"Eyebeam Resurfaces: The Future of the Digital Archive" Exhibition
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center
This event has ended.
As you're likely aware, Eyebeam nearly lost its digital archive in Hurricane Sandy’s record flood that swept through Chelsea. From January 8–12, the organization opens its doors for an examination of the recovery effort led by professional conservators and volunteers from the community. With a lineup of lectures and workshops, a documentary film screening, and an exhibition of works salvaged from the collection, the event will offer the public a unique insight into the challenges of digital preservation while articulating the significance of Eyebeam's archive representing 15 years of media art history.
In considering the significance of this exhibition, curators Lindsay Howard and Jonathan Minard comment, “By sharing the story of Eyebeam's archive and the community effort to save this collection of digital history, we are engaging in a conversation about the long term future of digital media and what it takes to preserve the artifacts of our time."
Drawing from a pool of more than 1,500 DVDs, VHS cassettes, Mini DVs, and digital storage media, Howard and Minard have selected the most unexpected, exciting, and rare material to feature in a multi-channel installation. These selections include work by such renowned Eyebeam artists as Golan Levin, Zach Lieberman, Mariko Mori, and Alexander Galloway, in addition to documentation of events, lectures, performances, and interviews.
On Thursday, January 10 from 7:00pm–9:00pm, Eyebeam will host a fundraising event for its archival digitization effort, set to start early 2013. Experts from organizations including AV Preserve will speak on a range of topics related to digital preservation, as well as the influence of Eyebeam within the field of contemporary art. The fundraiser will also feature an exclusive preview of Jonathan Minard’s Archive, a documentary film that examines humanity’s dependence on digital memory. Additionally, workshops on various aspects of digital preservation for artists, collectors and organizations will be available throughout the course of the exhibition.
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Schedule
from January 08, 2013 to January 12, 2013
A fundraising event: January 10 from 7:00pm–9:00pm