All eyes will be on Parsons at tonight’s Eyebeam annual showcase! MFA DT Alumni Carrie Mae Rose, Daniel Neumann, Kaho Abe, Zach Gage, and Ramsey Nasser, and DT faculty member Brian House are the featured artists, along with Fine Arts faculty member Caroline Woolard. Opening Reception Thursday, January 17, 6–8PM, 540 W 21st St.
Opening Reception Thursday, January 17, 6–8PM
Eyebeam’s Annual Showcase will highlight innovative works produced at the organization during 2012. The showcase offers a rare look into current innovations in media arts, while celebrating the organization’s preeminence in research and the development of new works and platforms. The Annual Showcase will provide the public an opportunity to engage directly with the artists and creative technologists working at Eyebeam through a series of moderated conversations on Saturday, January 19.
Each year, the organization invites between 15 and 20 artists to join its residency and fellowship programs through a highly competitive open call, providing a generous stipend and access to its fabrication tools and working space. “We are proud of supporting the next generation of innovators and allowing them the support and freedom to challenge one another to greater heights,” explains Roddy Schrock, Eyebeam’s Director of Programs & Residencies.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Selected works developed at Eyebeam in 2012 will be on public view from January 17th–January 26., Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 12–6PM.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 Opening Reception
6–8PM
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 CHATS: Eyebeam Artists in Conversation
12–6PM
As part of the Showcase, join Eyebeam artists for a full day of invigorating inquiry into new approaches to art and technology. Learn about the amazing work happening now at Eyebeam, helping to define the future.
CHATS Line-up 12PM Change As The Starting Point: What does success mean when artists set out to create a different and better future? Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Mark Shepard in conversation with Deborah Fisher.
4PM Bodies and Technology: Exploration of new directions in the way creative technology relates to the body through fashion, games and art. Kaho Abe, Carrie Mae Rose and Zach Gage in conversation with Joon Lee (RISD).
5PM Monetization and Value: What’s the relationship between new media art and the art market? How does this affect ideas of ownership and the concept of the art object? Jonas Lund, Paolo Cirio,Lindsay Howard, Caroline Woolard and Sarah Grant in conversation with Steve Sacks (bitforms).
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 How To Apply To Eyebeam: Open Forum
5:30–7:30PM
The forum is a chance for those interested in applying to Eyebeam Residencies or Fellowships to ask questions and join in discussion with those who have gone through the process. With Eyebeam Fellow Lindsay Howard and Alumnus Michael Mandiberg. Moderated by Roddy Schrock
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26
5PM
Performance of Brian House’s piece Forty-eight to Sixteen for three performers and video. This meditative piece explores the physiological basis of empathy through the act of traversing the city by bicycle and is built from biometric data.