Turbulence@PaceDigitalGallery3: WoodEar by Peter Traub with Jennifer Lauren Smith :: April 16-May 3, 2013 :: Opening Reception: April 16; 5:00 - 7:00 pm :: Pace Digital Gallery, NYC. Continue reading

The Cutting Room presents Dual, a digital exhibition to compliment The Importance of Being Earnest :: September 5 - October 30, 2012 :: Nottingham Playhouse, Wellington Circus, Nottingham, NG1 5AF, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Continue reading

The Tanks: Fifteen Weeks of Art in Action :: until October 28, 2012 :: Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG, United Kingdom.

Converted from the former oil tanks of Bankside Power Station, the Tanks at Tate Modern have been specially designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron to showcase live art, installation, and the moving image.

Over a period of fifteen weeks this summer, these stunning, raw industrial spaces are launched with a new commission by Korean artist Sung Hwan Kim, a pair of collection displays featuring two new acquisitions — Suzanne Lacy’s The Crystal Quilt (1985–87) and Lis Rhodes’ Light Music (1975) — and Art in Action, a rolling festival of performance and film projects by over 40 established and emerging artists from around the world. Continue reading

In April, Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin, unveiled a new commission on campus: an architectural projection entitled And That’s The Way It Is by New York artist Ben Rubin. Continue reading

Remote Schmink-a-thon (Weather Data Make-Up Marathon): a performance/ installation by Ursula Endlicher :: June 22-23, 2012 (Streamed Live June 23) :: New Media Festival, Woodstock, Vermont.

A wireless wood creature (part mushroom/ part spider/ part unknown, possibly human) finds itself in a Woodstock, wondering which one. And just to be on the safe side, it inspects the current weather situation for five different U.S. Woodstocks. According to the “reports” it applies the appropriate make-up to be ready for the day: to fight off attackers, to attract insects, and to nourish itself with the day’s offered nutrients… Continue reading

Turbulence.org, Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, and ISSUE Project Room present: L-Carrier — A Networked Installation and Performance by Eli Keszler :: Performance: June 7, 2012; 7:00 - 8:00 pm :: Installation: June 7-23, 2012 :: Eyebeam, 540 West 21st Street, New York + Turbulence.org [Needs Safari, Firefox or Chrome; and Speakers/Headphones].

From June 7-23, composer-percussionist Eli Keszler transforms Eyebeam’s Project Space with L-Carrier, a large-scale, mechanical stringed instrument that will immerse audiences in rich harmonies and sparse, multi-directional rhythms. Fluid, dynamic acoustic sounds will push and pull against the installation’s sonic control. The website displays the piece’s evolving visual data score, and streams real-time audio from the physical environment. Continue reading

Indeterminate Hikes+ BASECAMP.EXE by ecoarttech :: June 1-3, 2012 :: 319 Scholes, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York.

Leila and Cary of ecoarttech invite you to join us for a wilderness excursion through Bushwick’s pristine industrial landscape! Visit our BASECAMP.EXE installation at 319 Scholes to prepare psychically for an Indeterminate Hike through Brooklyn’s urban wilds. With our new Indeterminate Hikes+ app, we will be leading impromptu hikes throughout the weekend of Bushwick Open Studios, departing from 319 Scholes, as well as scheduled hikes at the following times: Continue reading

Jennifer and Kevin Mccoy: Index :: until October 13, 2012 :: EMPAC, 110 8th Street, Troy, New York.

Index is an EMPAC-commissioned public art installation by Rensselaer Arts alumni Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, which consists of multiple sculptures filmed via small, live cameras. The resulting video projection, as well as the models, will appear throughout our public spaces during an extended residency with the artists.

Inspired by a J.G. Ballard short story called The Index, in which an alphabetized list of people and places are turned into an implied, overarching narrative, the McCoys’ list spans the 1960s to today, referencing globalization, technology, mass migrations, and war. Continue reading

[Tom Sachs, "Mars Yard," 2011-2012. Mixed media, dimensions vary. & "Mars Excursion Roving Vehicle (MERV)," 2010-2012. Mixed media, 123 x 52 x 60 inches. Photo: Genevieve Hanson.] Creative Time / Park Avenue Armory present Tom Sachs: Space Program Mars :: May 16 – June 17, 2012 :: Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York City.

Space Program Mars is a four-week mission to the Red Planet that explores the universe as a path to discovering ourselves. This interactive installation recasts Park Avenue Armory’s 55,000-square-foot drill hall as an immersive space odyssey featuring dynamic and meticulously crafted sculptures, including elaborate spacecraft, Mission Control, a launch platform, a Mars landscape, and much more. Continue reading