their dance.The mirror was until recently a dancer’s most reliable companion. Then video began to vie for that position. As dancers come to regard cameras as more than mobile mirrors with a memory, who knows what could happen to the art of dance film? Conventions in each dance form, from ballet to butoh, might be reconsidered. The standard pas de deux might become a pas de quatre with the cameraman and editor as magicians lifting the ballerina to greater heights. Contact improvisation might expand in the filmed context with a lacing of two “takes”: one of the physical and one of the stream-of-conscious reactions between the dancers. Rousing finales and other standard crowd-pleasing tricks will be turned on their heads. The omnipresence of media will invigorate an ageless art.
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STEIM is a very important and influential organization with a huge positive impact on the electronic performance field, helping many performing artists to develop alternative ways interface movement and gesture with media outputs. It has developed software, hardware and educational platforms that have allowed hundred of artists from all over the world to experiment with technology with DIY and sustainable approached. I was able to create my very first wireless sensor system at STEIM during an artistic residency in 2003 using hacked game controllers. That support has continued during the past 4 years and have always been open and generous with my new projects and their evolution. They were one of the first dance-tech.net "institutional friends" and I know that they have supported many of the members of this network!! I got the bad news that they might be loosing their funding from the government. This is the content of the announcement, please read and take action to help STEIM continue supporting our experimentation! STEIM needs your support! Things are not well at STEIM. We are in the danger of losing our structural funding from the government, based on a review from the advisor board which called us 'closed and only appealing to a niche audience'. The outlook isn't exactly bleak, but at the moment our future is unclear. As we see you as an important friend and colleague of STEIM, we would like to ask you to help us present our case that we are connected to a diverse network of professionals and that our work has significant influence on both a Dutch and an international community. What you can do is to send a letter of support, and make sure we receive it by May 26. We hope that these letters will show the variety and depth of the effect STEIM has in the real world. The contents are up to you, a few good lines will suffice. You could tell how you or someone you know benefited from their contact with STEIM: making or refining an instrument or an idea for a performance or meeting fellow artists, or what you feel would be lost if STEIM ceased to exist, or waxing aphoristic, just 12 words about STEIM. Also include some specific details of your context: as an artist or educator or musician or code hacker - so your place in the world will be visible for the committee. A letterhead with your organization or institution and your position or title above your signature are small things that can leave an impression. As for how to reply, time is of the essence so email is the preferred option. If you have time to scan a printed letter that's great but we can print emails or faxes as well. Unfortunately we have only a short period for our response, so we would like to receive your letter by May 26. You can address the letter to the Council for Culture. Please send your letter to: Email: knock@steim.nl Fax: + 31 (0)20 6264262 Address: Achtergracht 19, 1017WL Amsterdam, The Netherlands > > > Sending a personal letter is the best, but for a quick message use the online support letter. See the petition in their site here
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Voodoo

TITLE OF EVENT: I AM DIGITAL - The Voodoo SessionTYPE OF EVENT: CLUB / ARTS EventDATE: Saturday 31st May 2008TIME: 9pm-1amVenue: The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA www.thevoodoorooms.co.ukEvent Website: www.iam-digital.comEnquiries TEL: 01316677363 or 07877835295Email: chakan@iam-digital.comShort Description: After the successful event in February 08 I AM presents a night of international exposition, collaboration, and performance produced with emerging and established artists from Scotland, South Africa, England, Germany, Canada, Venezuela, Cuba, Belgium, France & Spain, the collaborations of which were in many cases instigated in Scotland. The "innovative" program of digital art, dance performance and live music aims to promote discovery, discussion and relaxation with likeminded people in an informal environment.The night encompasses the work of emerging and established artists and bands, providing an innovative platform for exposition, performance and audience interaction (because in fact people are art). I AM develops with the participants (the audience and artists alike) an atmosphere of collaborative creativity, and the opportunity to enjoy good music and dance.Program:MUSIC & DANCE SHORTS 9pm-9.40pm"This is not a body" Retina Dance. (Belgium)"Trench" Sabine Klaus. (Germany)DANCE PERFORMANCE & DIALOUGUE 9.40pm –10.05 pmRites" (an extract) - Anthony Missen & Kevin Turner.MUSIC, TIME BASED MEDIA & ANIMATION 10.10-10.25pm* -"Human Cosmic"- Monica Fernandez (Spain)"This is not a body" Brian Hartley (Scotland)"2008" Damien Cupyers (France)"Hit me Baby" Rachel Maclean (Scotland)LIVE BANDS 10.30pm-MidnightAsazi Space Funk Explosion - Afro-Celt dance floor tribal rhythms – (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Scotland, England)DJ Midnight – 1amDJ Ricky Ried (Hanover99 & DigitalNYE)However for extensive details please visit www.iam-digital.com/events.php, where you will also be able to link to extensive artists profiles.
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This week in Toronto: Soundstreams

