ThoughtWorks Arts Exhibition at SPRING/BREAK for Armory Week 2018
The work of ThoughtWorks Arts artists were exhibited together at the closely-watched SPRING/BREAK Art Show in March 2018. The exhibition took place at 4 Times Square as part of New York’s Armory Week.
The exhibition, sponsored by the media art center Harvestworks, was comprised of works incubated by ThoughtWorks Arts programs over the last four years. This includes work from Art-A-Hack and the ThoughtWorks Arts Residency, and by the directors of these programs, Andrew McWilliams and Ellen Pearlman, who are also practicing artists.
The show’s curator Lee Tusman, says:
These works show the tipping point of innovation socially transforming our world over the next 25-30 years. They cross over into areas of virtuality and nature and the artificial and the real. As the real (nature/climate change) is threatened, the artificial (VR/AR/immersion) grows. As one world is being destroyed, another opens up.
The exhibited works are listed below, each showcasing the intersection between art, technology and society.
Dual Brains
Dual Brains is a real-time visual performance of the brain data of two performers who are wearing 3D-printed brainwave headsets. The work was incubated as part of Art-A-Hack 2014 and 2016, and first performed at ThoughtWorks New York.
The work showcases shared empathy between two brains, creating a live-time visual and sonic environment.
First conceptualized by artist Eva Lee, the piece uses custom EEG headsets created by 3D fashion designer Aaron Trocola. The software behind the performance was extended and refined for the exhibition by ThoughtWorks developer Julien Deswaef.
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