Jason Van Anden
Since 2004
Works in Brooklyn, New York United States of America

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BIO
Jason Van Anden is a new media activist, artist, inventor and robot maker. His creations are exhibited internationally, receiving recognition in the art, science, technology and gaming communities. More about Jason and his work can be found at his website www.smileproject.com.
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Re: NET ART NEWS: all rhizomers in one


Awesome.
Thank you Roman, and well, everyone I guess.

I wish the icons linked to the profiles.

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com

>http://www.artknowledge.net/trashconnection/gallery/img.html

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Re: cfp Life 7.0 awards


Any idea why this site is down since early this morning?

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer wrote:

> LIFE 7.0 International Competition - Call for Participation
>
> Announcing the sixth edition of the competition on "art and artificial
> life" sponsored by the Telefonica Foundation in Madrid. We are looking
> for outstanding electronic art projects employing techniques such as
> digital genetics, autonomous robotics, recursive chaotic algorithms,
> knowbots,
> computer viruses, wetware, embodied artificial intelligence, avatars,
> evolving behaviours and virtual ecosystems.
>
> An international jury -- Chris Csikszentmihalyi (US), Daniel Garcia
> Andujar (Spain), Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (Mexico/Canada), Jose-Carlos
> Mariategui (Peru), Fiona Raby (UK) and Nell Tenhaaf (Canada)-- will
> grant four cash awards totaling 20,000 Euros.
>
> The competition's website at http://www.vidalife.org has the
> guidelines, application form, and information on the previous
> award-winners, including texts, videos, images and links.
>
> Deadline: Wednesday, November 3, 2004.
>
> For further information, please visit http://www.vidalife.org
> For questions concerning eligibility of entries: Nell Tenhaaf,
> Artistic Director <tenhaaf@yorku.ca>

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Feeling Like a Robot - Opening Friday


Just a friendly reminder to anyone in the New York City area. My bulbous human scale emotive sculptures, Neil and Iona, are having their first solo show at Green Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The opening is this Friday, September 10th from 6-9pm - details follow.

Neil and Iona are cybernetic beings with the ability to interact improvisationally, independent of an operator. They express themselves through gesture, facial expressions and sound. They interrelate with one another and their audience using feedback from a network and sensors. I created them to model human behavior in real time and space, inspired by activity observed in psychoanalysis.

More information about Neil and Iona can be found on my website: www.smileproject.com or call 718.599.0844.

Gallery Hours: 1-6 pm; Friday - Monday or by appointment.

Neil and Iona
Feeling Like a Robot

Green Gallery
212 Berry Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Best Regards,
Jason, Neil and Iona

FYI: Williamsburg will be hopping this Friday night with most of it's galleries having openings until 9pm. I currently count five new media artworks opening Friday night.

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Re: A Different MFA Question


Thanks t.whid!
Back at ya!

Hmm ... maybe this means an MFA isn't so important.

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com

t.whid wrote:

> I don't have one either. I don't think my life would be any different
> if I had one.
>
> I do have a BFA.
>
> congrats on the show :-)

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A Different MFA Question


I do not have an MFA.

For those of you that have one:
How have you personally benefited from achieving it?
... having it?

Jason Van Anden
www.smileproject.com