This week, I am presenting at Soundstreams' conference, New Models of Distribution: Getting the Music OutI'll be focusing on developing Presenter Partnerships, and creating opportunities for engagement online and offline.When: Thursday May 22, 2008 to Saturday May 24, 2008Where: U of T Faculty of Music, Edward Johnson Building (80 Queen's Park)For great reference materials, research and insight - download this pdfLet me know if you'll be here, or if you know of any Toronto art I should check out.
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In my latest post in The Kinetic Interface blog, I write about Wayne McGregor's Random Dance and their explorations into neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The primary focus of this post is on "Entity," which premiered at Sadler's Wells on April 10, 2008. I include video interviews with McGregor and excerpts from Entity.I'd like to learn about other dance projects that deal with neuroscience-related topics -- Thanks.
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In Brazil

Hello,here in Brazil (Florianopolis) we did a Performance of Under-score our peace for interactive real time generative software score generator for dance improvisation. It was very well received and new performacens are scheduled in other countries...
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Benefit auction item: Keith Harring Tank Top (May 16, 1984 Paradise Garage invite)

Benefit auction item: Keith Harring Tank Top found on Craigslist (May 16, 1984. Paradise Garage Invite)
Photo: Christine Taylor.
Model: Kimberly Drummond.

Long live freedom and creativity!

We'd like to extend a great big thank you to all who came out to Eyebeam's benefit honoring Craig Newmark last week! We raised an unprecedented sum for Eyebeam's labs and educational programming, and John Mulaney is a funny man indeed. For pictures from the night see:
http://www.manhattan.smugmug.com/gallery/4884218_YDs6s#291347691_i5GsN
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=80976315#

The next few weeks promise to be exciting: We're thrilled to have the Critical Art Ensemble's Dr. Steven Kurtz join us for the next Upgrade! at Eyebeam on May 29, to speak on a panel co-organized by the World Science Festival and the Berkeley Center for New Media. This will be Dr. Kurtz's first public appearance since the US government's controversial case against him was dropped on April 21, 2008. For more on the case, see: http://www.caedefensefund.org/

In the meantime, May 22 we present an evening on wearable technologies, on the occasion of Sabine Seymour's recent book: Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology and the culmination of the Spring 2008 Girls Eye View Project Walkway program. The night's programming will include a runway show of student projects, short presentation and reception. Join us!


This Week at Eyebeam:

May 17: Teen Mashup Remix: Creative Youth Workshops

May 19: Interactivos? Call for Collaborators

May 22: Girls Eye View: Project Walkway

May 29: The Upgrade! Partners with the 2008 World Science Festival

Job Opportunity: Part Time Technical Assistant

Call for Interns: PR Assistant

New from our Labs:

May 22: Rhizome 2008 Commission Presentations: Rafael Rozendaal, Evan Roth, eteam + Steve Lambert

Open Source CUBIT Toolkit

Community:

May19: LoVid Performance and Screening: Wirefull

May 29 + 31: Graffiti Research Lab at the Brooklyn Academy of Music


May 17: Teen Mashup Remix: Creative Youth Workshops

Public Workshop + Presentations
Date: Saturday, May 17, 1 – 7PM | Performative party: 8 – 12PM
Location: The Change You Want to See, 84 Havemeyer St. (storefront), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
http://www.notanalternative.net/

The Change You Want To See gallery will host a collaborative workshop exploring the mashup and remix of audio-visual, social and architectural elements onsite, with local borough-based teenage participants and Eyebeam's educational partners. Each workshop participant will be invited to bring at least three clips to add to a pool of source material. We will consider site-specific “give and take”, and aim to develop “fair-use” guidelines for fellow participants and laymen.

VJ-ing, event-design and space-modification workshops will mix and remix the resources, talents, perspectives of all present, to create a performative party with live audio-visual manipulation, a juice-bar and dancing. As a public party for the Seeders 'N' Leechers 'R' Us outgoing process, endeavors to seed the imagination of possible futures.

Co-related workshops by:
Dan Winckler: Live video mixing and production
http://danwinckler.com
Not An Alternative: Build your own projection screen out of found materials
http://thechangeyouwanttosee.org/
Jeff Crouse and David Jimison: Building experience
http://www.digitalsituations.com/awbh/

Coordinated by Liz Slagus, Eyebeam resident Andrew Paterson and Not An Alternative. For more information, or to take part in workshop contact: agryfp AT gmail DOT com.

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May 19: Interactivos? Call for Collaborators

We're pleased to announce that we (Eyebeam fellows, residents and staff) have selected ten projects—form the 60-plus submitted applications—to be realized during a two-week workshop in late June.

