Events
Rhizome organizes monthly events at the New Museum of Contemporary Art called the New Silent Series. The series includes screenings, performances and presentations of artists work, as well as a critical conversational strand. We also collaborate with peer organizations to produce events in other venues, cities, public space and online. If you'd like to pitch a partnership or event, contact events at rhizome dot org.
Upcoming events
Rhizome Benefit
May 15th, 7:00pm
Participant Inc
253 E Houston Street
To purchase tickets:
Online: http://www.rhizome.org/benefit
By phone: (212) 219-1222 x 232
Founded in 1996 as a leading organization for digital art, Rhizome continues to break new ground through presenting and supporting emerging art forms that engage new technologies. On May 15, the Rhizome Benefit will celebrate the organization's singular mission with a night of performance and live music, featuring Shana Moulton, High Places, and MEN, and will honor two individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of art and technology: Lynn Hershman Leeson, pioneering artist, and Joshua Shachter, influential founder of the web application, del.icio.us. A special silent Benefit auction will offer works by a group of exciting artists.
All event proceeds go towards Rhizome's programs, including commissions, exhibitions & events, criticism, and resources, such as their active website which serves as a connecting point for the artists, curators and community that is dynamically moving this field forward.
Rhizome Commissions 08: Conversation with Rafael Rozendaal, Evan Roth, Eteam and Steve Lambert
Thursday May 22nd, 7:30pm
the New Museum, New York, NY
The Rhizome Commissions Program was founded in 2001 to provide support to emerging artists working with new technologies. The forty-four works commissioned to date represent some of the most innovative, pioneering efforts in the field. At the New Museum on May 22nd, several artists who received support in the 2008 cycle will present their finished projects as well as other select projects. Artists to present include Evan Roth, Eteam (Hajoe Moderegger and Franziska Lamprecht), Steve Lambert and Rafael Rozendaal.
2008 Commissioned projects:
http://www.rhizome.org/commissions/2008/
Net Aesthetics 2.0
Friday June 6th, 7:30pm
the New Museum, New York, NY
Convening 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, Tom Moody, Tim Whidden and Damon Zucconi, among others TBA, and will be moderated by curator, critic and Rhizome staff writer Ed Halter.
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Blank Spots on a Map: State Secrecy and the Limits of the Visible
Friday May 9th, 7:30 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
Geographer and artist Trevor Paglen takes us on a road trip through the world of hidden budgets, state secrets, covert military bases, and disappeared people: through a landscape that military and intelligence insiders call the "black world." Over the course of his talk, Paglen leads us from "non-existent" Air Force and CIA installations in the Nevada desert to secret prisons in Afghanistan and to a collection of even more obscure "black sites" startlingly close to home. Using hundreds of images he has produced and collected over the course of his work, Paglen shows how the black world's internal contradictions give rise to a peculiar visual, aesthetic, and epistemological grammar with which to think about the contemporary moment.
Part of the New Silent Series
Election '08: How the Internet is Re-shaping National Politics
Friday April 11th, 7:30 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
Grassroots organizations like MoveOn.org and Meetup.com played a significant role in the lead-up to the 2004 presidential election. Campaign '08 has thus far been a very different project, with some of its most crucial points playing out across YouTube.com, viral marketing, and blogs. For Election '08, leading critics, artists, and media strategists will address the increasing role the Internet and digital technologies have come to play in national politics and focus specifically on the ways new media have been used for advocacy in the run-up to the election.
The panel will be moderated by Jason Pontin, Chief Editor of the MIT Technology Review; Panelists include Farai Chideya, host of NPR's News and Notes, and founder of PopandPolitics.com; Jonathan Askin, a strategist on Barack Obama's Technology Advisory Board and Professor at Brooklyn Law School; Beka Economopoulos, artist and founder of Not An Alternative; and Liza Sabater, founder and publisher of Culture Kitchen and Daily Gotham.
Part of the New Silent Series
Media Art in the Age of Transgenics, Cloning and Genomics
Friday, March 14, 7:30 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
Police may be given power to take DNA samples in the street; Patent sought on ‘synthetic life;’ First designer babies to beat breast cancer; Bacteria that grow nanoscale electronic wires; Race to be first to ‘hibernate’ human beings; Skimmed milk direct from the ‘magic cow’.
These lines above are headlines taken from the BBC News, The New Scientist, The Guardian and The New York Times, amongst others sources. Each of them speaks to the increasingly pervasive role biology is seen to play in international society and our lives – a role that artists are responding to with a diverse array of practices. Some have started to collaborate with research labs to engage with organic materials; others buy DIY biology sets reminiscent of the early computer kits of the late 70s. All are getting their hands into the material of life itself to reflect upon some of the most complex issues society has to deal with the integration of biotechnology in quotidian life processes and the ethical, cultural, and even political consequences of scientific discovery.
