Recent Exhibitions

History of the World in Seven Acts, Bard College, Jonathan Bachrach and Michael Gandolfi,
Mar 25, 2012, robotic animation set to original score by Michael Gandolfi played by Bard Conservatory students, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY USA

Minimals, Collision 16, Jonathan Bachrach and Jonathan Ward,
Feb 25, 2011, premier of scientifically determined minimal art sculptures produced with digital materials, Axiom Gallery, Boston, MAA. USA

Sculptural Deconstruction/Reconstructions, Biodivercity: 47 Ideas and Technologies for Urban Environments, Jonathan Bachrach and Saul Griffith,
Oct 07, 2010, Minimal Metal elephant and Cardboard Masterchief Figure, Australian Embassy, Washington, D.C. USA

History of the World in Seven Acts, High Museum of Art, Jonathan Bachrach and Michael Gandolfi,
Oct 04, 2009, robotic animation set to original score by Michael Gandolfi played by Atlanta Chamber Players, Atlanta, GA USA

History of the World in Seven Acts, Boston Musica Viva, Jonathan Bachrach and Michael Gandolfi,
May 01, 2009, premier of full robotic animation set to original score by Michael Gandolfi played live by the boston musica viva music ensemble, Boston, MA USA

Abridged History of the World in Seven Acts, New England Conservatory of Music, Avian Music, Locked to Picture, Jonathan Bachrach and Michael Gandolfi,
May 06, 2008, premier of abridged robotic animation set to original score by Michael Gandolfi played live by the avian music ensemble, Boston, MA USA

Intimacy Machine, Siggraph 2008, Slow Art Show, Jonathan Bachrach,
May 01, 2008, interactive video installation, Los Angeles, CA USA

Fotron2000, Christopher Henry Gallery, Dan Paluska, Jess Banks, jackbackrack,
May 01, 2008, Robotic Photo Booth, New York, NY USA

Swing your Partner, COLLISIONtwelve, jackbackrack,
Nov 31, 2007, artificial life animation, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, MA USA

Follow the Leader, Image Radio, jackbackrack,
Nov 02, 2007, artificial life animation, Einhoven, Netherlands

Follow the Leader, COLLISION:technomorph, jackbackrack,
Aug 10, 2007, artificial life animation, Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA USA

Fotron2000, Eyebeam Gallery 10th Anniversary, Dan Paluska, Jess Banks, jackbackrack,
May 17, 2007, Robotic Photo Booth, New York, NY USA

Thirteen Moveyous, Boston Cyberarts, Jonathan Bachrach,
May 2007, video, Leslie College, Cambridge, MA USA

Sketchy, COLLISIONeleven, Jonathan Bachrach,
April 2007, interactive animation machine, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, MA USA

bigprotochoice, Boston Cyberarts, Jonathan Bachrach,
April 2007, interactive sound/light sculpture, Cloud Foundation, Boston, MA USA

bigprotochoice, Somerville Light Art, Jonathan Bachrach,
March 2007, outdoor light sculpture, Ricky's Flower Market, Somerville, MA USA

Thirteen Moveyous, Dance on Camera Festival, Jonathan Bachrach with Mindy Zarem,
January 13, 2007, video, Brooklyn, NY USA

Follow the Leader, COLLISIONten at Art Interactive, jonathan bachrach,
November 16, 2006 artificial life animation, Cambridge, MA USA

Thirteen Moveyous, Lumen Eclipse in Harvard Square, Jonathan Bachrach with Mindy Zarem,
November, 2006, video, Cambridge, MA USA

Selected Videos, Out of Frame: Motion Art from MOBIUS at Philadelphia Art Alliance, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach,
August, 2006 video artwork, Philadelphia, PA USA

Evidence, Cape Collision One at Cape Cod Museum of Art, Jonathan Bachrach,
August 21, 2006 interactive video wall piece, Dennis, MA USA

Social Fabric, COLLISIONnine BOTbits at Jewett Arts Center Gallery, Wellesley College, jackbackrack,
February 16, 2006 artificial life animation, Wellesley, MA USA

Social Fabric, COLLISIONnine at Art Interactive, jackbackrack,
January 27, 2006 artificial life animation, Cambridge, MA USA

i:move, Lumen Eclipse in Harvard Square, nell breyer and jackbackrack,
November 2005, video, Cambridge, MA USA

Impalpable, COLLISIONeight, el ocho at Art Interactive, jackbackrack,
September 16, 2005 interactive video, Cambridge, MA USA

Time Translations, World Financial Center, nell breyer with jackbackrack,
September 2005, interactive video, New York, NY USA