But we need help, and that's where you come in. We are now recruiting collaborators—artists, engineers, musicians, programmers, designers, and hackers—to help bring these projects to life. This is an opportunity to work with international artists including current Eyebeamers Zachary Lieberman, Taeyoon Choi, Jeff Crouse, Friedrich Kirschner, and others. Collaborators will participate in skill-based workshops, and attend public lectures and associated events, and be an integral part of the production of exciting new interactive projects. The completed projects will be included in Eyebeam's Summer 2008 exhibition.

To be considered, send us a letter outlining your skill set and what you think you could contribute to the workshops, with a CV (word documents or pdfs only please, no image attachments) to interactivosinfo AT eyebeam DOT org by May 26. Selected collaborators will be notified May 29.

Interactivos? was initiated two years ago by the Medialab-Prado program and the Madrid City Council. This is the first time it has taken place outside Spain.

The full list of projects, and further detail on the kind of collaborative help we are looking for, will be announced next week. See: http://www.eyebeam.org/engage/engage.php?page=exhibitions&id=169

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May 22: Girls Eye View: Project Walkway

Runway show and book launch of Sabine Seymour's Fashionable Technology
Date: Thursday, May 22, Reception + book signing 6PM | Runway show 7PM | Talk 7:30PM
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC
http://www.eyebeam.org/engage/engage.php?page=unique&id=171

During Project Walkway eight female participants from local high school Bayard Rustin Academy for Art and Music have been learning the fundamentals of electronics and wearable technologies. The program will end with a runway show and book launch of Sabine Seymour's Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology, on May 22.

Project Walkway, this year's Girls Eye View program, was be taught by former Eyebeam resident Norene Leddy with current R&D OpenLab fellows Ayah Bdeir and Jessica Banks.

http://projectwalkway.com/blog/

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May 29: The Upgrade! Partners with the 2008 World Science Festival

Date: May 29, 7PM
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC
http://www.eyebeam.org/engage/engage.php?page=series&id=173

Join Dr. Steven Kurtz, the artist accused by the US Department of Justice of “bioterrorism” stemming from his use of scientific materials in his award-winning art practice, and science writer Carl Zimmer for a panel discussion on the ethics of scientific and creative research and freedom of speech.

Kurtz, a University at Buffalo professor and founding member of the Critical Art Ensemble, uses biological materials in educational exhibits and performances designed to inspire debate about political and social issues, including those surrounding new biotechnologies. In May of 2004, he was detained on suspicion of "bioterrorism" for his possession of a small laboratory and petri dishes containing bacteria cultures used in several of Critical Art Ensemble's projects. When these accusations proved groundless, he was then charged with mail and wire fraud—charges which carried a possible sentence of 20 years in jail under the USA PATRIOT Act. Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed those charges; however, the US Department of Justice may still appeal the dismissal.

This month's Upgrade! New York is a collaboration between Eyebeam and the World Science Festival, with additional support from the Berkeley Center for New Media.

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Job Opportunity: Part Time Technical Assistant

Eyebeam is accepting applications for the position of Part Time Technical Assistant. The successful candidate will be resourceful and well-versed in the technological requirements of administering hardware and software for new media art and creative technology projects. S/he will have experience maintaining a broad range of servers, personal computers, networks and should be an adept linux systems administrator. This is a part time position for the months of July through September 2008.

The Technical Assistant reports to the Director of Technology and is responsible for the daily operation and support inclusive of:
Servers, workstations, desktops, laptops, printers (hardware and software);
Security, system backups and network infrastructure (network security, operating system upgrades, firewalls and routers);
Electronic communication (email, phone system);
Lab and other specialized equipment.

Current projects include archiving of past projects produced at Eyebeam, rewiring the network room and installing new switches, creating an internal file server for staff with quotas, and centralizing print management.

Qualifications:
Academic qualification in a field related to the position (e.g. IT, Computer Science) or equivalent combination of education and work experience;
Proven practical experience in linux system administration and network administration;
Experience with mysql, apache, samba and cisco routers;
Experience working with artists, technologists and volunteers;
Experience working independently and as an effective team member;
Highly motivated, creative, flexible and innovative thinker;
Willing to work flexible hours;
Excellent multi-tasking skills, highly organized.

Compensation commensurate with experience.

For more information or to apply, email: emma AT eyebeam DOT org

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Call for Interns: PR Assistant

Eyebeam is currently accepting applications for a Public Relations Assistant. This is a non-paid, part-time position/internship for a minimum of three months. The intern will be responsible for compiling and maintaining digital and hard copies of Eyebeam press and publicity materials; creating specialized press kits and developing customized publicity packages; researching media outlets and maintaining detailed files on local and national press contacts and assisting with Eyebeam guests and visitors. We will also work with the assistant to identify projects based on their individual areas of interest.

We are looking for a very thorough, detail-oriented, methodical, motivated and creative individual with an interest in the arts, new technology, media studies or communications. Applicants should feel comfortable working with Photoshop, databases and conducting online research.

