Performance & Science

Marc Downie is one of the three artists in OpenEndedGroup, whose pioneering approach to digital art frequently combines three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3-D rendering, the incorporation of body movement by motion-capture and other means, and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. In the field of dance, they have worked most closely with Merce Cunningham (Hand-drawn Spaces, Biped, and Loops), with Bill T. Jones (Ghostcatching and After Ghostcatching), Trisha Brown (how long does the subject linger on the edge of the volume …), and Wayne McGregor (Stairwell). Their public artworks include Pedestrian (multiple sites), Enlightenment and Breath (Lincoln Center), and Recovered Light (York Minster, UK). Their most recent work for the theatre is Upending, an immersive evening-length 3-D experience.

Paul Kaiser is one of the three artists in OpenEndedGroup, whose pioneering approach to digital art frequently combines three signature elements: non-photorealistic 3-D rendering, the incorporation of body movement by motion-capture and other means, and the autonomy of artworks directed or assisted by artificial intelligence. In the field of dance, they have worked most closely with Merce Cunningham (Hand-drawn Spaces, Biped, and Loops), with Bill T. Jones (Ghostcatching and After Ghostcatching), Trisha Brown (how long does the subject linger on the edge of the volume …), and Wayne McGregor (Stairwell). Their public artworks include Pedestrian (multiple sites), Enlightenment and Breath (Lincoln Center), and Recovered Light (York Minster, UK). Their most recent work for the theatre is Upending, an immersive evening-length 3-D experience.

Pauline Oliveros, founder and executive director of the Deep Listening Institute, Ltd., also serves as distinguished professor of music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. http://www.paulineoliveros.us and http://www.deeplistening.org/site/adaptiveuse

Matthew Ostrowski is a composer and performer of electronic music living in Brooklyn. His most recent work, Three (out of four) Possible States of Matter, for teakettle and electronics, was recently premiered at Roulette in New York City http://www.ostrowski.info

Anne Bogart is artistic director of SITI Company and a professor at Columbia University where she runs the graduate directing program. She is the author of three books: And Then You Act, A Director Prepares, and The Viewpoints Book.

Warren Neidich is a conceptual artist and writer who lives and works between Los Angeles and Berlin. His research-based artworks combine strategies of performance, installation, and teaching in search of a new language to explore evolving conditions of Cognitive Capitalism, which he sees as a threat to free will. He co-edited Cognitive Architecture: From Biopolitics to Noo-politic. Neidich is Instructor at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles and Research Fellow at the Delft School of Design, TU Delft, School of Architecture, the Netherlands.

Linda Mary Montano began performing in 1966 and has continued her art in everyday life research via books, videos, performances, teaching. Currently, she blesses herself and others via the person of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. http://www.lindamontano.com

Phillip Stearns works at the intersection of art, philosophy, and science, drawing upon a variety of disciplines including installation, circuit sculpture, writing, audio-video works, performance art, and musical composition. The driving force motivating his practice comes from an intense fascination with technological objects and a deep skepticism towards modern applications of technology, especially in the creation of closed circuits of production/consumption.

Maximilian Goldfarb works in many media to activate situations that become integrated with everyday codes and systems. Recent work utilizes the M49, a mobile work facility He is co-author of the upcoming book Speculative Structures. Goldfarb produces a serial radio program, Human-Machine, which airs on WGXC in the Hudson Valley.

Marianne Weems is the artistic director of The Builders Association, a performance and media company based in New York City. She is also head of graduate directing at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. In the past she has worked with Susan Sontag, The Wooster Group, and many others.

Kristen Haring is a historian of science and technology on the faculty of Auburn University and, for 2011–2012, a fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center.