I am going to be part of a panel of designers and technologists at the Electric Artists talking about open source and the future of design and technology. She Says is a gathering of women designers in the digital media world. The talk is on the 13th of Nov. at 7pm at the Electric Artists

Transportation Alternatives hosted the Park(ing) Day Redux party at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. Park(ing) Day an event hosted across 50 cities where people take over about 200 spots and transform them into public spaces one day in the year. Redux recreated a few of those spots in front of Eyebeam with the possible intention of art and techology meeting the power of demonstration.Wildernets got to be a part of the redux party and did really well for itself!

I recently made it to the Board of Members of SAWCC, a 11 year creative collective of young women artists from south and central Asia. The first task I had getting on the Board was to revamp their website. I did it in none other than Wordpress! http://sawcc.org/ is a newborn alive and kicking baby who hates IE. Can we just boycott that browser! Please feel free to contact me with ways to get this IE compatible.

2 weeks leading upto Conflux had all of our adrenaline pumping! Wildernets started as a simple idea but took on a scale much larger than we were used to working in! This 16′x8′ blanket was embedded with the night lights from the northern hemisphere as well as sounds of the wilderness. It transports you into a land that is quite different from the hustle and bustle of street life in NYC. Meant to be a net that you carry on your back the piece is powered by a solar panel and is your complete mobile night sky.

Here are some pictures of the making of ‘Wildernets’

Work AC won the bid for the out door installation for PS1 this summer. This installation is a 3 month project where PS1 opens their out door courtyard to what they call the Summer Warm Up a dance party. Mouna Andraos, Michael Horan and I worked on a segment of this large installation that involved an off the grid Solar Panel structure that controlled fans and misters for the over heated dancers as well as 4 columns.

1. The Night Lights

2. Sounds from the Farm

3. Video from the Farm

4. A set of cellphone chargers

Each of these were Powered with DC current from the solar panel.

Some images from PS1.

I was happy to participate in Threads a Jersey City fashion show that was hosted in the Jersey City Museum on Feb 24th 2008.

My piece Remember was shown in part where the mechanical piece was worn on stage by Jessie.

Here are pictures of the Threads show:

Inside/Outside show

The month-long exhibition begins Friday, September 21st and runs through Saturday, October 20that:Waldo Lofts 159 Second Streetin downtown Jersey City. The exhibition is also part of the Jersey City Artist Studio Tour (October 6th & 7th 12-6pm)

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Date: August 2007
Location: Exit Art . New York. NY

The 10th year anniversary of the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective was held at Exit Art. “Address” was accepted and was showcased for a month. I also participated in a panel discussion that followed the show.

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Date: July 2007
Location: Ginza Art Lab, Tokyo Japan

“Address” the necklace, traveled out to Japan this summer - it left us behind in New York - that was sad - I have not been to japan as yet!

Date: May 2007
Location: Brooklyn New York

Exploring mobile media and public spac, this was an un-conference that Mouna and I took part in where we shared the process behind building “Address”. We were invited to speak as we were using GPS technology and mobile media in hardware and as an accessory beyond the cellphone :).

Our Experience