Beryl Graham at Eyebeam exhibitionBeryl Graham will be in New York 8th-12th June (slightly delayed due to a volcano!), and will be a visiting lecturer along with Sarah Cook on ICI's Curatorial Intensive http://www.ici-exhibitions.org/index.php/site/curatorial_intensive/ and the following public events at Eyebeam. Sarah Cook will also be at Eyebeam on 8th June - come along and say hello.

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Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus

Thursday, June 10 - Saturday, August 7, 2010
Exhibition opening: Thursday, June 10 Curators Talk: 5PM | Reception: 6-8PM Breakfast with the Artists: Friday, June 11, 10AM-12PM

Eyebeam 540 W. 21st St. (btw 10th and 11th Aves.) 540 West 21st Street New York, NY 10011 [T] 212.937.6580 [F] 212.937.6582 www.eyebeam.org

New York City, May 25, 2010 - Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, in collaboration with Upgrade! NY and Not An Alternative, is pleased to present Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus, an exhibition which examines models of participation and participation as a model in art and activism.

Re:Group proposes that with participation now a dominant paradigm, structuring social interaction, art, activism, the architecture of the city, and the economy, we are all integrated into participatory structures whether we want to be or not. The exhibition showcases work that subverts existing systems or envisions new alternatives to the ways in which individuals can take part, or choose not to take part, in social and cultural life.

Re:Group opens to the public on Thursday, June 10, 2010, with a curators talk at 5PM and a reception at 6-8PM. The curators talk will be moderated by Beryl Graham of UK-based new media curatorial research institute CRUMB.

Please note: The public opening is preceded by a benefit & private viewing on Tuesday, June 8, 6:30-9:30PM. For ticket information, visit eyebeam.org.

The opening week continues with a 'Breakfast with the Artists' reception & talk on Friday, June 11, 10AM-12PM, moderated by Re:Group curators and featuring exhibiting artists Institute for Infinitely Small Things, Christopher Robbins, and Giana González.

Re:Group features work by thirteen artists, designers, hackers, activists, and collectives exploring both the potential and limitations of participation, networked collaboration, and distributed labor. From the 'crowdsourced' projects Ten Thousand Cents and White Glove Tracking to the tactical media art of The Yes Men and Ubermorgen, from the urban interventions of John Hawke and The Institute of Infinitely Small Things to the open platforms of Ushahidi and MakerBot - the exhibition represents a diverse range of critically and socially engaged work that rethinks the institutional practices within urban planning, civil engineering, transportation, industrial design and production, relief work, and the news media.

Re:Group will include a full complement of public programs, organized as part of Eyebeam's annual Summer School program. Eyebeam Summer School offers a lively mix of master classes, free public lectures, hands-on workshops and skillshares, and youth programs. Visit eyebeam.org for a complete schedule of activities. The exhibition not only presents completed work through gallery installations, but also functions as a platform for new collaborative work. Through workshops, master classes, and discussions led by the exhibiting artists, the processes and methodologies behind the work are opened up to gallery visitors and invited communities, providing an opportunity to extend and reinterpret the artists' ideas in new and unexpected ways.

Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus is curated by Upgrade! NY, the New York node of the international network, Upgrade!, founded in 1999 by media artist Yael Kanarek. The curatorial team is Eyebeam program manager Paul Amitai, writer/activist Marco Deseriis, Beka Economopoulos and Jason Jones of Not An Alternative, Eyebeam education coordinator Stephanie Pereira, and designer/educator Mushon Zer-Aviv.

Participating Artists:
John Ewing, Christopher Robbins & Carmen Montoya - Ghana Think Tank
Giana González - Hacking Couture
John Hawke - Mandatory Minimum: We Have Moved!
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things - Corporate Commands
Aaron Koblin and Takashi Kawashima -Ten Thousand Cents
Steve Lambert and Packard Jennings - Wish You Were Here: Postcards from our awesome future
MakerBot Industries - MakerBot
Christopher Robbins - Work Projects Administration 2010
Evan Roth and Ben Engebreth - White Glove Tracking
Ushahidi - Crisis Map of Haiti
Ubermorgen.com - [V]ote-Auction
The Yes Men - Good Cop 15
YoHa (Harwood, Yokokoji) - Social Telephony Files

**On Thursday, June 10, Eyebeam will also open a new Window Gallery exhibition, SADbot, a solar powered, interactive drawing machine by Dustyn Roberts and Ben Leduc-Mills. SADbot will be on display through Saturday, July 24.

### Founded in 1997, Eyebeam is an art and technology center that provides a fertile context and state-of-the-art tools fordigital experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and thought, where artists and technologists actively engagewith the larger culture, addressing the issues and concerns of our time. Eyebeam challenges convention, celebrates the hack, educates the next generation, encourages collaboration, freely offers its output to the community, and invites the public to share in a spirit of openness: open source, open content and open distribution.

Eyebeam's current programs are made possible through the generous support of The Atlantic Foundation, The Pacific Foundation, the David S. Howe Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, ConEdison, Datagram, Electric Artists Inc.; public funds from New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and many generous individuals. For a complete list of Eyebeam supporters, please visit http://www.eyebeam.org.

Location: 540 W. 21st Street between 10th & 11th Avenues Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 - 6:00pm Bookstore: Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 - 6:00pm Admission: All events are free to the public with a suggested donation unless otherwise noted.

For more information, contact: Paul Amitai, program manager 212-937-6580 x234 paul@eyebeam.org