Grounded, Mass Media at Axiom Gallery, jackbackrack,
August, 19 2005 interactive video installation, Allston, MA USA

backup, COLLISIONbox one at MIT Emerging Technologies Gallery, jackbackrack,
May 20, 2005 interactive video installation, Cambridge, MA USA

Protochoice, COLLISIONseven, 2nd chance at MIT Stata Center Gallery, jackbackrack,
April 22, 2005 interactive light sculpture, Cambridge, MA USA

fullbackUP, Boston Art Windows, Window Collision One, jackbackrack,
April 14, 2005 interactive video installation, Boston, MA USA

Protochoicejunior, COLLISIONseven, chance at Art Interactive, jackbackrack,
March 3, 2005 interactive light sculpture, Cambridge, MA USA

Moveyous, Baker's Dozen, Dance Complex, jackbackrack with Mindy Zarem,
November 20, 2004 dance video, Cambridge, MA USA

Intimacy Machine
, COLLISION SIX, senses at Art Interactive, jackbackrack,
October 29, 2004 interactive video installation, Cambridge, MA USA


backUP
, Montreal Festival du Nouvelle Cinema,
jackbackrack,
October 18, 2004 interactive video installation, Montreal, Canada

i:move @ dnc + fenway, ZOOM Network, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach,
October 2004, HD video segment, USA

i:move series 2, Photo New York, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach,
October 14, 2004 interactive video installation, New York, MA USA

i:move, DIS2004, Jonathan Bachrach and Nell Breyer,
August 1, 2004 interactive video installation, Cambridge, MA USA

i:move, Yale University Gallery, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach,
June 3, 2004 interactive video installation, New Haven, Connecticut USA

i:move, Ethan Cohen Gallery, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach,
May 2004 interactive video installation and video still, New York, NY USA

i:move @ dtw, ZOOM Network, Nell breyer and Jonathan Bachrach,
April 2004, HD video segment, USA

i:move, Dance Theatre Workshop, Nell breyer and Jonathan Bachrach,
February 9, 2003 Interactive Video Installation, New York, NY USA

i:move @ medialab, MIT Media Lab Wall, Jonathan Bachrach and Nell Breyer,
October 2003, Interactive Video Installation, Cambridge, MA USA

Fotron2000, Artbots at Eyebeam Gallery, Dan Paluska, Jess Banks, jackbackrack,
July 12-13, 2003, Robotic Photo Booth, New York, NY USA

Recent Events

String Beings, at BCA Wimberly Theater, Jonathan Bachrach, Snappy Dance Theater, and Lucia Lin,
May 30 - June 10, 2007 interactive video / dance performance, Boston, MA USA

String Beings, at CMAC, Jonathan Bachrach, Snappy Dance Theater, and Lucia Lin,
November 17-18, 2006 interactive video / dance performance, Cambridge, MA USA

Beatrix, Beat Research at the Enormous Room, jackbackrack,
October 24, 2005 audio/video performance, Cambridge, MA USA

Bollywood Breakdown, Art Interactive, jackbackrack,
October 7, 2005 interactive video and projection, Cambridge, MA USA

Motion, with Unlocked Groove at Art Interactive, jackbackrack,
August 19, 2005 interactive video and projection, Cambridge, MA USA

backUP mix, (((re:sound))), jackbackrack,
October 16, 2004 video projection, Cambridge, MA USA

Private Collections

i:move @ dtw still, Robert Caridi & Jessica Grossman, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach
May 2004 Video still in light box, New York, NY USA


Curation

COLLISIONtwelve with Bill Tremblay,
Dec, 2007, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISION:technomorph with Bill Tremblay,
Aug, 2007, Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA USA

COLLISIONeleven with Dan Paluska,
April, 2007, MIT Stata Center, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISIONten with Dan Paluska,
November-December, 2006, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA USA

Cape Collision One,
August/September, 2006, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA USA

COLLISIONnine BOTbits with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep,
February-March, 2006, Jewett Arts Center Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA USA

COLLISIONnine with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep,
January-February, 2006, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISIONeight, el ocho with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep,
September-October, 2005, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISIONbox, one with Stephanie Hunt
April, 2005, MIT Museum's emerging technologies gallery, Cambridge, MA USA

Boston Art Windows, Window Collision One
March, 2005, Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA USA

COLLISIONseven, 2nd chance with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep
April, 2005, MIT Stata Center Gallery, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISIONseven, chance with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep,
March, 2005, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISIONsix, senses with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep,
October, 2004, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISIONfive with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep,
April, 2003, MIT Compton Gallery, Cambridge, MA USA

hyperCOLLISION with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep
November, 2002, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA USA

COLLISIONthree in 3D with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep
May, 2002, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA USA

Talks

The Education of Matter Jonathan Bachrach
Nov 11, 2010, MIT Media Lab Class: How To Make Something That Makes (almost) Anything, Cambridge, MA USA

The Education of Matter Jonathan Bachrach
Oct 09, 2010, MIT Architecture Department Computational Lecture Series, Cambridge, MA USA

Programmable Matter Software Workflow Jonathan Bachrach
Aug 20, 2009, Fab5, Pune India

Programmable Matter Software Workflow Jonathan Bachrach
Feb 21, 2009, MIT Media Lab Class: How To Make Something That Makes (almost) Anything, Cambridge, MA USA

Computing Geometry Jonathan Bachrach
Mar 29, 2009, Smart Geometry Conference, San Francisco, CA USA

Computational Dance: Challenges and Opportunities with Martha Mason
Oct 21, 2007, IDEAS Boston @ Federal Reserve Building, Boston, MA USA

String Beings with Martha Mason
May 10, 2007, Phi Beta Kappa Annual Lecture @ Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, MA USA

Collective Physical Intelligence
April 22, 2007, Ideas in Motion Panel on Physical Intelligence @ Green Street Studios, Cambridge, MA USA

bigprotochoice
April 21, 2007, opening @ Cloud Foundation, Boston, MA USA

Computational Animation
March 16, 2007, Harvard University @ Animation as Installation class, Cambridge, MA USA

Growth, Form, and Interaction: Artists and Engineers Look to Biology
February 21, 2006, Harvard University Medical School, Cambridge, MA USA

jackbackrack The Early Years
June 21, 2005, Upgrade @ Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA USA

jackbackrack, Artist Talk
April, 4 2005, Mass College of Art, Cambridge, MA USA

Press

Darpa Hoodie Brings Pentagon Geeks into the Fashion World, Wired Magazine
October, 2010

Saul Griffith and Jonathan Bachrach's algorithmically-designed "DARPA Hoodie", Boing Boing
October, 2010

iDance: How techno can we go?, Dance Magazine
December, 2007

Brainiac: IDEAS Boston -- Martha Mason and Jonathan Bachrach, Boston Globe
Oct 4, 2007, Boston, MA USA

A Journey from Techno to Mellow, The Boston Globe,
August 16, 2007, Boston, MA USA

When Worlds Collide, Boston Phoenix,
August 7, 2007, Boston, MA USA

'String' Theory , Boston Globe, p N4
May 27, 2007, Boston, MA USA

2007 Dance Preview, Boston Phoenix, p20
December 29, 2006, Boston, MA USA

'String' theories, Boston Globe Sidekick Feature
November 17, 2006, Boston, MA USA

Jewett Art Gallery offers "COLLISION" of experimental art, The Wellesley News, p13
February 23, 2006, Wellesley, MA USA

Local artists see windows of opportunity, Boston Globe, B1
June 7, 2005, Boston, MA USA

Art without the museum, Boston Herald, p33
April 26, 2005, Boston, MA USA

Editor's Picks: Mad science: Collision Collective at Art Interactive and Urban Icons at the New Art Center, Boston Phoenix,
March 25, 2005, Boston, MA USA

Total Eclipse of the Art , Boston Globe
November 7, 2005, Boston, MA USA

Vacant Windows Now Home to Art Exhibits, Boston Courant, p3
May 16, 2005, Boston, MA USA

Impressions Bollywoodiennes, Buzz, Festival du Nouveau Cinema, p4
October 20, 2004, Montreal, CA

i:move Stills, Ratsalad Deluxe, Nell Breyer and Jonathan Bachrach
2004, WWW, USA

Nominations

Nominated for ICA's James and Audrey Foster Prize, which recognizes Boston-area artists who demonstrate exceptional artistic promise, Jonathan Bachrach
ICA,
2008, Boston, MA USA

Nominated for Rockefeller New Media Award, Jonathan Bachrach
National Video Resources,
2006, NYC, USA

Grants

History of the World in Seven Acts, Michael Gandolfi and Jonathan Bachrach
Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University
, 2009, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

String Beings, Performing Arts Award, Snappy Dance Theater, Luci Lin, and Jonathan Bachrach
LEF Foundation,
2007, New England, USA

Protochoice, Light Art Award, Jonathan Bachrach
Somerville Arts Council,
2006, Somerville, USA

Protochoice, MIT Arts Award, Jonathan Bachrach
MIT Arts Council, 2005, Cambridge, USA

i:move, New Media Award, Nell Breyer with Jonathan Bachrach
LEF Foundation, 2004, New England, USA