The Student Group of the IMA/MFA @ Hunter
Third Annual [ ESC ] salon & mixer Nov. 14
… back by popular demand, our 3rd [ESC] salon + mixer!
Electronic Social Club: a network of NYC graduate students connected by the practice of creating social dialogue through projects in media, art and design.
[ ESC ] salon + mixer
Friday November 14 | 7-10 pm
Hunter College | 695 Avenue
Room HN 543 | Black Box…..new media projects, video art, web-based projects, experimental, interactive, performance, media art, installations, sound projects and games…..
Like a social club, [ ESC ] is formed around a common interest, activity or location. We bring together MFA students from across New York City to meet and showcase their graduate art work, and to form a common network around the theme of creating social dialogue through art and media.
Past participants include: ShiftSpace (shiftspace.org), the ICED Game: I Can End Deportation (icedgame.com), and projects from Hunter College, NYU ITP, Parsons MFADT, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn PIMA, and Polytechnic Institute of NYU.
*free and open to the public*
*light refreshments will be served*electronicsocialclub@gmail.com
www.electronicsocialclub.orgAn event by EYEspeak and the students of Hunter College Integrated Media Arts MFA.
directions:
6 train to 68th street or F train to 63rd Street
enter on 69th street between Park + Lexington
take the elevator or stairs to the 5th floor
Fall 2008’s First EYEspeak Meeting
hi all,
a big welcome to new folks in the program! and happy returns to the rest of you! hope everyone had a great summer.
i’d like to invite IMA students to attend the fall semester’s first Eyespeak meeting. please come to the meeting and get involved. for more about EYEspeak, see below. if you can’t make the meeting, there will be more soon.
Thursday, September 11th at 8:45pm
@ IMA grad lounge / IMA office, aka the submarine, room 482 HN.
Room 482 is located in the rear of the fourth floor - after getting of of the elevators take a right, then make a left in the hallway and another left through some double doors, it’ll be on your left - adjacent to a set of stairs leading to the 5th floor.
EYEspeak is the student organization for the IMA/MFA program. through EYEspeak, students have put on a number of public events, including the annual Spring Show, the Electronic Social Club [ ESC ] gathering / evening of presentations, screenings, artist lectures, and more. Last year EYEspeak had a budget of over $4,000 - double the amount of the prior year. EYEspeak received money for events and equipment through the graduate student association (GSA), university student government (USG) and two university grants.
besides hosting brilliant events last year, EYEspeak purchased a new HD projector and an HD monitor which reside in Peter’s office, rm 435. They are for grad student use so please take advantage of them. EYEspeak also bought reflectors and white cards for all of the film & media department use and they reside in Renato’s office.
all the best,
fivel rothberg
IMAterial: May 1-3, 2008
Please join us for the 6th Annual Exhibit of the Hunter College Integrated Media Arts MFA Program:
IMAterial
May 1 –3, 2008 (opening May 1)
THU & FRI 6 –9 PM / SAT 1-5 PMThe Black Box Gallery
5th Floor, Room 544HN
Hunter North Building
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Enter on 69th Street between Park and Lexington
IMAterial
\ˌi-mə-ˈtir-ē-əl\
Noun, Adjective1: The 6th annual exhibit from Hunter College’s Integrated Media Arts MFA program.
2. Lacking a material body or form; the physical intangibility of new media and digital work.
3: The challenge of new media and interdisciplinary media artists to make their artistic and political work both relevant and of substance.
4. Incorporeal; metaphysical forces; the underlying spirit that drives the artistic production and practice of the students and faculty in the IMA/MFA program.
IMAterial press release
For Immediate Release
IMAterial
Interdisciplinary and New Media Art from Hunter College’s Integrated Media Arts MFA ProgramThe Black Box Gallery
Hunter College North Building, 5th floor, Room 544N
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
May 1st–3rd, 2008
Thursday & Friday 6–9 PM; Saturday 1–5 PMIMAterial—the sixth annual showcase of Hunter College’s MFA in Integrated Media Arts program (IMA/MFA)—will open May 1st. The three-day exhibit will highlight the body of digital and new media art, including video, interactive, installation, performance, games and web-based art, produced by students and faculty of the IMA-MFA program.
The show’s title—IMAterial—refers not only to the body of work produced by the Hunter College’s Integrated Media Arts MFA program, but to the physical intangibility of new media and digital work; the challenge of interdisciplinary and new media artists to make their artistic and political work both relevant and of substance; and, finally, to the underlying spirit that drives the artistic production and practice of the students and faculty in the IMA/MFA program. Projects in the program have ranged from public exhibitions, performances and screenings, to online networked game environments, to rich media for PDAs and cell phones. From intimate personal stories with universal human appeal to global collaborative networks to in-depth media critique, IMA-MFA students work to bring resonant messages to the medium.
Admission to IMAterial and light refreshments will be free to the public.
For more information on listing this show or for press coverage, please call 917-443-2818 or email eyespeakima@gmail.com.
IMAterial is sponsored by the Film & Media Department’s Integrated Media Arts Program at Hunter College of the City University of New York (IMA/MFA), and EYEspeak, its graduate student association.
Spring Show 2008: Call for Submissions
The MFA/IMA program at Hunter College and EYEspeak present the Sixth Annual Spring Show:
IMAterial
Date: May 1st-3rd, 2008 6-9PM
Place: Black Box (Hunter North 543), Hunter CollegeIMAterial references the work we make, the physical intangibility of new media and digital work, and our struggle to make work of substance; you can choose to interpret IMAterial as you like.
