Exciting call, DIY workshops for 01SJ and Green Prix deadline 2/15/2010

The 3rd 01SJ Biennial will take place September 16-19, 2010 in San Jose, CA. The theme of the Biennial is “Build Your Own World.” Prior to the Biennial, from September 4-15, ZER01: the Art and Technology Network, in collaboration with partners from around the world, is inviting independent artists,... [Read more]

Real time sunrise and sunset as graphic design intervention on Whitney.org

Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir who form the collaborative Ecoarttech have a new web art piece that brings the physical cycles of the moon into the electronic realm of the Internet. At sunrise and sunset, fluctuating orbs of light disrupt the “digital landscape,” and the information environment... [Read more]

See, fish really do live there

Yesterday, I attended the 13th annual Microwave New Media Festival’s Keynote Conference in Kowloon Park in Hong Kong. There were a number of interesting talks please see the exhibition website for more information. I was really impressed with several of Natalie Jeremijenko’s recent projects,... [Read more]

Anti-bottled water campaign brings in puppies

Tappening is an activist group bent on spreading rumors about bottled water using the same techniques that bottled water companies use to spread rumors about tap water. The lies include a multitude of tactics from the funny, “Evian is actually collected from the sweat that freely flows from the... [Read more]

Holmes awarded 2010 Rhizome commission

I am excited that my project solarCircus will be funded via a 2010 Rhizome commission on June 29th. The solarCircus project is a collection of related creative activities: hands-on workshops, nomadic solar-powered urban interventions, and online performances.  All of these actions will explore the power... [Read more]

Eve Mosher at the Big Draw

I just got Eve Mosher’s summer newsletter and this NYC-based eco-artist is really busy!  Mosher has a piece in New York’s Drawing Center called Paths of Desire that elegantly details a walking route in lower Manhattan that takes one by various aquatic sites-of-interest such as Maiden Lane,... [Read more]

Visualizing carbon emissions and promoting public transport

Great advertisement for people thinking about whether to drive or take the bus to the airport. Flygbussarna, a Swedish coach bus company, in partnership with the Acne marketing group, assembled 50 cars into one bus to highlight the production of carbon emissions. Assuming slightly more than one person... [Read more]

Ice-cream creates screaming good audience at art fair

“Where we are now is making work that reflects our own individual sensibilities, an ongoing dialogue that ultimately results in work that challenges us as much as it may challenge a viewer, or an idea about what art is, or what are can be. Is an ice cream truck refitted as a war machine serving ice... [Read more]

darkSky at Art Chicago this weekend

darkSky (2009) is an interactive installation by Tiffany Holmes which presents a series of salvaged lamps that visitors are encouraged to turn on and off, and the resulting energy consumption is presented in real-time as an animation on a single plasma screen. This exhibit was recently on view at the... [Read more]

DIY Solar Sculptures at NIU

Yesterday I led a second “DIY Solar Sculptures” workshop out at Northern Illinois University.  We had about 10 folks attending perhaps due to the fact that it was 70 degrees in Chicago for the first time in several months.  Everyone got the king crab kits together pretty quickly and then... [Read more]

Real-time levels pollution visualized in park photos

Eclipse is an interactive artwork that alters and corrupts appropriated photographs of United States national and state parks based on real-time Air Quality Index readings from the web (AQI or particle pollution data is available from airnow.gov). Eclipse was commissioned by Turbulence.org and was... [Read more]

DIY SOLAR SCULPTURES

In my own studio practice while on sabbatical, I’m exploring the myriad possibilities of hacking solar toys. I’m starting to create a miniature city that needs only the sun to run.  Check out some recent neighborhood experiments.  The dogs are really frightened by the spinning antennas. As... [Read more]

Ecomedia exhibition opens this week

The Ecomedia exhibition opens this week in Valencia, Spain.  Part-exhibition, part-educational forum, this event brings together an impressive list of practicing artists most of whom are totally focused on promoting environmental stewardship through their art. Below is the official exhibition announcement: The... [Read more]

Utilities figure out the ultimate conservation contest

Today’s front page article “Utilities Turning Customers Green, With Envy” in the New York Times profiles a unique strategy that utility companies have developed to get people to conserve energy: pit neighbors against one another.  The Sacramento Municipal Energy District attempted... [Read more]

Ars Scientia’s Environmentalism Salon

Ars Scientia is a series of events focused on collaborations between artists and scientists sponsored by the Chicago Cultural Center. Last night, I participated in a salon called “Exploring Environmentalism with Art and Science”—the session started at 6pm and the discussion lasted... [Read more]

Read More Posts From This Category »