Organized and to be moderated by Regine Debatty, blogger of we-make-money-not-art.com, this panel will explore what is commonly known as 'bio-art' through presentations by four bio-artists Caitlin Berrigan, Adam Zaretsky, Brandon Ballengee and Kathy High.
Part of the New Silent Series
Michael Bell-Smith, William Boling, Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung, and Nina Katchadourian discuss Montage: Unmonumental Online
Saturday, Feb. 16, 3:00 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
Free with Museum admission but tickets are required*
Rhizome Curator at Large Marisa Olson leads a conversation with four artists from Montage: Unmonumental Online. Michael Bell-Smith, William Boling, Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung, and Nina Katchadourian will give brief presentations of their work and join in a roundtable discussion of their diverse approaches to practices of appropriating, sampling, remixing, and otherwise responding to found material, online.
*This event is free, but tickets are required. Please request a ticket for this event in person at the Visitor Desk the day of the event. Advance reservations are not available.
Nextcity: The Art of the Possible
Friday, Feb. 8, 7:00 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
$8 general public, $6 Members
Emergent digital technologies are rapidly changing both the face of our cities and our daily experience of them, whether invoked in the production of architectural form, the representation of urban space, or our interface to the locative and other services newly available there. Dynamic maps update in real time; garments and spaces deform in response to environmental, biological and even psychological conditions. We find our very emotions made visible, public, and persistently retrievable. Somewhere along the way, we find our notions of public space, participation, and what it means to be urban undergoing the most profound sort of change.
Featured projects by Stamen Design, J. Meejin Yoon, and Christian Nold blur the boundaries between art, design and technological development. Moderated and introduced by Everyware author Adam Greenfield.
Part of the New Silent Series
Continuing Education for Dead Adults
Friday, Jan. 11, 7:00 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
$8 general public, $6 Members
Three multi-media performances that riff off the consequences of youth pop culture and adolescent education. East Coast collective Paper Rad premieres two videos: "Problem Solvers" (20 min, 2008) and a short entitled "crank dat spongebob batman dropdead robocop" (3 min, 2008), a ride through Youtube narcissism. New York artist Ben Coonley presents a new performance entitled 'Kindred Spirits is the Working Title,' (15 min, 2008) and Providence-based experimental band Wizardzz (featuring members of Lightning Bolt) will perform in front of a mesmeric animated tapestry composed of images taken from the Web.
Part of the New Silent Series
Nowadays: A Conversation and Screening with Ryan Trecartin
Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 7:00 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
$8 general public, $6 Members
Riotous and multi-layered, Ryan Trecartin's ambitious videos update moving image practice for the Internet age. His fast-growing body of work explores the impulses and attitudes of a generation whose self-perceptions and relationships are deeply tied to media. Often structured like iChat dialogues, Trecartin’s narratives ricochet between characters and actions, gleaning information and enacting existential dramas at hyper-speed. His characters, all constructed collaboratively with his actors, include independent avatars, people composites, culture collectors, and cyber queers—all twisted and true emblems of what the artist calls "a potential part-cyber today." This conversation between Trecartin and Lauren Cornell, Director of Rhizome, will feature short videos and excerpts from A Family Finds Entertainment (2004) and I-Be AREA (2007).
Ryan Trecartin lives and works in Philadelphia. He has had solo exhibitions at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York; Crane Arts, Philadelphia; and QED, Los Angeles.
A screening of I-Be AREA will take place on December 8. See that date for details.
Part of the New Silent Series
I-Be AREA, 2007, Ryan Trecartin
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007 3:00 PM
the New Museum, New York, NY
$8 general public, $6 Members
Trecartin's first feature-length video I-Be AREA extends the artist's singular process and style into new territory. Fast-paced and dense with drama, I-Be AREA relates the intertwined stories of an exuberant ensemble, played by Trecartin and dozens of others, as they cope with themes such as cloning, adoption, self-mediation, lifestyle options, and virtual identities. The film centers around Jaime's Area (played by Lizzie Fitch), a space which functions, in the artist's words, as a kind of "bedroom/classroom/drama department/blog space/Internet-community site where the characters malfunction in the face of everything being everything and come to act on their own creative potential."
Ryan Trecartin lives and works in Philadelphia. He has had solo exhibitions at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York; Crane Arts, Philadelphia; and QED, Los Angeles.
The artist will discuss his practice with Lauren Cornell, Director of Rhizome, on December 14. See that date for details.
