MIXER: EXPO — Eyebeam presents an alternate “World’s Fair” with airborne surveillance balloons, guerrilla media towers, and computerized prayer booths :: March 6 and 7, 2009; 9:00 pm – 2:00 am (Installations on March 7, Noon – 6:00 pm) :: Eyebeam, 540 West 21st Street, New York, NY.

MIXER, Eyebeam’s quarterly event series dedicated to showcasing leading artists in the fields of live audiovisual performance, interactive and participatory art, will present its fifth iteration. Using the World’s Fair as the framework, Eyebeam will transform its rugged warehouse space into a temporary village of utopian pavilions for a two-night extravaganza.

Both evenings will include musical guests: Tim Sweeney (Friday, Midnight – 2AM) and Juan Maclean (Saturday, Midnight – 2AM); multimedia pavilions by Angela Co + Aeolab, Anakin Koenig, Chris Jordan, and Caspar Stracke, and Not An Alternative; interactive installations by Taeyoon Choi and Cheon pyo Lee, The Institute for Faith-Based Technology, Mark Shepard, Cati Vaucelle, Steve Shada, and Marisa Jahn; and fashion performances by Di Mainstone.