The Barbican is pleased to present the first London edition of Rhizome’s Seven on SevenConference, an international event that brings together luminary figures at the forefront of art and technology to create innovative new projects together in a single day.
Over the course of 24 hours, seven teams, each comprised of a leading artist and technologist, are challenged to work together to develop something new – be it an application, concept, artwork, product, or whatever they imagine. Each team will then present their creation at the conference event on Sunday 27 October at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s new building, Milton Court.
This year’s collaborators are:
Susan Phillipsz + Naveen Selvadurai (Foursquare)
Jonas Lund + Michelle You (Songkick)
Mark Leckey + Daniel Williams
Aleksandra Domanovi? + Smári McCarthy (IMMI)
Cecil B. Evans + Alice Bartlett (BERG)
Haroon Mirza + Ryder Ripps (OKFocus)
Graham Harwood + Alberto Nardelli (Tweetminister)
See here for more information on each.
Rhizome’s Seven on Seven is inspired by ‘9 Evenings,’ a legendary 1966 event organized by E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) that paired visual artists, musicians and dancers such as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage and Yvonne Rainer, with scientists such as Billy Kluver. The conference has been a sell-out in New York City for the past four years, hosted with Rhizome’s affiliate the New Museum, and the London edition aims to demonstrate the similarities between the two cities’ art and technology scenes.
Heather Corcoran, Executive Director of Rhizome, said:
“This event underlines how much potential there is in developing new technologies in cities like London and New York, where entrepreneurs and developers necessarily rub up against culture and the arts.
From companies like TweetDeck, Sum.ly and Last.fm in London, to Kickstarter, Foursquare and MakerBot in New York – there are a growing number of success stories that we believe are a product of the interaction between art and technology.”
Leonora Thomson, Director of Audiences and Development at the Barbican, said:
“Seven on Seven illustrates the Barbican’s growing commitment to interdisciplinary digital work, located as we are, so near to the extraordinary local ‘tech’ communities. This exciting collaboration follows recent events such as Hack the Barbican, a month long residency between artists and technologists”
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Milton Court, Concert Hall, London
Sunday 27 October, 12 noon – 6pm
www.barbican.org.uk
