ART+TECH Festival - The Essence of Interactive Art

​20 years ago there was a seminal show at Rx Gallery in San Francisco named REACTIVE: Interactive video art.

The artists in that 2004 show have continued to explore for the last two decades, and this evening they'll present their experiences and thoughts. They are:

Scott Snibbe - new media artist and meditation teacher, author and host of the How to Train a Happy Mind book and podcast. Snibbe’s interactive art and augmented reality installations have been incorporated into concert tours, museums, and airports; and he has collaborated with musicians and filmmakers including Björk, Philip Glass, Beck, and James Cameron. His work can be found in the collections of New York MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and other institutions.

Camille Utterback - Recipient of a 2009 MacArthur "genius grant", Camille Utterback is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer in the field of digital and interactive art. Her work ranges from gallery installations, to intimate reactive sculptures, to architectural scale site-specific works. Utterback's extensive exhibit history includes more than fifty shows on four continents. Her work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of Art, the Thoma Foundation, and her “Text Rain” piece, created with Romy Achituv (1999), was the first digital interactive installation acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Utterback is an Associate Professor in the Art & Art History Department, and by courtesy in Computer Science, at Stanford University. Her work is represented by Haines Gallery in San Francisco.

Brian Knep - his works range from large-scale, interactive installations to microscopic sculptures built for nematodes. He has exhibited extensively around the US and internationally and has grants and awards from Creative Capital, Americans for the Arts, Ars Electronica, and others. Beyond his artistic practice, Knep collaborates with museums to design and develop interactive, educational installations. Early in his career he worked at Industrial Light and Magic where he received two Academy Awards for his contributions. Knep holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Brown University and has published in academic journals. He is represented by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York.

Tickets at the door, $0-20, split with artists and venue.
Accessible entrance and restroom on site. Doors open at 7pm, talks start at 7:30.