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forwardretreat:

Why does the Internet respond as it does to the work of Jeff Koons? I believe that Koons’s work provokes a particularly vehement response in the digital world, and I want to find out why.

Because, even in the best circumstances, it resembles troll-baiting a little too much.

forwardretreat:

Why does the Internet respond as it does to the work of Jeff Koons? I believe that Koons’s work provokes a particularly vehement response in the digital world, and I want to find out why.

Because, even in the best circumstances, it resembles troll-baiting a little too much.

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art21:

“It was important that people come to value light as we value gold, silver, paintings, objects.”
—James Turrell

New video from the Exclusive series: James Turrell, our current 100 Artists featured artist, describes the values and perceptions of light while revisiting one of his “skyspace” works, Second Meeting (1989).

WATCH: James Turrell: “Second Meeting”

IMAGES: Production stills from the Exclusive film, James Turrell: “Second Meeting”. © Art21, Inc. 2013.

Can. Not. Wait. For the James Turrell show to open at the Guggenheim next month!

(via creativetime)

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Love this series of images from (19-year-old!) Hungarian photographer Flora Borsi in which she imagines the weird hypothetical real-life models of some of art history’s most famous abstracted portraits. via Colossal

Love this series of images from (19-year-old!) Hungarian photographer Flora Borsi in which she imagines the weird hypothetical real-life models of some of art history’s most famous abstracted portraits. via Colossal

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Sneak preview of the sweet #ArtsTech swag for the Unconference tomorrow! Tote bag design by the incredible @mariuswatz!

Sneak preview of the sweet #ArtsTech swag for the Unconference tomorrow! Tote bag design by the incredible @mariuswatz!

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artstech:

OH HEY, CHECK OUT THE AWESOME FEATURED SESSIONS AT OUR UPCOMING #ARTSTECH UNCONFERENCE!
We’re gearing up for a full day of art & tech nerdery and revelry at the #ArtsTech Unconference on Saturday, April 27th. The event will bring together:
- Arts professionals and artists who are using digital media to connect with audiences
- Artists using technology in their creative practice
- Arts & tech start-ups
We asked the #ArtsTech community to submit some ideas for featured sessions, and have selected the best ones from the incredible ideas we received.
Join us on the 27th to participate in one of these sessions or come to lead one of your own. RSVP HERE: 
http://artstech-unconference.eventbrite.com/
Session Type: Panel discussions and case studies dealing with digital strategy, social media, online identity management for individuals and organizations.
Teaching Engineers About Art
Presenter: Daniel Doubrovkine
This presentation will explain how engineers and art historians worked together to create the Art Genome Project for Artsy. Daniel will explore the tools and methods used in this exciting collaboration between art and science.
Performing Arts for a Wired 21st Century Audience
Presenter: Kathryn Jones
The performing arts industry is in a crisis - audiences continue on a 30 year declines, revenues are falling and there are fewer jobs in the performing arts today than there were in 1990. However, the truth is that the audience isn’t actually in decline, it’s online. This panel discussion will explore this change and how the performing arts can adapt to remain relevant today through through live streaming and other digital productions.
Multimedia Storytelling
Presenter: Brendan Schlagel
Brendan will lead a discussion on how multimedia is changing the nature of storytelling. He will explore everything from specific creative techniques and the pragmatics of telling an engaging story to the fundamental principles that will guide this field forward.
The Audience as Users
Presenter: Ben Elgart
Artists and creative technologists now engage their audiences not just as recipients or participants, but also as users. Methods from a user-centered design approach can help refine your vision to ensure that it opens the appropriate dialogue for your audience. This overview will provide a framework to think about your process and help you identify what techniques will advance your work and when to put them into action.
The Top Ten Strategies for Mastering Social Media in Real Time
Presenters: Susi Kenna & Lucy Redoglia
From press conferences to live performances to public art to high-profile parties—topics will touch on planning techniques, tools of the trade, managing participation, post-event tips and how to be a live tweeting pro. From the initial discussion, participants will compile a useful guide to planning and executing timely social media campaigns.
Session Type: Theoretical discussions around art and digital technology, touching on new media art, media theory, and the aesthetics of code.
Concepts, Code and Creativity
Presenter: Robert Strati    
This roundtable discussion led by Robert Strati explores issues concerning the conceptual connections and trends between contemporary art and technology. Participants will look at examples such as GLI.TC/H Conference, ArtStack, and Mechanical Turk to examine what the current landscape reveals about our intellectual and creative state.
Tactile New Media - Digital Arts meets Traditional Craft
Presenter: Ken Amarit
Part demo, part presentation, part discussion, Tactile New Media explores the role traditional crafting plays in creating works that are ultimately digital. Ken Amarit will begin this session with a demo of his game, Voyager, crafted from wool, stop-motion animated and digitized video game.
Beyond the Algorithm: The Content of Tech Art
Presenter: Carla Gannis
Beyond the Algorithm will discuss the work of artstech practitioners generating critically and socially engaged content. Topics will include how digital artists use current social networks to traverse class stratification and ethnic divides and why does exclusion still exist once artists are off the network and in the gallery?
1 Second Everyday
Presenter: Cesar Kuriyama
After years working in advertising and frustrated with his memory, Cesar Kuriyama took a year off to record 1 Second Everyday, documenting every moment in his life. Kuriyama will present the project as well as the much-lauded iPhone App.
Group (Art) Therapy for the Lonely Digital Genius
Presenter: Dr. Lori Kent
Feeling isolated, stuck in a silo? Visual arts professor and creativity expert, Dr. Lori Kent leads this (fake) therapy session on digital silos, isolation, tribes, and the 21st century environments in the applied arts and technology.
Session Type: Performance
Blogologues: The Internet Performed
Presenters: Allison Goldberg & Jen Jamula
A discussion about why social media is relevant to theater, and how it’s changing storytelling, how theater artists can embrace tech more wholeheartedly, and possible performance of 1-3 short sketches based on live tweets from Unconference participants

