FOLLOW THROUGH by Jennifer Crowe and Scott Paterson, Whitney Museum
Dates:
Thu Dec 01, 2005 00:00 - Tue Nov 22, 2005
FOLLOW THROUGH, A MOBILE MEDIA PROJECT
by Jennifer Crowe and Scott Paterson
December 1, 2005-January 29, 2006
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Ave.
5th fl.
Artists Jennifer Crowe and Scott Paterson have created a mobile, audio-visual project that will be accessible to visitors on portable media players in the Museum's 5th Floor Permanent Collection galleries. The project is inspired by the discrepancy the artists found between the dynamics of the art on view in the galleries and the rather passive and languid body language of museum visitors looking at that art.
Referencing the structure of the existing audio tour, the artists invite visitors to engage in a set of exercises designed to bring well-established behavioral codes of museum attendance into relief. Visitors are prompted by visual instructions that appear on the screens of the handheld players. The project's title has its roots in sports terminology where the term "follow-through" describes the act of carrying a motion to its natural completion. With "Follow Through," the artists are inviting visitors to complete the dynamics in the galleries in an experience that goes beyond the mental act of contemplating or interpreting artworks.
The exhibition was co-commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Antenna Audio and is sponsored by Antenna Audio.
Documentation of the project will be accessible online at
www.whitney.org artport.whitney.org and www.antennaaudio.com
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jennifer Crowe is currently a new media producer in New York. Trained in the arts, her education includes an MA from Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies and a BA in Visual Arts and Communication from the University of California, San Diego. Jennifer has broad experience in the arts with a special interest in digital archives and fine art preservation. Highlights include curating exhibitions at A.I.R. Gallery and The New Museum, initiating Rhizome.org's Artbase, an online archive for Net-based artworks, and producing online companions for Peabody-Award winning art television shows at Thirteen/WNET New York Public Television. She has coordinated digital video archiving projects for Yale University, the Dance Heritage Coalition, and the EU's international video preservation project PrestoSpace. She has lectured at various venues including the Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, the American Museum of the Moving Image, and the Guggenheim Museum.
Scott Paterson is an architect, interaction designer, and artist based in New York. He teaches studio courses in the MFA in Design and Technology Program at the Parsons School of Design and has also taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture. Trained as an architect, his education includes a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota and a Masters degree from Columbia University. He has received grants from the Walker Art Center, Parsons School of Design, and The Design Institute at the University of Minnesota. Paterson lectures internationally and his work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Banff Centre for the Arts, as well as in venues in Amsterdam, Berlin, Florence, and Mexico City.
ABOUT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM
The Whitney Museum of American Art is the leading advocate of 20th- and 21st-century American art. Founded in 1930, the Museum is regarded as the preeminent collection of American art and includes major works and materials from the estate of Edward Hopper, the largest public collection of works by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Lucas Samaras, as well as significant works by Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Claes Oldenburg, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol, among other artists. With its history of exhibiting the most promising and influential American artists and provoking intense critical and public debate, the Whitney's signature show, the Biennial, has become a measure of the state of contemporary art in America today.
ABOUT ANTENNA AUDIO
Antenna Audio, the leading audio and audio-visual interpretation firm, serves more than 50,000 visitors of museums and other cultural sites each day. With 20 years of experience in the field of educational interpretation and entertainment, Antenna Audio designs, manufactures, and manages portable digital information systems and multilingual audio-visual productions for clients worldwide.
by Jennifer Crowe and Scott Paterson
December 1, 2005-January 29, 2006
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Ave.
5th fl.
Artists Jennifer Crowe and Scott Paterson have created a mobile, audio-visual project that will be accessible to visitors on portable media players in the Museum's 5th Floor Permanent Collection galleries. The project is inspired by the discrepancy the artists found between the dynamics of the art on view in the galleries and the rather passive and languid body language of museum visitors looking at that art.
Referencing the structure of the existing audio tour, the artists invite visitors to engage in a set of exercises designed to bring well-established behavioral codes of museum attendance into relief. Visitors are prompted by visual instructions that appear on the screens of the handheld players. The project's title has its roots in sports terminology where the term "follow-through" describes the act of carrying a motion to its natural completion. With "Follow Through," the artists are inviting visitors to complete the dynamics in the galleries in an experience that goes beyond the mental act of contemplating or interpreting artworks.
The exhibition was co-commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Antenna Audio and is sponsored by Antenna Audio.
Documentation of the project will be accessible online at
www.whitney.org artport.whitney.org and www.antennaaudio.com
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jennifer Crowe is currently a new media producer in New York. Trained in the arts, her education includes an MA from Bard College's Center for Curatorial Studies and a BA in Visual Arts and Communication from the University of California, San Diego. Jennifer has broad experience in the arts with a special interest in digital archives and fine art preservation. Highlights include curating exhibitions at A.I.R. Gallery and The New Museum, initiating Rhizome.org's Artbase, an online archive for Net-based artworks, and producing online companions for Peabody-Award winning art television shows at Thirteen/WNET New York Public Television. She has coordinated digital video archiving projects for Yale University, the Dance Heritage Coalition, and the EU's international video preservation project PrestoSpace. She has lectured at various venues including the Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, the American Museum of the Moving Image, and the Guggenheim Museum.
Scott Paterson is an architect, interaction designer, and artist based in New York. He teaches studio courses in the MFA in Design and Technology Program at the Parsons School of Design and has also taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture. Trained as an architect, his education includes a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota and a Masters degree from Columbia University. He has received grants from the Walker Art Center, Parsons School of Design, and The Design Institute at the University of Minnesota. Paterson lectures internationally and his work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Banff Centre for the Arts, as well as in venues in Amsterdam, Berlin, Florence, and Mexico City.
ABOUT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM
The Whitney Museum of American Art is the leading advocate of 20th- and 21st-century American art. Founded in 1930, the Museum is regarded as the preeminent collection of American art and includes major works and materials from the estate of Edward Hopper, the largest public collection of works by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Lucas Samaras, as well as significant works by Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Claes Oldenburg, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol, among other artists. With its history of exhibiting the most promising and influential American artists and provoking intense critical and public debate, the Whitney's signature show, the Biennial, has become a measure of the state of contemporary art in America today.
ABOUT ANTENNA AUDIO
Antenna Audio, the leading audio and audio-visual interpretation firm, serves more than 50,000 visitors of museums and other cultural sites each day. With 20 years of experience in the field of educational interpretation and entertainment, Antenna Audio designs, manufactures, and manages portable digital information systems and multilingual audio-visual productions for clients worldwide.
jihui Digital Salon presents Cory Arcangel -- Thurs. Nov. 17, 6-8 PM
Dates:
Thu Nov 17, 2005 00:00 - Thu Nov 10, 2005
jihui Digital Salon
in cooperation with The Project Room@Chelsea Art Museum
presents
Cory Arcangel
Thursday Nov. 17, 2005 - 6-8 PM
NEW LOCATION:
Chelsea Art Museum, 3rd Floor
556 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
http://agent.netart-init.org
http://www.chelseaartmuseum.org
Cory Arcangel will be discussing his recent works and collaborations, as well as future projects, including the music group Van Led, a self-produced version of MTV cribz, and various assorted computer hacks. His presentation will include topics as varied as Simon and Garfunkel, google, Biggie Smalls, AOL IM, and homemade video games.
Cory Arcangel is a computer artist, performer, and curator who lives and works in Brooklyn. His work centers on his love of personal computers and the Internet. He is a member of the artist groups BEIGE and R.S.G. His work has been shown in the 2004 Whitney Biennial; The Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Migros Museum in Zurich; and Team and Deitch galleries in New York. Except for gallery installations, most of his projects can be downloaded with source code from his website
http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/
jihui (the meeting point), a self-regulated digital salon, invites all interested people to send ideas for discussion/performance/etc.
jihui is where your voice is heard and your vision shared.
jihui is a joint public program by NETART INITIATIVE and INTELLIGENT AGENT
http://www.netart-init.org | http://www.intelligentagent.com
THE PROJECT ROOM is a special projects and education program at the Chelsea Art Museum that brings together international artists, curators, cultural, educational and corporate organizations.
in cooperation with The Project Room@Chelsea Art Museum
presents
Cory Arcangel
Thursday Nov. 17, 2005 - 6-8 PM
NEW LOCATION:
Chelsea Art Museum, 3rd Floor
556 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
http://agent.netart-init.org
http://www.chelseaartmuseum.org
Cory Arcangel will be discussing his recent works and collaborations, as well as future projects, including the music group Van Led, a self-produced version of MTV cribz, and various assorted computer hacks. His presentation will include topics as varied as Simon and Garfunkel, google, Biggie Smalls, AOL IM, and homemade video games.
