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> UNTETHERED: A sculpture garden of readymades > Eyebeam's Fall 2008 exhibition > > Featuring: > Jessica Banks, Ayah Bdeir, Michel de Broin, Max Dean, Paul DeMarinis > Kelly Dobson, Germaine Koh, JooYoun Paek, Sascha Pohflepp, > Hans-Christoph Steiner, Thomson & Craighead, Nor_/d (Addie > Wagenknecht and Stefan Hechenberger) and Joe Winter, curated by > visiting fellow Sarah Cook > > September 25 - October 25, 2008 > > Press preview: Thurs., Sept. 25, 11AM - 1PM > (RSVP [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Exhibition opening: Thurs., Sept. 25, 6 - 8PM > Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St. (btw 10th and 11th Aves.) > > > > > Michel de Broin, Dark Star, 2008 > > > New York City, September 5, 2008-Eyebeam is pleased to announce > Untethered, a sculpture garden of everyday objects deprogrammed of > their original function, embedded with new intelligence and > transformed into surrealist and surprising readymades, including a > photocopier that reads the night sky; a PDA turned guitar; and a > piano that plays the Internet. The exhibition features pieces by 15 > artists working at the intersection of art and technology, > including current and former Eyebeam residents and fellows, as well > as leading international artists. Untethered opens September 25 and > runs through October 25, and is accompanied by a downloadable audio > guide (available at www.eyebeam.org). > > Sarah Cook, the exhibition's curator, cites the art-historical > discourse on readymades, and current ideas concerning the designed > obsolescence-or shelf life-of consumable technologies as her > inspiration for the show. "The idea of the readymade hinges on a > mysterious quality of displacement, wherein objects are not just > decontextualized, but actually transplanted from one realm of > experience to another," Cook said. > > "In researching the work of Eyebeam's resident artists I read [MoMA > curator] Margit Rowell's writing on the readymade and identified a > link to contemporary "hacks" and instances where artists have > deprogrammed technological objects in order to create a kind of > magical experience for the viewer." This "otherworldly" aesthetic > is evident in the works on view, such as in Michel de Broin's > sculpture Dead Star (2008), an inert asteroid of nearly depleted > batteries, and Joe Winter's Xerox Astronomy (2008), in which a > generic photocopier and desk lamp are transformed into elements > within the cosmic system used by an imagined observer. > > Additionally, as a show of objects that have been tinkered with, > invented, and allowed to be "generative", that is, open to > experimentation and other use, Untethered presents a deliberate > reference to the notion of "tethered appliances" (a term used by > Internet scholar Jonathan Zittrain in his book The Future of the > Internet and How to Stop It, Yale University Press and Penguin UK, > 2008)-technologies, such as iPods or cell phones, that contain > proprietary software and are tied to single uses or networks. In > this, the exhibition ties into Eyebeam's recently launched Open > Culture Research Group, a forum for the investigation of free and > open source software and hardware. > > Both displaced and in some cases deprogrammed, the pieces in > Untethered ask us why we understand some things as useful hardware > and other things not. For instance, how does an inflated garbage > bag become a way to disguise your bike, as in JooYoun Paek's Not > Bicycle Cover (2008)? Neither prototypes nor edgy products, the > works in the exhibition will surely invite conversation on the > semantic barriers between the worlds of art, design and technology. > > Artists > > Ayah Bdeir and Jessica Banks, both fellows in Eyebeam's R&D > OpenLab, have collaborated to realize a new work in the form of a > chandelier that is constantly redrawing itself (Chandelier in 4, > 2008). Jessica Banks will also show her latest experiment in > creating responsive and interactive furniture: a table that appears > to levitate in its own magnetic field (Table, from the Cubed > Series, 2008). www.ayahbdeir.com, www.jessicabanks.com > > Michel de Broin, an internationally recognized artist from Montreal > who is based in Berlin, and winner of the 2007 Sobey Art Award, > will show his recent sculptures, including Dead Star (2008) and > Great Encounter (2008), an investigation into the isolation of > appliances. www.micheldebroin.org > > Max Dean is an internationally acclaimed media artist from Toronto > and winner of the 2005 Gershon Iskowitz Prize for visual arts. His > piece in Untethered, So, This Is It? (2001), is a clock that wipes > away an image of its viewer's face, and has never been shown in New > York. www.roboticchair.com > > Paul DeMarinis, an artist based in California, will show a piece > from his series Hypnica (2007), a collection of hacked metronomes > that lull visitors with the voices of hypnotists. www.well.com/ > ~demarini > > Kelly Dobson, an artist based at MIT's Media Lab, presents her > responsive hacked technologies including Blendie (2003 - 04), a > blender that responds only to growling noises, and Toastie (2004), > a toaster that operates when hummed at. web.media.mit.edu/~monster > > Germaine Koh, an internationally recognized artist from Vancouver, > presents a work from her Fair Weather Forces series (2008), in > which live tide and water-level data control a velvet rope barrier > in the gallery. www.germainekoh.com > > Eyebeam alum JooYoun Paek shows new projects created from the > infrastructure of the city, including Not Bicycle Cover (2008), a > bicycle cover fashioned from inflated garbage bags, and Nothing In > It (2008), a handbag that sounds its contents when opened. > www.jooyounpaek.com > > Sascha Pohflepp, a German artist and