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Formation | 1998 |
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Type | Non-profit |
Purpose | Platform for Artists to Engage Technology and Society |
Headquarters | 199 Cook St., Suite 104, Brooklyn, NY 11222 |
Executive director | Roddy Schrock |
Website | www |
Eyebeam is a not-for-profit art and technology center in New York City, founded by John Seward Johnson III with co-founders David S. Johnson and Roderic R. Richardson.
Originally conceived as a digital effects and coding atelier and center for youth education, Eyebeam has become a center for the research, development, and curation of new media works of art and open-source technology. Eyebeam annually hosts up to 20 residents and co-produces youth educational programs, exhibitions, performances, symposia, workshops, hackathons and other events with these residents as well as with partner organizations.[1] Projects developed at Eyebeam have received awards and recognition including Webby Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, and the Prix Ars Electronica.[citation needed]