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BIO
Mark Tribe is an artist and curator whose interests include art, technology, and politics. He is Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media Studies at Brown University, where he teaches courses on digital art, curating, open-source culture, radical media, and surveillance. He is the co-author, with Reena Jana, of New Media Art (Taschen, 2006). His art work has been exhibited at the ZKM Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, and Gigantic Art Space in New York City. He has organized curatorial projects for the New Museum of Contemporary Art, MASS MoCA, and inSite_05. In 1996, he founded Rhizome.org, an online resource for new media artists. He received a MFA in Visual Art from the University of California, San Diego in 1994 and a BA in Visual Art from Brown University in 1990. He splits his time between Providence and New York City.
e V o l u t i o n: The Art of Living Systems
Dates:
Fri Jan 23, 2004 00:00 - Tue Jan 13, 2004
From: Amy Bauman [abauman@rcn.com]
Art Interactive invites you to the opening of:
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e V o l u t i o n
The Art of Living Systems
January 23 at 6pm
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Curated by Christiane Paul, eVolution takes a captivating look at artificial life and autonomous, behavior-driven systems. The concepts explored by the five acclaimed artists featured in the show challenge our notions of life forms, intelligence, and consciousness. The exhibition allows us to examine our relationships with increasingly independent machines.
Science frequently weighs in on questions of artificial life forms and intelligence, but Art Interactive presents a slice of the topic from an artistic and cultural point of view. Be one of the first in the city to see this important line-up of works. The show is on exhibit through April 11, 2004.
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Opening reception Friday night, January 23, 6 - 9pm
Art Interactive
130 Bishop Allen Drive
Cambridge, MA
617.498.0100
http://www.artinteractive.org
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Additional Information:
eVolution has been curated by Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and showcases the work of five internationally acclaimed artists:
Rebecca Allen, Bush Soul #3 (1997-present)
In Bush Soul #3, part of the ongoing project Emergence, the user is implicated into a virtual environment inhabited by autonomous characters. Users control their avatar (the graphic representation of a user in virtual environments) with a force-feedback joystick in order to navigate the environment and interact with the creatures living in the virtual world in ever-changing encounters.
David Rokeby, Giver of Names (1990-present)
The Giver of Names is a computer system that quite literally gives objects names by trying to describe them. The objects are chosen by visitors and placed on an empty pedestal. The computer performs various levels of image processing (outline analysis, division into separate objects or parts, color analysis, texture analysis, etc.) and then uses an associative database of objects, ideas, and sensations to come up with words and concepts associated with the object.
Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, A-Volve (1994/95)
A-Volve allows visitors to create virtual creatures and interact with them in the space of a water-filled glass pool. By drawing a shape with their finger on a touch screen, visitors produce virtual 3D creatures that automatically come "alive," and swim in the real water of the pool, reacting to the visitors' hand movements in the water.
Maciej Wisniewski, Instant Places (2002)
Instant Places by Maciej Wisniewski creates a networked space for autonomous characters
Art Interactive invites you to the opening of:
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e V o l u t i o n
The Art of Living Systems
January 23 at 6pm
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Curated by Christiane Paul, eVolution takes a captivating look at artificial life and autonomous, behavior-driven systems. The concepts explored by the five acclaimed artists featured in the show challenge our notions of life forms, intelligence, and consciousness. The exhibition allows us to examine our relationships with increasingly independent machines.
Science frequently weighs in on questions of artificial life forms and intelligence, but Art Interactive presents a slice of the topic from an artistic and cultural point of view. Be one of the first in the city to see this important line-up of works. The show is on exhibit through April 11, 2004.
--------------------------------
Opening reception Friday night, January 23, 6 - 9pm
Art Interactive
130 Bishop Allen Drive
Cambridge, MA
617.498.0100
http://www.artinteractive.org
--------------------------------
Additional Information:
eVolution has been curated by Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and showcases the work of five internationally acclaimed artists:
Rebecca Allen, Bush Soul #3 (1997-present)
In Bush Soul #3, part of the ongoing project Emergence, the user is implicated into a virtual environment inhabited by autonomous characters. Users control their avatar (the graphic representation of a user in virtual environments) with a force-feedback joystick in order to navigate the environment and interact with the creatures living in the virtual world in ever-changing encounters.
