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Experimental Media 2012
Curated by Max Kazemzadeh, Assistant Professor of Media Art & Technology, Gallaudet University and Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Assistant Professor at Parsons MFA in Design and Technology and Parsons School of Art, Design, History, and Theory
Experimental Media 2012 explores recent developments in the field of art and technology through three separate, yet related platforms: an exhibition component, a video screening program, and a workshop series. While highlighting the creative potential of new technologies, Experimental Media 2012 will also explore the broader social and cultural implications of these rapid changes. Experimental Media 2012 is organized by Washington Project for the Arts, in partnership with Artisphere, and builds on WPA’s annual Experimental Media Series program, begun in 2006.
above image: Steven Silberg, image created by Pixel-Lapse Photo Booth, 2009, LaserJet Print, 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"
 Experimental Media 2012 Exhibition
D.O.L.L.: DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ
April 12 – May 20, 2012
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 12, 7-10pm
Location: Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA
Free Admission
NOTE: Artisphere will be closed Saturday, May 12 for a private event.
Featuring work by Christian Benefiel (Keedysville, MD), Eric Celarier (Silver Spring, MD), Jeff Chyatte (Bethesda, MD), Mark Cooley (Warrenton, VA), Blake Fall-Conroy (Ithaca, NY), K. David Fong (Baltimore, MD), Pete Froslie (Norman, OK), Michelle Lisa Herman (Washington, DC), Hiroshi Jacobs (Washington, DC), Patrick Resing (New York, NY), and Steven Silberg (Catonsville, MD)
D.O.L.L.: DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ, an exhibition of experimental and interactive new media, installation, and sculpture, will take place in the Terrace Gallery at Artisphere from April 12 through May 20, 2012. D.O.L.L. highlights the creative, use, re-use, and mis-use of technology by contemporary artists. Artists featured in the exhibition utilize technological devices and systems to challenge our expectations of contemporary art, while simultaneously questioning common assumptions about technology and our relationship with it.
Cinnamon Triano, still from Limbus, 2011, Video and paper animation, 2 min 29 sec
Experimental Media 2012 Video Screenings
Thursday, April 26, 6:30pm at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Thursday, May 10, 6:30pm at Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Free Admission
Featuring work by Angie Eng (Brooklyn, NY), Benjamin Gaulon (Dublin, Ireland), Jayson Haebich (Collingwood, Australia), Michelle Lisa Herman (Washington, DC), Faith Holland (New York, NY), Patrick Jean (Paris, France), James Jones (Christiansburg, VA), Shahar Marcus (Tel Aviv, Israel), Alexander Pawlik (Warsaw, Poland), Nataliya Petkova (Quebec, Canada), Bill Psarras (London, UK), Sergio Sotomayor (Murcia, Spain), Dafna Steinberg (Washington, DC), Bob Szantyr (New York, NY), Cinnamon Triano (Baltimore, MD), Danny Warner (Manhattan, KS), Peter Whittenberger (Reno, NV), and Cameron Zotter (Baltimore, MD).
Featuring video work by local, national, and international artists, the Experimental Media Video Screenings will include works that use video as a medium to explore our contemporary landscape of data flow, perception, and exchange between systems, whether human, gestural, cultural, chemical, political, or virtual. Of the videos selected for Experimental Media 2012, one will be awarded the 2012 Kraft Prize for New Media, a $750 cash prize. Additional screenings to be announced.
Experimental Media 2012 Workshop Series
Dates: Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, 13, and 20, 1-4pm
Location: Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA
Organized in partnership with HacDC
Workshop participation is free, but registration is required and participants will be required to purchase necessary materials. Email bmurphy@wpadc.org for more information and to register.
Download workshop descriptions and required materials
In addition to the exhibition and video screenings, Experimental Media 2012 will also include a free hands-on workshop series designed to introduce artists to the latest in open source and affordable technology being used to create interactive installations and experimental new media. Focusing on the Arduino open-source electronics prototyping platform and the open-source programming software Processing, the workshop series will give artists an introduction to these powerful and inexpensive tools. The free workshop series is organized in partnership with HacDC, a membership-supported, non-profit organization and workshop space devoted to collaboration in the
Saturday, May 5, 1-4pm:
Introduction to Basic Electronics – Building a Microcontroller Shield
This workshop will speed through basic electronics with a focus on kit and prototype circuit building. Lab time will teach soldering with Sparkfun’s Danger Shield (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10570), which will be used in the subsequent Arduino and Processing workshops. Participants must provide their own materials and soldering tools.