Cory Arcangel is a computer artist, performer, and curator who lives and works in Brooklyn. His work centers on his love of personal computers and the Internet. He is a member of the artist groups BEIGE and R.S.G. His work has been shown in the 2004 Whitney Biennial; The Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Migros Museum in Zurich; and Team and Deitch galleries in New York. Except for gallery installations, most of his projects can be downloaded with source code from his website
http://www.beigerecords.com/cory/
jihui (the meeting point), a self-regulated digital salon, invites all interested people to send ideas for discussion/performance/etc.
jihui is where your voice is heard and your vision shared.
jihui is a joint public program by NETART INITIATIVE and INTELLIGENT AGENT
http://www.netart-init.org | http://www.intelligentagent.com
THE PROJECT ROOM is a special projects and education program at the Chelsea Art Museum that brings together international artists, curators, cultural, educational and corporate organizations.
jihui Digital Salon presents Interactive Cinema: Julia Heyward & Toni Dove - Thurs. Nov. 3, 6-8 PM
Dates:
Thu Nov 03, 2005 00:00 - Thu Oct 27, 2005
jihui Digital Salon
in cooperation with The Project Room@Chelsea Art Museum
presents
Interactive Cinema: Julia Heyward & Toni Dove
Thursday Nov. 3, 2005 - 6-8 PM
NEW LOCATION:
Chelsea Art Museum, 3rd Floor
556 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
http://agent.netart-init.org
http://www.chelseaartmuseum.org
Julia Heyward and Toni Dove will present and discuss issues surrounding their interactive movies. Heyward is currently working on two interactive works that form a triptych with her previous interactive DVD "Miracles in Reverse," entitled "Nothing Random Access Memory." The work collectively explores subjective and collective memory with a focus on trauma. Toni Dove will examine how characteristics of consciousness can inform responsive and narrative structures through analysis of her current work in progress "Spectropia," a time travel drama that uses the metaphor of supernatural possession to investigate subject, memory, history.
BIOs:
Toni Dove is an artist / independent producer who works primarily with electronic media, including virtual reality, interactive video installations, performance and DVD ROMs that engage viewers in responsive and immersive narrative environments. Her work has been presented in the United States, Europe and Canada as well as in print and on radio and television. Projects include "Archeology of a Mother Tongue," a virtual reality installation with Michael Mackenzie at the Banff Centre for the Arts (see the book “Immersed in Technology” from M.I.T. Press) and a recent interactive movie installation, "Artificial Changelings," that uses motion sensing to allow a viewer standing in front of a screen to move a video characters' body and generate speech and music. Her current project under development is "Spectropia," a feature-length interactive movie for two players. Dove has received numerous grants and awards including support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, the Langlois Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, The LEF Foundation, and the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts from M.I.T.
Her web site is http://www.tonidove.com
Julia Heyward is a multi-media artist living and working in New York City. In the 70s, Heyward toured Europe and the USA as a solo performance artist, and her most notable pieces were "Kilroy Gerber" and "Blue Period." The work involved video, film, monologues, and acapella singing. In January of 1981 (a year before MTV), Heyward premiered "360," a long-form video disk prototype. In the 80s, Heyward's work expanded into ensemble performances, and she formed and toured three multi-media music groups (with Pat Irwin). Heyward won a "Bessie Award" for outstanding performance of the year 1984 for "No Local Stops." The text, performance and immersive visuals, created by Heyward, were accompanied by music by her band T-Venus. In May of 1988, Heyward premiered "Mood Music" -- a cartoon opera involving live interactive characters made out of light, slide animations, and mood music by Robert FitzSimons -- at The Kitchen. In 1996, her work "Miracles in Reverse" premiered in Potsdam, Germany. In addition to writing, directing, and creating the 3-D visuals, Heyward also wrote the music for "Miracles." An interactive DVD version of “Miracles in Reverse" was completed in 2003. Heyward is currently working on two interactive works that form a triptych with “Miracles in Reverse,” entitled “Nothing Random Access Memory.”
jihui (the meeting point), a self-regulated digital salon, invites all interested people to send ideas for discussion/performance/etc.
jihui is where your voice is heard and your vision shared.
jihui is a joint public program by NETART INITIATIVE and INTELLIGENT AGENT
http://www.netart-init.org | http://www.intelligentagent.com
THE PROJECT ROOM is a special projects and education program at the Chelsea Art Museum that brings together international artists, curators, cultural, educational and corporate organizations.
