Michael Mandiberg

I just put up an installation of work at Eyebeam for Studio Visits. This is work I have been producing over the last 6 months. The work is primarily old found books cut with the laser cutter, as well as some laser cut drawings.

The central piece against the wall is “FDIC Insured” a [...]

This show is closed… but I am just blogging install shots now. I did get the announcement out for the opening.  Just not the follow through. Sometimes things slip through the cracks.  Not sometimes… mosttimes.
“Summer Reading” at Jen Bekman Gallery.

S.A.S.E.
Marijke Appelman, Paul Branca, Jennifer Cane, Travis Hallenbeck and Guthrie Lonergan, Michael Mandiberg, Jennifer Delos Reyes, Gabriel Saloman, Suzie Silver, Lia Trinka-Browner, Jess Wilcox
S.A.S.E. uses the idea of the self addressed stamped envelope as its foundation (a method of distribution within the postal mail system that is always initiated by the one who wants to [...]

New laser cut work from the "Summer Reading" show at Jen Bekman gallery in NYC.
Yes, the cut goes all the way through all of the phonebooks.

Black Market Type and Print Shop

July 9 – August 14, 2009
Opening July 9, 6-8pm
This installation is guest curated by Joseph del Pesco. He has created font alphabets based on the handwriting of famous contemporary artists, which are available for use by visitors.
Image is from Black Market Type and Print Shop Installation
The Black Market Type & [...]

“Black Market Type and Print Shop”
06.09.09
Author: Micah Malone
05.07.09-06.27.09 Feldman Gallery at the Pacific Northwest College of Art
Creating fonts can be a touchy subject, raising issues of intellectual property—touchier still when the fonts in question sample hand-drawn lettering from well-known works of art. However, for the exhibition “Black Market Type and Print Shop,” font generation becomes [...]

Drawing Contemporaries at Eyebeam

NO LONGER EMPTY is a group of curators and artists who present thought provoking exhibits in empty store fronts.
Our first exhibit is at the storefronts at the
Hotel Chelsea
Opening June 18 6pm – 9pm
222 w 23rd st NY NY
June 19 – July 18 Wed – Sat 11am – 6pm
Please join us in a space transformed by [...]

Photos from Drawing Contemporaries are up on Flickr. I have also posted full res versions, and a video here

Drawing Contemporaries, curated by Eyebeam senior fellow Michael Mandiberg, is an exhibition of work on paper made by a peer group of new media artists who all create drawings, both as a primary object and as [...]

My environmental focused plugins are included in the exhibition End of Oil at Exit Art. The opening is this Saturday, June 13th from 6-8. The exhibition runs from June 13 – July 31, 2009.
A project of SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics) , The End of Oil is an exhibition of photography, prints, videos, installations and new [...]