David Rokeby, Giver of Names (1990-present)
The Giver of Names is a computer system that quite literally gives objects names by trying to describe them. The objects are chosen by visitors and placed on an empty pedestal. The computer performs various levels of image processing (outline analysis, division into separate objects or parts, color analysis, texture analysis, etc.) and then uses an associative database of objects, ideas, and sensations to come up with words and concepts associated with the object.
Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, A-Volve (1994/95)
A-Volve allows visitors to create virtual creatures and interact with them in the space of a water-filled glass pool. By drawing a shape with their finger on a touch screen, visitors produce virtual 3D creatures that automatically come "alive," and swim in the real water of the pool, reacting to the visitors' hand movements in the water.
Maciej Wisniewski, Instant Places (2002)
Instant Places by Maciej Wisniewski creates a networked space for autonomous characters
Billy Kluver Dies
From The New York Times:
> Billy Kluver, 76, an Engineer Who Collaborated With Artists, Dies
>
> January 13, 2004
> By KAY LARSON
>
> Billy Kluver, a scientist and engineer whose collaborations with
> artists helped give birth to the multimedia art forms of the 1960's,
> died on Sunday at his home in Berkeley Heights, N.J. He was 76.
> these and other collaborations gave public shape to what had been a
> private movement, a merging of art and technology that has not yet
> exhausted itself.
>
> Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
Full text at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/arts/design/13KLUV.html?ex75016232&ei=1&en1ded01258426e74
> Billy Kluver, 76, an Engineer Who Collaborated With Artists, Dies
>
> January 13, 2004
> By KAY LARSON
>
> Billy Kluver, a scientist and engineer whose collaborations with
> artists helped give birth to the multimedia art forms of the 1960's,
> died on Sunday at his home in Berkeley Heights, N.J. He was 76.
> these and other collaborations gave public shape to what had been a
> private movement, a merging of art and technology that has not yet
> exhausted itself.
>
> Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company
Full text at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/arts/design/13KLUV.html?ex75016232&ei=1&en1ded01258426e74
Web Animation Workship with Joshua Davis & Mark Tribe
Dates:
Mon Jun 28, 2004 00:00 - Mon Jan 05, 2004
Subject: Web Animation Workshop with Joshua Davis & Mark Tribe
Joshua Davis and Mark Tribe are teaching a workshop on Web Animation for Artists at Anderson Ranch this summer. Intended for artists with intermediate to advance web skills, this workshop will combine an introduction to the history and theory of net art with a focus on ActionScript, the programming language built into Flash.
Anderson Ranch Art Center is a non-profit visual arts community located on a ranch near Aspen, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. Each summer, Anderson Ranch offers workshops on a range of subjects, including Art History & Critical Studies, Ceramics, Digital Imaging, Furniture & Woodworking, Painting & Drawing, Photography and Sculpture. This is the second time Joshua and Mark will teach this Web Animation Workshop at Anderson Ranch.
The workshop will take place June 28 - July 2 2004. For more information and to register, call +1 970 923 3181 or go to:
http://www.andersonranch.org/workshops/index.cfm?Include=Digital%20Imaging&EventID
Joshua Davis and Mark Tribe are teaching a workshop on Web Animation for Artists at Anderson Ranch this summer. Intended for artists with intermediate to advance web skills, this workshop will combine an introduction to the history and theory of net art with a focus on ActionScript, the programming language built into Flash.
Anderson Ranch Art Center is a non-profit visual arts community located on a ranch near Aspen, Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. Each summer, Anderson Ranch offers workshops on a range of subjects, including Art History & Critical Studies, Ceramics, Digital Imaging, Furniture & Woodworking, Painting & Drawing, Photography and Sculpture. This is the second time Joshua and Mark will teach this Web Animation Workshop at Anderson Ranch.
