Freemedia & Youth Exchange

Eyebeam and the UK’s MediaShed a free-media community center in
Southend by the Sea, have been working closely on the development of
Gearbox, an open-source, online media-making toolkit. On February 2,
Eyebeam's Student Residents, Senior Fellows and staff will travel to
Southend by the Sea for six days o meet, share practices, and develop
collaborative projects using Gearbox. MediaShed youth will travel to
NYC on February 12 complete the projects and install them in Eyebeam’s
galleries.

This exchange will culminate in an all-day Free Media Workshop on
February 16, which will focus on the use of “free-cycled” materials to
create new and innovative forms of public infrastructure. Eyebeam and
MediaShed participants, together with workshop participants, will
present their projects and discuss the idea and application of “free
media”. The event will close with public reception celebrating the
exchange.

Gearbox was developed by Jeff Crouse, Chris Sugrue, Evan Harper and Geraldine Juárez in the Production Lab for Mediashed.