Perpetual art machine
[PAM] the Perpetual Art Machine was founded in New York in January 2006 by the artists Chris Borkowski, Aaron M. Miller, Raphaele Shirley and Lee Wells in collaboration with Alexis Hubshman, president of the Scope Art Fair. Through the use of robust open source CMS & DAM software such as (Joomla & Gallery2) , streaming video technologies and custom software developed in Max (software)MSP and Jitter as well as MySQL[PAM] has rapidly become a growing video art portal on the internet. Since its first installation in at the Scope New York art fair in March 2006 the[PAM] has grown via its web site into a free community of more than 900 artists from over 50 countries and consists of over 1000 video art works on-line and in its interactive video installation. [PAM] is a fusion of interactive art, video art, and sound art.
Overview
Perpetual Art Machine is a community for video artists, curators, writers, theorists, educators, collectors, and enthusiasts. Perpetual Art Machine is free (no cost) to the public and its participants.
Perpetual Art Machine is an on line gallery and database of video art.
Perpetual Art Machine is an interactive video installation.
The website feeds the interactive installation. Both the database and video content work together at exhibitions displaying video pieces simultaneously in a semi-random gird and individually. The videos play off each other by informing each other of associations and/or differentiations. Visitors then have the option of watching each individual video to allow an investigation of their individual qualities.
Perpetual Art Machine intents to further the awareness and understanding of video art and therefore encourages
it's artist and curator members to curate freely from the website video gallery and welcomes the
opportunity to help organize exhibitions and screenings that promote the artists involved in the project.
To date the [PAM] co-founders, Artist-At-Large, & members have organized numerous exhibitions of video art
that have taken place around the world
Contributing [PAM] Members
[PAM] Artists-at-Large:
Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Allan D. Hasty
G. H. Hovagimyan
Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli
Iris Piers1
Alexander Reyna
Jaye Rhee
[PAM] Advisory Board:
Lea Carnevali
Rody Douzoglou
Donna Graham
Kath Gray
Prescott Mckee
Eric Payson
Miroslaw Rogala
Matthew Schwartz
Selected Exhibitions & Installations
August 2007 - Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York
July 2007 - Scope Art Fair, East Hampton, New York
June 2007 - WRO07 - XII International Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, Poland
May 2007 - House of Campari, Los Angeles California
April 2007- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Inido, California
April 2007 - ArtDC art Fair, Washington D.C.
February 2007 - Scope Art Fair, New York, New York
December 2006 - ART|BASEL, Miami, Florida
December 2006 - Scope Art Fair, Miami, Florida
October 2006 - Scope Art Fair, London, UK
September 2006 - Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia
August 2006 - Le Name Festival, Lille, France
July 2006 - Scope Art Fair, East Hampton, New York
June 2006 - Digit Film Festival, Monticello, New York
March 2006 - Scope Art Fair, New York, New York
Curatorial Projects & Organized Screenings
Current - PlumTV - selected television markets.
6/07 - Monkey Town 3rd Semiennial, Brooklyn, NY
6/07 - Video-Salon 2, Curatorial Rebound Project, galerija10m2, Sarajevo
4/07 - "Entre la Piedra y la Flor" - CIRCA '07 Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico
4/07 - Video as Urban Condition, The Lentos Art Museum, Linz, Austria
4/07 - Imagine Party Will Save the World, The Mod Club Toronto, Canada
1/07 - Video Box @ We Are Your Future, Special Project to the 2nd Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia