International orgs
Corners creates opportunities for artists and researchers to produce multidisciplinary contemporary artistic and cultural collaborative projects. The objective is to enable exchange across geographical, political and economic divisions. More than 50 artists and researchers (and the number grows) have met through CORNERS, as well as more than 30 organizations and institutions as partners and collaborators.
Collectives & cultural agencies:
Rebuilding thru Art Project, Baltimore based collective who ignite community engagement, empowerment, and action through art.
Signal Culture, located in Owego, New York is an Experimental Media Art: Residencies, Exhibitions and Resources. SC encourages creation of new work, building of community, and connection to history in the field of experimental media art by providing artists, researchers, and innovators with residencies, resources, and exhibition opportunities.
Baltimore Robotics Center, is the result of the shared vision of the Maryland Out of School Time Network (MOST) and Ed Mullin, CIO, LCG Technologies. We serve Baltimore City’s robotics league competitors by offering a dedicated space to practice, learn and compete.
BUGSS, a place for creative biology. A laboratory space for use by amateur, professional, and citizen scientists; place to learn and have fun with biotechnology in a safe and socially responsible manner; place where scientific and artistic explorations in biotechnology intersect; emphasizes understanding through DOING; a space where it is ok not to know; offers support for the DIY and citizen scientist community; provides a space where individuals can safely and affordably investigate the living world.
BmoreArt resource is an award-winning Baltimore-based online journal, which provides creative and critical coverage of the Baltimore’s cultural landscape and beyond.
Klang Gallerie, venue for sound, music and experiments in between aural and musics.
Field, was set up as a platform to explore Field Recordings, intuitive/contemporary composition and Sound Art. ‘Field’ exists to encourage networking across related fields, workshops, gallery exhibitions, experimental multi-disciplinary works, sound walks and to encourage active listening. Field occasionally release limited edition CDs and digital releases of contemporary Field Recordings and Sound Art.
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Chinese European Arts Center (CEAC), Xiamen City, China. For more than twelve years, the Chinese European Art Center has hosted and premiered international artists from all over the world.
Asia Art Archives. Through collecting and making information on the recent history of contemporary art in Asia easily accessible, AAA aims to facilitate understanding, research, and writing in the field, enrich existing global narratives, and re-imagine the role of the archive. AAA is a point of convergence for critical thinking and dialogue and a proactive platform for diverse public, educational, and residential programmes for a wide range of audiences. At the core of its mission is AAA’s commitment to create a collection belonging to the public, existing not in an enclosed space, but in a space that is open and productive, generating new ideas and works that continually reshape the Archive itself.
Background information about Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. Main site, here. Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, the well-known patriotic overseas Chinese leader. It was the first university in China founded by an overseas Chinese. At present it is the only university in any of five special economic zones and is one of China’s higher-level universities designated for the state key construction of the “211 Project” and the “985 Project”. Currently, Professor Zhu Chongshi is the President of the University and Professor Zhu Zhiwen is the Chairman of the University Council.
Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Foundation B.a.d is an artists’ initiative based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It was founded in 1987, when a group of art students occupied a decommissioned bath-house. The experience was short lived yet influential as it inspired the need to establish a formal structure, and Foundation B.a.d was born (Stichting B.a.d – Bad meaning ‘Bath’ in Dutch).
Artists:
Mark Dion. MILDRED’S LANE is a rustic, 96-acre site deep in the woods of rural northeastern Pennsylvania, in the upper Delaware River Valley, which borders New York state. It is an ongoing collaboration between J. Morgan Puett, Mark Dion, their son Grey Rabbit Puett, and their friends and colleagues. It is a home and an experiment in living. Mildred’s Lane attempts to coevolve a rigorous pedagogical strategy, where a working-living-researching environment has been developed to foster engagement with every aspect of life.
Ron Wright, sound artist from the UK. A work from Sheffield Winter Gardens, Restless.
Hannah Korangkool, UMBC student in residence, Bangkok, Thailand. Hannah is researching urban mobile food and doing an internship at a well known film house. You can follow her research through her blog, linked from her name above.
Jean Vigo, (April 26, 1905 – October 5, 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s; he was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Tools and software:
Hydrophones and Contact microphones, hand made in Yorkshire by JrF.
Pure Data, (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works. While Puckette is the main author of the program, Pd is an open source project with a large developer base working on new extensions.
MAX, is a visual programming language for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling ’74. During its 20-year history, it has been used by composers, performers, software designers, researchers, and artists for creating recordings, performances, and installations.
Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts, new media art, and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching the fundamentals of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks. The project was initiated in 2001 by Casey Reas and Benjamin Fry, both formerly of the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab. One of the stated aims of Processing is to act as a tool to get non-programmers started with programming, through the instant gratification of visual feedback. The language builds on the Java language, but uses a simplified syntax and graphics programming model.
