X-Lab
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
26 Oct 2010 - 29 Jan 2011
Eyebeam Art + Technology Center’s main exhibition space has been transformed into X-Lab , an open lab environment where we share the ongoing research and practice of our residents and fellows, and offer opportunities for deep public engagement. Much as an unConference favors a flexible, participant-driven format that values energetic dialogue over talking head presentations, X-Lab might be described as an unExhibition where, rather than present finished works, we provide a space for critical reflection on and participation in the research and production processes at Eyebeam. In the spirit of open culture, X-Lab is a platform for opening Eyebeam's process to the public. Through X-Lab , we will share thinking and techniques behind the work-in-progress of our fellows and residents through workshops and presentations, while looking critically at experimental lab models around the world. The artists, engineers, hackers and program staff working here will track the activities and projects within X-Lab as they evolve, fork, and converge via a dynamic documentation process - available online and in the space.
Follow X-Lab projects online as they develop: http://eyebeam.tumblr.com
In exploding the Eyebeam lab model, putting it under the microscope for closer inspection, we offer new ways for both the public and Eyebeam itself to understand and shape its vision for creative practice at the nexus of socially-engaged art, design, and engineering.
These spaces are flexible and permeable: the activity from one can easily bleed into others, or be taking place simultaneously in many.
The public is invited to interact with the artists' works during our X-Lab Open Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 12PM, 6PM . Docents will lead visitors through the space and introduce artists during those times. Go here to view the schedule of artists' work-in-progress.
Amanda McDonald Crowley Paul Amitai Roddy Schrock Stephanie Pereira Technology and Infrastructure: Marko Tandefelt Jamie O'Shea Jackson Moore Nicholas Fraser Design: Not An Alternative (Ange Tran and Jason Jones) Partner Organizations: (list in formation) Parsons The New School For Design FutureEverything Visualizing.org SEED Hacks/Hackers NYC Meetup
Creators: Aaron Meyers Brooke Singer Jacob Ciocci Jon Cohrs Kaho Abe Aram Bartholl Piotr Adamczyk Stefani Bardin Tahir Hemphill Ted Southern David Jimison Hans-Christoph Steiner Tikva Morowati Max Lavicka Justine Neuberger Interns: Arash Nassiri Madeleine Aronson
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
X-Lab Salon: Surround Sounds
Nov 09, 2010
Surround Sounds is the first event in Eyebeam’s new X-Lab Salon series, a program of thematic critical discussions taking place around an informal dining table.
Join Eyebeam for Surround Sounds , an evening of art + technology + food + conversation with fellow Jacob Ciocci , and residents Dave Jimison and Tahir Hemphill . Over the course of the evening, guests will be invited to share in a series of edible and aural experiences.
Ciocci, Jimison and Hemphill will present their sound-based work in an informal discussion environment with food and drink. Each of them approach music or sound from very different perspectives, but are linked in their use of technology and aural experience as a way to reinterpret and reinvent the world. Their work provides the inspiration and launching point for an engaging evening around the dining table.
Eyebeam Fellow Jacob Ciocci ’s work engages with pop culture using recognizable audio and visual tropes to chip away at the one-dimensionality of mainstream entertainment media. He (mis)handles elements of pop music by intelligently and creatively turning them on their head and ultimately producing more unique and interesting variations on the existing themes.
X-Lab Resident David Jimison ’s work at Eyebeam is a collaborative workshop series that teaches participants how to become their own musical instruments by wearing them as clothing. It’s impossible to not affect the people around you when the clothes you are wearing make sound, activating the aural space of an environment through one’s own body.
Eyebeam Resident Tahir Hemphill ’s Hip-Hop Word Count , is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day. As an open source data set, the information can be used to create data visualizations that chart the migration of ideas and the geography of a language, an analysis of hip-hop culture from a sociolinguistic perspective.
December 7, 2010 Artificial Intelligence: Stefani Bardin , Jon Cohrs , Brooke Singer
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
X-Lab Salon: Space Invaders
Jan 11, 2011
Space Invaders is the final event in Eyebeam’s new X-Lab Salon series, a program of thematic critical discussions taking place around an informal dining table.
Join Eyebeam for Space Invaders , an evening of art + technology + food + conversation with fellows Kaho Abe and Aaron Meyers , and residents Ted Southern and Hans-Christoph Steiner . Over the course of the evening, guests will be invited to share in a series of spacey edible delights.
November 9, 2010 Surround Sounds : Jacob Ciocci , Tahir Hemphill , David Jimison
December 7, 2010 Artificial Intelligence : Stefani Bardin , Jon Cohrs , Brooke Singer
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
X-Lab Salon: Artificial Intelligence
Dec 07, 2010
Artificial Intelligence is the second event in Eyebeam’s new X-Lab Salon series, a program of thematic critical discussions taking place around an informal dining table.
Join Eyebeam for Artificial Intelligence , an evening of art + technology + food + conversation with fellows Jon Cohrs and Brooke Singer , and resident Stefani Bardin . Over the course of the evening, guests will be invited to share in a series of edible delights.
November 9, 2010 Surround Sounds : Jacob Ciocci , Tahir Hemphill , David Jimison
January 11, 2010 Space Invaders : Kaho Abe , Aaron Meyers , Ted Southern , Hans-Christoph Steiner
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
Photo: Eyebeam Flickr archive
