Daniel Eisenberg's UNSTABLE OBJECT (II) to be presented at the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial

As the month-long 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial draws near, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) have revealed a full list of projects and participants. Curated by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley, the biennial—which is titled Are We Human? The Design of the Species: 2 seconds, 2 days, 2 years, 200 years, 200,000 years—will revolve around one pressing provocation: that design itself needs to be redesigned.

Presenting more than 70 projects from five continents by designers, architects, artists, theorists, choreographers, filmmakers, historians, archaeologists, scientists, laboratories, institutes and NGOs, the exhibitions will be spatialized by Andrés Jaque and the Office for Political Innovation and spread across five main venues – the Galata Greek Primary School, Studio-X Istanbul and Depo in Karaköy, Alt Art Space in Bomonti, and the Istanbul Archaeological Museums in Sultanahmet. The work of a dense array of international writers, video makers, and designer researchers will also be presented online.

70 Projects Presented in Four "Clouds"

Aimed at rethinking design for an age in which design has gone viral, the biennial is organised in four overlapping “clouds” of projects:

  • Designing the Body explores all the different ways in which the human body itself is a highly unstable artefact that is continually reconstructed, from the unique way our hands work to the latest research on the brain. Every dimension of the human is continuously adjusted, augmented or replaced. 

  • Designing the Planet asks us to rethink the human design of vast territories and ecologies. The human radiates design in all directions and encrusts the planet in layer upon layer of artifacts as a kind of geology. 

  • Designing Life looks at the new forms of mechanical, electronic and biological life that are being crafted. A fusion of machines, organisms, computation, and genetics is moving from the laboratory into everyday life, the land, the air, and the oceans. 

  • Designing Time presents a unique archaeology ranging from the deep time of the very first human tools and ornaments to the ways in which social media allows humans to redesign themselves and their artefacts in as little as two seconds. 

Daniel Eisenberg (Film, Video, New Media, and Animation) Filmmaker Daniel Eisenberg Awarded Berlin Prize

Daniel Eisenberg was awarded the highly competitive Berlin Prize Fellowship from The American Academy in Berlin for the fall 2014 term. The Prize is awarded each year to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields. The Academy’s seventeenth class of fellows is comprised of outstanding historians of art, architecture, culture, religion, science, and American life, fiction writers, artists, a poet, a journalist, a composer, a filmmaker, a legal scholar, and a scholar of comparative media.

Berlin, 2014/04/30 - The American Academy in Berlin is proud to announce the twenty-five recipients of the Berlin Prize Fellowship for the fall 2014 and spring 2015 terms. The highly competitive Berlin Prize is awarded each year to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields. The Academy’s seventeenth class of fellows is comprised of outstanding historians of art, architecture, culture, religion, science, and American life, fiction writers, artists, a poet, a journalist, a composer, a filmmaker, a legal scholar, and a scholar of comparative media.

The Berlin Prize includes a monthly stipend, partial board, and residence at the Academy’s lakeside Hans Arnhold Center in Berlin-Wannsee. It is awarded annually by an independent selection committee, chaired by Anthony Vidler, Professor of Humanities and History of Art and Architecture at Brown University. The Berlin Prize affords recipients the time and resources to step back from their daily obligations to work on academic and artistic projects they might not otherwise pursue, engage with their German counterparts, and experience Berlin’s vibrant cultural and political life. 

Daniel Eisenberg awarded Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Media Arts for 2014-2015

The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) is pleased to announce the 2014 Artist Fellowship Program award recipients. The Artist Fellowship Program recognizes exceptional Illinois artists by providing awards to support continued artistic growth. The 2014 Artist Fellowship Program recognizes Illinois artists in the discipline categories of Ethnic and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Music Composition, Literature, Performance-Based Arts, and Visual-Based Arts.

Eighteen Illinois artists have been awarded $15,000 in recognition of their outstanding work and commitment within the arts.