This reception on March 15th will celebrate Taeyoon Choi and Mary Mattingly's projects and activate Eyebeam's space through participatory experience. Choi's performance will start at 7pm and music by special guest Darren Will and David Kanbergs will follow at 7:30pm. Both exhibitions began on March 1st when Mary started living in the Flock House Pod and Taeyoon began a series of performances in the main space. The projects will continue to grow and artists will interact with the visitors on daily basis.

This is a monthly game testing event for independent game developers and enthusiasts run by fellow Kaho Abe and Come Out and Play. The focus will be on play-testing, open dialogue and discussion around games in development.

This monthly meeting is a great opportunity for game developers to get valuable feedback for projects in progress. For game enthusiasts, these events are a place to learn more about the game development process, techniques and systems behind games. 

To attend the next event on Sat March 17 2-5PM email kaho@eyebeam.org.

Eyebeam presents a screening of filmmakers' Ine Poppe and Sam Nemeth Them F*ckin' Robots, a documentary five years in the making on the career of artist Norman White. White has produced a large oeuvre, from paintings to light murals to interactive robotics. White is one of the most influential media artists in the field and has instructed hundreds of artists at the Ontario College of Art and Design in the production of hands-on media art from 1976 onwards. He is one of the reasons vast numbers of acclaimed media artists come from Canada.

A talk and Q&A will follow the screening.

On Wednesday, March 21, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM, Eyebeam will be holding an opening reception for Brother Islands.

Brother Islands is a reworking of a performance piece that premiered at Eyebeam's MIXER series in 2007 to a sold out audience. This new work is an experimental documentary in the form of a looping video painting. It will be on display in the Eyebeam Window Gallery from March 20th-April 28th. Close inspection of the abstract, layered video imagery reveals glimpses of a long abandoned island quarantine. QR codes frame the video and link to a first-person account of island life in today's homeless shelters. This work is a collaboration between Eyebeam alum Benton-C Bainbridge, who produced and conceptualized the video, with fabrication assistance from Minou Maguna and original text by Bill Etra.

What constitutes the "urban" today? How can it be described? How does a situation matter? What action does it call for? How are its priorities revealed? Eyebeam Honorary Resident Jordan Crandall and Eyebeam Fellow Mark Shepard will conduct an informal public conversation on the articulation of a new urban ontology for contemporary cities.

Jordan Crandall's Unmanned is a piece of "philosophical theater" that explores the changing nature of masculinity in the face of automated technologies of war. Jordan conducts a series of monologues in the guise of seven different characters, supplemented with stage action, video, and sound. Each character is an archetype of masculine identity struggling with its own agency and role in the field of deployment -- historically, the most complex issue in the field of military endeavor.

How much can we share and how much can we ask from audience? "Fair Exchange", featuring work by David Horvitz and Kyle McDonald, questions the systems of knowledge production and human interaction with machines in the public space. For the duration of the exhibition the Eyebeam Bookstore will present editions and publications by the artists. A schedule of related performances is available at  the project website. "Fair Exchange" is curated by Eyebeam Fellow Taeyoon Choi as part of his initiative New Normal Business.

AntiVJ is a visual label working in performance and installation initiated by a group of European artists whose technology driven work is focused on the use of projected light and its influence on perception. At this talk, we meet the artists behind AntiVJ. They will tell us what a visual label is and will recount their collective history in authoring luminous works of architectural design, stage settings, and exhibitions.

Join us for a public event exploring and archiving the many views of democracy. Anyone who wishes to present their work in art and activism can sign up for a short time slot. OWS Archive Share Day is presented in collaboration with OWS Archives members Anna Perricci and Christine O’Heron, and in conjunction with ‘Speakers’ Corners‘ an exhibition by Taeyoon Choi at Eyebeam.

Please send a brief introduction to your work and archive to activisttechnology@gmail.com by March 26th 12:00PM. 

Every Tuesday from February 14th to April 24th, Eyebeam & MoMA team up to present a youth workshop series exploring art that you can perform and wear using the latest in portable, digital innovation. Taught by Eyebeam alum Diana Eng, and taking their inspiration from MoMA's collection, participants will incorporate cutting-edge technology to explore the world in which clothing, sound, and art collide. 

Follow their progress on the Facebook photo page!