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 | 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!
May 3: A guided tour with Charlie The Magical Image-Digesting Robotic DuckA guided tour with Charlie The Magical Image-Digesting Robotic Duck 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. May 6: Eyebeam Benefit Celebrating Freedom and Creativity
Freedom and Creativity: Eyebeam 2008 Benefit 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: 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 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 May 17: Teen Mashup Remix: Creative Youth WorkshopsPublic Workshop + PresentationsDate: 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 Public Workshop + Presentations New from our LabsMay 1: Eyebeam at Futuresonic Conference 2008Futuresonic Conference 2008: The Social Technology Summit May 1, 2–3:30PM: Collective Media May 1, 5:30–11PM | May 2, 2 – 6PM: Dirt Party May 2, 10–11:30AM: Musical Interfaces Additional Events: 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. 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:
May 4: Friedrich Kirschner presents Eine Kleines PuppenspielEin Kleines Puppenspiel 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. May 9: Call for proposals: Artist as Startup: Web Application as Cultural InterventionDeadline for proposals: May 9Date: 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. Anti-Advertising Agency announces “Foundation For Freedom”, featured on NPRThe 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: Plus: Check out recent interviews with Steve Lambert on National Public Radio , and in Gelf Magazine. CommunityMay 4: GRL: The Complete First Season at the MoMAGRL: The First Season 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
May 9: Eyebeam at the Chelsea Block Party!Citizens Committee for New York City Block Party 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. | |||
Founded in 1997, Eyebeam is an art and technology center that provides a fertile context and state-of-the-art tools for digital experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and thought, where artists and technologists actively engage with the larger culture, addressing the issues and concerns of our time. Eyebeam challenges convention, celebrates the hack, educates the next generation, encourages collaboration, freely offers its output to the community, and invites the public to share in a spirit of openness: open source, open content and open distribution. Eyebeam’s current programs are made possible through the generous support of The Atlantic Foundation, The Pacific Foundation, the Johnson Art and Education Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, Dewar’s, Deep Green Living, ConEdison, Datagram, Electric Artists Inc.; public funds from New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and many generous individuals. For a complete list of Eyebeam supporters, please visit http://www.eyebeam.org/donate. If you would like to subscribe or unsubscribe from the Eyebeam email list please visit: Subscribe to rss feeds: EYEBEAMTues-Sat, 12 - 6PM | ||||
