NO LONGER EMPTY – A paperJAM

We were recently asked to contribute a doodle for No Longer Empty's end of year appeal. We are currently separated by large bodies of water and vast continents... and so in order to create something quickly we doodled, scanned and doodled back and forth across the globe to create this little stop motion... we took an empty piece of paper and jammed until it was no longer empty.... we were very excited by this process so stay tuned for more!

{24 Jan 2015}

COMPOSITE {Arts Magazine} :: No.10 Interact

Our Touchlight project features in the latest edition of COMPOSITE Arts Magazine - the Interact Issue! Nestled amongst a bunch of other very cool interactive and collaborative projects. COMPOSITE is an online arts magazine and is available as a free download on their website, and we are so thrilled to be featured in this issue - check it out!

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Music-Kin

over the summer and fall paperJAM showed some of our touchlights at the Sunday Breeze Music-Kin events held at Spike Hill in Williamsburg BK. Music-Kin is an awesome social movement striving to bring people closer through music. Check out this neat little Annie-Kin Time video - an interview with Hannah at the Music-Kin wrap up party:

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TOUCH (OFF THE GRID) at FIGMENT NYC 2012

We presented our first installation of TOUCH (off the grid) - the solar powered version of our touchlight project at FIGMENT NYC on Governor's Island in June. We had a large wall of the lights set up inside a tunnel at Fort Jay plus a smaller satellite installation of lights inside an awesome Treehouse which was designed and built by Benjamin Jones and Sean P Krause on the island for the festival and the summer long sculpture garden.

A big heartfelt thanks again to all who supported us in the making of this project through our Kickstarter campaign.

Check out some of the pics from FIGMENT NYC weekend:

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TOUCH (OFF THE GRID) at FIGMENT NYC

We invite you to come and see! touch! and play! with Touch (Off th Grid) this weekend at FIGMENT NYC on Governors Island! details as follows:

 

FIGMENT NYC
Where: Governors Island, NYC (for directions, click here)
When: 10am - 6pm Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June 2012
Cost: FREE!
For more info & details about the festival like how to get there, what to bring, what's on etc, visit the FIGMENT NYC website.
There is also a FREE FIGMENT app available for your mobile device from the APP STORE!

 

FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It’s a free, annual celebration of participatory art & culture where everything is possible. For one weekend, it transforms Governors Island into a large-scale collaborative artwork – and then it’s gone.

 

we hope to see you there!

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TOUCH (OFF THE GRID) - KICKSTARTER SUCCESS!

We are so excited to announce that our paperJAM Touch (Off the Grid) Kickstarter campaign has been successful and our project will be funded!

 

We have been so touched by the generosity of our backers and we want to thank them all for supporting us and becoming a very important part of our project.

 

A big heartfelt thanks goes out from us to :

 

Rob Walsh, Jeremy Ell, Oliver & Veronique Kinsey, Marcus Seaman, Kathleen Zeiger, Markus Koelbl, Carolyn Huff Robinson, Joy Kinsey, Martha Williamson, Kirsty Knight, Kellie O'Dempsey, Neverstop, Ryan, Julian Beattie, Justin Kinsey, Ellen Berdinner, Lynnette, Nathalie Verdejo, Rachel, Chandra Jessee, Bess Stuart, Greenpointers, Matthew Walsh, Mick Dick, Arna Miller, Bubaloo Fahy, Sunny Bates, Oksana Waterfall, Annette, Kari, Parissa Bouas, Steven J. Roberts, Dawn Kleinman, Tom Cotter, Jurgen Sept, Joshua Brandon Pancer, Diana, Majella Dowdican, Adrian Landon, Keren Moscovitch, Lissa Maloney, Bernd Wiehle, Robert Telenick, Christine Porter, Suzy Gourley, Peter Graham, Inspire Change Films, The Art Students League of New York Vytlacil campus.

 

Thank you so much - we couldn't have done it without you!

 

Meanwhile we are hunkered down in Hannah's studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, finishing off the project in preparation for its installation at FIGMENT NYC this coming weekend (June 9-10) on Governor's Island.

 

Stay tuned for further updates on our progress and more details about FIGMENT!

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TOUCH (OFF THE GRID) - KICKSTARTER UPDATE!

we are very thrilled to say that our Kickstarter has been going very well - with just 6 days to go to reach our minimum funding goal, we have raised $2373!

 

We are pretty confident that we'll reach our target and so we we're getting very excited for FIGMENT NYC 2012 - where if all goes well, we'll be installing our project Touch (Off the Grid)

 

We want to thank everyone who has backed us so far - we've been really touched by the generosity and support that we've received from far and wide - thank you for becoming an integral part of this project! we really appreciate it! if you haven't already checked out the project - please do ! to pledge your support please visit our Kickstarter page!