To apply please submit a resume and cover letter to interninfo AT eyebeam DOT org, with “PR Assistant” in the subject line.

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New from our Labs

May 22: Rhizome 2008 Commissions Presentations: Rafael Rozendaal, Evan Roth, eteam + Steve Lambert

Date: Thursday, May 22, 7:30PM
Location: The New Museum, 235 Bowery, NYC
Cost: $8
http://www.rhizome.org/commissions/2008/

On May 22 at the New Museum, several of the artists who received support in the 2008 cycle will present their finished projects and other work. Artists showing their work include Eyebeam alumni Evan Roth and eteam (Hajoe Moderegger and Franziska Lamprecht), Eyebeam senior fellow Steve Lambert and Rafael Rozendaal.

The Rhizome Commissions Program was founded in 2001 to provide support to emerging artists working with new technologies. The 44 works commissioned to date represent some of the most innovative, pioneering efforts in the field.

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Open Source CUBIT Toolkit

The media's abuzz about Nor_/D's (Stefan Hechenberger and Eyebeam Production Lab fellow Addie Wagenknecht) CUBIT multitouch toolkit, and organizations, scientists, hobbyists and corporations are getting busy building their own interactive touch surface gadgets.

Read some of the coverage at : Economist, MIT Technology Review, Deutsche Netzwelt, and Engadget China.

Designed with OpenFrameworks and produced with the support of Eyebeam, CUBIT is an interactive surface for multitouch interactions. It was designed with the intention of redefining visual computing and departing from the mouse-pointer paradigm. On CUBIT, fingers are seen as points of location, areas of contact, and vectors. Based on these sensory inputs the interface generates graphical widgets that behave along preconceived notions of physical objects.

More information on the kit can be found at http://www.nortd.com/touchkit and http://www.nortd.com/cubit.

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Community

May 19: LoVid Performance and Screening: Wirefull

Date: Monday, May 19, 7PM
Location: MoMA Theater 2, 11 W. 53rd St., NYC
Cost: $10 for adults (other rates and discounts on museum admission available)

This evening will feature LoVid video screenings and performances with homemade synthesizers, including the world premier of a new Wirefull composition: Video Fingerprints, produced with support from Lower Manhattan Cultural Center. Video Fingerprints eight New York-based art makers and facilitators will provide fingertips and their bodies' electrical signals to control and create live video and sound.

For more information see: http://www.moma.org/calendar/films.php?id=8545&ref=calendar or email: lovidlovid AT gmail DOT com.

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May 29 + 31: Graffiti Research Lab at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

The Graffiti Research Lab will be tagging the side of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Peter J. Sharp Building May 29 and 31 to coincide with two midnight screenings of the documentary Graffiti Research Lab: The First Season on May 31. The GRL events are part of the Sundance Series at BAM from May 29 to June 8.

For more scheduling details see: http://bam.org/sundance/frontier_2008_LASER.aspx.

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What's the Worst Dance Film Ever?