Session Type: Hands-on workshop with moderate to advanced technical skills required.
Spacebrew Workshop
Presenter: Julio Terra
One hour hands-on workshop about Spacebrew – a project of the LAB, to build an open, dynamically re-routable software toolkit for choreographing interactive spaces.
Digital Sound Manipulations
Presenter: Michael Feld
A workshop on using every day sounds and objects as instruments as a source for digital music and sonic possibilities. Participants will gain hands on experience working with electronic instruments, working together as an ensemble, and how to use this art form as a teaching tool.
 Beautiful Code
Presenter: Zeeshan Lakhani
A presentation aimed at those without the background in the theory behind programming semantics and design patterns, to show how coding as a discipline that is just as important as the outcome or product of the code itself.  Participants will leave knowing how to write better code for collaboration, and recognize some of the elegant abstractions and paradigms that are generalized across the board for all programming languages.
 Vine-POPS
Presenter: Miriam Simun
The session will include a short presentation on the history and socio-technical history of POPS (Privately-Owned Public Spaces), a short presentation and ‘how-to-tips’ on making compelling VINE videos, and then a 20 minute sojurn into the three POPS in Astor Place, where participants will make their own VINE-POPS.
Session Type: Hands-on workshop, no technical skills required
How Do You See Yourself? A Wearable Tech Workshop 
Presenter: Sylvia Heisel
Experimental workshop where users will play with and photograph themselves wearing new tech materials and non-traditional clothing items such as reflective thread, tyvek, and LEDs. 
How to Be a (Secret) Change Agent in Your Organization
Presenters: Jen Leavitt & Michelle Paul
Participatory workshop that hopes to engage everyone in thinking about what makes an organizational change successful. 
 

artstech:

OH HEY, CHECK OUT THE AWESOME FEATURED SESSIONS AT OUR UPCOMING #ARTSTECH UNCONFERENCE!

We’re gearing up for a full day of art & tech nerdery and revelry at the #ArtsTech Unconference on Saturday, April 27th. The event will bring together:

- Arts professionals and artists who are using digital media to connect with audiences

- Artists using technology in their creative practice

- Arts & tech start-ups

We asked the #ArtsTech community to submit some ideas for featured sessions, and have selected the best ones from the incredible ideas we received.

Join us on the 27th to participate in one of these sessions or come to lead one of your own. RSVP HERE:

http://artstech-unconference.eventbrite.com/

Session Type: Panel discussions and case studies dealing with digital strategy, social media, online identity management for individuals and organizations.

