Art Interactive

Some Sort of Uncertainty
Opening Reception: January 11th, 2008, 6pm - 9pm
January 11 through February 31
Curated By: Adriana Rios

In partnership with Axiom Gallery.

Soundmarks
Opening Reception: June 08th, 2007June 08 through August 17
Curated By: Liz Sheehan

Employing both traditional technologies and new media, Amy Stacey Curtis and the collaborative team of Zach Poff + N.B. Aldrich experiment with the ways in which art can serve as a catalyst for common experience and a site for community exchange. Daily life is an important aesthetic resource for these artists, whose work reveals that the lines between observer/participant, passive/active, input/output – sound and noise – are not so clearly drawn. The five installations in Soundmarks encourage us to recognize the creative potential of the sounds in our environment, and to consider what they might teach us about our community and ourselves.

Animated Gestures
Opening Reception: March 09th, 2007March 09 through May 14
Curated By: Lisa Dorin, the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Interactive presents Animated Gestures, three recent
interactive drawing installations by pioneering new media artist, Camille Utterback.

New England Inititative II: Networked Art Commissions
Opening Reception: January 01th, 2006December 08 through January 14
Curated By: Turbulence.org with Jo-Anne Green & Helen Thorington

Three awared commissions featuring Brooke A. Knight, John Snavely, & Mobius.

Collision X
Opening Reception: November 16th, 2006, 6pm - 9pm
November 16 through December 03
Curated By: Jonathan Bachrach & Dan Paluska

Curated by Jonathan Bachrach and Dan Paluska, Collision Collective artwork incorporates new technologies, concepts, and installation experiments. Featuring both MIT and regional artists, Collision X is full of innovative and provocative artworks in a wide range of media.

Art Show Down
Opening Reception: September 15th, 2006, 6-8 PM
September 15 through November 05
Curated By: Roland Smart and Jeff Warmouth

Urban Networks
Opening Reception: June 09th, 2006, 6PM
June 09 through August 06
Curated By: Susan Joyce

Urban Networks features five interactive art projects that share a similar vision concerning social encounters and explorations in urban places. Artists include Jody Zellen, Finishing School, John Craig Freeman, James Rouvelle, and Eric Paulos.

New Media/New Work
Opening Reception: February 23th, 2006, 6 - 9pm
February 22 through February 26
Curated By: The New Media Caucus of the College Art Association, in partnership with ATBoston and the members of the Leonardo Education Forum

During College Art Association’s annual conference in Boston 2006, Art Interactive will be hosting a unique collaborative venture in new media art. Organized by New Media Caucus along with AT Boston, and Leonardo Education Forum. New Media / New Work will feature cutting edge video and new media work on four separate screens.

Related events:

* Panel Discussion: Thursday, February 23, 3:00-5:00pm
Five on Five: Five Perspectives on the Interplay of Research, Innovation, Experimentation, Pedagogy, and Practice,

* Opening reception: Thursday, February 23, 6-9pm

About the organizations:

New Media Caucus
The New Media Caucus is a non-profit, international membership organization formed to advance the conceptual and artistic use of digital media. The caucus represents artists whose media are expanding with developments in digital technology and artists working in newly emerging media such as robotics, virtual reality, interactive and installation environments as well as artists working in established digital areas of video, sound and graphics. By providing a forum for the critical review of new media practice, the caucus increases the visibility and presence of new media practitioners

AT Boston
Art Technology Boston is a consortium of small nonprofit organizations supporting new media,
whose purpose is to create an interdisciplinary network in real and virtual space; trade and share resources; provide collaborative support; and establish a regional identity to increase visibility and strengthen outreach and advocacy efforts.
Members:
Art Interactive, Berwick Research Institute, 119 Gallery, Collision, Boston Cyberarts Festival, iKatun, Mobius, The Somerville Producers Group

LEF Leonardo Education Forum
As an affiliated group of the College Art Association (CAA), Leonardo has joined the largest professional community of artists and art historians in the United States. In an effort to promote the advancement of scholarship in the field of art/science/technology, Leonardo and CAA have combined efforts to provide what is hoped to be a permanent forum at the annual CAA Conference. In order to bridge the two networks, the Leonardo Education Forum has been brought together to help plan and develop Leonardo's activities with CAA.

