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ZER01: The Art and Technology Network is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring creativity at the intersection of art, technology and digital culture. The organization convenes artists and technologists, presents their collaborative efforts, sponsors artistic initiatives and exhibits the resulting work to the public. ZER01 is the producer of 01SJ Biennial, a multi-disciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art and interactive digital media.
ZER01:
- Produces an international biennial that is a platform for commissioning, exhibiting, and experiencing the intersection of art, technology and digital culture.
- Fuels collaborations between diverse cultural institutions.
- Creates bridges between cultural, academic and business sectors to explore new cultural forms.
- Seeks to propel Silicon Valley onto the international culture map.
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[edit] History
ZER01: The Art and Technology Network was founded in 2000 by Andy Cunningham, CEO, Chairman and President of CXO Communication, to encourage creativity at the intersection of art and technology and to organize a major biennial celebrating this creative intersection. Inspiration for the organization came from Cunningham’s work in 1994 and 1995 on the Interactive Media Festival in Los Angeles.
Since its public launch, ZER01 has hosted salons, panels, and presentations of artwork, as well as invited artists, musicians, and theorists from the Bay Area, and around the globe to discuss and exhibit their work. The following are highlights from two of the most significant milestones in the organization’s history:
[edit] 2006 1st 01SJ Biennial/ISEA2006 Symposium
The inaugural Biennial held in conjunction with the International Society for Electronic Arts brought over 20,000 people to San Jose to celebrate seven days of art and interactivity. The festival featured 250 art installations representing 40 countries generating more than $9 million in new economic activity for the city of San Jose; it yielded nearly 100 media stories including a full-page spread in the Sunday New York Times, and established itself as North America’s newest and largest digital arts biennial. The role of ZER01, as a facilitator for other organizations, was clearly evidenced through the combination of exhibitions and events that featured works cutting across the performing arts, cinema, visual arts, public art, music, literary arts and any number of hybrid projects.
[edit] 2008 2nd 01SJ Biennial Global Festival of Art on the Edge
From June 4–8 over 25,000 attendees, visiting 100 art installations, 25+ performances, workshops and public talks by over 100 artists from more than a dozen countries at exhibitions held at cultural institutions throughout downtown San Jose attended the biennial; students from seven continents participated in a global youth digital arts initiative/exhibition designed to enable them examine critical community issues, share their views, and take action; the biennial commissioned over 19 new works, of which three were the result of a FUSE: CADRE/Montalvo Artist Research Residency Initiative, and supported an additional 29 projects at levels ranging from $500 to $75,000.
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- New York Times, 2006, At ZeroOne Paintings Are So Last Century: [1]
- Metro News, 2009, ZER0 Effect [2]
- San Francisco Chronicle, 2008, 01SJ lends high-tech San Jose an artsy air: [3]
- San Francisco Chronicle, 2008, A festival grows in San Jose: [4]
- Silicon Valley Watcher, 2008, Hipsters do you.php: [5]