Sunday, May 6, 1-4pm: Introduction to Arduino
This workshop will introduce the Arduino (http://arduino.cc), the most popular microcontroller board and programming environment in use by artists today. You will learn how to program this versatile device and you’ll write a program that uses the Danger Shield’s sensors and controls its LEDs. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).
Sunday, May 13, 1-4pm: Introduction to Processsing
This workshop will introduce Processing (http://processing.org), a software development platform created to teach artists how to write software (called “sketches”). You will learn how to use the built-in development environment to create a sketch that generates animated particles and sound, and introduce how an Arduino can communicate with your processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).
Sunday, May 20, 1-4pm: Working with Arduino and Processing
This workshop will expand on the previous three sessions. You’ll learn how to control the Processing sketch from Workshop 3 with the sensors and controls connected to your Arduino via the Danger Shield, and introduce how to to control external devices connected to your Arduino with a Processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).
About HacDC
HacDC is a 501(c)(3) charitable, educational, and scientific, organization in Washington, D.C. It is membership-supported and devoted to collaboration in the creative use of technology. Founded in 2008 by a diverse group of ngineers, artists, and hobbyists, HacDC hosts free and open activities to share knowledge, skills, and ideas. HacDC is part of a global trend in amateur engineering clubs that have come to be known as "hackerspaces." Centered on physical locations that function as shared workshops, these spaces
support "makers" whose work bridges the realms of art and technology and who share a passion for putting old technology to new and creative purposes. Spaces like HacDC give new impetus to an American tradition of amateur innovation and have been broadly recognized in the national and
international media. Visit www.hacdc.org for more information.
DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER)
Organized by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences
Thursday, May 24, 6:00 - 8:30pm
at the National Academy of Sciences, 500 5th St., NW, Room 100
This event is free but registration is required
Click here to register
D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER) is a monthly discussion forum on art and science projects in the national capital region. DASERs provide a snapshot of the cultural environment of the region and foster interdisciplinary networking. Reservations and a Photo ID are required for admittance. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the event begins at 6 p.m.
This month, the discussion focuses Experimental Media 2012 in the context of recent developments in experimental and interactive technology in art. Speakers include three artists featured in D.O.L.L.: DIWO OPNSRC LMFAO LHOOQ - Blake Fall-Conroy, Michelle Lisa Herman, and Steven Silberg - along with WPA Program Director Blair Murphy and D.O.L.L curator Max Kazemzadeh.
DASER is co-sponsored by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS and Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.
Experimental Media 2012 Partner Organizations
About Artisphere
Artisphere connects artists and audiences to an eclectic mix of fresh, thought-provoking arts programming. We’re your spot to get insight into the creative process and engage in artistic adventures—from contemporary visual art, live music and theatre to new media, film and dance. Come explore, experience and engage—collide with art. Artisphere is located at 1101 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, two blocks from the Rosslyn Metro (blue/orange) and within walking distance of Georgetown. Admission to Artisphere and all its visual art galleries is free; there is a cost for ticketed events. Artisphere is pleased to offer its patrons free parking evenings after 5pm and all day on weekends. For more information about Artisphere, visit www.artisphere.com.
Artisphere is managed by Arlington County's Arlington Economic Development and supported in part by the Rosslyn Business Improvement District, individuals, corporations, and foundations.
About HacDC
HacDC is a 501(c)(3) charitable, educational, and scientific, organization in Washington, D.C. It is membership-supported and devoted to collaboration in the creative use of technology. Founded in 2008 by a diverse group of engineers, artists, and hobbyists, HacDC hosts free and open activities to share knowledge, skills, and ideas.
HacDC is part of a global trend in amateur engineering clubs that have come to be known as "hackerspaces." Centered on physical locations that function as shared workshops, these spaces support "makers" whose work bridges the realms of art and technology and who share a passion for putting old technology to new and creative purposes. Spaces like HacDC give new impetus to an American tradition of amateur innovation and have been broadly recognized in the national and international media. Visit www.hacdc.org for more information.
About The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection is an internationally recognized museum in Washington's vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood. Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Mark Rothko, Pierre Bonnard and Georgia O'Keeffe, Vincent van Gogh, and Richard Diebenkorn are among the many stunning impressionist and modern works that fill the museum's distinctive building, which combines extensive new galleries with the family home of its founder, Duncan Phillips. The collection continues to develop with selective new acquisitions, many by contemporary artists.
The Phillips Collection opened to the public in 1921 and is America's first museum of modern art. It is a private, non-government museum, supported primarily by donations. Visit www.phillipscollection.org for more information.
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