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New York Electronic Art Festival

Harvestworks

In collaboration with the Trust for Governors Island, Issue Project Room, Made in New York Media Center, California Institute for the Arts

New York Electronic Art Festival 2017 – A Summer Celebration of 21st Century Art.  A Harvestworks 40th Anniversary Event. Program Guide:

New York, May 1, 2017 – Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center announces the sixth New York Electronic Art Festival held biennially on Governor’s Island and venues in Manhattan and  Brooklyn.  Presented in partnership with the Trust for Governors Island, Issue Project Room, Made in New York Media Center by IFP, California Institute for the Arts and others. The festival is a summer series of concerts, workshops, and exhibitions from May 26 through July 23 centered on the cutting-edge work being done at the intersection of art and technology.

Launched ten years ago, NYEAF aims to provide a discursive public context for the appreciation of cutting-edge electronic artwork, a showcase of exciting interdisciplinary work and technological virtuosity. Attendees get an overview of how technology is being used in various artistic disciplines, and have the opportunity to take part in a discussion about how these technologies will continue to shape contemporary art practice.

We spotlight works from the Harvestworks T.E.A.M. (Technology, Engineering, Art and Music) lab and new works created in our local, national and international community.

From audience-activated installations to site-specific concerts, the festival hopes to challenge the audience’s notion of what to expect from electronic art; artist explore subjects such as water, island landscapes, architecture, communications, history and politics.

 The Exhibition

Location: Governors Island Building 7a / Nolan Park

Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holiday Mondays from May 26 thru July 23, 2017.

Saturday July 8, 2017: Reception for the Artists 3 – 5 pm  with a 4 pm performance by Ernst Reijseger courtesy of Robert D. Bielecki Foundation.

Experience Labs – 3pm in the Resource Room in Bldg 7a

Saturday June 24 and July 22: Liz Phillips

Saturday July 1: Max Kazemzadeh / Reza Safavi on Governors Island

July 15: Wearables with Liz Tolson

Island Electronics: Art and Technology works by contemporary artists. The exhibition features the seminal sound artist Liz Phillips’s, Wave Crossings, that explores the NY Harbor to reveal waves and life under and above the water’s surface; Digital Media artist Claudia Hart’s The Flower Matrix, an augmented-reality hybrid environment installation with surround sound by Ed Campion; Matthew Ostrowski’s Western Electric, a generative composition for fifteen modified rotary telephones; Marshall Reese/Nora Ligorano’s Dawn of the Anthropocene a time-lapse video of the melting of The Future, a 3,500 pound ice sculpture and Max Kazemzadeh / Reza Safavi’s participatory artwork Paggank Daywaygun (2017) multi-user interactive digital, kinetic, island-based performance media project.

The Performances:

The Festival performances will include new compositions for The 3D Sound Object, an architecturally-based sound diffusion system created by Paul Geluso.  Concerts will feature new works by David Rosenboom, Viv Corringham, and World Listening Day  compositions by Suzanne Thorpe, Stephan Moore and Scott Smallwood.  Produced in partnership with Issue Project Room, the Object will be installed in their acoustically unique space in downtown Brooklyn.  Commissioned by Harvestworks through the Creativity + Technology = Enterprise program.

ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Pl. Brooklyn 11201

8 pm July 14 and World Listening Day 8 pm July 18, 2017

Festival Workshops and Project Presentations are scheduled throughout the month at Harvestworks unless otherwise noted:

June 1st: Richard Jochum and “What’s Up with the Scene? Connecting Art with Electronics” at Made in NY Media Center

June 1 – 2nd: Claudia Robles

June 1 – July 14: Stephan Moore at The Church of the Ascension

June 9 – 13: Andrew Dimerjian & James Proctor

June 9 : Cecilia Lopez 

June 9 – 10 Katherine Liberovskaya

June 16 – 18: Heidi Neilson and Thomas Martinez and Kim Fisher

June 22 – 25: Kevin Roark Jr.

