Lindsay Howard has curated F.A.T. Lab’s first retrospective, a group of twenty-five artists, hackers, engineers, musicians, and graffiti writers, each who have in some way been involved with Eyebeam. The Free Art and Technology Lab is an organization dedicated to enriching the public domain through the research and development of creative technologies and media.
The exhibition is comprised of video, software, net art, installation, and performance works. If that isn’t enough for you there will also be a series of nightly events occurring throughout the week including a live stream as the group plans to add more works to the exhibition on the fly.
"There's some trademark violation going on, obviously. Whatever." F.A.T. artist Aram Bartholl's talking about Evan Roth's project Ideas Worth Spreading. Pop on a headset, pop in your own Powerpoint or just stand next to the giant red "TED" and it's your TED Talk. Sup? It's an all F.A.T. international reunion at the…
Video art is a fairly overlooked medium. Collectors don’t collect it very much and museums hide it in their archives. These days getting people to recognize net art and animated GIFs as legit seems like a bigger challenge, but it was video art that helped lay the groundwork for those platforms…
Next week, Eyebeam Art+Technology Center -- shout out Eyebeam! -- will present video_dumbo's eight annual moving image art festival. The ongoing exhibition will feature work from 106 international contemporary artists, including fourteen video screenings and eight works that make up the concurrent installation -- Re-Return to Sender. The collection explores the history and metamorphosis of moving…
