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Techne Lab

techne_lab is a group show of artists affiliated with the techne_lab located at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.

techne_lab was founded in 2002 by artist Mark Amerika and has served as an experimental art incubator for future forms of creative practice and research in the new media / digital arts. This exhibition, taking place on Governor’s Island in conjunction with Harvestworks, features the work of Michael Theodore, Ryan Wurst, Laura Kim, and Amerika.

For the techne_lab component of the show at Governor’s Island, the lab will feature two sets of work: a group of recently produced works of music video art featuring the premiere of Amerika’s latest music video, Digital Afterlife, made in collaboration with Laura Kim under the band name MALK, as well as two other music videos, one by Kim and another by artist and TECHNE affiliate Ryan Wurst. A stand-alone sound installation by Colorado artist and TECHNE affiliate Michael Theodore rounds out the exhibition.

LOCATION: Governors Island, Nolan Park Building 8a

DATES AND TIMES:  May 25 – July 22, 2018

TIMES:  Fri. Sat. Sun and Holiday Mondays noon – 5 pm

Governors Island New York Ferry Schedule

Michael Theodore

Michael Theodore was born and raised in New York City, and has lived in
Boulder, Colorado for the past twenty years. Inspired by observations and
experiences of both the mechanical and the natural world, Theodore creates dynamic
fields of sound, color, and light in a large variety of mediums, including
interactive kinetic installations and moving images. Theodore’s work has been
presented across the United States, and in Mexico, Trinidad y Tobago, Greece, Spain,
Germany, Sweden, France, Australia, Japan, and China, and his artwork is represented
by the David B. Smith Gallery in Denver, Colorado. Theodore holds faculty
appointments at the University of Colorado, Boulder, with the College of Music
(music composition and technology), the Department of Art and Art History, and the
College of Media, Communication, and Information, and is director of the ATLAS
Institute’s Center for Media, Arts and Performance, a venue for experimental media
created with technology. Theodore received degrees from Amherst College, Yale (MM),
and UCSD (PhD), studying with composers Lewis Spratlan, Martin Bresnick, Jon Berger,
Jacob Druckman, Betsy Jolas, and Roger Reynolds. An active and eclectic
collaborator, Theodore has created a series of performance works with acclaimed
dance artist Michelle Ellsworth, received a Timeout Chicago “Top Ten Classical Music
2010” citation for the album Panauromni, created with trumpeter Glen Whitehead, duo
partner in the band “Psychoangelo,” partnered on a number of experimental electronic
releases with Ryan Wurst on Always Human Tapes, performed in a trio setting with Sam
Bardfeld (Bruce Springsteen, The Jazz Passengers) and Oren Bloedow (Elysian Fields,
The Lounge Lizards), and performed in venues ranging from small clubs to the Newport
Folk Festival with “Batteries Die” duo partner and punk-folk legend Tim Eriksen.

Laura Kim

features the work of Michael Theodore, Ryan Wurst, Laura Kim, and Amerika.