This Week at Eyebeam: FEEDBACK Open house preview + critique | Winter 2008 Residents | Eyebeam at Sundance!



	Oz Etzioni, Unrecyclable, 2007. Grand prize winner in the Eco-Vis Challenge Eco-Icons category.		Steve Lambert might have lost his cat at the The Flux Space Philadelphia, but we know where to find Eyebeam artists this month: at Sundance! Print-off your favorite jeans from the Double Happiness factory in Sundance’s The New Frontiers program, where many Eyebeam alumni and Production Lab artists gather, including the marvellous Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group, who are showing off their eco wares. Eyebeam has the winners of the Eco-Vis Challenge on display now until January 26. Sign-up for the official FEEDBACK Critique as well. We also have pics from Grisha Coleman’s performance, echo::system: The Desert, and the Eco-Vis presentation, thanks to Christine Baker. This Week at Eyebeam: January 5 – 26: Beyond Light Bulbs: FEEDBACK Open house preview & critique Eyebeam Announces Winners of Eco-Vis Challenge Eyebeam welcomes Winter 2008 Residents and Commissions January 17: Eyebeam hosts a Creative Capital grant writing session New from our Labs January 7 – February 1: Steve Lambert: For You, For Me, From Me at The Flux Space January 26: ART WIKIMARATHON Featured Interviews: Jerry Juárez and Adam Bobbette (Forays), Stephanie Rothenberg and Jeff Crouse (Invisible Threads) Community January 17 – 27: Eyebeam at Sundance! January 30: 1800 FRAMES: TAKE 4, curated by Norene Leddy and Liz Slagus Graffiti Research Lab: Hardest Out music video gets some LASER Tag help January 5 – 26: Beyond Light Bulbs: FEEDBACK Open house preview & critique Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St. (between 10th Ave. and 11th Ave.), NYC January will be devoted to setting the green scene with presentations of the winning submissions of the two-part Eco-Vis Challenge, initiated by Eyebeam’s Sustainability Research Group. Featuring winners of each of the two Eco-Vis categories (icons and data visualizations), the installation will be an opportunity for participants and visitors to see the projects and learn how and why they were chosen. Going one step further, the display will reveal the workings of Eyebeam’s Sustainability Research Group, and their process in designing the challenge, from initial inspiration through completion. The preview of winning projects, selected from a pool of 139 proposals, will be followed by our next mjor exhibition on sustainability, FEEDBACK, opening March 13. And to close the FEEDBACK preview, the Open Source Sustainability Critique on Saturday January 26, from 4–6PM invites you to bring your own projects up for review with Eyebeam alumni artists. 10 projects will be selected for review. Please email Liz Slagus, Director of Education and Public Programming: liz@eyebeam.org top Eyebeam Announces Winners of Eco-Vis Challenge Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St. (between 10th Ave. and 11th Ave.), NYC At a public reception at Eyebeam Saturday, December 15, Executive Director Amanda McDonald Crowley announced the winners of Eyebeam’s two-part, online Eco-Vis Challenge competition. Oz Etzioni’s Unrecyclable Icon was awarded a $2000 grand prize in the Eco-Icons category, and the Studio for Urban Projects’ In Popular Terms, the Evolving Language of Ecology was awarded a $2000 grand prize in the Eco-Visualization category. The winning projects will be previewed during the month of January, and exhibited as part of Eyebeam’s Feedback show in March 2008. Two proposals in each category received Honorable Mentions and prize money of $150 each … [continue reading …] top Eyebeam welcomes Winter 2008 Residents and Commissions Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St. (between 10th Ave. and 11th Ave.), NYC Eyebeam is pleased to welcome a group of seven artists to its labs for the Winter 2008 residency season. The residents will join the yearlong 2008 Fellows and Senior Fellows already in the labs. Of the seven residents, two have been awarded the inaugural Commission for Resident Artists, underwritten by Dewar’s. The residents have been invited to Eyebeam to research and create work around the themes of urban interventions and media in public space; and energy, technology and sustainability, through a range of interdisciplinary technology projects across all three labs. The Winter 2008 Residents are: » Joseph DeLappe » Taeyoon Choi » Joe Winter » Dan Torop » Andrew Gryf Paterson » JooYoun Paek » Jamie Allen top January 17: Eyebeam hosts a Creative Capital grant writing session Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St. (between 10th