The ways that artists use and respond to technology in their creative practice changes as rapidly as the technology itself. In this session, internationally-recognized artists Ben Rubin and Jennifer Steinkamp will examine the risks and rewards of presenting and maintaining digital art in the public sphere. Adding a programmatic perspective, the panel will also feature Andrée Bober, director of Landmarks, the public art program for the University of Texas at Austin, and Steven Sacks, founder and director of bitforms gallery in New York. The discussion will consider the ways in which technology expands or limits possibilities for public art; the issues and solutions for maintaining digital works; and the unique opportunities that digital art makes available for audience engagement.
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This event is part of SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas.
Presented by The New School.
Artist and designer Ben Rubin is the Director of the Center for Data Arts at The New School, where he is an Associate Professor of Design. Rubin’s innovative applications of media and information technology have been seen at museums, public spaces, and performance venues around the world. Rubin’s best-known work includes the media installations Moveable Type (2007)...
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Artist and designer Ben Rubin is the Director of the Center for Data Arts at The New School, where he is an Associate Professor of Design. Rubin’s innovative applications of media and information technology have been seen at museums, public spaces, and performance venues around the world. Rubin’s best-known work includes the media installations Moveable Type (2007), a permanent artwork for the lobby of the New York Times building, and Listening Post (2002). In 2012, he was commissioned by Landmarks, the public art program of UT Austin, to create And That's The Way it Is, an installation for the University's College of Communications. Rubin’s groundbreaking projection design for Arguendo, a play by Elevator Repair Service, earned him an Obie Award in 2014. Rubin’s design clients have included Microsoft, HP, and IBM, as well as architects SOM and Pelli Clarke Pelli, DS+R, and Ennead.