At the next Kinetic Cinema on June 2nd, choreographer Kriota Willberg will be presenting a hilarious program of the worst dance films in history. To help her compile her list, she is seeking input from the community. Please comment here with your top picks of the worst dance films, and come out to Kinetic Cinema to see what makes the cut!From Kriota:1. WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, IS THE WORST DANCE FILM OF ALL TIME, EVER? It can be a full film or just an excerpt, and any style or type of dance at all, but it has to be on film.2. WHY?Please submit your answers in the comments section below by Friday May 16th.The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting together an evening of "Bad" dance film clips. As many of you know, I've been studying bad and mediocre dance for a number of years. As I put the program together, I am organizing examples of different categories of Bad (offensive, inept, confusing, etc.) from the early 1900's to the present. As an acknowledgment to the highly personal perception of bad dance, I'd love to get your input. Below is the description and particulars of the night.Thanks for your time!Best,Kriota WillbergOn June 2, Kinetic Cinema will feature dance films selected by choreographer Kriota Willberg. The theme of the evening is The Worst of the Best, a tour of inspiringly bad dance films from the early 1900's to the present. Truly awful dance is powerful art. We react strongly to it as an audience, we relate our horrible experiences to our friends and warn them away from it, we laugh, we seethe, we remember it far longer than "good" dance, and possibly longer than "great" dance. Join us for film and discussion as we chase that ethereal muse, Badness, through the work of generations of dance film artists.KINETIC CINEMAMonday June 2, 7:30pm (and the first Monday of every month)$5 Admission (buy tix at the door)@ Collective:Unconscious279 Church Street (just south of White Street)New York, NY 10013Trains: 1 to Franklin; A, C, E to Canalhttp://weird.org/films.htm212.254.5277Kinetic Cinema at Collective:Unconscious explores the intersection of dance and the moving image both on screen and stage. Each month curator Anna Brady Nuse invites a special guest from the dance community to share the films and videos that have inspired or moved them. These could be films that feature dance, are kinetic-based, or have been influential on their work in some way. The guest curators come from a range of backgrounds as performers, choreographers, critics, and filmmakers.
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In my new blog, The Kinetic Interface, I'm covering many topics that I think are related to explorations and work of members of dance-tech.net.In a nutshell, I'm covering the intersection of dance with movement and body-centric developments taking place in many fields (science, technology, architecture, design, gaming, medicine, etc.).Here are a handful of posts I've written for which I'd very much appreciate feedback. In addition, it would be great if you know of online dance videos that relate to these posts. I very much want to show dance examples along with the architectural, robotic and other videos I include.- Flare, a Breathable Kinetic Building Facade: What are examples of dancers who have created works that deal with responsive architecture?- The Sources of Vertical Movement: I'd like to find examples of dancers who have worked with robotics with a particular focus on the possibilities and limitations of robotic motion and propulsion.- Swarm Intelligence and Self-Replicating Systems: I find research into swam intelligence fascinating. Which choreographers/dancers have experimented with these ideas?- Gesture Patents Point Way to Full-Body Interfaces: I wasn't serious when I suggested that an Ohad Naharin performance (I include video) was a response to gesture-based patents filed by computer companies to control new interfaces. But I would like to know what this network's members think about new gesture-based interfaces and what dancers can contribute to new ways of thinking about how our bodies can control new generations of mobile, gaming and computer devices.I figured I'd just include four posts. I'd be delighted if you read my other posts and offered your feedback.Also, as I mentioned in my profile, I'm going to soon be doing video interviews here in New York City. I'm especially interested to interview choreographers who:1) Have explored the relationships of dance to many of the body and movement-based developments taking place in many fields, and2) Would like to discuss and demonstrate their creative and choreographic process with an emphasis on how dances are created.Much thanks and I look forward to being an active member of this group.
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I went to the end of residency show at Lemurplex, and Dafna Naphtali presented a piece for the Lemurplex bots also exploring morse code, online poetry generator and Wii controllers. Very cool and nuance composition! I put here almost the whole performance! Dafna Naphtali is a sound-artist/improviser-composer from an eclectic background of music-making. A singer/guitarist/electronic-musician she performs and composes using her custom Max/MSP/Jitter programs for sound processing of voice and other instruments that she has been writing since 1992. Besides her composing and improvised projects, she co-leads the digital chamber punk ensemble, What is it Like to be a Bat? with Kitty Brazelton (www.whatbat.org). and has collaborated / performed with Lukas Ligeti, David First, Joshua Fried, Ras Moshe, Kathleen Supovê and Hans Tammen She's received commissions and awards from NY Foundation for the Arts, NY State Council on the Arts, Meet the Composer, Experimental TV Center, American Composers Forum, and a residency at STEIM (Holland). She teaches and has given workshops at universities in the US (especially New York University) and in Europe. As a freelancer, she teaches, programs and consults about Max/MSP since 1996, and has done sound design and/or programming work for the projects of Jin Hi Kim, Shelley Hirsch, Pamela Z, Phoebe Legere, Fred Frith, Jim Staley, Henry Threadgill, Steve Coleman, Chico Freeman and others. Dafna can be heard with Mechanique(s) on a forthcoming release on In-situ ('06) and was featured vocalist on Josê Halac's CD 'Dance of 1000 Heads' (Tellus), as well as on her acclaimed release with What is it Like to be a Bat? on Tzadik/Oracles (4 Stars, All Music Guide). http://www.dafna.info/
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There is a lot of great dance film stuff going on this week!Screening:First, you won't want to miss Kinetic Cinema tonight (5/5) curated by downtown dance fav Levi Gonzalez. Levi has brought out a bunch of friends to share cutting edge dance videos and talk about experimentalism in dance and film. Come see new videodances by Melanie Maar, Sarah White, Theo Angell, Yasuko Yokoshi, Hedia Maron, ChameckiLerner, and much more!Be one of the first 10 to arrive and get a free Corona for Cinco de Mayo!Kinetic CinemaMonday May 5th, 7:30pm (and the first Monday of every month)$5 Admission (buy tix at the door)@ Collective:Unconscious279 Church Street (just south of White Street)New York, NY 10013Trains: 1 to Franklin; A, C, E to Canalhttp://weird.org/films.htm212.254.5277Salon:Tomorrow night is Dance Film Lab at DTW, moderated by the wonderful Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects. This salon brings dance filmmakers together to present raw footage, drafts, works-in-progress and newly finished films to their peers for constructive feedback, to share information, and address technical, practical and artistic challenges. The lab is free and open to the public, though reservations are necessary.Meeting Details:Dance Film LabTuesday, May 6, 8-10pmat Dance Theater Workshop (DTW)219 West 19th Street(between 7th and 8th Aves)Phone: (212) 691-6500Blogathon:Last but not least, yesterday marked the beginning of the week-long Dance Movie Blogathon! Marilyn Ferdinand over at Ferdy on Films has organized this fabulous web event in which dozens of dance and film bloggers (including yours truly) will be blogging about dance on the silver screen. Check out her blog during the week for links to all the latest posts.
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Short video of some pieces at the Moma in NYC. It was not allowed! Emergent Surface by Chuck Hoberman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsD6p7OXfA8 http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2007/06/seed_salon_lisa_randall_chuck.php Technological Dreams Series N.1 by Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/03/-your-works-exp.php Shadow Monsters by Philip Worthington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TOQo_7te4 http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5632 Flickr photo set here See a very cool website companion of the exhibition. Very good! Closes this week!
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The Surveillance System says Poulson is a physical network of bodies controlling bodies through movement, video, improvisation and sound. "These works exist somewhere between the realms of performance art and dance. They focus on movement as a language of basic human interaction, whether it is through a subtle gesture, a theatrical spectacle, or the placement of a body within a space." says Poulson.In fact it also represents to many viewers a temporal and iterative dimension to dance with technology capturing proportions of bodies and technologies temporally in dimension and space..Sarah says, " Pre-recorded and live surveillance videos act as signals that trigger the performers’ options within the non-linear dramas. Choreographed and improvisational elements based on spontaneous decisions force us (and/or other performers) to learn how we fit within the system and how we can or cannot manipulate one another. Dynamic systems of communication emerge within these multi-sensory works."Visit Sarah's page