Teaching Engineers About Art

Presenter: Daniel Doubrovkine

This presentation will explain how engineers and art historians worked together to create the Art Genome Project for Artsy. Daniel will explore the tools and methods used in this exciting collaboration between art and science.

Performing Arts for a Wired 21st Century Audience

Presenter: Kathryn Jones

The performing arts industry is in a crisis - audiences continue on a 30 year declines, revenues are falling and there are fewer jobs in the performing arts today than there were in 1990. However, the truth is that the audience isn’t actually in decline, it’s online. This panel discussion will explore this change and how the performing arts can adapt to remain relevant today through through live streaming and other digital productions.

Multimedia Storytelling

Presenter: Brendan Schlagel

Brendan will lead a discussion on how multimedia is changing the nature of storytelling. He will explore everything from specific creative techniques and the pragmatics of telling an engaging story to the fundamental principles that will guide this field forward.

The Audience as Users

Presenter: Ben Elgart

Artists and creative technologists now engage their audiences not just as recipients or participants, but also as users. Methods from a user-centered design approach can help refine your vision to ensure that it opens the appropriate dialogue for your audience. This overview will provide a framework to think about your process and help you identify what techniques will advance your work and when to put them into action.

The Top Ten Strategies for Mastering Social Media in Real Time

Presenters: Susi Kenna & Lucy Redoglia

From press conferences to live performances to public art to high-profile parties—topics will touch on planning techniques, tools of the trade, managing participation, post-event tips and how to be a live tweeting pro. From the initial discussion, participants will compile a useful guide to planning and executing timely social media campaigns.

Session Type: Theoretical discussions around art and digital technology, touching on new media art, media theory, and the aesthetics of code.

Concepts, Code and Creativity

Presenter: Robert Strati    

This roundtable discussion led by Robert Strati explores issues concerning the conceptual connections and trends between contemporary art and technology. Participants will look at examples such as GLI.TC/H Conference, ArtStack, and Mechanical Turk to examine what the current landscape reveals about our intellectual and creative state.

Tactile New Media - Digital Arts meets Traditional Craft

Presenter: Ken Amarit

Part demo, part presentation, part discussion, Tactile New Media explores the role traditional crafting plays in creating works that are ultimately digital. Ken Amarit will begin this session with a demo of his game, Voyager, crafted from wool, stop-motion animated and digitized video game.

Beyond the Algorithm: The Content of Tech Art

Presenter: Carla Gannis

Beyond the Algorithm will discuss the work of artstech practitioners generating critically and socially engaged content. Topics will include how digital artists use current social networks to traverse class stratification and ethnic divides and why does exclusion still exist once artists are off the network and in the gallery?

1 Second Everyday

Presenter: Cesar Kuriyama

After years working in advertising and frustrated with his memory, Cesar Kuriyama took a year off to record 1 Second Everyday, documenting every moment in his life. Kuriyama will present the project as well as the much-lauded iPhone App.

Group (Art) Therapy for the Lonely Digital Genius

Presenter: Dr. Lori Kent

Feeling isolated, stuck in a silo? Visual arts professor and creativity expert, Dr. Lori Kent leads this (fake) therapy session on digital silos, isolation, tribes, and the 21st century environments in the applied arts and technology.

Session Type: Performance

Blogologues: The Internet Performed

Presenters: Allison Goldberg & Jen Jamula

A discussion about why social media is relevant to theater, and how it’s changing storytelling, how theater artists can embrace tech more wholeheartedly, and possible performance of 1-3 short sketches based on live tweets from Unconference participants

Session Type: Hands-on workshop with moderate to advanced technical skills required.

Spacebrew Workshop

Presenter: Julio Terra

One hour hands-on workshop about Spacebrew – a project of the LAB, to build an open, dynamically re-routable software toolkit for choreographing interactive spaces.

Digital Sound Manipulations

Presenter: Michael Feld

A workshop on using every day sounds and objects as instruments as a source for digital music and sonic possibilities. Participants will gain hands on experience working with electronic instruments, working together as an ensemble, and how to use this art form as a teaching tool.

 Beautiful Code

Presenter: Zeeshan Lakhani

A presentation aimed at those without the background in the theory behind programming semantics and design patterns, to show how coding as a discipline that is just as important as the outcome or product of the code itself.  Participants will leave knowing how to write better code for collaboration, and recognize some of the elegant abstractions and paradigms that are generalized across the board for all programming languages.

