Applications and Implications
Madlen Zu-Zhen, 8848-1.86, 2005
Applications and Implications: Artists Unleash Speculation on the Future With an Eye Toward Business
Nexus of art, technology and digital culture come together at 01SJ Biennial when over 100 artists, scientists, engineers, data miners, and designers from 21 countries rise to the challenge of Biennial’s theme: Build Your Own World
Silicon Valley morphs into a playground that doubles as a laboratory in largest event of its kind in North America, September 16-19 in San Jose, CA.
June 23, 2010 San Francisco – Over 100 contemporary artists, musicians, engineers, designers, scientists—as well as data miners and marketers—will completely change the urban landscape of Silicon Valley with their talent and depth of field during the 01SJ Biennial, the nation’s largest biennial dedicated to the nexus of art, technology and digital culture.
Running from September 16 through September 19 in California’s Silicon Valley, this international cast of contemporary creators will display the fruits of their labors during the four days of the Biennial proper. In essence, the 01SJ curatorial team is unleashing the participants on San Jose’s buildings, sidewalks, underpasses, businesses, storefronts, and cultural organizations in order to turn the city into both a playground and laboratory.
Things are expected to get off to an electrifying start at the opening ceremonies when much lauded architect, designer and visual maestro David Rockwell literally wires city hall to its immediate environment and plugs in order for the building to be “played.”
Examples of the 01SJ Biennial’s international array of artists who are also agents of change determined to build viable prototypes of and for new worlds that have implications and applications for business include:
Natalie Jeremijenko – This engineer (and former professor at Yale) and contemporary artist will conduct an “Environmental Flight Clinic” installation that proposes solutions to restore wetlands, defuse the ongoing and alarming amphibian extinction and envision sustainable practices for recreational aviation that could act as a model for the commercial sector as well.
fabric | ch – International consortium bent on creating the world’s first artificial climate to satisfy the metabolic and physiological requirements of human beings in an environment partially or completely removed from earthly influences: mediated reality, networks and netlag the disruption of the body clock, etc., etc.
Teddy Cruz – An award-winning architectural investigation into new modes of contemporary urbanism stressing mixed use and adaptation of existing structures thus not only making living environments more habitable, but upping ROI.
Kitchen Budapest – Beat Your Mouse Movement turns to data tracking and games in order to motivate the chair bound worker or executive to resist the pull of their sedentary environment. By tracking movements with their mouse and then tracking their steps and comparing the two streams of data, the end game is to generate better numbers through steps than accrued mouse mileage.
Andrea Polli and Chuck Varga: Using light sensors for real time visualizations, Particle Falls will take data from air sensors and turn it into dramatic visuals that illuminate (in this case) air pollution by turning the results into a huge, dramatic projection. Who knows, in the future, signage as we know it could be replaced by intuitive and reactive technology tailored to both individual and collective needs.
Rockwell Group LAB: Plug-In-Play – By networking a variety of reference points—including sidewalks, tables, light posts and recreational outlets—in San Jose City Plaza, designer and architect David Rockwell and his Rockwell Group aim to demonstrate how we can increase personal and public engagement in both our urban and immediate environments. Heightened engagement inevitably leads to heightened productivity.
Transgenic Mosquitoes of California: The Center for PostNatural History is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. What might selective breeding and genetic engineering engender when dedicated to the eradication of disease caused by mosquitoes?
More artist and installation info at http://www.01sj.org
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About ZER01’s 01SJ Biennial
San Jose-based ZER01 has served as a catalyst and platform for the world’s most innovative artists since 2000. The nonprofit focuses on inspiring creativity at the intersection of art, technology and digital culture.
As producer of the 01SJ Biennial, a multidisciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art and interactive digital media, ZER01 has showcased the work of 350 artists from more than 40 countries using such media as GPS-equipped pigeons, interactive platform shoe devices, mobile phone and surveillance technologies.
A celebrated success in the region, the 2008 01SJ Biennial attracted 65,000 visitors and generated $15 million in economic revenue for San Jose. Between biennials–the 3rd 01SJ Biennial takes place Sept. 15-19, 2010–ZER01 nurtures Silicon Valley’s cultural landscape with events such as the SubZERO Festival, produced in partnership with SoFA, which drew 10,000 people to downtown San Jose.
About ZER01: The Art and Technology Network
ZER01, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to inspire creativity at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture, is a platform for the exploration and presentation of work dealing with the critical issues of our time by some of the most creative minds in the world. And, as a result, is Silicon Valley’s best bet for creating a global cultural relevance for the region that mirrors the creativity and innovation for which Silicon Valley is recognized. ZER01 is the producing organization for 01SJ Biennial, North America’s newest and largest multi-disciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art, and interactive digital media. By creating pathways for both artists and technologists to come together in collaboration and act as catalysts for further technological and artistic advances, ZER01 fulfills a self-proclaimed mission, to stimulate corporate and public interest in the possibilities afforded by intersecting the arts and technology. For more information about ZER01, visit www.zero1.org.
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Funding for ZER01’s 01SJ Biennial is provided by:
1st ACT Silicon Valley, Adobe Foundation, Applied Materials, Cisco Systems, Federal Trust Realty/Santana Row, Intacct, James Irvine Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and Target Corporation.