Ave. and 11th Ave.), NYC January 17, 6:30PM Eyebeam hosts an information session with Creative Capital, the New York City-based nonprofit organization, that supports artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. The session is targeted at artists interested in applying for Creative Capital funding for 2009 in the categories of Emerging Fields, Innovative Literature and Performing Arts. The event is open to all interested artists. Please RSVP and refer questions to grants@creative-capital.org top New from our Labs January 7 – February 1: Steve Lambert: For You, For Me, From Me at The Flux Space The Flux Space 3000 N. Hope Street Philadelphia, PA 19133 Opens: January 7, 2008 Reception: January 12, 6PM–8PM Closes: February 1 For You, For Me, From Me, is an exhibition of new drawings by Julia Schwadron, Benjamin Kingsley, Eyebeam Senior Fellow Steve Lambert, and Zachar Vachs. Curated by Dustin Metz. top January 26: ART WIKIMARATHON Location: ANYWHERE WIKI Saturday, January 26 Roughly 12–8PM EST (9AM–5PM PST) There’s a lack of art/artist information on Wikipedia, and we’re often too busy to find the time to contribute. In response, we’re setting aside one day when a crew of people collectively drop serious knowledge into wikipedia about art: from your favorite notable artwork, artist or exhibition, to our soon-to-be-famous peers. We’ll also add structural links to alumni, schools and categories like collective art groups, non profit orgs, etc. Participants include: Eyebeam Senior Fellows Steve Lambert and Michael Mandiberg; Marisa Olson, Bennett Williamson, Joe DelPesco aka Mr. Collective Foundation, and Jamie Wilkinson. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! IRC: irc.gimp.org #artwikimarathon ([irc://irc.gimp.org/#artwikimarathon link]) AIM: join chat: artwikimarathon For more information: ART WIKIMARATHON top Featured Interviews: Jerry Juárez and Adam Bobbette (Forays), Stephanie Rothenberg and Jeff Crouse (Invisible Threads) Catch up on the recent press blitz over Eyebeam projects: Forays: Eyebeam Senior Fellow Geraldine Juárez and alum Adam Bobbette; and Invisible Threads: Senior Fellow Jeff Crouse and alum Stephanie Rothenberg’s project. Both collectives will also be featured at this years’ Sundance Festival: Interview with Forays: Geraldine Juárez and Adam Bobbette: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/ Interview with Invisible Threads: Jeff Crouse and Stephanie Rothenberg: http://www.realitysandwich.com/ http://freshtakes.typepad.com/ top Community January 17 – 27: Eyebeam at Sundance! Park City, Utah http://www.sundance.org/festival/ Pack your bags and head off to the Sundance Festival to support the amazing line-up of Eyebeam artists and alumni who will be appearing: The New Frontiers program will include Graffitti Research Lab’s LASER Tag, Stephanie Rothenberg and Jeff Crouse’s Double Happiness Manufacturing, and Eyebeam alum Marina Zerkow. The Dramatic competion will include Alex Rivera’s Sleepdealer, supported by the Eyebeam Production Lab, with Veronica Skoberg, Geraldine Juárez, and Evan Harper Work by members of the Eyebeam Sustainability Research Group will be showcased during the launch of the Harmony Project at Sundance top January 30: 1800 FRAMES: TAKE 4, curated by Norene Leddy and Liz Slagus January 30: Open call for artists ends at 5PM EST February 14: All artists chosen by curators April 10: Show opens at cWOW This is an invitation to submit work to 1800 FRAMES: TAKE 4, a video show at City Without Walls, a great non-profit gallery in Newark, NJ. 1800 FRAMES will consist of 55 one-minute videos by approximately 30 artists. There will be an exhibition at cWOW’s gallery space in Newark, online, and a limited edition DVD available at the gallery, Printed Matter and other venues. You can see last year’s exhibition online at http://www.cwow.org/exhibits/1800Frames/Pub_01.html. Videos can be any genre, but no longer than one minute, including titles and credits. To submit work: Go to http://cwow.org, and click on Join > Online Fill out and send relevant information. For payment method choose Check. For member status choose Artist Email Evonne Davis, Gallery Director evonne@cwow.org telling her that your work was solicited by the curators, Norene Leddy and/or Liz Slagus. She will put the membership through free of charge. top Graffiti Research Lab: Hardest Out music video gets some LASER Tag help The Graffiti Research Lab is alive and well—they recently collaborated with A2, Stiles P and Large Professor on their Hardest Out music video. Keep up with GRL’s mayhem at: http://www.graffitiresearchlab.com. top
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