Enlightenment . . . one party at a time

Artist Steve Brower will speak at Lucid NYC on May 26th.

Steve’s BPL-003, Moranic Mission recently landed at EKG en-route to Montana. He used the layover to spend some time in Philadelphia and launch a kickstarter.com campaign where he raised over $2000 — which should be enough to get him to Big Sky country.

Here’s how [...]

Breadboard & NextFab get some local press

The University City Science Center is a research park unto itself, and as such is host to tons of fabulous organizations. One of those is Breadboard.

Read more here.

sample objects fabricated @ [...]

Nowhere Fast reviewed in the Philadelphia Inquirer

A nice review of Nowhere Fast by Edith Newhall  in the Philadelphia Inquirer, though we beg to differ that “complex, chart-like pieces [are] something of a fixture” at EKG.  Not that there’s anything wrong with complex, chart-like pieces . . .

Note: Last five exhibits sans chart-like pieces.

Nowhere Fast (installation view)

some Photos from Nowhere Fast reception

click here: Breadboard Facebook Album

Jordan Griska reception @ EKG [...]

tonight @ EKG!

Opening reception (4/23/10)  for Jordan Griska & Nowhere Fast

Jordan Griska, Nowhere Fast @ EKG

Next up @ EKG

Nowhere Fast : Jordan Griska will be on view at EKG from April 23rd through June 25th, 2010.

An opening reception for the artist will be held on Friday, April 23, 5-8pm at EKG, 3600 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA.

There will also be an open house event at NextFab Studio, across the street at 3711 Market St.

For more information [...]

WHYY TV 12 visits Breadboard & NextFab Studio

WHYY TV 12′s new arts and culture program, Friday Arts is a 30-minute monthly arts, culture and entertainment magazine that casts a light on some of Philadelphia’s best well-kept secrets in the arts.

Producer Michael O’Reilly and a film crew spent the day at the Science Center interviewing and filming activities at NextFab Studio. Tentative air [...]

David Bowen’s art of the onion

This Fall (2010) EKG will be exhibiting new work by David Bowen.  David’s Growth Modeling Device is currently featured in Design by Performance at Centrum voor actuele kunst en vormgeving Z33 in Hasselt, Belgium.

Bowen recently won grand prize in the art division at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival. In conjunction with this award his work was featured in an [...]

Nowhere Fast @ EKG

Here’s an early peek at our next EKG exhibit, Nowhere Fast featuring recent works by Jordan Griska. Griska is a Philadelphia-based artist who creates large-scale sculptural works & performances that combine themes of the body, science and exploration. For more information about the artist, please visit jordangriska.com

Nowhere Fast will be on view at EKG from April [...]

The 21 Heroes of Data Visualization

Artists and designers are turning to data visualization to interpret the deluge of information around us, often with unexpected results — read the article and view the slide show: Business Week article

Patrick Gunderson

Above: Artist Patrick Gunderson‘s visual representation of Finished Symphony by electronic band Hybrid.  Below: YouTube video of Hybrid’s Finished Symphony

and finally . . .

Data [...]