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June 2011

ZER01 invades artMRKT 2011

Dress Tents

dress tents at artMRKT photo by DeWitt Cheng

When ZER01 got word of the opportunity to participate in the prestigious contemporary artMRKT San Francisco we knew we had to give it a bit of ZER01 flavor. Entering the market were two giant interactive dress tents providing both a spectacle and curiosity into the exhibition. According to artists Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao the “Dress Tents are fusion of architecture, the body and the land played out through living sculpture, moving images and still photography.”

Architecting the Future, June 8-10

Don't miss the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Architecting the Future finalist Presentations June 8-10 in New York. They will be revealing the 2011 winner is part of a three-day series of events featuring finalists, special guests, members of our esteemed jury, and our colleagues from the BFI community.

Seating is limited and offered on a first come, first serve basis. All events are free. Reservation required: RSVP by email or by purchasing a ticket.

Suggested donations:

Individual Event Reservations - $25.00

Individual Event & Reception - $45.00

Three Day All-Access - $100.00

Congratulations San Jose Public Art

The annual American for the Arts Conference is going on in San Diego as we speak and the San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Program was just named America's "Public Art Program of the Year!" ZER01 wants to congratulate Barbara Goldstein, Mary Rubin and the entire Public Art Program. They have worked really hard and done amazing work around San Jose and at the San Jose International Airport. This is a great honor for them and truly deserved.

We also want to congratulation 01SJ artist Jed Berk and Public Art Program manager Patricia Walsh for receiving a Public Art Network Year in Review recognition for "Champion Flock of Weed Eaters." A fantastic project that took place last year during the 01SJ Biennial.

Congratulations!!!

The Future of Play, The Future of Conversation

We are so excited to have the game artist Ken Eklund a.k.a Writerguy who did the Zorop project during 2010 01SJ and Sibley Verbeck founder of StreamJam and Electric Sheep Company.

You may be interested in attending this event virtually. If you are below are the many ways you can be part of the conversation.

Friday June 24th Broadcast time begins at 7:30 PM PST, you can create an simple Avatar to chat, dance and play with others simply by entering the event in some of the links below.

1. Watch on our Ustream channel and chat using a variety of Social Media tools.

2. Watch and use your avatar directly on Stream Jam. Search for event Art/Tech: In Conversation

Vote for Scott Kildall's Google Art Heist

Scott Kildall's proposed project Google Art Heist — an art intervention into Google Art Project enabling anyone to "steal" artworks as they explore prominent museums on the web, has made it into the final round of voting for this year's Rhizome Commission.

There is one more day of voting so cast your votes today here!

Good Luck Scott!

YourTour spreads to Philadelphia

YourTour has signed with Philadelphia CVP Partners to help international travelers plan and book their next vacation to Philadelphia. ZER01 used YourTour during the 2010 01SJ Biennial to help visitors plan their experience at the Biennial. They are an online travel planning solution that allows users to create a detailed travel itinerary and customize each element from the attractions/events (arts, sports, family, etc) to which hotel they want to stay at.  They will be partnering with the Philadelphia CVB to integrate a white label solution of YourTour’s trip planning technology into the website of www.philadelphiaUSA.travel. This innovative web application will enable travelers to build and book customized travel itineraries around Philadelphia.

Check them out at yourtour.com.

ZER01 presents Art/Technology: In Conversation - Future of Play II with Ken Eklund and Sibley Verbeck

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by Dorothy Santos

“He thought, too, about his need for a real animal; within him an actual hatred once more manifested itself toward his electric sheep, which he had to tend, had to care about, as if it lived. The tyranny of an object, he thought. It doesn’t know I exist. Like the androids, it had no ability to appreciate the existence of another. He had never thought of this before, the similarity between an electric animal and an andy. The electric animal, he pondered, could be considered a subform of the other, a kind of vastly inferior robot. Or, conversely, the android could be regarded as a highly developed, evolved version of the ersatz animal. Both viewpoints repelled him”.

~ Philip K. Dick, excerpt from his novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep