Sunday, November 02, 2008
BOSTON CYBERARTS FESTIVAL - April 24 - May 10, 2009
The Buzz on Act/React
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act react at mamThe Milwaukee Art Museum is the site of Act/React, an exhibition of interactive art curated by Boston Cyberarts' own George Fifield and featuring works by our friends Camille Utterback, Brian Knep, and others. The show, which opened on October 4 and continues through January 11, has garnered amazing critical response and public buzz. Articles have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, on CNN, and in media outlets throughout the US and the world.
Congratulations to George and all the artists, and -- with a special shout-out to all our colleagues at the Milwaukee Art Museum! For more info on the exhibition go to www.mam.org.
Video Game Fans: A Special Offer 4U!
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If you're a fan of video games, have we got a deal for you!
video games liveOn November 21, Video Games Live comes to the Citi Center's Wang Theatre. It's a celebration of video game music, featuring a full symphony orchestra and choir performing music from Final Fantasy, Halo, Mario, Zelda, Warcraft, Sonic, and lots more.
You experience the power and emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game, all completely synchronized to amazing cutting-edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special on-stage interactive segments with the audience.
And here's the best part: Friends of Cyberarts (FOCAs) get 25% off the ticket price! Just click here to purchase tickets, using the code FOCA.
The Citi Center is at 270 Tremont Street in Boston's theatre district. The show starts at 8:00, but there's a pre-show festival starting at 7:00, with competitions, a costume contest, special guests, demos, and prizes. Don't miss it!
Figment's Imagination
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deb todd wheelerOur good friend Deb Todd Wheeler is showing drawings and models from 2006 at Miller Block Gallery as part of a group show entitled "Figment's Imagination." The show runs through December 12, and the gallery is at 38 Newbury Street. Click here for more information or contact Deb at debtoddwheeler@gmail.com.
Andrew Neumann at AXIOM
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andrew neumannThe Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media is presenting Andrew Neumann's kinetic sculpture in his first solo show in Boston in almost two years, The exhibition, entitled "The Last Picture Show," features the artist's most recent moving industrial wall panels and showcases his evolving use of multi-channel video frames to redefine the analysis and engagement inherent to the machine. Neumann is a Boston-based artist working in a variety of media, including sculpture, film/video installation, and electronic/interactive music.
"The Last Picture Show" runs through December 13. There will be an an artist talk on the last day, at 3:30pm. The talk is free and open to the public. AXIOM is located at 141 Green Street, in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line. For more information, call 484.557.6934 or visit www.axiomart.org.
Streaming Museum
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streaming museum"Artists and Innovators for the Environment" is part one of a three-part exhibition series featuring international visionary creators - people like scientist Buckminster Fuller, photographer James Nachtwey, composer John Cage, new media artist Brian Mackern, and many others, as well as innovative designs for environmental sustainability by Chuck Hoberman and others. It's presented by Streaming Museum, a new hybrid museum that presents real-time exhibitions in both cyberspace and in public spaces -- on seven continents! Exhibitions are produced in New York City, but you can see them in cyberspace at the Streaming Museum's website and at Ars Virtua New Media Center in Second Life, as well as at public locations around the world.
For more information, contact Nina Colosi, Founder and Creative Director, at 212-867-0883 or nina@streamingmuseum.org.
Join our Social Network
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social networkJoin the conversation! Boston Cyberarts has recently launched our very own conversational network, where folks who are interested in cyberart can meet other like-minded people. The roster of friends has been growing, and you need to be part of it! Let us know what you're thinking. What projects are you working on? What events and exhibitions have you seen recently that you'd like to recommend to others? Go to our website to get started.
We also have a blog on our website, and we'd like to rename it something other than "blog," so if you have any creative suggestions, please send them along to press@bostoncyberarts.org.
Wired for Sound 2009
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There's still time for composers to submit entries for the 2009 Wired for Sound electroacoustic music festival, taking place April 26-27 at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Organizers are accepting submissions for fixed media and live electroacoustic, plus a special category for young performers from Longy's preparatory division. For details and submission guidelines, click here. Postmark deadline is November 21, so don't delay!
2009 is fast approaching!
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The 2009 Boston Cyberarts Festival is coming up soon, April 24 - May 10, 2009. We've already got some wonderful events and exhibitions planned for next spring: video art at the DeCordova, electronic literature, a brand new multimedia opera, an Ideas in Motion dance project. But there's still plenty of room for more! If you're interested - or if you just think you might be and have an idea you'd like to talk over with us - contact us at info@bostoncyberarts.org.
BCF logoIn the meantime, if you have a cyber event or exhibition coming up, please send details and an image to press@bostoncyberarts.org by the 15th of the month preceding your event. We'll be happy to include it in our monthly eblast, if we have space and get your stuff in time.
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We extend a grateful thanks to our sponsors
Massachusetts Cultural Council, John & Abigail Adams Arts Fund
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Phoenix Media Communications Group
LEF Foundation
And many other generous institutions and individuals.
If you're interested in becoming a sponsor for the next Boston Cyberarts Festival, contact George Fifield at 617.524.2109 or george@bostoncyberarts.org.