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kate Weare@Dance New Amsterdam

I made this preview for kate Weare Company about three weeks ago and they are performing this week in SPLICE at DNA. sharing the program with Deborah Lohse. She got an edge with duets full of raw elegance. They are technically sensual with calculated violence and layered complicity.

I will attend the show this Sunday, This is taste from that informal showing! Enjoy.
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Dance New Amsterdam, where I work as a web/new media specialist launched DNA World, a social network open to everybody. This is from the home page: Dance New Amsterdam, downtown New York's home for contemporary dance invites you to be a part of DNA World. To see members pages and any content beyond the home page, you need to join, complete your profile and login using your password. DNA World is a forum for discussion about dance; a place to talk about what you are doing in the dance world, and a network of dancers, dance teachers choreographers, bloggers, critics and dance administrators. I also had the amazing opportunity of interviewing Lois Greenfield for DNA World. Yes, she is the one that created those iconic images of flying dancers. She talks about the show opened yesterday at DNA called Celestial Bodies and some cool anecdotes about her 20 years of taking photographing the downtown dance in New York City.
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Freedom + Creativity

Three words: Benefit Benefit Benefit!

Ever use craigslist? Here’s your chance to thank the man behind the site! May 6 Eyebeam will honor Craig Newmark and party to raise money for Eyebeam’s public programs, residencies and fellowships .

Other good news: Interactivos? deadline has been extended to Friday, May 2; two new intern opportunities to work with resident artist JooYoun Paek; Dirt Party testing for the Futuresonic conference; and Eyebeam’s star appearance at the Chelsea Block Party.

Online: videos of Eyebeam artists Friedrich Kirschner, Taeyoon Choi, and Stephanie Rothenburg at the Synthetic Times reception, and an in-depth interview with Eyebeam senior fellow Steve Lambert on National Public Radio.

We would also like to welcome, Sarah Cook, our curatorial fellow from acroass the pond. For curators interested in studio visits with Eyebeam artists—stop by during open office hours on Tuesdays between 2PM and 4PM, and Sarah will be happy to facilitate your visit!


This Week at Eyebeam:

May 3: A guided tour with Charlie The Magical Image-Digesting Robotic Duck

May 6: Eyebeam Benefit Celebrating Freedom and Creativity

May 17: Teen Mashup Remix: Creative Youth Workshops

New from our Labs:

May 1: Eyebeam at Futuresonic Conference 2008

May 1: Results of the iraqimemorial.org First Juror’s Review are in!

May 4: Friedrich Kirschner presents Eine Kleines Puppenspiel

May 9: Call for proposals Artist as Startup: Web Application as Cultural Intervention

Anti-Advertising Agency announces “Foundation For Freedom”, featured on NPR

Community:

May 4: GRL: The Complete First Season at the MoMA

May 9: Eyebeam at the Chelsea Block Party!