 

 

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TOUCH (OFF THE GRID) - NEW PROJECT & KICKSTARTER!

paperJAM has just spent a solid 2 weeks in residence back at The Art Students League where we've been working long and hard on a new project, called Touch (Off the Grid) which is an extension on our guerilla style street installations from 2011.

 

We've been on a steep learning curve in regards to all things to do with electricity and circuits and reusable energy... and busy soldering and rewiring all of touchlights so that they contain LED light modules and can run off a series 12V batteries and solar panels - the lights previously required AA batteries which we discovered was grossly wasteful and environmentally irresponsible - so we feel this is a much cleaner and more sustainable solution.

 

We are excited to announce that Touch (Off the Grid) has been accepted into FIGMENT NYC 2012, which is a participatory non-commodity and community driven arts festival held on Governor's Island on June 9-10 this year. We're installing the piece inside a very cool treehouse designed and built on the island for the festival by Benjamin Jones and Sean P Krause. We are very excited about this!

 

We have just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds to complete the project ready to install at FIGMENT and hopefully some extra funds to get Rebecca back to NYC for the insstallation process and the festival.

 

We would love for you to be a part of this project - to pledge your support please visit our Kickstarter page!

KNOT YOUR AVERAGE KNIT - OPENING RECEPTION & PERFORMANCE

paperJAM presented a live performance as part of our multimedia installation titled Walking and Weaving 2012 at the recent opening reception of Knot Your Average Knit. we had a wonderful time in the New Media Room at cWOW untangling and ravelling a sea of yarn and knitting it into a scarf-like object. the whole show is really fabulous, with great work beautifully curated by Lovina Purple. so if you get a chance to visit, it's on until May 11th 2012 at City Without Walls in Newark, NJ. meanwhile - check out some pics from the opening reception and performance. A big thanks to Gus for documenting the night for us.

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MAKING WORK & INSTALLATION OF KNOT YOUR AVERAGE KNIT

we've been super busy making newspaper yarn in the weeks leading up to Knot Your Average Knit. it's great to have paperJAM back together in Brooklyn again wahoo! we are so thrilled to have been invited by Lovina Purple to participate in this wonderful show, which opens Saturday March 31st at City Without Walls in Newark, NJ. we hope y'all can come along - but meanwhile, check out some pics of our making and installing fun times below!

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KNOT YOUR AVERAGE KNIT

paperJAM is excited to be showing work in an upcoming show curated by Lovina Purple, titled Knot Your Average Knit at City Without Walls in Newark, NJ.

we invite you to come along to see the show - and would especially LOVE for you to come to the opening night, as we will be doing a performance along with our multimedia installation in the media room.

 

Opening night: Saturday March 31st, 6-8pm

Venue: City Without Walls, 6 Crawford Street, Newark, NJ 07102. (see map)

Exhibition dates: March 31 - May 11 2012.

Entry to the gallery is free, and open to the public Wed-Sat 12-6pm

HEADING BACK TO VYTLACIL - THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN!

we are very thrilled to be heading back to the Art Students League of New York - to their Artist in Residence Vytlacil campus - the place where we first met, and where the beginnings of our collaboration as paperJAM sprouted and grew! Bek is returning to NYC in March and we'll be spending some time in residence together at Vytlacil towards the end of March and into April. we will be working on some further developments on our touchlight project... stay tuned!

YOU TOUCH ME ON GRAND {WARM, SOFT}

OK - another paperJAM touchlight installation! we installed this one on a temporary wall/scaffold area on Grand St between Bedford and Driggs in Williamsburg - we decided to shed a bit of light on an otherwise dark pedestrian walkway. this was a particularly good installation because we were able to set up and get comfy and watch folks stop and really interact with the piece... people were really responsive and seemed to get a lot of fun and joy out of playing with the lights. a special thanks to all the passersby who participated! so now we wanna do more! and on a larger scale!

SOFT TOUCH - ANOTHER paperJAM TOUCHLIGHT INSTALLATION

Check out the third in our touchlight series - this video documents an installation we did on the corner of Bedford and South 5th Aves, just beneath the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn. We had runaway lights and cheap batteries that failed us, but that didn't stop us or some passers by from having a bit of touchlight fun...

YOU TOUCH ME - more paperJAM TOUCHLIGHT INSTALLATIONS

we've finally gotten around to editing some of more of our antics from the summer! here's the second of our touchlight documentaries, this video highlights 3 incidents around NYC - one in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, one near McCarren Park, on the Greenpoint end (which was quickly shut down because ahem sometimes it just ain't cool to make art on other people's property... ;) and one in Chinatown, Manhattan...

paperJAM at openhousenewyork - WEEKEND WORKSHOP

Creating a new installation of UNDER CONSTRUCTION at the Center for Architecture for the openhousenewyork Weekend Family Festival was a real treat. In the context of a family oriented workshop, the piece took on a new shape and significance. In a workshop setting, visitors were eager to interact and create the piece, whereas in a gallery setting many visitors chose to be passive viewers. Both approaches are fine, but it was wonderful to see so many children and adults in equal numbers engaged with the work. We are also grateful for a second opportunity to work with No Longer Empty - an organization that keeps art alive in public spaces at a time when the economy is straining other art venues. Check out pics from the workshop on Saturday:

openhousenewyork - INSTALLATION IN PROGRESS

paperJAM has commenced a new installation of UNDER CONSTRUCTION for the openhousenewyork Weekend Family Festival which is on this weekend (Oct 15-16th) at the Center for Architecture Foundation. The installation is part of a kids and family program, and we invite you to come and make a box - and help us continue to build our community and our city! For more details, check No Longer Empty and openhousenewyork. And check out miss Hannah - getting the place ready!

openhousenewyork WEEKEND FAMILY FESTIVAL

paperJAM are heading over to the West Village for the openhousenewyork Weekend Family Festival with No Longer Empty to do another installation of our piece titled UNDER CONSTRUCTION at the Center for Architecture Foundation, over the weekend of October 15th and 16th. The installation will be part of a kids and family program, and we invite you to come along and participate - come and make a box - and help us continue to build our community and our city!

For more details, check the No Longer Empty and openhousenewyork sites.

TOUCH LIGHT - STREET ART INSTALLATIONS

paperJAM have been enjoying some realtime during these balmy summer months in NYC and have recently commenced a slightly renegade series of street installations with touch-lights, creating interactive light works for the public to play with... the following video documents our first installation, which took place under the BQE in Brooklyn last week. the lights were all gone by midnight... we are curious to know... where did they go?

we have also put some single lights up around the place....

ABOUT FACE - OPENING NIGHT!

What an amazing night! Thanks to everyone who came down to the opening of No Longer Empty's exhibition About Face. There was a rather large crowd over the course of the night - and so great to see everyone participating! Thanks to all those who made a box or boxes to help build our city!

The exhibition runs until June 12th, and is part of the New Museum's Festival of Ideas for the New City, which takes place May 4-8 in NYC.

we would LOVE for you to come see [and participate in!] our multimedia installation piece titled Under Construction.

Venue: 215 East Houston Street [at Ludlow St], Lower East Side, NYC.

Opening hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-7pm, May 5 - June 12

ABOUT FACE - INSTALLATION IN PROGRESS

We have spent the week leading up to the opening of No Longer Empty's exhibition About Face madly making boxes and working on the installation of our piece titled Under Construction down at 215 E Houston on the Lower East Side. It has been busy and challenging but also an incredible experience! we have been working with a fabulous bunch of artists from all over the world, and the team of AMAZING women from No Longer Empty have been super supportive, talented, hard-working and just fabulous all round!!

We are so thrilled to be a part of this aesome show!

Check out some of the work in progress:

UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

10hrs folding boxes in Hannah's Greenpoint studio with Bek severely jetlagged was... well, let's say a little intense... but we are maaagik! and we made it! [welcome back to NYC!] and we're now ready to begin installing our piece Under Construction for No Longer Empty's exhibition About Face opening May 5th on the LES.

ABOUT FACE

We would like to invite you to the opening of No Longer Empty's upcoming exhibition About Face. The exhibition runs from May 5th until June 12th, and is part of the New Museum's Festival of Ideas for the New City, which takes place May 4-8 all over NYC.

we would LOVE it if you came to see [and participate in!] our multimedia installation piece titled Under Construction.

Opening night: Thursday May 5th, 8-10pm

Venue: 15 East Houston Street [at Ludlow St], Lower East Side, NYC.

check out the flyer below for details:

Festival of Ideas for the New City, May 4-8 2011

We have just received news that we will be participating in No Longer Empty's About Face - a site specific exhibition that redefines "art space" as a public sphere in the urban context. This exhibition is part of the New Museum's Festival of Ideas for the New City, in NYC this May. We are very excited about this! We will be producing an interactive multimedia installation somewhere on the Lower East Side.... stay tuned for more info!

check it out:
www.nolongerempty.org
www.festivalofideasnyc.com