CURRENTS NEW MEDIA 2023

June 16-25, 2023

Opening Weekend @ CURRENTS 2018

Technolapse by Maria Fernanda Bertero / video still

Join Us for the Opening Weekend of CURRENTS NEW MEDIA 2018
June 8 – 10


Friday June 8

Interplanetary Festival Day 2
12pm – 10:30pm
Location: Santa Fe Farmers Market and the Railyard Plaza
free

CURRENTS Festival Opening Night
6pm – Midnight
Location: El Museo Cultural in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
$5 suggested donation over 18
Over 90 Artists . interactive installations . VR and AR environments . multimedia performances . videos/animations . robotics . app projects . experimental documentaries . 3D printing

Iris / Stephen Auger @ Axle Contemporary
11am – 11pm
Location: Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
free

Opening Receptions

Scanners by Bill Dolson
9pm – 10pm
Location: Rose Ramada, Railyard Park – Guadalupe Street at Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe
free

Vanishing Point: New Media Work by Bruce Hamilton and Susanna Carlisle
5pm – 7pm
Location: Gallery FRITZ at the Railyard – 540 S. Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe
free

Opening Night Performances

Marpi / Kanizzle / DubvirusMarpi‘s amazing interactive video projection together with outside the box Taos DJs Kanizzle and Dubvirus
6pm – Midnight
Location: El Museo Cultural in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
$5 suggested donation over 18

Movements – Virtual Reality Performance presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA
Created by
Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano & Natalie Sun
Beginning at 7pm with repeat 15 min performances until 8:30
Location: El Museo Cultural Theater in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
$5 suggested donation over 18

Max Cooper – VJ/DJ Performance / presented by the Santa Fe Institue, Meow Wolf and the Santa Fe Railyard as part of the InterPlanetary Festival.
8:30pm
Location: Santa Fe Railyard Plaza next to the water tower
free


Saturday June 9

CURRENTS Festival Open
12pm – Midnight
Location: El Museo Cultural in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
$5 suggested donation over 18

Iris / Stephen Auger @ Axle Contemporary
3pm – 11pm
Location: Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
free

Performances

Marpi / Kanizzle / DubvirusMarpi‘s amazing interactive video projection together with out of the box Taos DJs Kanizzle and Dubvirus
6pm – Midnight
Location: El Museo Cultural in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
$5 suggested donation over 18

MovementsVirtual Reality Performance presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA
Created by Elliot Cole, Michael Catalano & Natalie Sun
Beginning at 7pm with repeat 15 min performances until 8:30
Location: El Museo Cultural Theater in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
$5 suggested donation over 18

HAT – Remix Artist Concert / presented by AMP Concerts and the Santa Fe Railyard
7pm
Location: Santa Fe Railyard Plaza next tot the water tower.
free

Displaced Horizons – Multimedia Performance / presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA and SITE Santa Fe
Created by Chris Jonas, Dylan McLaughlin & Robert Lundberg
7:30pm
Location: SITE Santa Fe
free

Artists Talks

Towards Participation in Media Art / Curator Chun-chi Wang and Artists presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA
1pm – 2:15pm
Location: CURRENTS Festival main exhibition venue at El Museo Cultural
$5 suggested donation over 18

The Art In Artificial Intelligence / Purin Phanichphant presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Location: CURRENTS Festival main exhibition venue at El Museo Cultural
$5 suggested donation over 18

Workshop

Weaving and Coding Workshop presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA
Session 1 Saturday, June 9 / 10am – 5pm
Session 2 Sunday,June 10 / 10am – 5pm
Location: Canyon Road Creatives – 826 Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Cost $75 for both sessions


Sunday June 10

CURRENTS Festival Open
12pm – 7pm
Location: El Museo Cultural in the Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
$5 suggested donation over 18

Iris / Stephen Auger @ Axle Contemporary
12pm – 7pm
Location: Santa Fe Railyard Plaza
free

Artist Talk

The Networked Avant-Garde / Curator Kelani Nicole presented by The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, SITE Santa Fe and CURRENTS NEW MEDIA.
1pm – 2pm
Location: SITE Santa Fe
free

150 Media Stream / Artist and Curator Yuge Zhou presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA and CBRE/Chicago
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Location: CURRENTS Festival main exhibition venue at El Museo Cultural
$5 suggested donation over 18

Beautiful Data: Reflections for a Sonificaton and Post-Sonification Aesthetics / Marco Buongiorno Nardelli  presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA
3:30pm – 4:15pm
Location: CURRENTS Festival main exhibition venue at El Museo Cultural
$5 suggested donation over 18

Setup / Ronen Sahrabani, a CURRENTS Participating Artist, presented by East of West Gallery
5pm – 6pm
Location: East of West Gallery – 2351 Fox Road, #600, Santa Fe
free

Workshop

Weaving and Coding Workshop presented by CURRENTS NEW MEDIA
Session 1 Saturday, June 9 / 10am – 5pm
Session 2 Sunday,June 10 / 10am – 5pm
Location: TBD
Cost $75 for both sessions

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