Michael Mandiberg

Permanent State of Emergency, video still
April 7 – 28: Eyebeam’s new window gallery in a Permanent State of Emergency
Date: April 7 – 28; Opening Reception: April 17, 6 – 8PM
Location: Eyebeam: 540 W. 21st, NYC
Cost: Free
http://eyebeam.org/events/permanent-state-of-emergency
Eyebeam is pleased to announce the opening of State of Emergency, the inaugural exhibition of the Window Gallery, our new [...]

Anyone who has followed this blog obviously knows that I am still working at Eyebeam, which means I was awarded a Senior Fellowship.  It started some time ago, but Eyebeam is making a celebration out of it for the Senior Fellows and the incoming Residents.
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Eyebeam awards more than $175,000 in stipends to 10 artists working [...]

FLOSS Book Sprint: Digital Foundations from Michael Mandiberg on Vimeo.

Last weekend was the epic Digital Foundations–>FLOSS Book Sprint, led by Adam Hyde of FLOSSmanuals.net and Eyebeam Senior Fellow Michael Mandiberg. Around 25 volunteers convened at Eyebeam over the course of 3 days to translate Digital Foundations from Adobe to FLOSS (Free Libre Open Sources [...]

FLOSS Book Sprint: Digital Foundations from Michael Mandiberg on Vimeo.

I installed some new and in-progress work for studio visits. The test installation helped me figure out how to put the work in the gallery, what goes with what, and what doesn’t, and fine tune those details. This is the first time I’ve made objects in nearly 10 years.
It also allowed me to [...]

The new laser drawings are coming together. My dad the woodworker did a quick job of a really nice display case for the encyclopedia.

And we’re burning through paper

Bright Bike at Holiday Hackshop. from Michael Mandiberg on Vimeo.

get up close, those are burn marks from the laser cutter. laser etched paper.

This weekend we had a Bright Bike workshop at Eyebeam.  We wrapped about 15 bikes, and an additional 20 people took home materials to wrap their bikes at home based on the Bright Bike Instructable. It ended with a short critically-visible-mass ride around Chelsea.
Smashing success.
Here are pictures. Video coming soon.

image by t-dawg
The Takeovers and Makeovers conference was a hit.  I had a superb time speaking with Fred Von Lohmann and Jason Schultz. I made everyone laugh, and swore more than Tom McDonough, which is apparently no small feat.
I am spending the week doing final wrap up on the Digital Foundations book, which goes [...]