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Thank the Zero One festival for those pianos along San Jose streets
By Charlie McCollum After being in place for only a few hours on a warm afternoon in downtown San Jose, one of artist Luke Jerram’s outdoor pianos was getting a workout. “It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to play,” said 26-year-old San Jose waitress Mazel Brooks, who was performing ...
Forward to the future
The 01SJ Biennial enlisted more than 100 creatives to address real-world problems using utopian license. By Jonathon Keats, Model by Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark Mention the word art in Silicon Valley, and most people will think you mean state-of-the-art technology. But every two years, San Jose hosts one ...
Zero One techno-art festival takes off in San Jose
By Joe Rodriguez As other artists were just beginning to unpack their computers and hammers Sunday at the Zero One techno-art festival in San Jose, Natalie Jeremijenko was way ahead of most of them. Wearing a pair of inline-skates and a cowboy hat, the Australian artist grabbed a pair of Styrofoam ...
‘Floating World’ project
As part of 01SJ, artists Robin Lasser and Marguerite Perret rethink how we experience the Guadalupe River September 8, 2010 – by Gary Singh TENT CITY: The ‘Floating World’ public-art project includes clusters of colored tents. ROBIN LASSER and I are strolling beneath San Fernando Street and the Highway 87 overpass—an ominous trilevel ...
Nerd and Artsy Types Unite: Build Your Own World
The “Build Your Own World” 01SJ Biennial takes over downtown San Jose for the third time on Sept. 16-19. Part art festival, part geek happening the Art & Tech Biennial focuses on creating a better world through the marriage of art and technology. The event features more than 100 nationally ...
Play Me I’m Yours
Those colorful street pianos now lining several downtown streets, parks, and thorough-ways did not arrive by accident. Aptly named Play Me, I’m Yours, the pianos are part of a global, multi-city tour which includes San Jose this month as part of the 2010 01SJ Biennial produced by Zero One. Other cities have included ...
Pizarro: Taggers hit public piano project in San Jose
By Sal Pizarro spizarro@mercurynews.com Posted: 09/01/2010 06:49:50 PM PDT Updated: 09/01/2010 10:00:32 PM PDT Lately, San Jose looks like a city that can’t have nice things. The 01SJ Biennial digital art festival opens in two weeks, and one of the exhibits is British artist Luke Jerram’s “Play Me, I’m Yours,” which plops pianos around town for anyone ...
Creating Digital Worlds of the Future
By: Michael Silverberg September 1, 2010 Under the theme “Build Your Own World,” more than 100 artists are creating fanciful universes in the hopes of prompting civic engagement at this arts-and-tech biennial in San Jose. We peeked at six intriguing projects. David Rockwell Plug-in-Play The biennial’s interactive centerpiece uses inputs both physical ...
Future is tweet on Santana Row during 01SJ
The arts will be a big part of the San Jose landscape over the next few weeks. Literally. And Santana Row will play a big part. As part of the San Jose-based ZERO1’s 01SJ Bienniel event, the upscale retail and residential development will host an eclectic celebration of the arts. Included ...
01SJ Biennial: Workshops announced, Robin Lasser “Floating World”
by Chris Wright During the 01SJ Biennial Lasser along with artist Marguerite Perret will have installed the “Floating World” along the 87 Underpass along the Guadalupe river basin. photo provided by artist. The 01SJ Biennial is fast approaching, with just under a month to go until the exciting arts and digital culture ...