Ars Electronica Festival Garden NYC

We were excited to partner with the Ars Electronica Festival as official curators of the
inaugural Ars Electronica Festival Garden NYC 2021.
The theme of our Garden was A Portal
– and we invited the audience to explore a world of immersive art, new technology and interactive performances.
Can we be intimate with technology? Can virtual and analogue artists co-exist? We reflected on the technological promises made to us and tried to rethink the foundations of the digital world, to reconcile it with our current reality and to explore it as it intersects with culture and society.
Our key goal was to empower the community of NYC new media artists, creators, coders, performers, visionaries, and community activists who are directly connected to multicultural and international communities.
And the team was strong! Vizmesh and Never Knows Better were our co-curators for the
NFT installation and the NKB x Ars Electronica Festival.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
Wednesday 9/8 - Sunday 9/12:
all day
Exhibit
Wednesday 9/8 - Sunday 9/12:
all day
Installation
Curated by Never Knows Better
Wednesday 9/8: 9-11pm
Thursday 9/9: 9-11pm
Friday 9/10: 9-11pm
Saturday 9/11: 9-11pm
Performances
Friday 9/10: 12-1:30pm
(Flex Dance Program)
Sunday 9/12: 12-2pm
(Enhanced Poetry Kids Workshop)
Wednesday 9/8: 8:30-9pm
Thursday 9/9: 8:30-9pm
Friday 9/10: 8:30-9pm
Saturday 9/11: 8:30-9pm
Installation / Audience Interaction / Performances
Wednesday 9/8: 3-4pm
Friday 9/10: 3-4pm
Wednesday 9/8
Saturday 9/11
6-8:30pm
Performances / Q&A
Wednesday 8/9: 4-6pm
Thursday 9/9: 4-6pm
Friday 9/10: 4-6pm
Saturday 9/11: 4-6pm
Installation / Exhibits
Accessibility:
Pay-What-You-Can to support the artists
Bring cash or pay with VENMO
Thursday 9/9
Friday 9/10
6-8:30pm
Performances / Q&A
Sunday 9/12
10am-2pm
Installations / Audience Interactiion
Family Workshops
Can't join us @Culture Lab? Not to worry!
Engage with XRE's Ars Electronica Festival 2021 Online with this fabulous
HOUSING IS MORE online video workshop by Architect, Menka Sethi!
More here!
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