SuperCollider, open source. Real time audio synthesis programing language.
The Baltimore City Robotics Center is the result of the shared vision of the Maryland Out of School Time Network (MOST) and Ed Mullin, CIO, LCG Technologies. We serve Baltimore City’s robotics league competitors by offering a dedicated space to practice, learn and compete.
FutureMakers is a mobile makerspace – they bring the tools, materials and guided experiences to young makers in the greater Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC. From traditional hand tools to high tech digifab equipment, coaches pack the gear that young makers need to grow real confidence.
Fab Lab Baltimore is a non-profit digital fabrication lab, community workspace, and educational center, that serves as a resource for students, designers, artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and other professionals, as well as businesses and institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region. Fab Labs began as an outreach project through MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, an interdisciplinary initiative that explores the relationship between computer science and physical science. There is now an International Fab Lab Network spanning the globe.
The Baltimore Node is a member-run maker space or ‘hacker space’ where people can hack, craft, and make interesting things in a supportive and collaborative environment. The Node follows the Hackerspace model that is flourishing in cities around the world, including New York, Chicago, San Francisco,Berlin, Sydney, and many more.
The Station North Tool Library’s mission is to empower individuals, through affordable access to tools, skills, and workspace, to positively direct development, rehabilitation, and construction of their environment and their lives.
Collectives & cultural agencies:
Klang Gallerie, venue for sound, music and experiments in between aural and musics.
Field, was set up as a platform to explore Field Recordings, intuitive/contemporary composition and Sound Art. ‘Field’ exists to encourage networking across related fields, workshops, gallery exhibitions, experimental multi-disciplinary works, sound walks and to encourage active listening. Field occasionally release limited edition CDs and digital releases of contemporary Field Recordings and Sound Art.
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Chinese European Arts Center (CEAC), Xiamen City, China. For more than twelve years, the Chinese European Art Center has hosted and premiered international artists from all over the world.
Asia Art Archives. Through collecting and making information on the recent history of contemporary art in Asia easily accessible, AAA aims to facilitate understanding, research, and writing in the field, enrich existing global narratives, and re-imagine the role of the archive. AAA is a point of convergence for critical thinking and dialogue and a proactive platform for diverse public, educational, and residential programmes for a wide range of audiences. At the core of its mission is AAA’s commitment to create a collection belonging to the public, existing not in an enclosed space, but in a space that is open and productive, generating new ideas and works that continually reshape the Archive itself.
Background information about Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. Main site, here. Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by Tan Kah Kee, the well-known patriotic overseas Chinese leader. It was the first university in China founded by an overseas Chinese. At present it is the only university in any of five special economic zones and is one of China’s higher-level universities designated for the state key construction of the “211 Project” and the “985 Project”. Currently, Professor Zhu Chongshi is the President of the University and Professor Zhu Zhiwen is the Chairman of the University Council.
Foundation B.a.d, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Foundation B.a.d is an artists’ initiative based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It was founded in 1987, when a group of art students occupied a decommissioned bath-house. The experience was short lived yet influential as it inspired the need to establish a formal structure, and Foundation B.a.d was born (Stichting B.a.d – Bad meaning ‘Bath’ in Dutch).
Artists:
Mark Dion. MILDRED’S LANE is a rustic, 96-acre site deep in the woods of rural northeastern Pennsylvania, in the upper Delaware River Valley, which borders New York state. It is an ongoing collaboration between J. Morgan Puett, Mark Dion, their son Grey Rabbit Puett, and their friends and colleagues. It is a home and an experiment in living. Mildred’s Lane attempts to coevolve a rigorous pedagogical strategy, where a working-living-researching environment has been developed to foster engagement with every aspect of life.
Ron Wright, sound artist from the UK. A work from Sheffield Winter Gardens, Restless.
Hannah Korangkool, UMBC student in residence, Bangkok, Thailand. Hannah is researching urban mobile food and doing an internship at a well known film house. You can follow her research through her blog, linked from her name above.
Jean Vigo, (April 26, 1905 – October 5, 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s; he was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Tools and software:
Hydrophones and Contact microphones, hand made in Yorkshire by JrF.
Pure Data, (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works. While Puckette is the main author of the program, Pd is an open source project with a large developer base working on new extensions.
MAX, is a visual programming language for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling ’74. During its 20-year history, it has been used by composers, performers, software designers, researchers, and artists for creating recordings, performances, and installations.
Processing is an open source programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts, new media art, and visual design communities with the purpose of teaching the fundamentals of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks. The project was initiated in 2001 by Casey Reas and Benjamin Fry, both formerly of the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab. One of the stated aims of Processing is to act as a tool to get non-programmers started with programming, through the instant gratification of visual feedback. The language builds on the Java language, but uses a simplified syntax and graphics programming model.
SuperCollider, open source. Real time audio synthesis programing language.