The Collision Collective presents Collision 9
Opening Reception: January 27th, 2006, 6 - 9pm
January 27 through February 12

Glowlab: Open Lab
Opening Reception: October 14th, 2005, 6 - 9pm
October 14 through December 11
Curated By: Christina Ray

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In October 2005, Glowlab will present an 8-week site-specific installation at AI. Artists in residence each weekend will conduct artistic and psychogeographic experiments as the gallery is transformed into a working lab complete with video and web-based works and project documentation in the form of maps, photos and other materials. Artists -- including Glowlab's regular members as well as guest artists -- will produce participatory projects in a variety of forms including instruction-based works, walking tours, mobile tech-based participatory works, performances, workshops and more.

In accordance with Glowlab's focus on psychogeography, projects will be highly experimental and will take place not only in the gallery, but also in the public space surrounding the gallery. This approach will serve to engage AI visitors with the neighborhood and local community and expand their gallery experience to include the city as a whole.

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The Collision Collective presents Collision 8
Opening Reception: September 16th, 2005, 6 - 9pm
September 16 through October 03
Curated By: jackbackrack, Dan Paluska, Brian Knep

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Collisions are a showcase of envelope-pushing artwork in an interactive workshop/laboratory format. The artwork often involves never before tried technologies, concepts and installation approaches. It is an opportunity for Collision colluders to experiment and show new ideas and techniques and to discuss their work with and gather feedback from the public.

For more info: http://www.collisioncollective.org

Shadow Play
Opening Reception: April 22th, 2005April 23 through July 03
Curated By: Molly Polk

Shadow Play presents four interactive video installations by Scott Snibbe that invite viewers to improvise—walk, dance, jump, move—in an open, sensate field composed of screen, camera, computer, and projector. In each work, the casting and re-casting of viewers’ shadows on white, wall-mounted screens propel the interactive experience. Snibbe has made the means of activation direct and intuitive, underscoring the essential role of the audience in the realization of his artwork. Immediately, viewers see and feel the results of their play; as their shadows appear and re-appear on the screens, the formal qualities and narrative sequences of the emergent imagery evolve in response.

Collision Collective-7, Special Event Show
Opening Reception: April 01th, 2005, 6-9pm
April 02 through April 10
Curated By: jackbackrack, Dan Paluska, Brian Knep

Art Interactive was pleased to host The "Collision Exhibit Series" . Twice a year, artists from the Collision Collective take over the Art Interactive exhibit space for two weeks at a time.
In Collision Seven, we provided the theme of “chance” and chose work based on their relation to the notion of chance in science, robotics, artificial intelligence, art, the human condition, modeling, games, religion, philosophy, approximation, true reality, etc. C7 artworks give insights into the power and limitations of chance in our worlds.

The Paper Sculpture Show
Opening Reception: February 18th, 2005, 6 - 9pm
February 18 through March 27
Curated By: Mary Ceruti, Matt Freedman, Sina Najafi

Gallery visitors are the stars in The Paper Sculpture Show, a fully interactive exhibition, where they collaborate with artists in the creation of artworks via the artists’ printed instructions and images.

Intimachine
Opening Reception: November 29th, 2005, 6 - 9pm
November 30 through January 30
Curated By: Emanuel Lewin

Five artists explore in Intimachine the boundaries of human-machine existence. The visitor mirrors him/herself with the intimacy evoked by destruction, horror and emotions.

Collision Collective-6
Opening Reception: October 29th, 2004, 6-9pm
October 29 through November 15
Curated By: jackbackrack, Dan Paluska, Brian Knep

Art Interactive was pleased to host The "Collision Exhibit Series" . Twice a year, artists from the Collision Collective take over the Art Interactive exhibit space for two weeks at a time.
This show offers glimpses at the potential of technology based art. First, this artwork introduces novel ways to perceive our environment. Next it provides us with new perspectives on a future technology based society. Finally, technology based art suggests unique ways of acting on our environment. In Collision Six, the theme is "sensing" and C6 artworks explore the range of perception of both artificial creatures and art goers alike.

Sonalumina-13
Opening Reception: September 17th, 2005, 6-9pm
September 18 through December 01
Curated By: Art Interactive

Jeff Talman's SONALUMINA-13 is a site-specific soundspace installation tuned to the acoustic resonance of the Art Interactive site. The aluminum plates of the installation refer to the signature metal of the space (the floor is made of aluminum tiles), and serve as principal objects of the installation.