June 24: Experience Lab by Liz Phillips on Governors Island

June 29: Dan Joseph and Andrea Williams

July 1: Experience Lab by Max Kazemzadeh / Reza Safavi on Governors Island

July 7 – 13:Imaging Tellus #28: Heard in LA

July 8: Artist Opening of Island Electronics and performance by Ernst Reijseger

July 15: Wearable Experience Lab by Liz Tolson on Governors Island

July 16: Dalia Raudonikytė

July 21 – 23: ThingNY ensemble

July 22: Experience Lab by Liz Phillips on Governors Island

July 28 – 30: Roy Werner and John Bromley

“New York is a major hub of experimental artistic exploration of art and technology worldwide, so it is essential that the New York Electronic Art Festival bring together innovative practitioners to share their work with the public through immersive sound and color, responsive environments, interactive strategies and experimental instruments,”

– Carol Parkinson, Harvestworks Executive Director.

 ABOUT NYEAF: The New York Electronic Art Festival was created to provide a responsive public context for the appreciation of cutting-edge electronic artwork through concerts, workshops, and exhibitions of the highest quality across the arts and technology spectrum. Attendees will get an overview of how technology is being used in various artistic disciplines, and have the opportunity to take part in a discussion about how these technologies will continue to shape contemporary art practice. This year’s festival will be a showcase of exciting interdisciplinary work and serve as a catalyst for discussions and collaborations between artists, scientists, and the public.

The NYEAF will plug into a national and international network of electronic art festivals, bringing significant contemporary art and music to the city.  NYEAF is produced by Harvestworks, an international digital media arts center with over 30 years of experience helping artists to get inside the electronics and to develop a hands-on, experimental and explorative approach to making art with technology.

Produced by Harvestworks in partnership with the The Trust for Governors Island, Made in NY Media Center, Issue Project Room, California Institute for the Art and other partners with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, mediaThefoundation, public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts’ 2017 Electronic Media and Film Presentation Funds Grant program, administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes and Friends of Harvestworks.

VENUES: The New York Electronic Art Festival will be held at venues including Building 7a in Nolan Park on Governors Island, Issue Project Room and Harvestworks.

ABOUT HARVESTWORKS:  Founded in 1977, Harvestworks offers an environment where artists can make work inspired and achieved by electronic media. Harvestworks helps the community at large to understand, assimilate, and make creative use of new and evolving technologies.  Harvestworks creates a context for the appreciation of new work, advances both the art community and the public’s agenda for the use of technology in art; and brings together innovative practitioners from all branches of the arts by fostering collaborations across electronic media.

About Issue Project Room

About Made in NY Media Center

About Cal Arts

Program subject to change.  Check the harvestworks.org for the latest information.

Claudia Hart

Claudia Hart has been active as an artist, curator and critic since
1988. She works with digital trompe l’oeil as a medium, directing theater and making
media objects of all kinds. Hart creates virtual representations that take the form
of 3d imagery integrated into photography, multi-channel animation installations,
performances and sculptures using advanced production techniques such as Rapid
Prototyping, CNC routing and augmented-reality custom apps. Her works deal with
issues of representation, the role of the computer in shifting contemporary values
about identity and what might be called the “natural.” Her project is to
de-masculinize the culture of corporate technology by inserting the irrational and
the personal into the slick, overly-determined Cartesian world of digital design.
Hart’s works are widely exhibited and collected by galleries and museums including
the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum, the New Museum, Eyebeam Center
for Art + Technology, where she was an honorary fellow in 2013-14. She works with
Transfer and bitforms galleries, both in New York. Hart lives in Chicago where she
is a tenured professor at the School of Art Institute, in the department of Film
Video, New Media and Animation.

Marshall Reese/Nora Ligorano

A collaborative work duo celebrated for their evocative multimedia installations. Their work “Dawn of the Anthropocene” captures the impactful visual narrative of climate change through innovative digital prints and time-lapse videos.