Key Partners for the 01SJ Biennial includes:
The Banff New Media Institute at The Banff Centre, CADRE New Media Lab at San Jose State University, California College of the Arts, Canadian Film Centre New Media Lab, Catharine Clark Gallery, Children’s Discovery Museum, City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose Public Art Program, Commonwealth Club, Creative Capital, DANM Program-UC Santa Cruz, EMPAC, Euphrat Museum, Eyebeam, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, Leonardo, Montalvo Arts Center, MediaLAB Prado, Northern Lights.mn, Rhizome, Streaming Museum, Sundance Film Festival, Swissnex, Team San Jose, The Tech Museum, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery at San Jose State University, Togonon Gallery, San Jose Stage, SF Shorts, SF Fine Art Fair, Tech Shop, White Walls SF, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley.
ZER01 receives additional support from:
Bank of America, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and individual donors.
In-Kind 01SJ Biennial Sponsors include:
Bauer’s Transportation, The Fairmont-San Jose, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and YourTour.com
Media Sponsors for the 01SJ Biennial include:
Over 100 Artists Representing 21 Countries Slated for Upcoming 01SJ Biennial Lineup in San Jose this Fall
2010 Guggenheim Fellows Amy Franceschini and Monica Haller among those bringing their talents and depth of field to nation’s largest biennial showcasing artists, scientists, designers, engineers and others dedicated to the nexus of art, technology and digital culture
Biennial’s opening ceremonies to be literally electrifying when much lauded architect, designer and visual maestro David Rockwell wires San Jose City Hall to its immediate environment then plugs it in and lets it play
June 10, 2010 San Francisco – ZER01: The Art and Technology Network’s 01SJ Biennial, themed around the idea of asking participants to ‘Build Your Own World’, has announced that its lineup will showcase over 100 artists from 21 countries including two Guggenheim Fellows, Amy Franceschini and Monica Haller.
The Rockwell Group will open the Biennial with Plug-in-Play, an urban scale installation, meaning one that can be seen from far away as a beacon, but experienced and interacted with close up. The idea is to blur the boundaries between the physical and virtual and create connections between people via the “shared moment” … and challenge what a connected city, or a city of the future might look like, by creating a new form of civic engagement.
Plug-n-Play will network a number of objects—some already existing like streetlamps and some (like tables and recreational attractions) placed by design—in San Jose City Hall Plaza and connect them to the building’s exterior via oversized theatrical plugs. Once the switch is thrown, those attending will be able to make the building respond to their actions in real time.
This 3rd 01SJ Biennial will take place September 16-19, 2010, in San Jose, CA., the heart of Silicon Valley. Multi-disciplinary and medium agnostic, this contemporary art festival focuses on the nexus of art, technology and digital culture. Curated by Artistic Director Steve Dietz, the 01SJ Biennial brings together a selection of artwork that not only changes the way a city looks, but changes how it responds to the behavior of its inhabitants.
Countries represented at 01SJ include: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Nigeria, Phillipines, Portugal, South America, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK and USA.
Among the artists, engineers, designers, filmmakers, data-miners, architects and non-profit organizations and corporations are:
Amy Franceschini – was awarded the Guggenheim in 2010 in the category of Fine Arts
Monica Haller – was awarded the Guggenheim in 2010 in the category of Photography
Christopher Baker
David Rockwell and Rockwell Group
Rigo23
Blast Theory
Futurefarmers
fabric | ch
Teddy Cruz
Natalie Jeremijenko
Chico MacMurtrie
Luke Jerram
Tim Hawkinson
Grahame Weinbren
For a complete rundown on artists participating in the 01SJ Biennial go to http://01sj.org/art/artists
About ZER01: The Art and Technology Network
ZER01, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to inspire creativity at the intersection of art, technology, and digital culture, is a platform for the exploration and presentation of work dealing with the critical issues of our time by some of the most creative minds in the world. And, as a result, is Silicon Valley’s best bet for creating a global cultural relevance for the region that mirrors the creativity and innovation for which Silicon Valley is recognized. ZER01 is the producing organization for 01SJ Biennial, North America’s newest and largest multi-disciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art, and interactive digital media. By creating pathways for both artists and technologists to come together in collaboration and act as catalysts for further technological and artistic advances, ZER01 fulfills a self-proclaimed mission, to stimulate corporate and public interest in the possibilities afforded by intersecting the arts and technology. For more information about ZER01, visit www.zero1.org.
Funding for ZER01’s 01SJ Biennial is provided by:
1st ACT Silicon Valley, Adobe Foundation, Applied Materials, Cisco Systems, Federal Trust Realty/Santana Row, Intacct, James Irvine Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and Target Corporation.
Key Partners for the 01SJ Biennial include:
The Banff New Media Institute at The Banff Centre, CADRE New Media Lab at San Jose State University, California College of the Arts, Canadian Film Centre New Media Lab, Catharine Clark Gallery, Children’s Discovery Museum, City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose Public Art Program, Commonwealth Club, Creative Capital, DANM Program-UC Santa Cruz, EMPAC, Euphrat Museum, Eyebeam, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, Leonardo, Montalvo Arts Center, MediaLAB Prado, Northern Lights.mn, Rhizome, Streaming Museum, Sundance Film Festival, Swissnex, Team San Jose, The Tech Museum, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery at San Jose State University, Togonon Gallery, San Jose Stage, SF Shorts, SF Fine Art Fair, Tech Shop, White Walls SF, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley.
ZER01 receives additional support from:
Bank of America, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and individual donors.
In-Kind 01SJ Biennial Sponsors include:
Bauer’s Transportation, The Fairmont-San Jose, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and YourTour.com
Media Sponsors for the 01SJ Biennial include: 
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