Part of the New Silent Series
Panel Discussion: Sousveillance Culture
Saturday, September 15, 2007, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Luna Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
Rhizome presents this panel, in conjunction with Conflux, New York's annual festival for contemporary psychogeography, the investigation of everyday urban life through emerging artistic, technological, and social practice. The panel centers on "sousveillance," the practice of watching from below (sous-) rather than above (sur-). A diverse group of artists whose work engages surveillance will explore the cultural and political implications of sousveillance, which tends to be discussed as empowering when manifest as a "taking-back" of cameras or the rising-up of "little brother," but which also unfolds in an era of increased self-surveillance, encouraged by both the government and the culture of participatory and "transparent" media. Panelists include artists Amy Alexander, Jill. Magid and Hasan Elahi, and moderator Marisa Olson, Editor and Curator, Rhizome.
RHIZOME BENEFIT CONCERT
Hiro Ballroom in the Maritime Hotel, NYC
April 16, 2007
On April 16, 2007, Rhizome presented a Benefit Concert featuring three genre-bending bands: Gang Gang Dance, Professor Murder and YACHT. Each band integrates a wide range of musical influences and instruments to create innovative sounds and performance styles. This line-up of new music celebrated Rhizome's commitment to emerging forms of art across digital technology and sound. The evening was introduced and emceed by computer artist Cory Arcangel, and also included a Silent Auction with work by artists, such as Kristin Lucas and Alex Galloway, who work with the Internet.
RECEPTION FOR THE COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION
Foxy Production Gallery, NYC
February 16, 2007
Last February Rhizome hosted a reception for College Art Association (CAA) at Foxy Production Gallery, where we had the exhibition Networked Nature. This show was selected as this year's CAA Annual Exhibition and also concluded Rhizome's Tenth Anniversary Festival of Art & Technology.
PANEL DISCUSSION 'OPEN SOURCE: ON THE LINE'
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, NYC
Dec. 4, 2006
The discussion explored open source practice and philosophy in programming, arts and culture, and also touched upon recent threats to its continuation. Panelists included Wikipedia pioneer Daniel Mayer, artists Joy Garnett and Cory Arcangel, our Director of Technology Patrick May and lawyer Laura Quilter.
This event was part of Rhizome's Tenth Anniversary Festival.
A CONVERSATION WITH OLIA LIALINA
Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC
November 2, 2006
In conjunction with the exhibition On and Off at the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, celebrated artist and net.art pioneer Olia Lialina discussed her work with curator Caitlin Jones. Using her iconic work My Boyfriend Came Back from the War as a springboard, Lialina addressed issues such as the changing aesthetic and thematic landscape of the web, new models of authorship and participation; and the outward expansion of network based ideas and practice into off-line spaces and contexts.
This event was part of Rhizome's Tenth Anniversary Festival.
RHIZOME COMMISSIONS 2005-2006
The New Museum Store, NYC
October 24, 2006
The Rhizome Commissions Program makes financial support available to artists for the creation of original works of Internet-based art. In 2005, Rhizome awarded eleven grants to an international group of artists. This evening celebrated eleven projects were awarded grants for the 2005-2006 cycle with a one-night installation and presentations by several of the commissioned artists.
SHOW & TELL
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Oct. 17, 2006
Activists Tara Mateik, founder of the Society for Biological Insurgents, and the Yes Men, an "identity correction" collective, speak about their use of "disinformation" and tactical media as an attempt to shift balances of power.
This event was part of Rhizome's Tenth Anniversary Festival.
THEY HEART A COMPUTER
The Kitchen, NYC
October 3, 2006
This evening of live performances and video screenings explores forms of expression, desire and anxiety prevalent in a culture increasingly influenced by the Internet. Doo Man Group (made of Ben Jones, Jessica Ciocci, and Jacob Ciocci of Paper Rad) interweaves live percussion with a dense collage of web-based visual emphemera. Jona Bechtolt (of Yacht) and Claire L. Evans combine music, dance and Powerpoint to explore the possibilities and fallacies embedded in online communities. In addition, videos by Michael Bell-Smith, JODI, Shana Moulton, Takeshi Murata, and humorist Ze Frank investigate how the Internet amplifies and exagerates life offline.
This event was part of Rhizome's Tenth Anniversary Festival.
CELEBRATING NEW MEDIA SCHOLARSHIP: Art, Play, and Community
A Book Event
The New Museum Store, NYC
September 8, 2006
Launch party recognizing important contributions to the new media art field. This installment in the CNMS series was a joint release for Alexander Galloway's Gaming (University of Minnesota Press) and Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito's At the Edge of Art (Thames and Hudson).
This event was part of Rhizome's Tenth Anniversary Festival.
BRAVE NEW WORLDS
Scope Art Fair Hamptons
July 14, 2006
Featuring artists: Nate Boyce, VJ Motomichi and Bit Shifter, E*Rock and Takeshi Murata.
CELEBRATING NEW MEDIA SCHOLARSHIP
A Book Event
The New Museum Store, NYC
June 15, 2006
As part of Celebrating New Media Scholapships, release party for From Sun Tzu to Xbox; War and Video Games by Ed Halter.
