Workshop
April 19, 2005, 6:30pm
Beyond the Canvas: Working as an Experimental Media Artist.
Speakers: Rachel Greene, Adjunct Curator, New Museum and Director of Rhizome.org; Yael Kanarek, Artist; and John Thomson, Distribution Director, Electronic Arts Intermix and Co-Director, Foxy Production
Calling All Artists!
We are pleased to offer the following free talks! As places are limited, please sign up in advance online at www.artistsspace.org.
Rachel Greene has written for many publications including Artforum, Frieze, Contemporary, and Time Out New York. Her first book, Internet Art (2004) was a title in Thames and Hudson's prestigious World of Art series. She has curated exhibitions online and is currently an Adjunct Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art where she has organized exhibitions including Rules of Crime (2004) and the upcoming Contagious Media. She is also Executive Director of Rhizome.org.
Yael Kanarek is a media artist who has been developing her award-winning, cross-media project World of Awe since 1995. She is also the founder of The Upgrade! a monthly gathering of artists and curators working in New Media since 1999 hosted by Eyebeam. The Upgrade! has satellites in Vancouver, Montreal, Boston and soon Scotland, Tel Aviv, Munich and Seoul.
John Thomson is Distribution Director of Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, a non-profit media arts collection established in 1971. He is also Co-director of Foxy Production, a New York gallery dedicated to exhibiting emerging, multi-disciplinary artists.