in cooperation with The Project Room@Chelsea Art Museum
presents
Interactive Cinema: Julia Heyward & Toni Dove
Thursday Nov. 3, 2005 - 6-8 PM
NEW LOCATION:
Chelsea Art Museum, 3rd Floor
556 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
http://agent.netart-init.org
http://www.chelseaartmuseum.org
Julia Heyward and Toni Dove will present and discuss issues surrounding their interactive movies. Heyward is currently working on two interactive works that form a triptych with her previous interactive DVD "Miracles in Reverse," entitled "Nothing Random Access Memory." The work collectively explores subjective and collective memory with a focus on trauma. Toni Dove will examine how characteristics of consciousness can inform responsive and narrative structures through analysis of her current work in progress "Spectropia," a time travel drama that uses the metaphor of supernatural possession to investigate subject, memory, history.
BIOs:
Toni Dove is an artist / independent producer who works primarily with electronic media, including virtual reality, interactive video installations, performance and DVD ROMs that engage viewers in responsive and immersive narrative environments. Her work has been presented in the United States, Europe and Canada as well as in print and on radio and television. Projects include "Archeology of a Mother Tongue," a virtual reality installation with Michael Mackenzie at the Banff Centre for the Arts (see the book “Immersed in Technology” from M.I.T. Press) and a recent interactive movie installation, "Artificial Changelings," that uses motion sensing to allow a viewer standing in front of a screen to move a video characters' body and generate speech and music. Her current project under development is "Spectropia," a feature-length interactive movie for two players. Dove has received numerous grants and awards including support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, the Langlois Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, The LEF Foundation, and the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts from M.I.T.
Her web site is http://www.tonidove.com
Julia Heyward is a multi-media artist living and working in New York City. In the 70s, Heyward toured Europe and the USA as a solo performance artist, and her most notable pieces were "Kilroy Gerber" and "Blue Period." The work involved video, film, monologues, and acapella singing. In January of 1981 (a year before MTV), Heyward premiered "360," a long-form video disk prototype. In the 80s, Heyward's work expanded into ensemble performances, and she formed and toured three multi-media music groups (with Pat Irwin). Heyward won a "Bessie Award" for outstanding performance of the year 1984 for "No Local Stops." The text, performance and immersive visuals, created by Heyward, were accompanied by music by her band T-Venus. In May of 1988, Heyward premiered "Mood Music" -- a cartoon opera involving live interactive characters made out of light, slide animations, and mood music by Robert FitzSimons -- at The Kitchen. In 1996, her work "Miracles in Reverse" premiered in Potsdam, Germany. In addition to writing, directing, and creating the 3-D visuals, Heyward also wrote the music for "Miracles." An interactive DVD version of “Miracles in Reverse" was completed in 2003. Heyward is currently working on two interactive works that form a triptych with “Miracles in Reverse,” entitled “Nothing Random Access Memory.”
jihui (the meeting point), a self-regulated digital salon, invites all interested people to send ideas for discussion/performance/etc.
jihui is where your voice is heard and your vision shared.
jihui is a joint public program by NETART INITIATIVE and INTELLIGENT AGENT
http://www.netart-init.org | http://www.intelligentagent.com
THE PROJECT ROOM is a special projects and education program at the Chelsea Art Museum that brings together international artists, curators, cultural, educational and corporate organizations.
MEDIA ART NET -- PUBLIC PROGRAM BY THE GOETHE INTITUT NY AND THE WHITNEY MUSEUM, OCT. 12, 7:30 PM
MEDIA ART NET
[Online Resources for Media Art]
A JOINT PUBLIC PROGRAM BY THE GOETHE INTITUT NEW YORK AND THE WHITNEY MUSEU=
M OF AMERICAN ART
DIALOGUE OCT 12, 7:30 PM
GOETHE-INSTITUT
ADMISSION: $10/8
Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of=
American Art, New York, will join Dieter Daniels, professor of art history=
and media theory at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, for a dialogue fo=
cusing on the groundbreaking project "Media Art Net" (www.mediaartnet.org).=
The discussion will explore the project as a model for creating resources =
on media arts.
"Media Art Net" is an online "survey" with scholarly essays, accompanied by=
comprehensive audiovisual documentation on 940 artists and 1400 art works =
from the 1920s until today. The second part of the project is now available=
online and includes 8 key topics: Aesthetics of the Digital; Art and Cinem=
atography; Cyborg Bodies; Generative Tools; Mapping and Text; Photo/Byte; P=
ublic Spheres; Sound and Image. A network of curators and writers explore s=
eminal interfaces between media and art, presenting a variety of approaches=
and contexts. In addition artistic projects are commissioned for the onlin=
e platform.