Participatory Democracy
Opening Reception: May 07th, 2005, 6-8pm
May 07 through July 29
Curated By: George Fifield

Participatory Democracy is a ground-breaking exploratory art exhibition that investigates three forms of interactivity: the first between the artists creating the exhibited works, the second between the artists and the audience, and the third between the audience and the artworks themselves. Featured work ranges from video and photography to performance and installation art.

eVolution- The Art of Living Systems
Opening Reception: January 23th, 2005, 6-8pm
January 23 through April 11
Curated By: Christiane Paul

eVolution epitomizes Art Interactive's exhibition program with its unique artworks in the area of "artificial life" and autonomous, behavior-driven systems. eVolution has been curated by Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and showcases the work of five internationally acclaimed artists: Bush Soul #3 by Rebecca Allen; Giver of Names by David Rokeby; A-Volve by Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau; and Instant Places by Maciej Wisniewski.

Do-It-Yourself Fluxus
Opening Reception: September 24th, 2005, 6-9pm
September 24 through December 13
Curated By: Midori Yoshimoto

Fluxus returns to its original interactive spirit at Art Interactive with the exhibition Do-It-Yourself Fluxus. Come and see, play, perform, create, and experience some of the best-known works from this influential art movement. This show features the art of celebrated artists George Brecht, Alison Knowles, George Maciunas, Larry Miller, Yoko Ono, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, and Ay-O. True to Art Interactive's mission, the works in Do-It-Yourself Fluxus will not be contained behind glass, ropes, or other barriers that all too often rob Fluxus of its participatory, personal, and performative meaning. You'll be able to experience Fluxus up-close-and-personal.

Engaging Characters
Opening Reception: July 26th, 2005, 6-9pm
July 26 through October 05
Curated By: Kathryn Brew

Engaging Characters presents a variety of strategies where artists are working with media and new technologies to create and develop characters, playing with storytelling and narrative concepts in ways that go way beyond the linear concept of plot and storyline. The works underscore the multidimensional, mutable nature of character. Viewers become active participants in constructing/driving/activating the characters, and subsequently the narratives, in a range of interesting ways. Many of the works offer a responsive quality, whether through the use of sensors, speech recognition and synthesis, robotics, or the now ubiquitous computer mouse interface. The underlying, driving force is the interchange between the viewer and the work, where the viewer becomes the collaborator in constructing the imaging and development of character. Here the work is not static, just as the character or personality is not static, but is dependant on a dynamic exchange; the experience is unique each time.

Origins
Opening Reception: May 02th, 2003, 6-9pm
April 26 through July 06
Curated By: Mary Ann Kearns

Origins provides a significant look at the video art discipline's roots and a sample of the artworks and visual instruments that paved the way for today's interactive and artistic technologies. Origins includes installations by Steina Vasulka and Walter Wright. Video pioneers, they helped to create and shape the video medium itself. Installations by Ben Piper and Benton-C Bainbridge show the influence of the older tools on younger video artists. Viewed in concert with the videos screened in the gallery, this exhibit makes it clear that today's "new" media is informed by electronic video.

Body Double
Opening Reception: February 12th, 2003, 6-9pm
February 12 through April 01
Curated By: Denise Markonish

The artists in this exhibition explore the wide range of ways in which the body is represented in their works as well as experimenting with diverse technologies for viewer interaction. Curator Denise Markonish comments, "One of the major components of interactive artworks is the way in which the installations involve the viewer's body to actually enhance and in some cases complete the artist's vision. Body Double takes the importance of the body in interactive art and explores it twofold by presenting a series of works that both take on the body as their subject but that also physically depend upon the viewer's body to bring the works to completion." Body Double included the works of Bebe Beard (Boston, MA), Harriet Casdin-Silver (Boston, MA), Henry Kaufman (Cambridge, MA), Brooke Knight (Boston, MA), and Danny Rozin (New York, NY).

TimeShare
Opening Reception: September 27th, 2005, 6-9pm
September 28 through January 05
Curated By: Denise Markonish

Art Interactive's inaugural show, Time Share, explores time, perception and interactivity. Denise Markonish, curator for Time Share, wrote, "These artists make time perceptible and more interactive, allowing the observer to participate and contemplate their own relationship to the perception of time. These large scale pieces call to the viewer's attention the break between digital and analog time, and the speeding up and slowing down of temporality." The exhibition included the work of the work of Jane Marsching, Michael Mittelman, Andrew Neumann, Scott Snibbe, Jeff Talman, and Camille Utterback.