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Eyebeam is now accepting applications for Summer 2008 Residencies. Residents receive a $5,000 stipend and 24/7 access to the Chelsea facility during their term. Apply now!
The application deadline for the Summer 2008 Residency season, which runs from July – November, is closed. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of Eyebeam staff and external representatives of the media art community. All applicants will be informed of their status by email or phone by April 28, 2008.
About the Residency
Eyebeam residencies support the creative research, production and presentation of initiatives querying art, technology and culture. The residency is a period of concentration and immersion in artistic investigation, daring research or production of visionary, experimental applications and projects. Past initiatives have ranged from moving image, sound and physical computing works to technical prototypes, installations and public interventions.
The ideal resident will both contribute to and benefit from the collective environment at Eyebeam, and will embrace the spirit of openness shared across the organization: open source, open content and open distribution.
To promote collaboration and the sharing of diverse skill sets, Eyebeam encourages the formation of research groups that bring together creative practitioners working at Eyebeam as well as expert external participants. New research leads to possible public outcomes including seminars, public discussion and exhibition. Research themes for 2008 include (though will not be limited to):
- Energy, Technology and Sustainability
- Urban research, urban interventions and media in public space
Artists and creative technologists interested in these research areas are particularly encouraged to apply for Summer 2008 residencies.
Residents are encouraged to participate in public events including workshops, demonstrations of research in progress, panel discussions, and online releases, in addition to regularly scheduled open studio events.
The program term is from July to November with the potential for extension and/or re-application. Residents will be selected from an open call, based on the quality of the work or research being proposed, the availability of the necessary tools and skills to support the work, and in consideration of the overarching research themes and activities of the organization.
To Apply
Applications are accepted via our online application system. Apply now.
Many of the most frequently asked questions are answered online. Be sure to visit our FAQ for applicants before you apply. If you have any questions, contact residencyinfo AT eyebeam DOT org.
- Resident
- OpenLab
- Sustainability Research Group
- http://www.fluxxlab.com
Fluxxlab's work to date has been focused on sustainable energy harvesting, specifically in the form of converting small amounts of human energy into electricity. The design firm consists of two partners, Jennifer Broutin and Carmen Trudell.
Jennifer is a designer with professional experience in architecture and exhibition design as well as architectural publication. She is currently a Project Manager at 212box Architecture PC.
Carmen is a registered architect, and a LEED accredited professional. She currently teaches design and construction technology at the New York City College of Technology. She is also a partner in the design firm BOTH Landscape and Architecture based in Brooklyn, NY.
Projects
- Resident
- OpenLab
- Sustainability Research Group
- www.fddrsn.net
Jeff Feddersen is an artist, musician, and engineer whose work has increasingly focused on sustainable energy and natural systems. One such work, EarthSpeaker, is a set of solar-powered acoustic sculptures for free103point9's Wave Farm in Acra, New York, with support from Eyebeam and NYSCA. His robotic sonic sculptures, invented musical instruments, and software have been exhibited internationally at venues including the Lincoln Center, Wave Hill, the Walker Art Center, the Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and MixedMedia Milan. He has taught electronics, sustainable energy, and digital audio at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (where he was also a resident researcher,) and has also worked for the NASA flight hardware developer Honeybee Robotics, the American Museum of Natural History, and Minnesota Public Radio.
- Resident
- OpenLab
- http://www.leahgauthier.com
Leah is an intermedia artist using natural materials, live plants, food , and performance to explore ideas of sustainability, self-sufficiency, and community building through shared pleasures of good food and conversation. She teaches new media at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and her work has been exhibited at Tufts University Art Center, Revolving Muesum, Boston University, Portland Museum of Art, Burren College of Art, School of the Museum of Fine Art Boston, Bowdoin College, Centro Pablo de la Torriente Brau, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. In 2007, she was an artist-in-residence at Eyebeam in New York City, and The MacDowell Colony.
Projects
- Resident
- Production
- http://dantorop.info/
Dan Torop is currently building a virtual stretch of the Bowery as it was in 1997. This follows years exploring the computability of the sublime (and vice versa) via his interactive physics-based simulation Ocean. Other computational endeavors include a machine that endlessly speaks heartfelt poetry, cellular automaton drawings, dancing shadow puppets, and the collaborative machinima film LoveDeath.
In his non-digital practice, Torop wanders various landscapes in
search of photographs. While working in the documentary tradition, he
seeks an immanence in images which transcends their optical and physical
nature. He has shown his photography internationally since the mid-’90s, and regularly exhibits at the Derek Eller Gallery in New York.
He currently lives in Brooklyn.
