COLLISION:superartificial (C1101)
will take place at the Axiom Gallery
141 Green Street, Boston, MA USA
May 9 - May 25, 2008, wed, thu 6-9p, Sat 2-5pm
Opening Fri May 9 6-9pm


COLLISION1101 superartificial is a response to the unknown. As the sphere of human knowledge expands, its tangibility and comprehensibility to any one person diminishes. Just as the supernatural depends upon the natural for its definition, so does the "super-artificial" depend upon the artifacts of culture. COLLISION1101:superartificial opens a dialog on the possibility of superstition's survival of the death of the natural, hiding now in the shadow of the artificial. Artists include: Joseph Farbrook, Rob Gonsalves, jackbackrack, Georgina Lewis, Tim Murdoch, Dan Paluska, Roy Pardi, Dan Roe, Mark Stock, John Slepian, Andy Zimmerman, Chris Fitch
Above picture of Who's That (2008), by Tim Murdoch.

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COLLISIONtwelve (C12)
took place at the MIT Stata Center Balcony Gallery
3rd floor up stairs from main entrance
32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA USA
Nov 31 - Dec 16, 2007, weekdays 9-5, weekends 12-6pm
Opening Fri Nov 30 6-9pm


C12 is an experimental art show where artists invent new technologies, new art forms, and even new forms of life. artists include: roberto aimi, joseph farbrook, eric gunther, seth hunter, jackbackrack, adam kumpf, david merrill, rob gonsalves, christine moran, roy pardi, hayes raffle, mark stock, orkan telhan, and william tremblay.
Above picture of Gooii (2007), by Simon Kim.
Partially supported by an MIT arts grant.

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COLLISION:technomorph
will take place at the Axiom Gallery
141 Green Street, Boston, MA USA
Aug 10 - Sep 8, 2007, wed, thu 6-9p, Sat 2-5pm
Opening Fri Aug 10 6-9pm

COLLISION technomorph explores the tendency, in the artist and the viewer, to interpret things in both human and technological terms. The nine works that comprise the show are drawn from previous COLLISION shows for the light they shed on this inquiry. Formed by artists and technologists, the COLLISIONcollective is premised on the sometimes abrupt intersection between art and technology. Its practitioners are drawn to this synthesis as the epicenter of forward-looking cultural adaptation. In the exhibition, consciousness and other human traits are observed to be interesting epiphenomena independent of the platform upon which they are implemented. If a human machine can have intentions, it is no less credible to posit that a designed system "wants" a specific outcome than to state that its designer does. Seen in this light, every act of personification, whether the object of the classification is human or otherwise, is in fact the result of a guess as to the nature of the complexity of the system in question. Featured artists include John Slepian, Daniel Paluska, Andrew Neumann,jackbackrack, Roy Pardi, Erica von Schilgen, William Tremblay, Rob Gonsalves, Eric Gunther and Chris Fitch. Photo of Tantalus Mackeral (2005) by Chris Fitch.

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COLLISIONeleven (C11)
will take place at the MIT Stata Center Balcony Gallery
3rd floor up stairs from main entrance
32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA USA
as part of Boston Cyberarts
and the Cambridge Science Festival
Apr 20 - May 1, 2007, weekdays 9-5, weekends 12-6pm
Opening Sat Apr 21 6-9pm


C11 is an experimental art show where artists invent new technologies, new art forms, and even new forms of life. artists include jonathan bachrach, rebecca baron, david bouchard, marcelo coelho, rob gonsalves, doug goodwin, eric gunther, steve helsing, shawn lawson, georgina lewis, jeff lieberman, henry kaufman, owen meyers, peggy nelson, dietmar offenhuber, roy pardi, amanda parkes, kim sinae, mark stock, fran trainor, and william tremblay.

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COLLISIONten (CX)
will take place at Art Interactive.
Nov 17 - Dec 3, 2006, weekends 12-6pm
Opening Thu Nov 16 6-9pm

CX is an experimental art show where artists invent new technologies, new art forms, and even new forms of life. The future of art starts here. Artists include jonathan bachrach, leonardo bonanni, benjamin bray, nell breyer, michael epstein, chris fitch, rob gonsalves, vanessa harden, guy hoffman, jeevan kalanithi, dustin ledbetter, jeff lieberman, kevin mccormick, dan paluska, roy pardi, hayes raffle, john slepian, fran trainor, bayard wenzel, ruibing wang

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CAPE COLLISION ONE
will take place at the Cape Cod Museum of Art.
Route 6A, Dennis, MA
Open aug 12 - sep 3, 2006
mon-sat 10a-5p sun 12-5p thu till 8p
Opening Reception Mon Aug 21, 5.30-7.30p

CAPE COLLISION ONE is a show of wall art inspired by the natural elements. Each work creates an artistic ecology encouraging a reexamination of the relationship between organism and environment. Artists include jonathan bachrach, chris fitch, andrew neumann, erica von schilgen, fran trainor, and deb todd wheeler. it is cosponsored by the highland center inc. Above picture of Untitled (Wave#1) (2006), by Andrew Neumann.

