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Then you should check out this event!
Got this from my LEMUR newsletter. LEMUR is basically a group of coders and engineers who program robots to make incredible music. Read on, if you want to check out an awesome site on the 3rd of June (Friday):
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Got this from my LEMUR newsletter. LEMUR is basically a group of coders and engineers who program robots to make incredible music. Read on, if you want to check out an awesome site on the 3rd of June (Friday):
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| Originally Posted by Newsletter >*** LEMUR presents *** > >Drumming on the Ceiling > >On display at 45 John Street in Lower Manhattan from > >Friday, June 3 - Saturday, June 25 > >*** Please join us at the opening party on Friday, June 3rd from 6 pm on *** > > >LEMUR returns to New York in June with a new installation titled >Drumming on the Ceiling. In a site-specific piece, over 20 ModBots >(modular percussive robots) are hung from the ceiling and driven by >LEMUR's new algorithmic improvisation software. Drumming on the >Ceiling is one installation in a group show featuring several of New >York's edgiest up and coming artists; it is on display from Friday, >June 3 - Saturday, June 25. > >Drumming on the Ceiling takes advantage of 45 John Street's raw >space and high ceilings. Located in one of Manhattan's busiest work >neighborhoods, the exhibition offers a free and easily accessible >respite from the office. LEMUR recently exhibited at Beall Center >for Art + Technology at University of California, Irvine; its last >New York exhibition was at Gigantic Art Space's acclaimed Gen.R.8 >show in early 2004. > >The 9500 square foot exhibition space is provided by The Lower >Manhattan Cultural Council and curated and organized by media & >theater group 3-Legged Dog. Other exhibiting artists include the >Brooklyn-based urban archaeological organization Ars Subterranea and >its Spontaneous Generation installation, which focuses on literal >and metaphorical aspects of devastation and renewal in post-9/11 >Lower Manhattan; and 3-Legged Dog founder Kevin Cunningham, who >gives the space Degeneracy, the group's next large-scale multimedia >work. For additional exhibition information, visit >http://www.3leggeddog.org. > >WHERE: 45 John Street, 2 blocks east of Broadway between Dutch and >Nassau Streets. >A, C, E, 2, 3, J, M, Z to Fulton Street. > >WHEN: Friday June 3 - Saturday, June 25. Exhibition hours are M-F >10-6, Saturday 12 - 5. > >LEMUR is supported in part by generous grants from the Rockefeller >Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the >Greenwall Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and Arts International. >LEMUR is also sponsored by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center. > >LEMUR is Eric Singer, Jeff Feddersen, Bil Bowen, Milena Iossifova, >and Luke DuBois. More information about LEMUR members, including >contributions and expertise, is available. > >About 45 John Street >The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council has given media & theater group >3-Legged Dog the use of this 9500 square foot space. At 45 John >Street, 3-Legged Dog will advocate for grassroots art and culture in >the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan by creating new artworks in the >neighborhood. This will done through exhibitions, events done in >collaboration with other downtown arts groups, and by converting the >glass facade into an ongoing everchanging set of interactive video >and sound installations that use passersby as the subject matter. > >About 3-Legged Dog Media & Theater Group >3-Legged Dog Media & Theater Group is an experimental media and >theater group founded in 1994 to produce original works in theater, >performance, media, installation and hybrid forms. Since its >inception, 3-Legged Dog has performed in New York City venues >including The Kitchen, PS 122, La MaMa, and others. The company has >mounted many full-scale multimedia productions, workshop and >installations. Its most recent work Accidental Records was shown at >the Venice Biennale's 9th Architecture Exhibit. 3LD's headquarters >at 30 W. Broadway was destroyed on September 11, 2001; construction >recently commenced on the company's upcoming 3LD Art & Technology >Center at 80 Greenwich Street. > >About Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) >Lower Manhattan Cultural Council is the leading voice for arts and >culture in downtown New York City, producing cultural events and >promoting the arts through grants, services, advocacy, and cultural >development programs. http://Www.lmcc.net > >Visit LEMUR's website at http://www.lemurbots.org. |