 Vine-POPS

Presenter: Miriam Simun

The session will include a short presentation on the history and socio-technical history of POPS (Privately-Owned Public Spaces), a short presentation and ‘how-to-tips’ on making compelling VINE videos, and then a 20 minute sojurn into the three POPS in Astor Place, where participants will make their own VINE-POPS.

Session Type: Hands-on workshop, no technical skills required

How Do You See Yourself? A Wearable Tech Workshop

Presenter: Sylvia Heisel

Experimental workshop where users will play with and photograph themselves wearing new tech materials and non-traditional clothing items such as reflective thread, tyvek, and LEDs.

How to Be a (Secret) Change Agent in Your Organization

Presenters: Jen Leavitt & Michelle Paul

Participatory workshop that hopes to engage everyone in thinking about what makes an organizational change successful.

 

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rhizomedotorg:

Rhizome’s Seven on Seven Conference, presented by HTC, will pair seven leading artists with seven influential technologists in teams of two, and challenges them to develop something new—be it an application, social media, artwork, product, or whatever they imagine—over the course of a single…

This is always the best. Can’t wait for speed project creations from Raphael Lozano-Hemmer, Jill Magid, Jeremy Bailey and Fatima Al-Qadiri. 

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As a former punk kid, I kind of think these are the BEST. I also wish they were real games I could play. Sid as Mario? Fuck yes.

laughingsquid:

The Sid & Nancy Nintendo Lost Levels, A Sex Pistols Meets Super Mario Brothers Art Project

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I love Aram Bartholl’s new curatorial project, which brings net art offline,  but I’m not sold on Dot Dash 3, the most recent incarnation of the virtual gallery. This time with “patented technology.”
hyperallergic:

What’s the Best Way to Show Digital Art, Both Online and Off?

Screen shot of a gallery in Dot Dash 3, of the “Animate Me” group show
What’s the best way to show…

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I love Aram Bartholl’s new curatorial project, which brings net art offline,  but I’m not sold on Dot Dash 3, the most recent incarnation of the virtual gallery. This time with “patented technology.”

hyperallergic:

What’s the Best Way to Show Digital Art, Both Online and Off?

Screen shot of a gallery in Dot Dash 3, of the “Animate Me” group show

What’s the best way to show…

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You can do so much with RGB! Check out these trippy GIFs of a the “New Troglodytes” cave. 

You can do so much with RGB! Check out these trippy GIFs of a the “New Troglodytes” cave. 

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This is what happens when you project a movie on a snowstorm. Gorgeous!

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thecreatorsproject:

The Creators Project is turning your Facebook profile into a unique work of art. Print your sculpture with some 3D printing magic from Shapeways.

Start Creating HERE!

This has taken over my life for the past 4 months. Try it in Chrome.

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Studio visit with @micahganske to see his amazing 3D printed sculpture. This one took 700hrs to make! Made on a MakerBot Replicator 1.

Studio visit with @micahganske to see his amazing 3D printed sculpture. This one took 700hrs to make! Made on a MakerBot Replicator 1.

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infinity-imagined:

City lights photographed from the International Space Station and Neurons imaged with fluorescence microscopy.

Source images; Cities (1) (2) (3) (4) (5), Neurons (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

(via slavin)

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Aside from the fact that this is an installation for IKEA, this project looks pretty awesome.

inspirezme:

Architecture and design studio LIKEarchitects have designed a spectacular garden of lights for IKEA. Constructed with 1,200 lightbulbs, the installation titled LEDscape acts as an interactive playground for visitors.

The LIKEarchitects studio designed this maze of light to explore and emphasise the beauty of LED technology and its sustainable properties. LEDscape, which comes alive at night interacts with the visitor and lights the lamps gradually, pulsing in different rhythms

Written by Andrew Murphy

Discovered on Inspirez (View the full article and how it works here)

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bookstacks:

martinaboone:

The Shapes of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut via Kami Garcia

Pick up the books of Mr. Vonnegut from the library! Click here! 

bookstacks:

martinaboone:

The Shapes of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut via Kami Garcia

Pick up the books of Mr. Vonnegut from the library! Click here! 

(via kchayka)