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BIO
Ethan Bach is the CEO of BETA LLC, an artist, curator, and producer. He created MORPHOS Artist in Residence program to assist artists in understanding and exploring the medium of immersive digital interactive spaces. Bach served as Principal Investigator for a DoD grant developing interactivity for fulldome (which resulted in the open source dome server software, vDome) and as research associate for an NSF grant developing tools and content for fulldome environments. He also writes and maintains the Art & Emerging Technology blog. Bach is also internationally known for his digital art which is primarily in immersive and interactive media. Bach’s artistic expertise in experimental media won him awards from the Santa Fe Arts Commission, New Mexico Film Visions, and New Mexico Art in Public Spaces. http://www.ethanbach.com
BETA is an emerging technology arts company that specializes in immersive digital arts production, distribution, events production, installation, and training. We provide integrous service in areas of projection mapping, fulldome, interactive video and audio for performance or installations, storytelling, and virtual reality.
We see business as an opportunity to build community and support ethical companies, artists, nonprofits and educational institutions by providing quality service in emerging technology.
BETA annually produces MORPHOS, an immersive arts / fulldome international artist in residence program and art show. In 2015, MORPHOS will be held in Fort Collins and Denver, Colorado. http://www.beta-arts.com
BETA is an emerging technology arts company that specializes in immersive digital arts production, distribution, events production, installation, and training. We provide integrous service in areas of projection mapping, fulldome, interactive video and audio for performance or installations, storytelling, and virtual reality.
We see business as an opportunity to build community and support ethical companies, artists, nonprofits and educational institutions by providing quality service in emerging technology.
BETA annually produces MORPHOS, an immersive arts / fulldome international artist in residence program and art show. In 2015, MORPHOS will be held in Fort Collins and Denver, Colorado. http://www.beta-arts.com
The Royal Road Project - Opening Friday, July 20
Dates:
Fri Jul 20, 2012 17:00 - Tue Jul 31, 2012
The Royal Road Project, an interactive multimedia installation featuring the world premiere of new work by artists Charles Veasey, J. Craig Tompkins, and Ethan Bach with guest artist Sinte´ Jackson Torrez. The Royal Road Project calls the audience to investigate the ever-changing landscape of the El Camino Real, one of the most influential roadways in North American history.
The opening reception will take place at the Centennial Project Space on Friday July 20, 5pm to 7pm. The Royal Road Project shows at the Centennial Project Space July 20 through August 31, 2012.
The Royal Road Project is an installation that journeys through one of the most significant trails in North American history, the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail. This work creates visceral temporal shifts as one travels the length of the trail though landscapes comprised of panoramic images, video, and audio. A layer of text and images intersects the photos that presents diverse contemplation of historical colonial encounters, ideas of territory, and the experiences of Native Americans.
Artists Veasey, Tompkins, and Bach have focused their artistic efforts on this project for the past year by conducting research and exploring the area. In January 2012, they traveled the trail from El Paso, Texas to Taos, New Mexico stopping at least every 15 miles to experience the trail first hand. The artist followed the trail through arroyos, across the "Journey of the Dead Man", and over mountains.They traveled the trail over 10 days, working from before sunrise to after sundown, exploring the details of each location.
Artists choose to work with El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Spanish for The Royal Road of the Interior Land) because of its significance in the cultural landscape of where they live. The trail was originally used for trade among Native tribes from the Aztec cities to Taos Pueblo. Decades before the pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock, Cortez invaded the Aztec civilization through the port city now known as Veracruz, Mexico. The Spanish made their way up the trail where they colonized Indigenous people along the way. This eventually led to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Hundreds of years later, the area is still seasoned by the significance of these historical events.
This project was supported by The New Mexico Arts, a Department of Cultural Affairs, and it’s unique Art in Public Places program at Centennial Project Space in Santa Fe, NM
The Centennial Project Space is located at 54 1/2 East San Francisco Street, Suite 2.
New Mexico Arts Centennial Project Space seeks to expand the reach of the state’s public art program through collaboration with a diverse range of New Mexico artists. In 2011 and 2012 they will celebrate New Mexico’s centennial with unique visions of the state's history and the legacy of its people from a contemporary perspective.
The opening reception will take place at the Centennial Project Space on Friday July 20, 5pm to 7pm. The Royal Road Project shows at the Centennial Project Space July 20 through August 31, 2012.
The Royal Road Project is an installation that journeys through one of the most significant trails in North American history, the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail. This work creates visceral temporal shifts as one travels the length of the trail though landscapes comprised of panoramic images, video, and audio. A layer of text and images intersects the photos that presents diverse contemplation of historical colonial encounters, ideas of territory, and the experiences of Native Americans.