student in the Design > Interactions program at the Royal College of Art, London, presents, > for the first time in North America, the stylish Buttons (2006): a > lens-free camera that takes other people's pictures. www.pohflepp.com > > Hans-Christoph Steiner, currently a resident artist at Eyebeam, > presents Reware (2008), hacked electronic devices for visitors to > play with, including a Linux- and PureData (PD)-programmed PDA > turned three-string guitar. www.at.or.at/hans > > Thomson & Craighead, a UK team who has been making art from the > Internet for more than 15 years, display Unprepared Piano (2003), a > Yamaha Disklavier that plays MIDI files collected from the web, at > random. www.thomson-craighead.net > > Addie Wagenknecht, a fellow in Eyebeam's Production Lab, has > collaborated with Stefan Hechenberger under the name Nor_/d, on > Shadow Project (2008), a responsive architectural environment of > motor-controlled wires and fabric. www.nortd.com > > Joe Winter, an Eyebeam alum and a recent recipient of a MacDowell > Colony residency, presents his newly commissioned work, Xerox > Astronomy and the Nebulous Object-Image Archive (2008), a modernist > cubic structure in which a standard office copier is used as a > central light source for reading the surrounding cosmos. > www.severalprojects.com > > Curator > > Sarah Cook is the 2008 inaugural curatorial fellow at Eyebeam. She > comes to Eyebeam from CRUMB (www.crumbweb.org), the UK-based online > resource for curators of new media art, at the University of > Sunderland, where she is a post-doctoral researcher. Sarah has been > curating exhibitions of new media art in North America and Europe > for the past 10 years, at venues including the Walker Art Center, > the National Gallery of Canada, BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, > The Edith Russ Haus for Media Art, The Walter Phillips Gallery at > the Banff Centre, AV Festival and Cornerhouse, Manchester. Her > fellowship at Eyebeam is supported, in part, by the Arts and > Humanities Research Council, UK. > > Related events > > Untethered's public programming takes its cue from Eyebeam's > ongoing research into open source software and hardware. Events > celebrating hacking and discussions of the issues surrounding > patents and copyrights, art and designed obsolescence, will take > place over the course of the exhibition. > > Thursday, September 25, 6PM: The Untethered opening reception, > featuring artist talks with Germaine Koh, Michel de Broin, Kelly > Dobson and Sascha Pohflepp, as well as an introduction by the > exhibition's curator, Sarah Cook. > > Tuesday, October 14, 7PM: Workshop: Open source your mobile devices! > Eyebeam resident Hans-Christoph Steiner hosts a workshop on hacking > devices such as iPods, wifi routers and PDAs. > > Tuesday, October 21, 7PM: Presentation: Performing Machines: > Untethered artists present their instrumental hacks. With JooYoun > Paek and others. > > Saturday, October 25, 5PM: Panel discussion: Untethered curator > Sarah Cook leads a discussion on art, design and obsolescence. The > panel features Jessica Banks, Ayah Bdeir and lawyer Elizabeth > Stark, founder of Harvard's Free Culture group and researcher for > Jonathan Zittrain's book The Future of The Internet. The talk will > be followed by the exhibition's closing reception. > > For further information and details about these events please > visit: www.eyebeam.org > > Images > Images for publication are available upon request and online at: > www.flickr.com/photos/eyebeam/sets/72157607128132407/ > A pdf of the press release is available online at: http:// > www.eyebeam.org/about/about.php?page=release > > > Credits > Thanks to: > The British Council, for supporting Sascha Pohflepp's participation > in Untethered; > Frank and Camille Sicari, for the loan of the piano; > Solar One, for partnership on the waterfront location for the work > of Germaine Koh. > > ### > Founded in 1997, Eyebeam is an art and technology center that > provides a fertile context and state-of-the-art tools for digital > experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and > thought, where artists and technologists actively engage with the > larger culture, addressing the issues and concerns of our time. > Eyebeam challenges convention, celebrates the hack, educates the > next generation, encourages collaboration, freely offers its output > to the community, and invites the public to share in a spirit of > openness: open source, open content and open distribution. > > Eyebeam's current programs are made possible through the generous > support of The Annenberg Foundation, The Arts and Humanities > Research Council, UK, The Atlantic Foundation, The Pacific > Foundation, the Johnson Art and Education Foundation, the Jerome > Foundation, Deep Green Living, ConEdison, Datagram, Electric > Artists Inc.; public funds from New York City Council Speaker > Christine C. Quinn, the New York City Department of Cultural > Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York > State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and many generous > individuals. Sarah Cook's fellowship is supported by a partnership > with CRUMB at the University of Sunderland, UK. For a complete list > of Eyebeam supporters, please visit www.eyebeam.org. > > Location: 540 W. 21st Street between 10th & 11th Avenues > Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 - 6:00pm > Bookstore: Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 - 6:00pm > Admission: All events are free to the public with a suggested > donation unless otherwise noted. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Using ReBirth is like trying to play an 808 with a long stick. - David Zicarelli _______________________________________________ Pd-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
