Artist talk by Jill Magid. While on a research trip, Magid witnessed a mysterious shooting on the steps of the Texas State Capitol by Fausto Cardenas. Nothing is known of Cardenas’s motivations, but his gesture of shooting into the sky on the steps of the capitol, where he knew he would be immediately captured, reads symbolically as both tragic and poetic. Magid connects his action to Faust, an obvious but ultimately fruitful and complex avenue of exploration, as Goethe’s nineteenth-century drama traffics in similar themes of tragedy, psychology, and futility.

Collaboration in New Media Art: Does collaboration constitute compromise, act as a catalyst, or infer complexity? There has been much debate in recent times around collaboration in new media art practice. Amanda McDonald Crowley, Executive Director of EYEBEAM Art and Technology center in New York, will raise questions, deliberate on the issues and propose some answers.

Free and open to the public. All events begin at 7pm. Location One is happy to host exciting talks by renowned experts from many disciplines who reflect upon artistic and cultural themes that permeate our contemporary cultural landscape. Past speakers have included Martha Rosler, Chris Csikszentmihalyi, and Marcia Vetrocq. For a full list of our [...]

Leesa and Nicole Abahuni (U.S.A) Leesa and Nicole Abahuni are artists and twins from New York who collaborate on the investigation of the senses and the exploration of the interrelationships between the visual, aural, and tactile realms.

Location One presented the debut solo exhibition in NYC by artists Leesa & Nicole Abahuni, on view in our main gallery at 26 Greene Street from November 21st through January 27th 2007 (Tue-Sat, 12-6pm). The multimedia installation, which was commissioned by Location One, is entitled In the Sky, is an exploration into the sharing of the senses and the interconnectedness between perception and sensation as experienced through visual, aural, and physical realms.

The nine million and twenty second dorkbot-nyc meeting took place on Thursday, December 8th at 7pm. It featured the lovely and talented: Newton Armstrong, Eyebeam OpenLab, Zach Layton.

The seventeen millionth dorkbot-nyc meeting was held on Wednesday, November 3rd, 7pm. It Featured the lovely and talented: Tom Moody, Matt Hall and John Watkinson, Claire Corey.

the second talk of our series PerformanceContemporary: a conversation with Paul Kaiser conducted by Bonnie Marranca.