Reza Safavi

A creative partner with a focus on interactive and multimedia art. Known for his collaborative works that merge digital performance and audience interaction, contributing to the exploration of island-based performance media.

Scott Smallwood

Scott Smallwood is a sound artist, composer, and performer who creates works inspired by discovered textures and forms, through a practice of listening, field recording, and improvisation. He designs experimental electronic instruments and software, as well as sound installations and site-specific performance scenarios. He performs as one-half of the laptop/electronic duo Evidence (with Stephan Moore) and has performed with Seth Cluett, Curtis Bahn, Mark Dresser, Cor Fuhler, John Butcher, Pauline Oliveros, and many others. He has written acoustic and electroacoustic works for a variety of ensembles, most recently for the Continuum Ensemble (Toronto), the New York Virtuoso Singers, the Nash Ensemble of London, and the Princeton Laptop Orchestra. Smallwood currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where he is associate professor of composition, improvisation, and electroacoustic music at the University of Alberta.

Richard Jochum

Richard Jochum is a media artist with a strong focus on video, video
installation, performance and conceptual photography. He has shown his work in more
than 130 exhibitions worldwide and is represented by Gallery Bundo in South-Korea
and Gallery Lindner in Austria. He is a studio member of the Elizabeth Foundation
for the Arts in New York and has been a Creative Resident in the Harvestworks
Technology, Engineering, Art and Music T.E.A.M. Lab 2016. An associate professor at
Teachers College, Columbia University, he oversees the new Creative Technologies
Curriculum as part of the Art and Art Education Program. More information can be
found at http://richardjochum.net.

Claudia Robles

An artist noted for her blend of visual art and technology. Her project “Web Mindscape” illustrates the intersection of digital environments and creative expression, encouraging engagement with the sensory experience of art.

Andrew Dimerjian

An artist known for his collaborative approach to multimedia projects.
In partnership with James Proctor, they explore interactive installations that
engage audiences in the narrative of their work.

James Proctor

James Proctor is a software artist and data visualization designer. In
his art practice, he writes and iterates on rules in code that guide the growth of
each piece. The resulting images reflect the visual legacy of their predecessors, as
well as the ordered patterns of the process that creates them. Professionally, James
works as a data visualization designer creating pieces that help others interact
with and interpret information. His work has been featured in Vice’s The Creators
Project, The Vassar Review, the Currents New Media Festival, Human NYC, Index
Gallery, the Electronic Literature Organization and the New Wilmington Art
Association. He has collaborated on pieces, which were displayed at Eyebeam and The
Standard High Line. Select digital editions of his artwork are available through the
online gallery The File Arts.

Heidi Neilson and Thomas Martinez

Artists known for their collaborative works that blend sound and visual art. They often create immersive experiences that transform perspectives on our environments and the nature of sound.

Kim Fisher

A creative artist engaged in projects that emphasize sound and technology’s role in art. Her collaborative efforts often explore the physical and auditory connections within installations.

Kevin Roark Jr.

An artist who creates installations that synthesize technology and art,
often drawing on natural themes. His project “It’s Coming: A Storm” illustrates a
response to environmental issues through multimedia expression.

Dan Joseph and Andrea Williams

Collaborative artists recognized for their sound-based projects that foster a dialogue on auditory experiences, creating guided soundscapes that invite audience participation.

Ernst Reijseger

A celebrated musician known for his experimental work across various genres, particularly in the realm of sound art. His performance at the festival offers a unique perspective on integration of music and environmental themes.

Dalia Raudonikytė

An artist engaging with sound and performance, known for her work “Solitarius in 5.1”. She explores the spatial dynamics of sound and its emotional impact on audiences through immersive audio experiences.

ThingNY ensemble

An innovative performance group known for their explorative compositions and live shows, often incorporating various genres and artistic styles to challenge musical norms.

Roy Werner and John Bromley

Collaborating artists known for their experimental sound works. Their project “Klax Vaults” blends technology and performance art, encouraging new auditory experiences in unconventional settings.