We are currently accepting submissions from all current MFA/IMA graduate students and faculty. Projects in all formats (either completed or in-progress) that have been developed as part of your IMA coursework are encouraged. Please note that we welcome submissions of works-in-progress, but the projects will need to be completed by April 15th, 2008 (no exceptions!) in time for the exhibit.
Please Note: All submissions must be accompanied by a bio, artist statement, picture of artist (jpeg), project description and technical needs. In addition all participants must help with the show in some capacity. Please indicate on your submission form which committee you would like to join:
SPACE/EQUIPMENT
PR (handling submissions, publicity, mailing, press releases, etc.)
TEXT (curatorial statement, wall text, catalog, website/postcard)
DESIGN (website, postcard, catalog)To participate, please complete the submission form (download here) and requested materials and drop off at the IMA (Mary Jeys’) office, HN 430 or submit electronically to eyespeak@googlegroups.com
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday March 31, 2008
Thanks to All
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Jackie Goss screening despite the terrible weather. We had a great turnout and a wonderful discussion afterwards. Jackie was extremely generous with her time and openness and we had quite an intelligent audience! Thanks also to Benj and 16 Beaver for hosting, we look forward to collaborating in the future.
Jackie Goss Screening: Thursday 12.13
Benj Gerdes and I arrange this unique screening as a collaboration between EYEspeak and 16 Beaver. It promises to be an inspiring night. Hope you can make it! -Sarah
Jackie Goss
Animated Documentaries: “Stranger Comes To Town” & “How to Fix the World”
Thursday, December 13 // 7:30 PM @ 16 Beaver
Screening and Discussion // free and open to all16 Beaver Street, 4th/5th fl.
New York, NY 10004
212.480.2099for directions/subscriptions/info visit:
http://www.16beavergroup.orgTRAINS: 4,5 Bowling Green / R,W Whitehall / 2,3 Wall Street /J,M Broad Street / 1,9 South Ferry
Stranger Comes To Town
28 minutes 2007They say there’s only two stories in the world: man goes on a journey, and stranger comes to town.
Six people are interviewed anonymously about their experiences coming into the US. Each then designs a video game avatar who tells their story by proxy. Goss focuses on the questions and examinations used to establish identity at the border, and how these processes in turn affect one’s own sense of self and view of the world.
“Stranger Comes to Town” re-works animations from the Department of Homeland Security –combining them with stories from the border, impressions from the on-line game World of Warcraft, and journeys via Google Earth to tell a tale of bodies moving through lands familiar and strange.
How To Fix The World
28 minutes 2004Adapted from psychologist A.R. Luria’s research in Uzbekistan in the 1930s, “How to Fix the World” brings to life Luria’s conversations with Central Asian farmers learning how to read and write under the unfamiliar principles of Socialism.
Colorful digital animations play against a backdrop of images shot in Andijian (where Soviet-era President Karimov’s supression of Islam lead to violence in May 2005.) At once conflicting, humorous, and revelatory, these conversations between Luria and his “subjects” illustrate an attempt by one culture to transform another in the name of education and modernization.
The subtleties of this transformation, as well as the roots of current cultural conflicts, are found in words exchanged and documented seventy-five years ago.
Jacqueline Goss makes videos and web-based works exploring the rules, histories, and tools of language and mapmaking systems. Her projects take as their source specific acts of writing and cartography that bring about cultural change, technological innovation, or create social narrative ruptures.
For the last few years she has used 2D digital animation techniques to work within the genre of the animated documentary.
A native of New Hampshire, she attended Brown University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She teaches in the Film and Electronic Arts Department at Bard College in the Hudson Valley of New York.
Save the Date: Jackie Goss
EYEspeak with be sponsoring a screening with 16 Beaver! Come take a breather between classes and crits:
Jackie Goss screening and discussion
Thursday, Dec. 13th, 2007
7:30 PM16 Beaver Group
16 Beaver Street, 4th / 5th fl.
New York, NY 10004
phone: 212.480.2099
directions/subscriptions/infoTRAINS:
4,5 Bowling Green
R,W Whitehall
2,3 Wall Street
J,M Broad Street
1,9 South Ferry
Being The Media: An Evening with the Indypendent
Meet the Writers, Artists, and Organizers behind NYC’s only truly progressive and anti-war free newspaper.Join us for a screening of The Indypendent (documentary 15m) and panel with Indy Staffers, organized by Hal Weiss & the Indymedia.
Friday November 30th*
6:30 PM
Room 543 “The Black Box”
Hunter North“We’ve had enough and we don’t have to take it anymore- not as long as we have the Indypendent- the light at the end of the tunnel vision.”
- Greg Palast, Author of “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy”WWW.INDYPENDENT.ORG
Sponsored by Eyespeak*November 30th is the anniversary of the the 1999 WTO Ministerial protests. The first mass anti-globalization protest in the US, the Battle In Seattle also spawned the Indymedia network, out of which the Indypendent evolved.
[ ESC ]: listserv
For those who didn’t get a chance to sign up for the [ ESC ] listserv, you can do so by visiting:
http://groups.google.com/group/esclistWe hope this list will foster ongoing connections between students & artists working in socially engaged media. Feel free to use the [ ESC ] listserv to post on your projects and your work, events, or ideas & opportunities for future collaboration between programs.