2008 01SJ Documentary Videos Go Live

If you missed the 2nd 01SJ Biennial, you can still experience some of the incredible installations by exploring the video documentaries created by the Cinema & Media Studies team at Carlton College.  Enjoy!

Looking back at the 08 Biennial

 From June 4-8, 2008, more than 25,000 individuals visited 100 art installations, 25+ performances, workshops, and public talks by over 100 artists from more than a dozen countries at exhibitions held at cultural institutions throughout downtown San Jose during the 5-day 2nd 01SJ Biennial – the largest of its kind devoted to creativity at the intersection of art, technology and pop culture in the history of North America.

Students from seven continents participated in a global youth digital arts initiative/exhibition designed to enable them examine critical community issues, share their views, and take action.

The Festival commissioned over 19 new works, of which three were the result of a FUSE: CADRE/Montalvo Artist Research Residency Initiative, and supported an additional 29 projects at levels ranging from $500 to $75,000.

The Festival yielded worldwide media coverage in print publications ranging from Art Forum to Taiwan’s Artist Magazine, broadcast media including segments on the internationally syndicated Tech Close-up, and Art Rocks Radio as well as online forums that spanned sites focusing on new media such as Rhizome and Networked Performance to the arts and Silicon Valley such as ArtDaily, and Silicon Valley Watcher.  Overall there were 107 print stories, 10 broadcasts, and 40 online stories plus over 300 blog entries posted on the 2008 Festival.

The Festival program was distributed free in Metro Newspapers to 90,000 people.

Starting with the 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge, the San Jose hotel occupancy rate for June was up 72 percent according to the San Jose Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

Help multimedia artist Camille Utterback

by walking, skateboarding, or biking at San Jose City Hall Plaza
Thursday night, Sept. 27

Get a sneak peak of Camille’s installation the day before it opens to the public!

Eat free snacks - quesadillas and Krispy Kreme donuts!!!

when: 11:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Thursday night, Sept. 27
where: San Jose City Hall Plaza
200 E. Santa Clara St.
(between 4th and 6th streets)

Camille’s projection on the side of City Hall will react and respond to pedestrian movement in the plaza. For a final test of the piece before the public opening Friday, Camille needs people to show up Thursday night, and walk or move in the plaza for a half hour. Your presence and movement will help her calibrate her software settings, and test if the piece is responding correctly to a large group of people.

Bring your friends! Meet the artist! Eat free snacks! Be a part of art!

If you know your are coming please email rsvp@camilleutterback.com, but it’s also fine to just show up!

Abundance will run nightly from Sept. 28 – Oct. 6 from 8pm (Saturdays from 10)