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Ceci Moss
Since 2005
Works in Brooklyn, New York United States of America

BIO
Ceci Moss is a freelance writer, musician, DJ, and curator. She is
currently pursuing a PhD in Comparative Literature at NYU. Her
research addresses contemporary internet-based art practice, digital
technology and perception, the materiality of media, postmodernism and
digital art preservation. From 2007-2011 she was Senior Editor of
Rhizome, where she is presently a Staff Writer. She writes and edits
the online contemporary art and music blog A Million Keys. For the
past ten years, she’s programmed the weekly radio show Radio Heart on
KALX and East Village Radio. She studied Sociology, History and French
at UC Berkeley, and Critical Theory in Paris, France at the Université
Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III/Centre parisien d’études critiques.

LX 2.0 new comission: Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries



Lisboa 20 Arte Contemporanea launches next Thursday, May 24th, LX 2.0 Project's new comission: Manhã dos Mongolóides (Morning of the Mongoloids) by Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.

For LX 2.0, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries created the Portuguese version of Morning of the Mongoloids, the laughable, yet tragic (and extremely ironic) story of a white man who wakes up after a night of “drunken partying” to find himself no longer who he used to be. Without any motive or underlying logic, the man wakes up and gradually realizes he is Korean. He looks Korean, he speaks Korean and he lives in Seoul, when just the night before he was a white man living in a western country. The piece is a delightful insight on the prejudiced views towards Asian cultures and specially, Korean culture. Not only are we faced with the main character’s stereotypes of Asian people, as he gradually comes to terms with the improbable change, we, westerners, are confronted with our own biased views of the rest of the world.

LX 2.0

Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries

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A lab is a lab is a lab at The Kitchen, NYC



For Immediate Release

The Kitchen presents A lab is a lab is a lab

The Kitchen presents an evening of live-cinema featuring unique collaborations between sound and image makers. Utilizing unusual instruments and sound sources including the theremin, brainwave monitors, oscilloscopes, contact microphones, anamorphic lenses, and the magic lantern, participating artists Maria Chavez, Angie Eng, Bradley Eros, Andy Graydon, Sarah Ibrahim, Zach Layton, Anthony Ptak, Joel Schlemowitz, Lary Seven, Ray Sweeten, and Keiko Uenishi will explore the subversions and rediscoveries connecting science, mystery, and desire. Organized by artist and curator Bradley Eros and Assistant Curator at The Kitchen Matthew Lyons, this event will take place at The Kitchen (512 West 19th Street) on Thursday, May 24 at 8pm. Tickets are $5.



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Steampunk Keyboard Mod



My goal with this project was to build a retro keyboard that was fully functional and of a sufficient quality that it could be used everyday by a touch typist. In order to achieve this I chose a high quality (though widely available) keyboard as my starting point. This is an IBM Model M "Clicky" keyboard. They were made starting in the mid 1980's and a version is still manufactured today. This particular keyboard was made in 1989 and shipped with and IBM PowerStation 530, a UNIX box the size of a kegerator.

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Psychobotany: Revolutionary Breakthroughs in Human/Plant Communication


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An evening of psychobotany with performances, presentations, and live demos by Botanicalls and the Center for Tactical Magic :: May 15, 8pm :: Machine Project, 1200 D North Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Wouldn't it be great if your plants could call you if they needed water? The Botanicalls team has found a way to make this happen. When a plant on the Botanicalls network needs water, it can call a person and ask for exactly what it needs. The Botanicalls team will be on-hand to demonstrate their unique system of human/plant communication and promote inter-species understanding.

The Center for Tactical Magic presents a performance lecture exploring the magic and mystery of psychobotany. Ranging from Moses's consultation with a burning bush to the Pentagon's recent development of "sentinel plants", Aaron Gach of the CTM provides a brief history of plants as purveyors of knowledge. Audience members will also participate in a live demonstration of extra-sensory perception mediated through the cooperation of living plants.

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