ZER01’s ZSalons

Last night ZER01 hosted our 1^st ZSalon! Over 60 people came out to the ZER01 headquarters to socialize, meet the Climate Clock finalists and of course enjoy some wine. Each Climate Clock finalist team presented both previous works and their winning proposals for the Climate Clock Initiative. The night was filled with great interaction and conversation both physically and digitally–as we broadcasted the talks on UStream. If you missed it check us out next month, as we will be hosting ZSalons every fourth Wednesday. February 24^th will be Xavier Cortada a Miami-based artist. Hope to see you there!

Climate Clock Finalist Teams:

Wired Wilderness Greenmeme: Freya Bardell, Brian Howe and Brent Bucknum

Huey-Dewey-Louie Climate Clock (an homage to the film Silent Running): Usaman Haque and Robert Davis

Organograph: Chico Macmurtrie, Geo Homsy, Bill Washabaugh and Gideon Shapiro

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San Jose First Fridays

Macla Conceptual Landscapes: recent work by Castillo and Mariana Garibay

First Fridays in the SoFA District downtown San Jose is back! For the 5^th year in a row galleries will be open late for everyone to enjoy, and it is FREE! The Art Walk starts at 8pm and goes as long as the crowds stay active. The next First Friday is February 5, 2010. Come visit Anno Domini, MACLA, the Kaleid Gallery, Works San Jose, and many many more.

Check out more details here: http://www.southfirstfridays.com/

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Red Cross Wearable Art Competition

Are you a fashion designer, high tech designer, or an artist who has designs up your sleeve just waiting to get out? Then pour your talent into the inaugural Red Cross Wearable Art competition. The American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter is inviting artists to create wearable art that surrounds the “theme of emergency preparedness prevention and response for a show of art with a life-saving message.”

Designer Applications and Design Sketches or Design Plans are due February 19, 2010. Finalists will receive amazing perks including having their design presented at the Hero’s Celebration at the Santa Clara Marriott on May 8th.  The designers will also receive two tickets to the black-tie event and the finalist’s creations will walk the runways during San Francisco and San Jose Fashion weeks.

Find more details at these websites. Good Luck!

http://www.siliconvalley-redcross.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=426:wearable-art-competition&catid=164:heroes-celebration&Itemid=331

http://wearableartdesign.blogspot.com/2010/01/design-competition-wearable-art-with.html

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Press Preview Preparations

March 15 and 18 are looming large on my calendar; that’s when we unveil the 2010 01SJ Biennial programming to media on both coasts.  It’s exciting and nerve wracking because of the amount of coordination that needs managing from finding caterers and setting menus to determining how best to project the presentations – LCD screens or huge projection screens.  It’s all in a day’s work, so to speak, and should turn out brilliantly.  At the very least, it will be great to get ZER01 in front of NY media; with the exception of Jori Finkel from the New York Times, it’ll be a first for us.  Ah, ain’t growing up grand?

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Wunderkammern at the San Jose Airport

I recently had the chance to go on a “hard hat” tour of the new terminal that is still being built at the Norm Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. Within the new terminal the San José Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Program (OCA)  is managing a changing art and technology public art program to commission artwork that will reflect the character of the Silicon Valley and provide an engaging introduction to the region. As part of this program, ZER01 has been invited to curate two large display cabinets. We are treating these as “Cabinets of Curiosity” or wunderkammern, which will include “small wonders” at the intersection of art, technology and digital culture.

One cabinet will be curated by ZER01 with a collection of projects that tie together art, technology, and the Bay Area. The display case will be designed by local designer Shona Kitchen and will contain works by mostly local artists, with a few national and international artists included as well.

The second cabinet will be a commissioned project by the Seattle-based, multidisciplinary artist collective SuttonBeresCuller. They will transform the display case and it’s intersecting column into a literal cabinet of curiosities using components drawn from the materials and technologies that have made Silicon Valley what it is today such as computer chips and parts.

The cabinets are located in the non-ticketed area between the ticketing lobby and arrivals, and will be installed in May 2010 and remain on view for a period of two years—be sure to check them out once the new terminal opens!

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Four open calls posted for the 2010 01SJ Biennial

We just posted four open calls for California-based artists to participate in the 2010 01SJ Biennial (more to come).

http://zero1.org/01sj/opencalls

We’ve also added pages to the website that share more information related to AbsoluteZER0, Green Prix, and Out of the Garage, Into the World–three exciting programs that offer widespread opportunities for participation during the 01SJ Biennial.

You can read more about the open calls here and please be sure to download the pdf files posted on each open call page for additional details.

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