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COLLISIONnine BOTbits
took place at Jewett Arts Center Gallery.
Wellesley College, Wellesley MA
Feb 16 - Mar 8, 2006
Opening Thu Feb 16 4.30-6.30pm

COLLISIONnine BOTbits is a sampler of the COLLISIONnine show focussing on art pieces involving robotic elements and mechanisms. More generally, C9bb is an experimental art show where artists invent new technologies, new art forms, and even new forms of life. The future of robotic art starts here. Artists include joe dahmen, ammon embry-pelrine, chris fitch, rob gonsalves, john hart, jackbackrack, elizabeth marley, dan roe, erica von schilgen, william tremblay, and ryan wartena.

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COLLISIONnine
is taking place at Art Interactive.
Jan 28 - Feb 12, 2006, weekends 12-6pm
Opening Fri Jan 27 6-9pm

Collision 9 is an experimental art show where artists invent new technologies, new art forms, and even new forms of life. The future of art starts here. Artists include burak arikan, ernesto arroyo, lenardo bonanni, joe dahmen, philip decamp, ammon embry-pelrine, mike everett, chris fitch, amber fridjimenez, rob gonsalves, john hart, jackbackrack, heather knight, brian knoth, nick knouf, georgina lewis, christine liu, elizabeth marley, dan roe, gemma shusterman, erica von schilgen, william tremblay, and ryan wartena.

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COLLISIONbox Two
Cars and Stars by Andy Zimmermann
MIT Museum, Emerging Technologies Gallery
265 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA USA
Jan 20 - Apr 30, 2006
Opening 5.30-7.30pm Jan 21, 2006

Andy Zimmermann's multi-media installation, "Cars and Stars", projects digital animation and video onto a three dimensional sculpture with accompanying digital sound composition. The MIT Museum continues its display of innovative new mergings of art and technology with an exciting duo of interactive video-based displays. COLLISIONbox features members of the MIT Collision Collective campus group at their best.

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COLLISIONbox One
MIT Museum, Emerging Technologies Gallery
265 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA USA
May 4 - June 5, 2005
knep opening 5.30-7.30pm May 8, 2005
jack opening 7.30-9.30pm May 26, 2005

In celebration of the 2005 Boston Cyberarts Festival, MIT Museum continues its display of innovative new mergings of art and technology with an exciting duo of interactive video-based displays. COLLISIONbox features members of the MIT Collision Collective campus group at their best, including "Drift" (by Brian Knep, on view through May 15) and "backUP #2" (by jackbackrack, on view May 17 - June 5).

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COLLISIONeight, el Ocho
took place at Art Interactive.
Sep 17/18/24/25 Oct 1/2 2005 12-6pm
Opening Fri Sep 16 6-9pm

"El Ocho" is the wildest and most experimental collision show to date! Halfway between an art exhibition and a mad science fair, Collision 8 artists invent new technologies, new art forms, and even new forms of life. The future of interactivity starts here. Artists include Burak Arikan, Nell Breyer, John Crowley, Ben Dalton, Rob Gonsalves, Steve Hollinger, Wilfried Hou Je Bek, jackbackrack, Heidi Kayser, Brian Knep, Vincent Leclerc, Georgina Lewis, Jeff Lieberman, Daniel Paluska, Dan Roe, Orkan Telhan, William Tremblay, Andy Zimmermann.

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COLLISIONbox One
MIT Museum, Emerging Technologies Gallery
265 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA USA
May 4 - June 5, 2005
knep opening 5.30-7.30pm May 8, 2005
jack opening 7.30-9.30pm May 26, 2005

In celebration of the 2005 Boston Cyberarts Festival, MIT Museum continues its display of innovative new mergings of art and technology with an exciting duo of interactive video-based displays. COLLISIONbox features members of the MIT Collision Collective campus group at their best, including "Drift" (by Brian Knep, on view through May 15) and "backUP #2" (by jackbackrack, on view May 17 - June 5).

Museum info

Window Collision One
Boston Art Windows
22-24, 34 Bromfield Street
395 Washington Street
Avery Street (40 Mason Street)

will take place April - May 2005
opening took place 4.45pm April 25, 2005
including walking tour of art windows
with mayor menino
starting at 34 Bromfield Street
reception followed at Felt Night Club,
533 Washington Street

Boston Art Windows, a joint project of Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the City of Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), Boston Art Windows Project and the Collision Collective, is an effort to enliven the windows of commercial property in downtown Boston with cutting-edge contemporary art. Artists include Rob Gonsalves, Simon Greenwold, Steve Hollinger, jackbackrack, Brian Knep, Jeff Lieberman, Kevin McCormick, Andrew Neumann, Dan Roe, sosolimited, and William Tremblay

"Windows Collision One" is a curated show of envelope-pushing new media artwork by Collision Collective, a consortium of artists. Each window art piece involves provocative and novel use of technology including aspects of time, interactivity and performance.

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COLLISIONseven, 2nd chance
took place at Apr 23 - May 08 10-5pm
Opening was Friday Apr 22 6-9pm
at MIT Stata Center Balcony Gallery
as part of Boston Cyberarts
3rd floor up stairs from main entrance
32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA USA

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