5.

Seven on Seven.

For my latest Artist Entry, I have chosen not a specific digital artist, but more of a digital event. It's called "Seven on Seven" and the premise is to join a leading artist with a "technologist" in teams of two to collaborate and come up with an innovative project that will take place on April 17th. There are little to no limitations, and the projects can be anything from an application, product, or piece of art. It appears to be the first time Rhizome and the New Museum have set out on this endeavor, because I could not find any past projects, but nevertheless I find it to be a very exciting integration of art and technology.

Seven on Seven is the first edition of this potentially annual event, and was said to be recalling "9 Evenings" in which dancers, visual artists and musicians were paired with engineers and scientists to create work. The event is a day long convention with the revealing of the projects and meeting the participants.

The information was rather vague, listing only the artists and technologists that are involved, but I guess that just adds to the anticipation and mystery. As an artist myself I would love to be involved in something like this to broaden my horizons. I think the digital world can be a very intimidating one if you are not experienced, but I think this project is a great opportunity to give these artists confidence in the digital arena by working with technologists, and vice versa.