Artists Veasey, Tompkins, and Bach have focused their artistic efforts on this project for the past year by conducting research and exploring the area. In January 2012, they traveled the trail from El Paso, Texas to Taos, New Mexico stopping at least every 15 miles to experience the trail first hand. The artist followed the trail through arroyos, across the "Journey of the Dead Man", and over mountains.They traveled the trail over 10 days, working from before sunrise to after sundown, exploring the details of each location.
Artists choose to work with El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Spanish for The Royal Road of the Interior Land) because of its significance in the cultural landscape of where they live. The trail was originally used for trade among Native tribes from the Aztec cities to Taos Pueblo. Decades before the pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock, Cortez invaded the Aztec civilization through the port city now known as Veracruz, Mexico. The Spanish made their way up the trail where they colonized Indigenous people along the way. This eventually led to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Hundreds of years later, the area is still seasoned by the significance of these historical events.
This project was supported by The New Mexico Arts, a Department of Cultural Affairs, and it’s unique Art in Public Places program at Centennial Project Space in Santa Fe, NM
The Centennial Project Space is located at 54 1/2 East San Francisco Street, Suite 2.
New Mexico Arts Centennial Project Space seeks to expand the reach of the state’s public art program through collaboration with a diverse range of New Mexico artists. In 2011 and 2012 they will celebrate New Mexico’s centennial with unique visions of the state's history and the legacy of its people from a contemporary perspective.
DOME2012: Video Art in the Digital Dome
Dates:
Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:35 - Sat Apr 14, 2012
The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and the Santa Fe Complex invite you to DOME2012, a two-day immersive video experience featuring the world premier of new experimental video art in the Digital Dome @ IAIA. The opening reception will take place at IAIA on Friday, April 13, 5pm to 8pm. The show continues on Saturday, April 14, 5pm to 8pm. The event is free and open to the public.
DOME2012 is the first artist-in-residence show at the Digital Dome @ IAIA and is curated by Ethan Bach, Digital Dome Manager at IAIA and Orlando Leibovitz, Art Director at the Santa Fe Complex. This collaboration between the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Santa Fe Complex features video art created for the Dome by local and national artists.
New Mexico artists include Mariannah Amster, Suzanna Carlisle, Bruce Hamilton, Craig Tompkins, Charles Veasey, Ethan Bach and Robert Drummond. Featured national artists are Andrew Elijah Edwards, Meghan Tomeo, and Surabhi Saraf. Each artist video is approximately three minutes long. Viewing time for the entire show is twenty-seven minutes
The Digital Dome @ IAIA is the world’s first fully movable dome. This unique venue creates a physical and emotional response by immersing the viewer in high resolution spherical imagery and surround sound creating a physical and emotional response. It engulfs the viewer in the full range of human vision and sound producing a unique immersive experience. The Digital Dome @ IAIA brings new life to the historic, planetarium model of the medium by providing artists an endless amount of opportunities for creation.
The Digital Dome @ IAIA is located at 83 Avan Nu Po Road. From Santa Fe take I-25 South. Then take exit 278A and merge onto NM-14 S towards Madrid. Turn left of Rancho Viejo Blvd. At the top of the hill, turn right onto Avenida Del Sur. Turn left onto Avan Nu Po Road and take the third left into the main entrance of the campus. The Digital Dome @ IAIA is housed in the Science and Technology building, which is straight ahead. Parking is available to the left. Please enter the Science and Technology building from the West.
The mission of The Institute of American Indian Arts is to empower creativity and leadership in Native arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning and outreach. IAIA is the only four-year fine arts degree institution in the nation devoted to contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts. It is devoted to the study of contemporary arts, as well as the art of education. IAIA also operates two centers, the Center for Lifelong Education and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.
The mission of the Complex is to create a collaborative workspace that fosters applied complexity science through interdisciplinary education, outreach, and development of innovative technologies to address real-world problems, enable social cooperation, and create economic opportunities. The Santa Fe Complex encourages collaboration among artists, scientists, and technologists, allowing new ways of thinking and creating to emerge.
This event is partially funded by a grant from the Santa Fe Arts Commission
http://www.myiaiaonline.com/digitaldome/
http://sfcomplex.org/
Photo: "Occularium" by Andrew Elijah Edwards
DOME2012 is the first artist-in-residence show at the Digital Dome @ IAIA and is curated by Ethan Bach, Digital Dome Manager at IAIA and Orlando Leibovitz, Art Director at the Santa Fe Complex. This collaboration between the Institute of American Indian Arts and the Santa Fe Complex features video art created for the Dome by local and national artists.
