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July 7 - August 8, 2009
CHELSEA ART MUSEUM CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY of the FIRST WALK ON THE MOON...and BEYOND
with
Eduardo Kac's videopoem
Reversed Mirror
Presented by the Project Room for New Media at the
Chelsea Art Museum
Eduardo Kac. Reversed Mirror. 1997.
Artist discussion with Eduardo Kac – Wednesday, July 29, at 6pm
For more information, or to RSVP, please phone 212-255-0719 ext. 112 or email programs@chelseaartmuseum.org
Pioneer bio and internet artist Eduardo Kac's videopoem "Reversed Mirror" (1997) will be exhibited July 7 through August 8 in The Project Room for New Media at Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. From June 1 to September 14 Kac is also exhibiting throughout The Project Room's Streaming Museum cyberspace and international public space network, a video of his new transgenic award-winning "Natural History of an Enigma". The theme of the exhibitions, "On the Moon and Beyond", commemorates the 40th anniversary of man's first walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.
"Reversed Mirror" by artist Eduardo Kac is a seven minute single channel videopoem. The text is a poem written by Kac from which he has created a constant flow and transformation of forms, presenting an ever-changing image of infinity that resonates in the context of the vastness of space. Oscillating particles emerge and evolve into ephemeral words, only to dissolve again and reemerge as new ephemeral words. This work takes language into a domain of trance where the subtle dissolution and reconfiguration of verbal particles is charged with a feeling of calmness and agitation.
Eduardo Kac (http://www.ekac.org) is known for his 1999 groundbreaking transgenic artwork Genesis, and attracted global attention in 2000 with "GPF Bunny" a.k.a. Alba, the fluorescent green rabbit.
Kac is exhibiting in Streaming Museum a video of his new transgenic work, "Natural History of the Enigma" -- a plantimal called "Edunia", that is a genetically-engineered flower hybrid of the artist and Petunia. The work is a poetic reflection on the contiguity of life between different species. "Natural History of the Enigma" further stimulates the imagination to ponder what other life forms might exist or be created beyond earth. The work has received the Golden Nica 2009 - the highest award given by Ars Electronica, the world's premier cyberarts competition. Held annually by Ars Electronica, the international center for digital art and media culture in Linz, Austria, it is a barometer of the trends in media art.
"Natural History of the Enigma" was developed between 2003 and 2008 and premiered at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, April 17 to June 21. The exhibition was comprised of the actual Edunia, the complete "Edunia Seed Pack Studies" set of six lithographs, and a limited edition of Edunia seed packs with actual Edunia seeds. The work also includes a large-scale public sculpture, photographs, and other works. http://www.ekac.org/nat.hist.enig.html
Also exhibited in Streaming Museum are selections from the video oratorio, "Paradiso", by Dutch avant pop composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis and video artist Jaap Drupsteen. Streaming Museum has launched a new department that showcases outstanding education programs. It is currently featuring El Sistema, founded by Dr. Jose Abreu in Venezuela - a visionary program that transforms the lives of children through music and has proven to be a new model for social change. Dr. Abreu has received the TED Prize 2009.
The Project Room for New Media and Performing Arts (www.theprojectroom.org), was initiated in 2003 by Nina Colosi at Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. It is an incubator of new ideas, showcasing groundbreaking concepts in all art mediums, and the intersection of the arts through technology. Over 350 international emerging and established artists have been presented in exhibitions, performing arts, symposiums, meet-the-artist programs, workshops, and resident new music ensembles. Innovative public art projects and funding models for the arts are being developed.
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