Camerautomata: Taeyoon Choi

May 3: A guided tour with Charlie The Magical Image-Digesting Robotic Duck

A guided tour with Charlie The Magical Image-Digesting Robotic Duck
Date: May 3, 2 – 4PM
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC
Cost: Free. RSVP taeyoon AT eyebeam DOT org
www.camerautomata.org
www.tyshow.org

This guided tour is the first in a two month series exploring how images are produced and consumed in public spaces. Taeyoon Choi, recipient of Eyebeam’s 2008 Commission for Resident Artists and inventor of Charlie, will lead a walking tour from Eyebeam in Chelsea. After an introductory presentation of the project, participants will accompany Charlie on a photo-taking tour of the neighborhood. Participants are encouraged to bring their own cameras to help in document the experience.

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May 6: Eyebeam Benefit Celebrating Freedom and Creativity

Freedom + Creativity

Freedom and Creativity: Eyebeam 2008 Benefit
Date: Tuesday, May 6
6:30PM Cocktails | 7:30PM Dinner/Show | 9:30PM After-Party
Location: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC
Tickets: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/528/t/6209/shop/shop.jsp?storefront_KEY=497

HONORING: Craig Newmark, craigslist founder and the Internet’s best known customer service representative.

Join us in honoring craigslist founder Craig Newmark for his commitment to public service and a free Internet! Support Eyebeam’s residencies, fellowships and public programs! Comedy Central’s John Mulaney will cue the night’s laugh track, NYC’s Misshapes will supply the after-party and much, much more!

Featuring:
Drawn & Magical A/V Performance: Zach Lieberman, Eyebeam fellow
Kinetic Shadow: Addie Wagenknecht, Eyebeam fellow
Excerpts from The Nebulous Object-Image Archive: Joe Winter, Eyebeam resident
Fame Game—social network re-invents fame
The Little Death
Hanging Space: Geraldine Juárez, Eyebeam senior fellow
Live visuals: Benton-C Bainbridge, Eyebeam alum
Plus: Special Guests, DJs, VJs, and more

EVENT CHAIRS: John S. Johnson | Jazz J. Merton

COMMITTEE CHAIRS: Tatiana Platt | Bryce Wolkowitz

BENEFIT COMMITTEE: Jed Alpert | Marc + Caryn Becker | Laura Dawn | Ze Frank | Andrea Harner | Garrett + Maureen Heher | Arianna Huffington | Jaime Johnson | Jonah Peretti | Lily Johnson Whitall | Marc Schiller

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Amanda McDonald Crowley

MEDIA SPONSOR: GOOD Magazine
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Proceeds from the evening will help underwrite Eyebeam’s international fellowship and residency programs for artists and creative technologists, more than 300 of whom have benefited since 1997.

Tickets and information online: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/528/t/6209/shop/shop.jsp?storefront_KEY=497

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May 17: Teen Mashup Remix: Creative Youth Workshops

Public Workshop + Presentations
Date: Saturday, May 17, 1–7PM. Presentations: 8PM
Location: The Change You Want to See, 84 Havemeyer St. (storefront), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
http://www.notanalternative.net/

Workshop for student residents
In continuation of Eyebeam resident Andrew Paterson’s Seeders ’N’ Leechers ’R’ Us project, Eyebeam student residents will take part in workshops at Eyebeam May 12 and 16 to remix audio-visual material found online and develop “fair-use” guidelines for fellow students and laymen.

Public Workshop + Presentations
A dozen participants selected from Eyebeam’s educational partners are invited to bring at least three clips to add to a pool of footage. During the workshop, they will learn to remix clips from the pool into short narrative sequences. The session will close with a screening of the finished pieces.
Workshops by:
Dan Winckler: http://danwinckler.com/vid/
Not An Alternative: http://thechangeyouwanttosee.org/
Jeff Crouse and David Jimison: http://www.digitalsituations.com/awbh/

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New from our Labs

May 1: Eyebeam at Futuresonic Conference 2008

Futuresonic Conference 2008: The Social Technology Summit
Date: May 1 – 2
Location: Contact Theatre, Manchester, UK
http://www.futuresonic.com/08/2008conf.html

May 1, 2–3:30PM: Collective Media
Spanning user-generated content, collaborative authoring and collectively owned media, this panel will feature case studies of initiatives from India to Germany. Panelists include: Platoniq (Olivier Schulbaum, Susana Noguero), Ravikant Shama (Sarai), Jennie Savage (STAR Radio), Eyebeam senior fellow Geraldine Juárez, Christine Hanson and Michael Schafae.

May 1, 5:30–11PM | May 2, 2 – 6PM: Dirt Party
Eyebeam senior fellow Jeff Crouse and Production Lab fellow David Jimison will present Dirt Party. Dirt Party is a performance in which salacious information about party attendees is gathered from sources including the web and presented to the entire audience.
Help dig up “Dirt” on the Futuresonic participants by logging on to http://futuresonic.dirtparty.org/, and view some examples here: http://futuresonic.dirtparty.org/thumbs.

May 2, 10–11:30AM: Musical Interfaces
This panel will consider the mobile phone user as micro-DJ, a Toronto-wide open source musical interface and more. Panelists include: Florian Hollerweger, Gauti Sigthorsson, Steve Daniels, and Eyebeam resident Jamie Allen.

Additional Events:
Freeware: The Manchester Collection
May 3, time TBD (check the Futuresonic website for schedule) | Fashion show: May 4
Zion Art Center | Free
A workshop about Manchester, its people and the stuff they give away. This session will be dedicated to creating fashion items from freecycled materials collected around the city. The clothes will be presented in a community fashion show at the end of the workshop.

Finally, members of CRUMB (Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss) will be curating couples and setting up blind dates for gun-shy curators and artists. Find your soulmate—stop by the mezzanine at the Contact Theatre on Friday, May 2, 2–5PM.

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May 1: The results of the iraqimemorial.org First Juror’s Review are in!

A recipient of Eyebeam’s 2008 commission for Resident Artists, Joseph DeLappe’s, iraqimemorial.org has garnered 125 proposals from 30 nations. On May 1, the results of the First Juror’s Review of memorial proposals will be posted to the site. Jurors for the project were invited to create individual rankings of their top ten proposals. The jurors for the project are:
Yaelle Amir, curator and writer, New York City
Dr Bernadette Buckley, Goldsmiths University of London
Monica Narula & Shuddhabrata Sengupta, The Raqs Media Collective, New Delhi, India
Dr. David Simpson, University of California, Davis
John David Spiak, curator, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe
Dr. Marjorie Vecchio, Director, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno

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Puppet play beta

May 4: Friedrich Kirschner presents Eine Kleines Puppenspiel

Ein Kleines Puppenspiel
Date: May 4 – 6
Location: Trickfilm Festival, Stuttgart, Germany

Friedrich Kirschner, a fellow in the Eyebeam Production Lab, will perform his piece Ein Kleines Puppenspiel on May 4 as part of the International Trickfilm Festival in Stuttgart, Germany. Kirschner will also lead workshops on machinima and moviesandbox on May 5 and 6.

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May 9: Call for proposals: Artist as Startup: Web Application as Cultural Intervention

Deadline for proposals: May 9
Date: February 25 – 28, 2009
Location: College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles
Submission Details: http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/CallforParticipation2009.pdf.

Senior fellow Michael Mandiberg will chair a panel at the 2009 College Art Association Conference in LA, and is accepting proposals for papers on the topic of web artists making cultural interventions through “life- like” functioning tools and applications. Artists, theorists and historians are all welcome to submit an abstract.

Send applications to Michael Mandiberg, Michael AT Mandiberg DOT com (email applications preferred), or at College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Dept. of Media Culture, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314.

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Anti-Advertising Agency announces “Foundation For Freedom”, featured on NPR

The most creative and forward-thinking professionals of our time work in marketing. The Anti-Advertising Agency Foundation For Freedom wants them to quit. And they’re offering cash.

Read about Eyebeam senior fellow Steve Lambert and Anne Elizabeth Moore’s new project on the Anti-Advertising Agency site:
http://antiadvertisingagency.com/projects/foundation-for-freedom
or on Gawker:
http://gawker.com/381161/get-paid-to-quit-the-advertising-industry

Plus: Check out recent interviews with Steve Lambert on National Public Radio , and in Gelf Magazine.

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Community

May 4: GRL: The Complete First Season at the MoMA

GRL: The First Season
Date: May 4, 8–11PM
Location MoMa Titus Theatre, 11 W 53rd St., NYC
Tickets: http://www.moma.org/calendar/ev_tickets.php?id=8571&tid=VS0000195&dept=VS

Info about the screening: http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?p=140

PopRally invites you to a screening of Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season, a film documenting the adventures of an architect and an engineer who quit their day jobs to develop high-tech tools for the art underground. Featuring insightful and humorous commentary by GRL founders James Powderly and Evan Roth, The Complete First Season argues for free speech in public, open source in pop culture, the hacker spirit in graffiti, and not asking permission in general. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Graffiti Research Lab members and surprise guests. Stay for the party afterwards, featuring music by Javelin and a final chance to see MoMA’s Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition, which includes the work of the GRL.

Watch the trailer for GRL: The Complete First Season: http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=142#video

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Chelsea Block Party

May 9: Eyebeam at the Chelsea Block Party!

Citizens Committee for New York City Block Party
Date: May 9, 4–8PM
Location: Hudson Guild Place, 26th St., NYC (btw. 9th and 10th Aves.)

Eyebeam artist Taeyoon Choi’s infamous picture-taking duck will be making an appearance at the local block party organized by the Citizens Committee for New York City. Learn about other Eyebeam projects, meet your neighbors or just come by and hang out! Other groups at the block party include: Pantomonium Productions Theater Group; Chelsea Community Supported Agriculture; Transportation Alternatives; Just Food; Chelsea Tenant Action Committee; Hudson Guild.

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