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June and July 2010

Inflatable Bodies
Studio Gallery Muffatwerk, Munich (Germany)

Chico MacMurtrie/Amorphic Robot Works solo exhibition of the Inflatable Bodies at Studio Gallery Muffatwerk, Munich (Germany).
Opening reception Saturday 19th of June from 3 - 8pm.
June 19 – July 5, 2010

June 2010

Robot Building and Performance Workshop with Chico MacMurtrie/Amorphic Robot Works
Visual and Cultural Research Centre Euro Balkan Institute, Skopje (Macedonia).
June 22 - 30, 2010.

June - July 2010

Chico MacMurtrie/Amorphic Robot Works Exhibition and Performance
Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje (Macedonia).
June 30 - July 5, 2010.

September 2010

Build Your Own World
ZER01 Biennial, San Jose, California.
September 16 - 19, 2010.

Inflatable Architectural Growth will be constructed inside South Hall as part of Out of the Garage Into the World and then installed in public space along South First Street from September 17-18, 2010.

During the Out of the Garage workshop, Chico MacMurtrie, Geo Homsy and Bill Washabaugh will conduct a 10-day workshop : Robot Building and Utilizing the Inflatable Architectural Bodies Technology. Simultaneously they will exhibit their models and drawings relating to the Organograph project prior to their three-month Climate Clock residency (January – March 2011).

October - November 2010

Meta.Morf 2010:New.Brave.World!
Biennial for art and technology, Trondheim (Norway).
October 7 - November 7, 2010.

Chico MacMurtrie/Amorphic Robot Works are premiering a new interactive installation.

November 2010

11th Consciousness Reframed International Research Conference
Trondheim (Norway).
November 4-6, 2010.

Founded by Roy Ascott at the University of Wales in 1997, Consciousness Reframed is a forum for trans-disciplinary inquiry into art, science, technology, design and consciousness. The conference is being held in Trondheim, Norway, in conjunction with the new biennial for arts and technology ‘Meta.Morf 2010 – New.Brave.World!’.

Machines and Souls: Documentary

A half-hour documentary on the recent Maquinas y Almas (Machines and Souls) exhibition in Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum. Artists interviewed include Theo Jansen, David Byrne, Sachiko Kodama, Daniel Rozin, and Chico MacMurtrie. MacMurtrie/ARW exhibited Inflatable Architectural Body at the 2008 Reina Sofia exhibition.

The documentary was produced by Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.

The Organograph

ARW's proposal for a permanent, public work for the city of San José, the Organograph was selected as one of three finalists in the San José Climate Clock Initiative Competition. The three teams were selected, from seven semi-finalist teams, to move to the final residency phase of the Competition. During its residency, ARW will develop the Organograph into a site-specific work using Silicon Valley's academic, cultural and technological resources. The finalist proposals will be presented at the 3rd Biennial ZERO1 San Jose Global Festival of art on the Edge in 2010. The work from the winning proposal is expected to debut in San José in 2010.

New, Short Documentary

Inflatable Architectural Bodies
Brooklyn Independent Television

Brooklyn Independent Television has produced a short documentary showing the techniques ARW uses in producing our Inflatable Architectural Bodies. The documentary is set in ARW's Red Hook, Brooklyn studio as we prepare for the Maquinas y Almas (Machines and Souls) exhibition in Madrid's Reina Sofia.

We have included a web version in the Inflatable Architecture sub-menu under "fabrication." You can also view the documentary here.

NEWS

Chico MacMurtrie/Amorphic Robot Works awarded CEC Artslink Grant for Performing Arts.

Robotic Sculpture class by Chico MacMurtrie at Parsons New School, New York City, September - December, 2009.