The workshop will take place June 28 - July 2 2004. For more information and to register, call +1 970 923 3181 or go to:
http://www.andersonranch.org/workshops/index.cfm?Include=Digital%20Imaging&EventID
Computing Culture Group @ MIT Media Lab now accepting application
Deadline:
Sun Nov 02, 2003 19:40
From: Christopher P. Csikszentmihalyi
The Computing Culture research Group is now accepting applications for admission in the Fall of 2004. CCG is an art/technology/activism research group within the MIT Media Lab. Recent projects have included the DJ I Robot Sound System, Government Information Awareness, Critical Cartographies, Doom Monitor, Haptic Opposition, and the Afghan Explorer. Researchers in the group have shown and presented work from Soho to Singapore. The group is accepting several students for the two-year, funded Master of Science program. Applicants from any nation may apply.
Computing Culture is based on the premise that artists can and should invent technologies. We are less interested in using existing technologies for expression than in authoring new ones, ones that might be overlooked by the market or the interests of science and engineering practice. Our research results in specific works of art, but also helps further an understanding of the relationships between art, technology, and cultural production. Some of the strategies that we practice include interventions in contemporary consumer electronics, creating special events for public situations, and applying technical development to cultural agendas that wouldn't normally receive it.
Our emphasis is on physically and spatially embodied (rather than screen-based) projects, and work that engenders technology with significant social agency. Prospective applicants may be trained in either art, humanities, science, or engineering, but should show crossover. For instance, an art or humanities student should ideally be an accomplished programmer, have machining skills, and be able to design and fabricate electronics. An engineering student should have done several art projects, worked with a professional artist, or shown their ability to author radical or unexpected technologies. Those without a combination of technical and critical skills need not apply.
Applications are due December 15th. A portfolio of previous works is required. Information on how to apply may be found at http://www.media.mit.edu/mas/apply.html. More information about the group may be found at our somewhat pathetic web site, http://compcult.media.mit.edu/.
The Computing Culture research Group is now accepting applications for admission in the Fall of 2004. CCG is an art/technology/activism research group within the MIT Media Lab. Recent projects have included the DJ I Robot Sound System, Government Information Awareness, Critical Cartographies, Doom Monitor, Haptic Opposition, and the Afghan Explorer. Researchers in the group have shown and presented work from Soho to Singapore. The group is accepting several students for the two-year, funded Master of Science program. Applicants from any nation may apply.
Computing Culture is based on the premise that artists can and should invent technologies. We are less interested in using existing technologies for expression than in authoring new ones, ones that might be overlooked by the market or the interests of science and engineering practice. Our research results in specific works of art, but also helps further an understanding of the relationships between art, technology, and cultural production. Some of the strategies that we practice include interventions in contemporary consumer electronics, creating special events for public situations, and applying technical development to cultural agendas that wouldn't normally receive it.
Our emphasis is on physically and spatially embodied (rather than screen-based) projects, and work that engenders technology with significant social agency. Prospective applicants may be trained in either art, humanities, science, or engineering, but should show crossover. For instance, an art or humanities student should ideally be an accomplished programmer, have machining skills, and be able to design and fabricate electronics. An engineering student should have done several art projects, worked with a professional artist, or shown their ability to author radical or unexpected technologies. Those without a combination of technical and critical skills need not apply.
Applications are due December 15th. A portfolio of previous works is required. Information on how to apply may be found at http://www.media.mit.edu/mas/apply.html. More information about the group may be found at our somewhat pathetic web site, http://compcult.media.mit.edu/.
Re: Rhizome Update
t.whid wrote:
> to Mark:
>
> hoping you might share with the community some details regarding your
> new position. is this a new position at Columbia or are you taking
> someone's place? are you teaching or running other programs? sounds
> like a very exciting new opportunity for you!
yup, very exciting. it's a new position that involves teaching interdisciplinary art and technology courses in the school of the arts, running the digital media center and doing some planning and curriculum development around art and technology.
i'm really glad rachel was able to step up. rhizome.org couldn't be in better hands.
> to Mark:
>
> hoping you might share with the community some details regarding your
> new position. is this a new position at Columbia or are you taking
> someone's place? are you teaching or running other programs? sounds
> like a very exciting new opportunity for you!
yup, very exciting. it's a new position that involves teaching interdisciplinary art and technology courses in the school of the arts, running the digital media center and doing some planning and curriculum development around art and technology.
i'm really glad rachel was able to step up. rhizome.org couldn't be in better hands.