New Mexico artists include Mariannah Amster, Suzanna Carlisle, Bruce Hamilton, Craig Tompkins, Charles Veasey, Ethan Bach and Robert Drummond. Featured national artists are Andrew Elijah Edwards, Meghan Tomeo, and Surabhi Saraf. Each artist video is approximately three minutes long. Viewing time for the entire show is twenty-seven minutes
The Digital Dome @ IAIA is the world’s first fully movable dome. This unique venue creates a physical and emotional response by immersing the viewer in high resolution spherical imagery and surround sound creating a physical and emotional response. It engulfs the viewer in the full range of human vision and sound producing a unique immersive experience. The Digital Dome @ IAIA brings new life to the historic, planetarium model of the medium by providing artists an endless amount of opportunities for creation.
The Digital Dome @ IAIA is located at 83 Avan Nu Po Road. From Santa Fe take I-25 South. Then take exit 278A and merge onto NM-14 S towards Madrid. Turn left of Rancho Viejo Blvd. At the top of the hill, turn right onto Avenida Del Sur. Turn left onto Avan Nu Po Road and take the third left into the main entrance of the campus. The Digital Dome @ IAIA is housed in the Science and Technology building, which is straight ahead. Parking is available to the left. Please enter the Science and Technology building from the West.
The mission of The Institute of American Indian Arts is to empower creativity and leadership in Native arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning and outreach. IAIA is the only four-year fine arts degree institution in the nation devoted to contemporary Native American and Alaska Native arts. It is devoted to the study of contemporary arts, as well as the art of education. IAIA also operates two centers, the Center for Lifelong Education and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts.
The mission of the Complex is to create a collaborative workspace that fosters applied complexity science through interdisciplinary education, outreach, and development of innovative technologies to address real-world problems, enable social cooperation, and create economic opportunities. The Santa Fe Complex encourages collaboration among artists, scientists, and technologists, allowing new ways of thinking and creating to emerge.
This event is partially funded by a grant from the Santa Fe Arts Commission
http://www.myiaiaonline.com/digitaldome/
http://sfcomplex.org/
Photo: "Occularium" by Andrew Elijah Edwards
Retrieving Humanity
Dates:
Fri Jul 30, 2010 00:00 - Mon Jul 12, 2010
Location:
United States of America
Retrieving Humanity, a multimedia installation that will feature simultaneous live streaming video of six locations around the world including Nigeria, South Korea, Switzerland, and Malaysia. Audience members will be able to interact with the artists from these various locations through visual and auditory expressions of where they live, producing performance events that transcend physical space.
Santa Fe Complex will be transformed into an immersive space with a promenade of six kiosks. Each kiosk will showcase a unique global location and a unique interactive visual performance component. At the end of the promenade will be a large video screen displaying a mix of this visual information, offering a portrayal of the myriad of connections occurring at the same moment.
Retrieving Humanity will allow the audience to actively participate in creating a unique work of art by communicating and performing with the local and worldwide community. Through the use of cutting-edge technology, including custom-made software, motion sensors, media streaming, computer networking, and live audio and video mixing each participant becomes a collaborator.
This event will take place on Friday July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Fe Complex. Santa Fe Complex is located next to the Railyard Art District at 632 Agua Fria in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Parking is available via Romero Street. Visit the sf_x web site at http://sfcomplex.org for more information.
Retrieving Humanity is created by Parallel Flux. Parallel Flux utilizes cutting edge technology to create various forms of media art; pushing the boundaries of art, technology, and communication. Parallel Flux artists are Ethan Bach, Jason Goodyear, Jena Greer, Armohn Jackson, Peter Joseph, Charles Veasey, and Aryn Zev. Visit the Parallel Flux web site at http://parallelflux.com
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For more information contact Ethan Bach at ethan@ethanbach.com or 505-670-8126.
Santa Fe Complex will be transformed into an immersive space with a promenade of six kiosks. Each kiosk will showcase a unique global location and a unique interactive visual performance component. At the end of the promenade will be a large video screen displaying a mix of this visual information, offering a portrayal of the myriad of connections occurring at the same moment.
Retrieving Humanity will allow the audience to actively participate in creating a unique work of art by communicating and performing with the local and worldwide community. Through the use of cutting-edge technology, including custom-made software, motion sensors, media streaming, computer networking, and live audio and video mixing each participant becomes a collaborator.
This event will take place on Friday July 30, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Fe Complex. Santa Fe Complex is located next to the Railyard Art District at 632 Agua Fria in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Parking is available via Romero Street. Visit the sf_x web site at http://sfcomplex.org for more information.
Retrieving Humanity is created by Parallel Flux. Parallel Flux utilizes cutting edge technology to create various forms of media art; pushing the boundaries of art, technology, and communication. Parallel Flux artists are Ethan Bach, Jason Goodyear, Jena Greer, Armohn Jackson, Peter Joseph, Charles Veasey, and Aryn Zev. Visit the Parallel Flux web site at http://parallelflux.com
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For more information contact Ethan Bach at ethan@ethanbach.com or 505-670-8126.