From October 26, 2010 - January 29, 2010, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center’s main exhibition space is transformed into X-Lab, an open lab environment where we share the ongoing research and practice of our residents and fellows, and offer opportunities for deep public engagement.

Much as an unConference favors a flexible, participant-driven format that values energetic dialogue over talking head presentations, X-Lab might be described as an unExhibition where, rather than present finished works, we provide a space for critical reflection on and participation in the research and production processes at Eyebeam.

In the spirit of open culture, X-Lab is a platform for opening Eyebeam's process to the public. Through X-Lab, we will share thinking and techniques behind the work-in-progress of our fellows and residents through workshops and presentations, while looking critically at experimental lab models around the world. The artists, engineers, hackers and program staff working here will track the activities and projects within X-Lab as they evolve, fork, and converge via a dynamic documentation process - available online and in the space.

Follow X-Lab projects online as they develop: http://eyebeam.tumblr.com

In exploding the Eyebeam lab model, putting it under the microscope for closer inspection, we offer new ways for both the public and Eyebeam itself to understand and shape its vision for creative practice at the nexus of socially-engaged art, design, and engineering.

X-Lab includes the following resources and work/play spaces:

• R&D houses tools for prototyping and developing work
• Prototyping is a fabricating space for production
• Sandbox is a play space for user testing and collecting data for new projects
• Classroom is a networked space to think and make and meet
• Presentation is flexible space for workshops, discussion groups, formal presentations, and dinners
• Bookstore is a space for informal conversation, reading, doing research - and shopping :)

These spaces are flexible and permeable: the activity from one can easily bleed into others, or be taking place simultaneously in many.

The public is invited to interact with the artists' works during our X-Lab Open Hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 12PM – 6PM. Docents will lead visitors through the space and introduce artists during those times. Go here to view the schedule of artists' work-in-progress.

Below is a listing of X-Lab events and activities.

	Personal powerPlant v3 In this workshop led by Eyebeam alums fluxxlab with collaborator Farrukh Zia participants will assemble and take home their own Personal powerPlant. The Personal powerPlant is a portable device that harnesses electricity through a hand crank generator (with solar cell option) into a rechargeable...
	Guardian Project Hack Session Come learn about mobile privacy and test our software to help you get there. We will be working on and testing a number of Android apps from the Guardian Project for anonymous and private web browsing, chat, and photo-journalism. The Guardian Project aims to create easy to use apps, open-source...
	X-Lab Salon: Space Invaders Space Invaders is the final event in Eyebeam’s X-Lab Salon series, a program of thematic critical discussions taking place around an informal dining table. Join Eyebeam on January 27 for Space Invaders, an evening of art + technology + food + conversation with fellows Kaho Abe and Aaron Meyers...
	OurGoods.org Idea Party and Live Barter As part of X-Lab programming, Eyebeam has invited OurGoods.org to host one of their live goods-and-ideas exchanges in the X-Lab on Saturday, January 22, 3-5 p.m. OurGoods.org is a barter network for the creative community. We connect artists, designers, and craftspeople who barter skills, spaces,...
	Debian-NYC Novice Night Join X-Lab Resident and Debian NYC member Hans-Christoph Steiner for Novice Night, a series of Debian-NYC meetings for everyone. This event is for you if: you would like to install Debian, help with an installation, help with configuring or making Debian do what you need. If you want to hang...
	TEDxMidTownNY: Opening the Space Portal Eyebeam hosts the third TEDxMidTownNY event, sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF), discussing progress towards sustainable space settlement with best-selling author Howard Bloom and award-winning space glove designer Ted Southern. TEDxMidTownNY is a local, independently organized...
	X-Lab Salon: Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence is the second event in Eyebeam’s new X-Lab Salon series, a program of thematic critical discussions taking place around an informal dining table. Join Eyebeam for Artificial Intelligence, an evening of art + technology + food + conversation with fellows Jon Cohrs and...
	Art/Science Saturday On Saturday, December 4 Eyebeam's X-Lab hosts Art + Science Saturday, a focused workshop space for youth to experiment, play, and learn about creative practice at the intersection of art and science. PROGRAM: ••• Undesigning.org presents: The Counter KitchenA collaboration between Brooke Singer and...
	Debian-NYC Novice Night Join X-Lab Resident and Debian NYC member Hans-Christoph Steiner for Novice Night, a series of Debian-NYC meetings for everyone. This event is for you if: you would like to install Debian, help with an installation, help with configuring or making Debian do what you need. If you want to hang out...
	Rap Research Group As part of X-Lab, Eyebeam Resident Tahir Hemphill has organized a Rap Research Group. The group - made up of enthusiasts, historians, creative technologists, cultural critics, linguists, teachers, MC's and academics - will meet to discuss various topics: quantifying art & metaphor, data...

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