Selected essays are published in book form (Media Art Net Vol. 1 and 2, see=
: http://www.mediaartnet.org/publications/) and the specific book design is=
linked with the online platform.
The project was commissioned by Goethe-Institut and the Center for Art and =
Media (ZKM), in cooperation with the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig. Finan=
cial support was granted by the German Ministry of Research and Education. =
Editors: Rudolf Frieling and Dieter Daniels.
[Online Resources for Media Art]
A JOINT PUBLIC PROGRAM BY THE GOETHE INTITUT NEW YORK AND THE WHITNEY MUSEU=
M OF AMERICAN ART
DIALOGUE OCT 12, 7:30 PM
GOETHE-INSTITUT
ADMISSION: $10/8
Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of=
American Art, New York, will join Dieter Daniels, professor of art history=
and media theory at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, for a dialogue fo=
cusing on the groundbreaking project "Media Art Net" (www.mediaartnet.org).=
The discussion will explore the project as a model for creating resources =
on media arts.
"Media Art Net" is an online "survey" with scholarly essays, accompanied by=
comprehensive audiovisual documentation on 940 artists and 1400 art works =
from the 1920s until today. The second part of the project is now available=
online and includes 8 key topics: Aesthetics of the Digital; Art and Cinem=
atography; Cyborg Bodies; Generative Tools; Mapping and Text; Photo/Byte; P=
ublic Spheres; Sound and Image. A network of curators and writers explore s=
eminal interfaces between media and art, presenting a variety of approaches=
and contexts. In addition artistic projects are commissioned for the onlin=
e platform.
Selected essays are published in book form (Media Art Net Vol. 1 and 2, see=
: http://www.mediaartnet.org/publications/) and the specific book design is=
linked with the online platform.
The project was commissioned by Goethe-Institut and the Center for Art and =
Media (ZKM), in cooperation with the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig. Finan=
cial support was granted by the German Ministry of Research and Education. =
Editors: Rudolf Frieling and Dieter Daniels.
artport gatepage Oct. 05: John F.Simon, Jr. -- A Look Inside "Mobility Agents"
The October 05 gatepage
for artport, the Whitney Museum's portal to Internet art
features
A Look Inside "Mobility Agents"
by John F. Simon, Jr.
http://artport.whitney.org
The 6 applets featured on the artport gatepage are excerpts from "Mobility =
Agents" -- an artist book and software project by John F. Simon, Jr. that i=
s co-published this month by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Printed=
Matter, Inc. The 6 applets function as code improvisations and software dr=
awing tools, which are (together with many others) available for exploratio=
n in "Mobility Agents." The artist's book and software CD traces the develo=
pment of John Simon's dynamic drawing tools: influenced by the notebooks of=
Paul Klee, Simon transformed diagrams of moving lines into software drawin=
g tools. The software is an electronic book ending with a fully functional =
drawing program.
John Simon's work will be featured this month in a solo museum exhibition a=
t The Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana. His work has been included in th=
e Whitney Museum's 2000 Biennial and "Bitstreams" (2001), and he received t=
he Aldrich Museum Trustee's Award for an Emerging Artist in the fall of 200=
0. His software panel works have been collected by the Whitney Museum of Am=
erican Art; the Guggenheim Museum; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; an=
d the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.
for artport, the Whitney Museum's portal to Internet art
features
A Look Inside "Mobility Agents"
by John F. Simon, Jr.
http://artport.whitney.org
The 6 applets featured on the artport gatepage are excerpts from "Mobility =
Agents" -- an artist book and software project by John F. Simon, Jr. that i=
s co-published this month by the Whitney Museum of American Art and Printed=
Matter, Inc. The 6 applets function as code improvisations and software dr=
awing tools, which are (together with many others) available for exploratio=
n in "Mobility Agents." The artist's book and software CD traces the develo=
pment of John Simon's dynamic drawing tools: influenced by the notebooks of=
Paul Klee, Simon transformed diagrams of moving lines into software drawin=
g tools. The software is an electronic book ending with a fully functional =
drawing program.
John Simon's work will be featured this month in a solo museum exhibition a=
t The Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana. His work has been included in th=
e Whitney Museum's 2000 Biennial and "Bitstreams" (2001), and he received t=
he Aldrich Museum Trustee's Award for an Emerging Artist in the fall of 200=
0. His software panel works have been collected by the Whitney Museum of Am=
erican Art; the Guggenheim Museum; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; an=
d the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.
