Re: [-empyre-] Introduction: Between Biology and Art Welcome Byron Rich

2017-02-11 Thread Byron Rich
yre- soft-skinned space-- > We will begin our Introductory posts for the topic Between Biology and Art > this weekend joined by Byron Rich. Byron and I will be setting the > foundation for our discussion over the next three and a half weeks. These > generative iter

Re: [-empyre-] Humor/Irony

2017-02-13 Thread Byron Rich
visible failures in my time as an artist when I didn’t read the potential audience correctly at all, so now I tend to stick with a slightly more humorous, albeit fundamentally dystopian, vibe. B — Byron Rich Assistant Professor of Electronic Art, Intermedia & Painting Allegheny College Meadv

Re: [-empyre-] Humor/Irony and thinking about Steve Kurtz

2017-02-14 Thread Byron Rich
--empyre- soft-skinned space--Excellent questions. I’m glad you brought up Steve. I studied at The University at Buffalo and Steve was one of my go-to faculty; he’s been a huge influence on how I approach my work, but I still have a ton to learn. I had forgotten all a

Re: [-empyre-] Week 3: Thanks to Kathy and Lindsay and Welcome Soyu, Paul and Yiyun

2017-03-06 Thread Byron Rich
lines. > > > > Coalesce has been in the works for a few years, but this is the first > year fully operational in all aspects. We now teach interdisciplinary > courses and workshops with biological media, offer graduate assistantships > and undergraduate internships, support faculty r

Re: [-empyre-] Week 3: Science, Technology, Art and Fakeness

2017-06-21 Thread Byron Rich
circle as an artist and am back to my youthful vision of art as a tool of (tactical) inspiration. Ok, I’ve got to drive to Detroit. Thanks for the conversation! Byron — Byron Rich Assistant Professor of Electronic Art, Intermedia & Painting Allegheny College Meadville, PA Doane Hall of

Re: [-empyre-] FW: Welcome Byron Rich to the September discussion

2018-09-05 Thread Byron Rich
topic reflects aspects of your practice, or on how you see your practice adapting to the precarity outlined above. * All the best, Byron On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 6:37 PM Renate Terese Ferro wrote: > --empyre- soft-skinned space-- > Welcome to Byron Rich. I am

Re: [-empyre-] FW: Welcome Byron Rich to the September discussion

2018-09-08 Thread Byron Rich
ost. > Oversimplified, sure, but, for where I'm at, that's about the size of it. > I'll be curious to read how others on this listserv engage phenomena at > these scales, especially given the ceaseless barrage of ills and > apocalyptic updates ever clarifying just how precari

Re: [-empyre-] FW: Welcome Byron Rich to the September discussion

2018-09-17 Thread Byron Rich
I will leave it there for now, but > there is a whole different spectrum coming from Deep Ecology and far-right > environmentalism that I have also been excavating through the lens of > Norwegian Black Metal celebrity Varg Vikernes' activity as an alt-right > YouTube vlogger...

Re: [-empyre-] FW: Welcome Byron Rich to the September discussion

2018-09-21 Thread Byron Rich
art with a bit of an intro to your research? Thanks! B On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 8:04 PM Byron Rich wrote: > Hi all, > > Alex's in-depth and wonderfully articulated response to Paul seems a > perfect transition into our third guest, Paula Burleigh, formerly of the > Whitney

Re: [-empyre-] FW: Welcome Byron Rich to the September discussion

2018-09-30 Thread Byron Rich
e DOD can be described as “Call of Duty >>>> goggles” where “you put on the glasses, and the headset display tells you >>>> where the good guys are, where the bad guys are, where your air support is, >>>> where you’re going, where you were.” Far beyond a cybernetic aid for >>>> improving the perceptio

Re: [-empyre-] FW: Welcome Byron Rich to the September discussion

2018-09-30 Thread Byron Rich
, please reach out to any of us with further questions or ideas. All the best, br On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:37 AM Byron Rich wrote: > --empyre- soft-skinned space-- > Hi all, > > I want to express my sincere thanks to everyone who participated this > mon

[-empyre-] May 2020: What is a Dystopia, Really?

2020-05-05 Thread Byron Rich
the virus and its spread.  What is a Dystopia, Really? March 4th to 10th Week 1:  Byron Rich (CA), Sophia Brueckner (US),  Roya Ebtehaj  (US,IR), Ben Grosser (US) March 11th to 18th   Week 2: Eric Charlton (US), Craig Fahner (CA), Alex Young (US) March 19th to 31st    Week 3: KT

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-06 Thread Byron Rich
--empyre- soft-skinned space--I’m pasting Ben and Sophia’s intros to their work into this thread. Thank you all for your thoughtful intros to your work. I guess to start I thought I’d talk about why I’ve been drawn to your work individually. In 2007 I was in undergr

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-09 Thread Byron Rich
? I’d be really interested in you unpacking some of the symbols and concepts embedded in the aesthetics. -- Byron Rich Assistant Professor of Art Director of Art, Science & Innovation Global Citizen Scholar Faculty Director Affiliated Faculty - Integrative Informatics  Allegheny College D

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-10 Thread Byron Rich
you see potential in any emerging platforms to be less invasive like Vero or even Discord? -- Byron Rich Assistant Professor of Art Director of Art, Science & Innovation Global Citizen Scholar Faculty Director Affiliated Faculty - Integrative Informatics  Allegheny College Doane Hall of

Re: [-empyre-] Introduction

2020-05-13 Thread Byron Rich
re salient than ever as we all struggle to find points of connection in these uncharted waters. Hope exists thanks to the kind of critical discourse spawned by these interventions, and perhaps we’re approaching a point where defining the future is once again wedded to reason. -- Byron Rich

[-empyre-] Week 2? What is Dystopia, Really?

2020-05-13 Thread Byron Rich
G in the DARK (MOCA Tucson) and Ecology of Bad Ideas (Drain Magazine). http://www.worldshaving.info/ -- Byron Rich Assistant Professor of Art Director of Art, Science & Innovation Global Citizen Scholar Faculty Director Affiliated Faculty - Integrative Informatics  Allegheny College Doane Hal

Re: [-empyre-] Week 2? What is Dystopia, Really?

2020-05-15 Thread Byron Rich
you started to make work that became even more poignant very rapidly. I’ll quit rambling for a bit. -- Byron Rich Assistant Professor of Art Director of Art, Science & Innovation Global Citizen Scholar Faculty Director Affiliated Faculty - Integrative Informatics  Allegheny College D

Re: [-empyre-] Final Week of May? What is Dystopia, Really?

2020-05-25 Thread Byron Rich
of Art. Duffy also creates work as the new media collective, PIXELFACE, whose work has recently been shown at Comfort Station, and in the 2019 Terrain Biennial. They have been awarded recent residencies at The Vermont Studio Center, Latitude Chicago, ChaNorth, and Acre. -- Byron Rich Assistant

Re: [-empyre-] Final Week of May? What is Dystopia, Really?

2020-05-28 Thread Byron Rich
at it is only going to be more necessary given the effects of COVID on higher-ed. It seems as though we will be required as art educators, to work with non-traditional technologies of display more meaningfully as we mediate both the classroom and the gallery via the screen. -- Byron Rich Assi

Re: [-empyre-] Final Week of May? What is Dystopia, Really?

2020-06-01 Thread Byron Rich
’s always wonderful and I look forward to doing so again. If anyone out there wants me to put them in touch, do let me know! I'd be happy to facilitate ongoing conversations.  All the best to the entire -empyre- community. Until next time! Byron -- Byron Rich Assistant Professor of Art