Eyebeam, the not-for-profit media arts organization, presents Beta Launch: Artists in Residence ’03, the second annual exhibition of works from Eyebeam’s Artists in Residence Program. Eyebeam’s AIR program is a multidisciplinary initiative that supports the development, creation, and presentation of art works using new technologies and digital tools. The exhibition and programs including performances, workshops, presentations, an on-line forum, wireless games and a live auction event will take place from October 23 through November 15 for Part 1 and November 19 – December 13 for Part 2.
The exhibition is open Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm at Eyebeam’s Chelsea facility located at 540 W. 21st Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues, and is free to the public with a suggested donation.
Beta Launch ’03 will consist of two consecutive exhibitions as well as the Beta Lounge. The BetaLounge is a space for continual interaction to complement the installations in the main gallery. Daytime programs in the BetaLounge will include: artist displays; computer stations to allow visitors to explore more about Eyebeam programs; Wi-Fi access; a book/video station; and a space for screenings, informal presentations, workshops and more.
Exhibition Part 1: October 23 - November 15
Eteam
Golan Levin & Zachary Lieberman
Dan O’Sullivan
Reynold Reynolds
Carolee Schneemann
BetaLounge: October 23 - December 13
Julian Bleecker
Carrie Dashow
Erika deVries
Nikita Pashenkov
Eric Reiffsteck
Mike Rosenthal
Rebekah Rutkoff
Marie Sester
Beta Launch ’03 and the Artists in Residence Program are made possible with generous support from the Atlantic Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Eric and Allison Hadar, the Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Eyebeam is a not-for-profit media arts organization that enables and engages cultural dialogue practiced at the intersection of the arts and sciences. Founded in 1996 by independent filmmaker John S. Johnson, Eyebeam is dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre.
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Golan Levin & Zachary Lieberman
Proposal for Residency at Eyebeam
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The singer makes a short sound in a certain direction, and a corresponding projectile emerges from his head. When the shape hits the edge of the screen, it bounces, and replays the vocalization that generated it. It keeps bouncing around the screen.
An unlimited number of simultaneous bouncing balls are possible. It can get very hectic. The balls could keep accumulating, and then disappear all at once, or they could only disappear if they touch the singer, etc.
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