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Electronic Arts Intermix: September 2000
EAI News: Autumn 2000
- Joan Jonas: Film and Video Screening September 28 at Dia Center for the Arts
- EAI Awarded Langlois Foundation Grant for Preservation and Archival Project
- EAI Program at Rockefeller Center Digital Video Wall, October 00 - January 01
- EAI Videotapes Featured in Dia Bookshop
- Involuntary Reception Web Project by Kristin Lucas at www.eai.org
- Coming October 2: New Works Update Available as Adobe PDF File
OPEN-AIR SCREENING OF EARLY FILMS AND VIDEOS BY JOAN JONAS:
Thursday, September 28th
EAI and Dia Center for the Arts will co-host a screening of the early film and video works of Joan Jonas at Dia's Rooftop Urban Park Project on September 28. Highlights of the evening will include the first screening in fifteen years of Jonas' 1976 film Mirage, which will be projected simultaneously with a new video piece created from 1970's off-air and performance material, and a live performance element by Jonas. The program will also include Jonas' 16 mm films Wind (1968), Veil (1971), and Songdelay (1973), and a video documentation of her 1972 performance "Organic Honey's Vertical Roll." These recently restored early works are now available from EAI.
The Jonas screening will take place on Dia's rooftop at 548 West 22nd Street on Thursday, September 28th, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
EAI AWARDED LANGLOIS FOUNDATION GRANT FOR PRESERVATION AND ARCHIVAL PROJECT
EAI was one of 37 international organizations to be awarded grants from The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science & Technology (Montreal) in 2000. The grant will be used to employ digital technologies in the conservation and archiving of EAI's collection, including the restoration of historically significant and rare media works and the preservation of documents, ephemera and other historical material from the EAI archives. As EAI enters its 30th year, this project will help to preserve the invaluable artistic and cultural legacy of EAI's collection, celebrating the history as well as the future of media art.
EAI PROGRAM AT THE DIGITAL VIDEO WALL AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER
October 2000 - January 2001
A selection of recent work from EAI will be presented as part of the "Arts Interlude" program at the Digital Video Wall, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, every Monday and Wednesday from Noon - 2:00 pm for four months, beginning October 2. Exhibiting a range of strategies, themes, and formal approaches, the program illustrates the richness and diversity of the collection, including recent works by Tony Cokes, Steina, Cheryl Donegan, Éder Santos, Phyllis Baldino and Kristin Lucas.
The Digital Video Wall is located at 1251 Avenue of the Americas (East Concourse), between 49th and 50th Streets.
EAI TAPES FEATURED IN DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS BOOKSHOP
Videotapes from EAI's collection are featured in Dia's expanded bookshop and reading room (at 548 West 22nd Street), designed by Los Angeles artist Jorge Pardo as an element in his installation "Project." Bookshop visitors have the opportunity to view and place orders for more than 60 historical and contemporary works from EAI's collection of 2,800 videotapes by artists. Bookshop hours are Wednesday - Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm.
INVOLUNTARY RECEPTION WEB PROJECT BY KRISTIN LUCAS PRESENTED ON EAI'S WEB SITE (WWW.EAI.ORG)
Involuntary Reception, a web project by New York artist Kristin Lucas, can be viewed on EAI's web site at www.eai.org. Addressing themes of social isolation and alienation within technology and electronic media, Lucas performs as a young woman who emits an enormous electromagnetic pulse field. The video element of Involuntary Reception may be viewed in its entirety using Real Player.
COMING OCTOBER 2: "NEW & HISTORICAL WORKS: AUTUMN 2000" AVAILABLE AS ADOBE PDF FILE
EAI's "New & Historical Works: Autumn 2000", which includes new additions to the EAI collection, will be available on October 2 as a print-ready Adobe PDF file email attachment. Users can download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the files from www.adobe.com. Included are artists new to the EAI collection, such as Karen Finley and Leslie Thornton; new works by artists such as Charles Atlas, Seoungho Cho, and Yau Ching; newly restored historical works by Muntadas, Nam June Paik, and Martha Rosler; early audio works by Vito Acconci, and Fantastic Prayers, a CD-ROM project by Constance DeJong, Tony Oursler, and Stephen Vitiello, among many other works.
EAI is a nonprofit media arts organization that is a major resource for artists' video and interactive media.
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535 West 22nd St., 5th floor
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