Electronic Social Club
Deadline:
Sat Nov 03, 2007 00:00
Location:
United States of America
// [ ESC ] is Electronic Social Club: a network of NYC graduate students connected by the practice of creating social dialogue through projects in media, art and design. //
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
[ ESC ] Mixer and Presentations
[ ESC ] is organizing another mixer and presentation night at Hunter College on Thursday, November 15, 2007.
Our first event in Spring 2007 brought students from six graduate programs in New York City to Hunter to meet, socialize and share socially engaged media projects. This next event will build upon the success of the first, and set the stage for future collaboration between students and programs.
Proposal Guidelines
NYC graduate students who would like to present their socially engaged media projects at [ ESC ] should submit their proposal by SAT, NOVEMBER 3, 2007.
Projects may include non-traditional genres such as: new media, video art, web-based projects, experimental, interactive, performance, media art, installations, sound projects and games. Works-in-progress, thesis projects and collaborative projects also encouraged.
There are two ways to share your project:
• presentation or performance (10 minutes)
• art station (short video, installation or computer station)
To submit your proposal, email the following information by SAT, NOVEMBER 3, 2007, to electronicsocialclub [at] gmail {DOT} com
• name
• contact (phone, email & website, if applicable)
• graduate program & expected date of graduation
• short description of your project (include link to website or other documentation)
• mode (presentation, performance, computer station, short video, or installation)
Questions? Contact us at the above email address for further information.
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Presented by EYEspeak and the students of Hunter College Integrated Media Arts MFA
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
[ ESC ] Mixer and Presentations
[ ESC ] is organizing another mixer and presentation night at Hunter College on Thursday, November 15, 2007.
Our first event in Spring 2007 brought students from six graduate programs in New York City to Hunter to meet, socialize and share socially engaged media projects. This next event will build upon the success of the first, and set the stage for future collaboration between students and programs.
Proposal Guidelines
NYC graduate students who would like to present their socially engaged media projects at [ ESC ] should submit their proposal by SAT, NOVEMBER 3, 2007.
Projects may include non-traditional genres such as: new media, video art, web-based projects, experimental, interactive, performance, media art, installations, sound projects and games. Works-in-progress, thesis projects and collaborative projects also encouraged.
There are two ways to share your project:
• presentation or performance (10 minutes)
• art station (short video, installation or computer station)
To submit your proposal, email the following information by SAT, NOVEMBER 3, 2007, to electronicsocialclub [at] gmail {DOT} com
• name
• contact (phone, email & website, if applicable)
• graduate program & expected date of graduation
• short description of your project (include link to website or other documentation)
• mode (presentation, performance, computer station, short video, or installation)
Questions? Contact us at the above email address for further information.
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Presented by EYEspeak and the students of Hunter College Integrated Media Arts MFA
Liz Canner: Arist Talk & Reception
Dates:
Sun May 20, 2007 00:00 - Fri May 18, 2007
EYEspeak Presents: An Afternoon With Liz Canner.
This Sunday, May 20th at 4pm. FREE and open to the public.
Liz Canner is an award-winning media artist and filmmaker who uses
cutting-edge technologies to explore often-neglected social issues.
Her last project, Symphony of a City, is a public cyberart documentary
designed to created dialogue and reflection about housing and
community building. Dynamic individuals--from a homeless person to a
multi-millionaire --were nominated by over 50 community groups to wear
tiny video cameras on their heads and document life from their
perspectives for one day. Her current project, Hidden Tribe, is a
mobile digital public art documentary tour of Groton, MA.
http://www.symphonyofacity.org/
http://astreamedia.org/hiddentribe/
Ms. Canner will present her work and take questions from the audience.
A reception with free food and wine will follow the program.
Hunter College, North Building, 695 Park Avenue.
Enter on 69th Street between Park and Lexington Aves.
The Black Box, 5th Floor, Room 543.
Take the 6 train to 68th Street.
This event is part of the Art & Activism series sponsored by EYEspeak,
the graduate student association of Hunter College's MFA Program in
Integrated Media Arts. Email artactivism [at] googlegroups.com for
more information.
http://fm.hunter.cuny.edu/eyespeak/
This Sunday, May 20th at 4pm. FREE and open to the public.
