Dec. 9 - HOLIDAY HACKSHOP at EYEBEAM

HOLIDAY HACKSHOP '06 with LA SUPERETTE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2006 - 12-10PM


Just in time for holiday gift-giving season, Saturday, Dec. 9 Eyebeam will be transformed Santa's tech-workshop with a day full of artist-led workshops and DIY activities for people of all ages for the third annual Holiday Hackshop. Eyebeam's elves go "enviro-friendly" this year with projects focused on recycling and renewable energies. Create your own fun, affordable, custom DIY gifts including recycled Altoid tin MP3 players, structures created from recycled materials, paperless video greeting cards and more. Workshops range in price from $5-50 but admission to the event is free of charge. Eyebeam is located at 540 W. 21st Street between 10th & 11th Aves in Chelsea.


WORKSHOPS
- Cardboard carpentry and recycled circuit board lighting with Ed Bringus
- Recycled Altoid box-to mp3 player with Limor Fried
- Inflatable structures made from recycled materials with Huong Ngo
- Paperless YouTube Holiday Greetings with Benton-C Bainbridge and Angie Eng
- Alternative energy powered toys with Jeff Feddersen
- Micro-photography and DNA drawings with Diane Ludin
- Recycled water bottle snow globes

For complete information on workshops, prices and schedules visit www.eyebeam.org.


This year the Holiday Hackshop is joined by LA SUPERETTE, an annual art market showcasing artists' original, handmade gifts (ranging from $1-$100) including recycled accessories, multifunctional stuffed animals, artist publications, funky house wares and homemade clothes. This year La Superette has special focus on “hacks,” the custom configuration of pre-existing hardware or software. La Superette will also feature an installation by Jake Borndal and Kate Scherer, live video, music and puppet performances, organized by Kyle Lapidus, by a range of artists utilizing unique moving image techniques and a low-tech hacking methodology. For more information visit www.lasuperette.org.


SCHEDULE:
12-6pm - Holiday Hackshop workshops
6-8pm - Holiday party open to all
12-10pm - La Superette sale, performances and installations on view


Eyebeam is an art and technology center that provides a fertile context and state-of-the-art tools for digital research and experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and thought, where artists and technologists actively engage with culture, addressing the issues and concerns of our time. Eyebeam challenges convention, celebrates the hack, educates the next generation, encourages collaboration, freely offers its contributions to the community, and invites the public to share in a spirit of openness: open source, open content and open distribution.