THE 2009 BOSTON CYBERARTS FESTIVAL

By Big Red

Every two years, New Englanders are treated to an art spectacle that is uniquely Bostonian. The Cyberarts Festival is a showcase for a broad array of artistic hybrids that explore a range of technologies, ideas and conversations taking place among the creative minds of academic culture. Trying to keep track of every event, exhibition, and performance is daunting; trying to see everything is impossible.

With this in mind, we at Big RED & Shiny want to make things a little easier for you. In order to help you find your way to the Cyberarts events most appealing to you, we have teamed up with Janet Bailey of the Cyberarts team to give you daily listings of events. These can be found on our splash page (which usually redirects to our table of contents).

Also, as an extension of Nina Berger's interview with Cyberarts Director George Fifield, we have also put together a list of highlights that you should not miss. Click the "Add To Calendar" link to add any event to your calendar program¹.

We hope you have a great time and see tons of inspiring art. Use the comments of this piece to discuss anything you see, and share your thoughts with others!

2009 CYBERARTS FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

Traversing Sweet Illusions
Boston Cyberarts in Second Life
April 24-May 10. Opening reception April 26.
and at:
CounterpART Gallery
128 Merrimack St, Lowell
April 24-May 2. Mashup reception and artist talk April 26, 5-8 pm
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Virtuelle Mauer / ReConstructing the Wall
Goethe-Institut Boston
170 Beacon St. Boston
April 24-May 6. Opening reception April 23, 6-8pm
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Children of Arcadia
Cambridge Arts Council
344 Broadway, Cambridge
April 24-May 15. Reception May 4, 6-8pm
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Panel discussion with virtual reality artists
BU SCV Computer Graphics Lab
8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston
April 27, 7pm
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Loops Exhibition and Performance
MIT Museum
265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
April 24-May 10. Opening Reception April 24, 5:30-7:30 pm
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SYNTAX
Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
832 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
March 27–May 10
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Parse: Visualizing Data That Makes Us Human
AXIOM Gallery
141 Green Street, Jamaica Plain
March 27–May 10
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[1] - The "Add To Calendar" link works for all calendar programs that support .ics files.