Liz Canner is an award-winning media artist and filmmaker who uses
cutting-edge technologies to explore often-neglected social issues.
Her last project, Symphony of a City, is a public cyberart documentary
designed to created dialogue and reflection about housing and
community building. Dynamic individuals--from a homeless person to a
multi-millionaire --were nominated by over 50 community groups to wear
tiny video cameras on their heads and document life from their
perspectives for one day. Her current project, Hidden Tribe, is a
mobile digital public art documentary tour of Groton, MA.
http://www.symphonyofacity.org/
http://astreamedia.org/hiddentribe/
Ms. Canner will present her work and take questions from the audience.
A reception with free food and wine will follow the program.
Hunter College, North Building, 695 Park Avenue.
Enter on 69th Street between Park and Lexington Aves.
The Black Box, 5th Floor, Room 543.
Take the 6 train to 68th Street.
This event is part of the Art & Activism series sponsored by EYEspeak,
the graduate student association of Hunter College's MFA Program in
Integrated Media Arts. Email artactivism [at] googlegroups.com for
more information.
http://fm.hunter.cuny.edu/eyespeak/
Jeanne van Heeswijk / artist talk & open house / May 4
Dates:
Fri May 04, 2007 00:00 - Sun Apr 29, 2007
Dutch Conceptual artist Jeanne van Heeswijk works on socially committed art projects that take place in public space. She is the 2003 Dutch representative to the Venice Biennale and is currently working in New York with Martin Lucas and the Small Change collective to initiate a public space project.
artist talk & tiltfactor Open House
Friday, May 4
3:30 - 5:30pm
@ tiltfactor lab
Hunter North 482
Hunter College
BIO
Jeanne van Heeswijk is a visual artist who creates contexts for interaction in public spaces. Her projects distinguish themselves through a strong social engagement.
With her work, van Heeswijk stimulates and develops cultural production and creates new public (meeting-) spaces or remodels existing ones. To achieve this, she often works closely with artists, software developers, governments and citizens. She regularly lectures on topics such as urban renewal, participation and cultural production.
(www.jeanneworks.net)
DIRECTIONS
Take the 6 train to 68th Street/Lexington.
Walk to the entrance on 69th Street, between Park and Lexington.
* sponsored by tiltfactor lab and eyespeak Art & Activism committee *
Tiltfactor Laboratory is the first academic center to focus on social activist games with the mission to research and develop software and art that creates rewarding, compelling, and socially-responsible interactions, with a focus on inventive game design for social change. (www.tiltfactor.org)
artist talk & tiltfactor Open House
Friday, May 4
3:30 - 5:30pm
@ tiltfactor lab
Hunter North 482
Hunter College
BIO
Jeanne van Heeswijk is a visual artist who creates contexts for interaction in public spaces. Her projects distinguish themselves through a strong social engagement.
With her work, van Heeswijk stimulates and develops cultural production and creates new public (meeting-) spaces or remodels existing ones. To achieve this, she often works closely with artists, software developers, governments and citizens. She regularly lectures on topics such as urban renewal, participation and cultural production.
(www.jeanneworks.net)
DIRECTIONS
Take the 6 train to 68th Street/Lexington.
Walk to the entrance on 69th Street, between Park and Lexington.
* sponsored by tiltfactor lab and eyespeak Art & Activism committee *
Tiltfactor Laboratory is the first academic center to focus on social activist games with the mission to research and develop software and art that creates rewarding, compelling, and socially-responsible interactions, with a focus on inventive game design for social change. (www.tiltfactor.org)
[ ESC ] : electronic social club / March22 / NYC
Dates:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 00:00 - Tue Mar 20, 2007
\ [ ESC ] : electronic social club
mixer & presentations ///
Thursday, March 22.2007
7 - 10p
Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
Black Box / Hunter North Room 543
/ new media / experimental / video / installations / interactive / sound projects / media art /
Like a social club, [ ESC ] is formed around a common interest, activity or location. We bring together MFA students from across New York City to meet and showcase their graduate art work, and to form a common network around the theme of creating social dialogue through art and media.
Presentations:
freeformed
Catherine Colman, Megan MacMurray, Jadie Oh, Nanna Halinen, Yonatan Kelib (NYU ITP)
A community-centred media sharing service for web and mobile phones.
