We give you the numbers; you make them speak to us.
Every year, Americans fill out income tax forms and make their payments to the IRS. It’s an important civic duty, but do we really know where our tax dollars go? Using data provided byWhatWePayFor.com, Eyebeam challenges you to create data visualizations that make it easier and more interesting for taxpayers to understand just how the government spends our money.
Our expert jury will be awarding $10,000 – including $5,000 for the top interactive web application, graphic, or video submitted by an individual or a team. All winners will be featured on DataVizChallenge.org, the Official Google Blog, Eyebeam.org, and Fast Company’s design blog, Co.Design. You must be a U.S. resident and 18 years of age to be eligble for an award. Entries are due midnight, March 27, 2011; winners are announced on Tax Day, April 18.
People: Aaron Koblin, Aaron Meyers, Amanda McDonald Crowley, Brooke Singer, Edward Lee, Mark Shepard, Sia Shin, Stephanie Pereira
Tags: api, challenge, Data Visualization, data viz, datavizchallenge.org, google, SkillShare
MIXER, Eyebeam’s quarterly showcase for audiovisual performance and interactive art, goes back to the future – to the dawn of the imagined internet.
On Saturday, April 9, MIXER: Past Futures transforms Eyebeam’s vast West Chelsea space into an immersive environment combining video, music, design, and fashion from an era when 16-bit video games, 28k modems, and Roland TB-303s were at the cutting edge of technology and creativity. MIXER: Past Futures evokes the spirit of both early internet theories and its early graphic style, suggesting an alternate version of our own current reality, conjuring what was and what never came to be.
People: Aaron Meyers, David Jimison, Fever Creative, Kaho Abe, Mark Essen, Mean Red, Ryder Ripps, Thunder Horse Video
Tags: mixer, mixer: past futures
Two “Buttery Smooth” Workshops in The Counter Kitchen in March
Brooke Singer and Stefani Bardin of the The Counter Kitchen welcome two special guests on March 12 and 19. Join them in the kitchen and learn how to reverse-engineer your favorite food and personal care products. Become a translator, detective, chemist, and cook as you help them decode and remake Johnson & Johnson® Baby Lotion and Breyers® Ice Cream. Mmm, buttery and smooth. Each workshop costs $10 per person, which includes admission, tastes, take-aways, and recipes.
Eyebeam Fellow Taeyoon Choi, in collaboration with The Public School New York and various artists, presents a multi-week class exploring sound art and electronic music. This week Eyebeam staffer Roddy Schrock will lead an introduction to the open source sound software SuperCollider.
Each week has been led by a different artist, and the class will culminate in a performance and interactive presentation. Participating artists - Mike Clemow, Jamie Allen, Travis Houldcroft, Roddy Schrock, Taeyoon Choi, and Jackson Moore - are workshoping topics in field recording, circuit bending, diy instrument building, sound walks, performance and composition. Software explored will include Audacity, Max, Pd, SuperCollider, and more.
Research: Education
Tags: electronic music, field recording, sound art, The Public School
