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Collaborative Futures Book Launch & Talk

March 4, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Eyebeam - 540 W21st Street, New York

Upgrade! NY presents:
Collaborative Futures Book Launch & Talk
a book about free collaboration written collaboratively in 5 days

Watch the live video stream on March 4 at 7:30PM (EST) and participate in the discussion!

Over 5 days in mid January 2010 the Transmediale festival locked 6 writers and 1 programmer in a Berlin hotel room to collaboratively write a book about the future of free collaboration; the authors started with only the title, and ended the week with a book.

Transmediale Artistic Director Stephen Kovats will be on hand to join Eyebeam Senior Fellow Michael Mandiberg and Eyebeam Honorary Resident Mushon Zer-Aviv, to talk about the process of writing the book, and some of their discoveries in the collaborative process. Stephen Kovatz will also talk about the ‘Futurity Now’ concept of TM10 in general and particularly in the context of the Collaborative Futures book sprint.

This will be your first chance to get your hands on a dead-tree version of the book. Books will be for sale for $15 at the event, but you can pre-order now for $12 and help make the print run possible. Click here to pre-order!

The Collaborative Futures team working on the book

The “Collaborative Futures” book sprint was facilitated by Adam Hyde (FlossManuals.net) and authored by Mushon Zer-Aviv, Michael Mandiberg, Mike Linksvayer, Alan Toner and several additional collaborators using the Booki software (booki.cc) by Aleksandar Erkalovic.

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Winter Camp

March 2, 2009 6:00 pm to March 7, 2009 10:00 pm.
Studio K, Amsterdam, NL

wintercamp

Upgrade! NY
March 2, 2009

Winter Camp was an event, organized by the Institute of Network Cultures and took place 3-7 March ‘09 in Amsterdam. Network Cultures Winter Camp was a mix of presentations and work spaces with an emphasis on getting things done.

It was a four-day program of work spaces and plenary presentations, in which a dozen networks worked on their specific current topics.

Participants from various nodes of the Upgrade network were in attendance, including Mushon Zer-Aviv from Upgrade! NY.

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Jonah Brucker-Cohen

August 26, 2003; 7:00 pm;
Eyebeam - 540 W21st Street, New York
Mouse Miles

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August 2003

Dublin based artist Jonah Brucker-Cohen reviewed his work revolving around the theme of “Deconstructing Network” both physical and online.

Jonah Brucker-Cohen discussed some of his projects that attempt to challenge accepted notions of network interaction from networked software hacks and rule-based systems to translating virtual processes and conventions into the physical world.

Finally he talked about the Dublin Art and Technology Association (DATA Group), an informal group he co-founded in Ireland that has had over 12 monthly events in Dublin, a large symposium earlier this year, electronics for artists workshops, and aims to showcase art and technology projects from local and international artists, musicians, designers, students, academics, and more. Read On »

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Miltos Manetas & Maciej Wisniewski with Tamas Banovich

May 28, 2003; 7:00 pm;
Eyebeam - 540 W21st Street, New York

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May 2003

Miltos Manetas is a renowned international artist who makes paintings, videoworks, prints and performance about video games, players and computer hardware. He also produces websites as artwork and initiates art actions, claiming that websites are today’s most radical art.

Maciej Wisniewski is the creator of Netomat software as well as founder and Chief Scientist for Netomat, Inc. He is an internationally respected digital artist and programmer whose work focuses on the underlying social impact of technology and networks.

Tamas Banovich is also a founder of Netomat, Inc. and is currently an advisor for the company. He is co-owner of Postmasters, the renowned contemporary art gallery in Manhattan and has been responsible for curating some of the world’s most high-profile digital and multi-media art.

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Scott Patterson with Marina Zurkow & Julian Bleecker

February 22, 2003; 12:00 pm;
Eyebeam - 540 W21st Street, New York
PDPal at Eyebeam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upgrade! NY
February 2003

This month turned into a lively Saturday brunch (to distract the group from the brutal February weather) reviewing past works and works-in-progress. 

Scott Patterson talked about Your Show Here, a prototype for StaticVehicle, *-scope, and his most recent collaborative effort, PDPal. Marina Zurkow and Julian Bleecker joined Scott for the PDPal demonstration and discussion.

The discussion of the four projects highlighted the transition in his work from more traditional architecture to an investigation of information architecture. Scott sited the thread between his eccentric projects—each with diverse manifestations of the virtual and the real. The presentation of PDPal brought forth an important discussion regarding the difficulties and benefits of working in collaboration. Read On »

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Andreas Angelidakis

January 29, 2003; 7:00 pm;
Eyebeam - 540 W21st Street, New York

Chelsea

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January 2003

Andreas is an architect whose work addresses you and your avatar.  He makes buildings and places for real people and their machines

Andreas Angelidakis showed some of his work that engages a 3-D Internet such as Neen World, Mirrorsite series, Invisible Home, and My Anchorage.  He also showed physical spaces that have been or are about to be constructed, such as Tetris Mountain for Lev Manovich’s Soft Cinema, Electronic Orphanage, Teleport Diner and Pause.

The first project reviewed was Chelsea, which was a collaboration with Miltos Manetas. Chelsea was a 3-D world of art and architecture created in Active Worlds. It was the first experiment in building an online community. Chelsea suffered a digital demolition when the host forgot to pay for the yearly service and all fifty buildings were erased from the server. Read On »

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MTAA

October 3, 2002; 8:00 pm;
Eyebeam - 540 W21st Street, New York

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September 2002

 
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An evening spent catching up with MTAA.

T. Whid and M. River took the opportunity to consider recent past projects and updated the group regarding their current work and process.  T. Whid and M. River reviewed the Website Unseen and Updates series, discussed the installation work at PS1 and SmackMellon, perused new works in progress at Tinjail.com, and provided highlights of the new features at MT Enterprises WorldWide.  MTAA used the meeting to contextualize a body of work via a presentation based on reflection.

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Tina LaPorta

January 28, 2001; 7:00 pm;
Josh and Tanya's loft - Soho

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January 2001

January’s gathering took place at Josh Harris’ loft, which was wired to the Internet via 32 cameras, motion sensors and microphones.

 

 
The gathering brought to a closure the Warhol Hijack, a weekend of performances by twelve of Upgrade! artists. The space was a perfect setup for Tina LaPorta to talk about the body of work she has been developing for some time which focused on the CU-SeeMe environment as a platform of inquiry on how people make use of technology to communicate over the network. Read On »