Reception at EAI to Celebrate
New Artists, New Works, and New Educational Initiative

Gerry Schum @ EAI

Friday, February 13
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
535 W. 22nd St. 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011


You are cordially invited to join us in West Chelsea to celebrate extraordinary artists and works that are newly available through EAI's catalogue, and to preview our new educational streaming site.

A program of works by artists Merce Cunningham, Jacolby Satterwhite, Leslie Thornton, C. Spencer Yeh, and Cynthia Maughan will be screened throughout the evening, and staff will be on hand to demo EAI's Educational Streaming Service.

We hope you will join us for a glass of prosecco and a chance to experience exciting moving image works!


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EAI at the College Art Association (CAA) Conference

If you're attending the CAA at the New York Hilton, be sure to visit the Gibson Room on the second floor for two programs of works from the EAI catalogue, screening as part of the Media Lounge/ARTspace project Alternative Economies.

The programs, including works by Peggy Ahwesh, Cory Arcangel, Dara Birnbaum, Jacob Ciocci, JODI, Andrew Lampert, Kalup Linzy, Kristin Lucas, Shana Moulton, Seth Price, Paul Slocum, Leslie Thornton, Ryan Trecartin, and C. Spencer Yeh will play on the following schedule:

Wednesday, February 11: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Thursday, February 12: 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Saturday, February 14: 11:3 0am - 4:00 pm

An informal conversation with co-curators Rachael Rakes and Jenny Marketou, EAI's Director of Distribution Rebecca Cleman, and several of the artists— Andrew Lampert, Paul Slocum, and Kalup Linzy—will be held on Thursday from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

These screenings are free and open to the public.


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About EAI

EAI is one of the world's leading resources for moving image art. Founded in 1971, EAI is a New York-based nonprofit organization that fosters the creation, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of video and media art. EAI holds a major collection of over 3,500 new and historical media artworks, from groundbreaking early video by pioneering figures of the 1960s to new digital projects by today's emerging artists. EAI works closely with artists, museums, schools and other venues worldwide to preserve and provide access to this significant archive. EAI also presents public programs such as artists' talks, exhibitions and panels; extensive digital resources; viewing access; technical facilities, and educational services. EAI's Online Catalogue is a comprehensive resource on the artists and works in the EAI collection, and features expansive materials on media art's histories and current practices: www.eai.org


Location/directions: EAI is located at 535 West 22nd Street, 5th floor, between 10th and 11th Avenues, in the West Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Public transportation: E or C train to 23rd St. (at 8th Avenue). Walk one block south to 22nd St. and 2 1/2 blocks west, or take the 23rd Street crosstown bus to 11th Avenue. EAI is wheelchair accessible.

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535 West 22nd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011
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Press Release for Reception at EAI, February 13, 2015