Document
Karl Mendonca, Marcus Pingel, Charles Earl Love Yust (Parsons Design & Technology)
An interactive installation that records situated history narrated by pedestrians in Washington Square Park.
Interactive performance
Sherrard Bostwick, Ann Adachi, Juliana Cope (Brooklyn PIMA)
Images and sound will be projected into a space sculpted by transparent cloth and clear reflective plastics.
Interactive installation
Fabio Corredor (Hunter College)
A multidisciplinary installation and experiment in augmented reality, centred on an iconic image of a prisoner of war from Abu Ghraib.
Video installation
Pilar Ortiz and Francisca Caporali (Hunter College)
An experimental video on taxi cabs in New York, conceptualised in a master class with internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
ShiftSpace
Mushon Zer-Aviv, Dan Phiffer (NYU ITP)
ShiftSpace creates a new public space on the Internet by adding an open source layer above any website.
Directions:
take the 6 train to 68 Street
walk North to the entrance on 69th St.
entrance between Park and Lexington
Hunter North Room 543
for information: electronicsocialclub@gmail.com
mixer & presentations ///
Thursday, March 22.2007
7 - 10p
Hunter College
695 Park Avenue
Black Box / Hunter North Room 543
/ new media / experimental / video / installations / interactive / sound projects / media art /
Like a social club, [ ESC ] is formed around a common interest, activity or location. We bring together MFA students from across New York City to meet and showcase their graduate art work, and to form a common network around the theme of creating social dialogue through art and media.
Presentations:
freeformed
Catherine Colman, Megan MacMurray, Jadie Oh, Nanna Halinen, Yonatan Kelib (NYU ITP)
A community-centred media sharing service for web and mobile phones.
Document
Karl Mendonca, Marcus Pingel, Charles Earl Love Yust (Parsons Design & Technology)
An interactive installation that records situated history narrated by pedestrians in Washington Square Park.
Interactive performance
Sherrard Bostwick, Ann Adachi, Juliana Cope (Brooklyn PIMA)
Images and sound will be projected into a space sculpted by transparent cloth and clear reflective plastics.
Interactive installation
Fabio Corredor (Hunter College)
A multidisciplinary installation and experiment in augmented reality, centred on an iconic image of a prisoner of war from Abu Ghraib.
Video installation
Pilar Ortiz and Francisca Caporali (Hunter College)
An experimental video on taxi cabs in New York, conceptualised in a master class with internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
ShiftSpace
Mushon Zer-Aviv, Dan Phiffer (NYU ITP)
ShiftSpace creates a new public space on the Internet by adding an open source layer above any website.
Directions:
take the 6 train to 68 Street
walk North to the entrance on 69th St.
entrance between Park and Lexington
Hunter North Room 543
for information: electronicsocialclub@gmail.com
Electronic Social Club Mixer
Dates:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 00:00 - Sun Mar 04, 2007
/ new media / experimental / video / installations / interactive / sound projects / media art /
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Electronic Social Club
March 22, 2007
Mixer and Presentations
Like a social club, [ ESC ] is formed around a common interest, activity or location; in this case, we seek to bring together MFA students from various art and design programs across New York City to meet and showcase their graduate art work, but most importantly, to form a common network around the theme of creating social dialogue through art and media.
To kick off [ ESC ], we invite you to join us for a mixer and presentation night this spring. We will host a cocktail hour where students from each program will have the opportunity to present their work—both finished and in progress— at Hunter College.
March 22, 2007
8-10 pm
Hunter College
695 Park Avenue, New York
Room 543 HN
for more information: electronicsocialclub [at] gmail.com
[esc]
Electronic Social Club
March 22, 2007
Mixer and Presentations
Like a social club, [ ESC ] is formed around a common interest, activity or location; in this case, we seek to bring together MFA students from various art and design programs across New York City to meet and showcase their graduate art work, but most importantly, to form a common network around the theme of creating social dialogue through art and media.
To kick off [ ESC ], we invite you to join us for a mixer and presentation night this spring. We will host a cocktail hour where students from each program will have the opportunity to present their work—both finished and in progress— at Hunter College.
March 22, 2007
8-10 pm
Hunter College
695 Park Avenue, New York
Room 543 HN
for more information: electronicsocialclub [at] gmail.com
