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LiveBox is thrilled to announce Eric Souther's Residency June 2013

Eric Souther is a video and new media artist who creates custom software for manipulating audio and video in real-time. His interests include the materialization of digital aesthetics and the ritualistic spaces of media: the masks of media, the myths of media, and how they change the way we perceive our world. He received his M.F.A in Electronic Integrated Arts from Alfred University in Alfred, New York, and his B.F.A in New Media from the Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. He is currently an Assistant Professor of New Media at IU South Bend.

 

Announcing Sonja Hinrichsen Return Residency January 2014

“Snow Drawings” is an ongoing project where Hinrichsen “draws”, in collaboration with local communities, large designs in the winter environment. Crystal Lake and its nearby park reserve provides an ideal “canvas” for “Snow Drawings”.

Sonja began the project in winter 2009 during an artist residency in Snowmass Village in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Her 2012 “Snow Drawings” at Rabbit Ears Pass Colorado Mountains (near Steamboat Springs) received significant press; including articles in SOMA Magazine, TRACCE (Italian Archeology Magazine), and a Chinese Art Magazine. The project was featured on NPR, MSNBC, The Discovery Channel, public TV Tokyo, and her aerial photographic prints and video documenting “Snow Drawings” events have been exhibited in California and Europe.

“Cabin of the Sublime – Or Not”

A two-week residency focused on refection and critical thinking. A space has been created for artists to reflect, contemplate, muse; an intimate cabin that calls for your thoughts to fill it, not data from the web, nor impressions from critics, curators, or collectors – designed simply for your voice.

The residency welcomes composers, choreographers, performance artists, and visual artists.

For more information please see Submissions

LiveBox came into its own in 2006, initially envisioned as an outlet for video. At the time, I was frustrated by the meager showing of video art in Chicago, as compared to NY, London, and Berlin. As LiveBox evolved and our curators worked with numerous artists locally and internationally, our interests also evolved. New Media, alternative sound, performance, and the cross-pollination of multiple disciplines became our passion, exciting projects that were often marginalized because of their non-commercial status. Last year LiveBox produced the thrilling series “Subtitles” that brought together alternative music, authors, and video artists, creating hybrid performances every 3rd Friday at Three Walls in Chicago. This year we have a new focus. After years of curating exhibitions and happenings, we’re committing our energies to the dynamic process of critical thinking.