CELEBRATING NEW MEDIA SCHOLARSHIP
A Book Event
The New Museum Store, NYC
June 2, 2006
Celebrating New Media Scholapships are a series of book releases that recognize important contributions to the new media field. Including works from an international range of new media scholars and critic, this first event was the release party for New Media Art: Art in the Age of Digital Communication by Reena Jana and Mark Tribe.
JODI
Max Payne Cheats Only: Demo and Q&A
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), NYC
May 10, 2006
EAI and Rhizome present renowned digital artists JODI in a rare public demonstration of their latest video game modifications, Max Payne Cheats Only. The work is a series of "cheats": alterations to the behavior of a video game that are often built in by the original programmers to help players who have reached an impasse. JODI has compiled cheats from the ultra-violent New York vigilante game, Max Payne. Their live demonstration will be followed by an in-depth discussion and question and answer session hosted by media art curator Caitlin Jones.
SURGE
January 10 - March 31, 2006
An online exhibition of web-based projects selected from an open call for submissions, organized by free103point9 and Rhizome. Surge includes works by artists 31 Down, Abe Linkoln and Marisa Olson, Angel Nevarez and Alex Rivera, NYSAE (New York Society for Acoustic Ecology), Jim Punk, and Leslie Sharpe. The featured projects employ new media tools to both conceptually and formally address different possibilities for transmission art online. Some consider the nature of signals as they move through the ether; others appropriate forms of wireless transmission, such as the military's aerial 'drone' or the data format ASCII, to propose new kinds of digital communication.
Surge Live, a reception to celebrate the exhibition took place on March 28th, 2006 at Participant, Inc. gallery. Presentations were given by several of the featured artists: 31 Down, Angel Nevarez, and NYSAE (New York Society for Acoustic Ecology)
ALL SYSTEMS GO
~Scope-New York Art Fair, NYC
March 10 - 13, 2006
Part of the Curator's Choice program at this year's Scope-New York Art Fair, All Systems Go! features high-tech, low-tech, and hybrid work exploring digital, representational, political, and social systems. This exhibition constitutes an expansion of Rhizome's mission to connect art and technology. The artists comment on systems, in their various forms and themes, with works ranging from computer, video, and electronic installations to drawings, paintings, and sculpture. Here, technology is not the sole tool or object at play, but is often an indirect subject -- a backdrop on the social landscape within which all art practice now occurs. The harmony or dischord between these installations pinpoint areas of overlap between the various systems now navigated by each of us living in a technological society. The show is, thus, an update on the established field of 'systems art,' from the perspective of contemporary culture and practice.
NET AESTHETICS 2.0
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), NYC
February 6, 2006
EAI and Rhizome presented a panel that will consider current expressions of Internet art in light of larger technological and cultural shifts. Over the past ten years, Internet-based art has transformed, moving away from a medium defined by an intimate, international avant-garde towards a more loose and dispersed range of conceptual and formal practices. This development has, in large part, to do with the expanded and diversified terrain of the Web itself. What was previously a thin network of interlinked pages, construction signs, and awkward animated gifs is now a sprawling area, home to some of the best new business models, largest communities, and billions of users both amateur and expert---a second stage some call the "Web 2.0." Now, artists working on, or drawing source material from the Internet, face not only a faster, richer, more complicated landscape, but also one whose parameters for art practice are continually being pushed out by artists and non-artists alike.
For this panel, artists Cory Arcangel, Michael Bell-Smith, Marisa Olson, and Wolfgang Staehle will join curators Caitlin Jones and Michael Connor to discuss how the nature of online practice has changed over Internet art's first decade. Panelists will touch upon current themes and trends including performance, contagion, sampling, blogging, video and animation, and the ongoing challenges of translating Internet-based art into gallery and museum spaces.
CRAP-TOPS vs. LAPTOPS
MonkeyTown, Williamsburg (Broolkyn)
January 20, 2006
Computer-generated music made with 8-bit and 32-bit technologies come together in this evening of video and multimedia performance. Employing a range of materials, be they hacked Atari consoles or more recent software, the artists demonstrate a common interest in 'dirt style' and bringing the obsolete to colorful and rhythmic life. Presenting opposing ends of the hi-tech (laptops) to low-end (craptops) spectrum, the line-up will reveal how blurry the ratio of bits involved in sound production can become. Can you tell whether the sizzle of static or a chorus of 8-bit bleeps has been made with the Nintendo Gameboy you trashed or the G5 you covet? Join us on January 20th to test your ears and eyes. With videos by Paper Rad, Treewave, and E*Rock. Live performances by LoVid, Bit Shifter, Nullsleep, Y.A.C.H.T. and NOTENDO.
Organized by Ashley Colgate for Rhizome