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act react at mamThe Milwaukee Art Museum is the site of Act/React, an exhibition of interactive art curated by Boston Cyberarts' own George Fifield and featuring works by our friends Camille Utterback, Brian Knep, and others. The show, which opened on October 4 and continues through January 11, has garnered amazing critical response and public buzz. Articles have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, on CNN, and in media outlets throughout the US and the world.
Congratulations to George and all the artists, and -- with a special shout-out to all our colleagues at the Milwaukee Art Museum! For more info on the exhibition go to www.mam.org.
Video Game Fans: A Special Offer 4U!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you're a fan of video games, have we got a deal for you!
video games liveOn November 21, Video Games Live comes to the Citi Center's Wang Theatre. It's a celebration of video game music, featuring a full symphony orchestra and choir performing music from Final Fantasy, Halo, Mario, Zelda, Warcraft, Sonic, and lots more.
You experience the power and emotion of a symphony orchestra mixed with the excitement and energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game, all completely synchronized to amazing cutting-edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting and special on-stage interactive segments with the audience.
And here's the best part: Friends of Cyberarts (FOCAs) get 25% off the ticket price! Just click here to purchase tickets, using the code FOCA.
The Citi Center is at 270 Tremont Street in Boston's theatre district. The show starts at 8:00, but there's a pre-show festival starting at 7:00, with competitions, a costume contest, special guests, demos, and prizes. Don't miss it!
Figment's Imagination
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
deb todd wheelerOur good friend Deb Todd Wheeler is showing drawings and models from 2006 at Miller Block Gallery as part of a group show entitled "Figment's Imagination." The show runs through December 12, and the gallery is at 38 Newbury Street. Click here for more information or contact Deb at debtoddwheeler@gmail.com.
Andrew Neumann at AXIOM
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andrew neumannThe Axiom Center for New and Experimental Media is presenting Andrew Neumann's kinetic sculpture in his first solo show in Boston in almost two years, The exhibition, entitled "The Last Picture Show," features the artist's most recent moving industrial wall panels and showcases his evolving use of multi-channel video frames to redefine the analysis and engagement inherent to the machine. Neumann is a Boston-based artist working in a variety of media, including sculpture, film/video installation, and electronic/interactive music.
"The Last Picture Show" runs through December 13. There will be an an artist talk on the last day, at 3:30pm. The talk is free and open to the public. AXIOM is located at 141 Green Street, in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line. For more information, call 484.557.6934 or visit www.axiomart.org.
Streaming Museum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
streaming museum"Artists and Innovators for the Environment" is part one of a three-part exhibition series featuring international visionary creators - people like scientist Buckminster Fuller, photographer James Nachtwey, composer John Cage, new media artist Brian Mackern, and many others, as well as innovative designs for environmental sustainability by Chuck Hoberman and others. It's presented by Streaming Museum, a new hybrid museum that presents real-time exhibitions in both cyberspace and in public spaces -- on seven continents! Exhibitions are produced in New York City, but you can see them in cyberspace at the Streaming Museum's website and at Ars Virtua New Media Center in Second Life, as well as at public locations around the world.
For more information, contact Nina Colosi, Founder and Creative Director, at 212-867-0883 or nina@streamingmuseum.org.
Join our Social Network
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
social networkJoin the conversation! Boston Cyberarts has recently launched our very own conversational network, where folks who are interested in cyberart can meet other like-minded people. The roster of friends has been growing, and you need to be part of it! Let us know what you're thinking. What projects are you working on? What events and exhibitions have you seen recently that you'd like to recommend to others? Go to our website to get started.
We also have a blog on our website, and we'd like to rename it something other than "blog," so if you have any creative suggestions, please send them along to press@bostoncyberarts.org.
Wired for Sound 2009
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There's still time for composers to submit entries for the 2009 Wired for Sound electroacoustic music festival, taking place April 26-27 at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Organizers are accepting submissions for fixed media and live electroacoustic, plus a special category for young performers from Longy's preparatory division. For details and submission guidelines, click here. Postmark deadline is November 21, so don't delay!
2009 is fast approaching!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 2009 Boston Cyberarts Festival is coming up soon, April 24 - May 10, 2009. We've already got some wonderful events and exhibitions planned for next spring: video art at the DeCordova, electronic literature, a brand new multimedia opera, an Ideas in Motion dance project. But there's still plenty of room for more! If you're interested - or if you just think you might be and have an idea you'd like to talk over with us - contact us at info@bostoncyberarts.org.
BCF logoIn the meantime, if you have a cyber event or exhibition coming up, please send details and an image to press@bostoncyberarts.org by the 15th of the month preceding your event. We'll be happy to include it in our monthly eblast, if we have space and get your stuff in time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We extend a grateful thanks to our sponsors
Massachusetts Cultural Council, John & Abigail Adams Arts Fund
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Phoenix Media Communications Group
LEF Foundation
And many other generous institutions and individuals.
If you're interested in becoming a sponsor for the next Boston Cyberarts Festival, contact George Fifield at 617.524.2109 or george@bostoncyberarts.org.
Click HERE to view the Premium Art Deadlines List.
