This is a suggested Art and Culture Diary of events not to miss, shows to be sure to see, etc. as compiled by Eyebeam curatorial fellow Sarah Cook… feel free to add your suggestions!

Monday 30:

8:30 p.m. Guy Maddin Film Screenings at the Museum of Modern Art: The Heart of the World. 2000. 6 min. and Careful. 1992. 100 min.

Tuesday 1:

EYEBEAM Canada day! Pancake breakfast, 10am.

EYEBEAM Summer School Evening: Anti-billboard Presentation and workshop with Rami Tabello, 6pm

Exhibition opening at Light Industry: Half of the People Are Stoned and the Other Half Are Waiting for the Next Election curated by Nick Hallett, 55 33rd Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue), 3rd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11232, 8pm

Wednesday 2:

Exhibition opening at Apex Art: Nessie Does New York: Monetizing Myth, Legend & Culture, With special installation artwork by Adam Maron and Quincy Pearson, 291 Church Street (between Walker and White), New York, NY 100136-8pm

Thursday 3:

EYEBEAM Summer School Evening with Jeff Crouse and Steve Lambert (ABSML: “Artist Statement Generator” and Befriend a Recruiter Project) TBC! (6pm)

NOTE: this will be preceded by pizza dinner with Eyebeam-ers, and an intro by Sarah on artists use of the fake in their work - impersonation and automatic personality generation.

also on thursday:

opening at the Chelsea Art Museum on W 22nd st. an exhibition about art and nature, 6-8pm. http://chelseaartmuseum.org/exhibits/future-exhibits.html

Friday 4:

Fireworks!

Saturday 5:

3:00 p.m. Film at MoMA: Sleeper. 1973. USA. Woody Allen. [Hilarious take on sci-fi futures, and how to really fake-it]

Sunday 6:

Monday 7:

Movie: The Man Who Came to Dinner. Free screening at Bryant Park (42nd St at 6th Ave.) Garden opens at 5pm for blanket seating only; movie starts at dusk (8pm ish).

Tuesday 8:

EYEBEAM Summer School Evening: Tools for Collaboration (Shiftspace; Touchkit; SVN) (6pm)

Wednesday 9:

Thursday 10:

EYEBEAM Summer School Evening with Beryl Graham: What do artists and audiences think of interactivity? (6pm)

Exhibition opening at Jack Shainman gallery: Unbalance. 20th st.

Friday 11:

Tech readings at the New Museum, organised by Rhizome (stand up comedy night) $8. 7:30pm. http://www.newmuseum.org/events/207

Saturday 12:

EYEBEAM Interactivos? Presentations (4pm)

EYEBEAM interactivos? exhibition Double Take, opens (6pm)

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Exhibitions in the neighbourhood not to miss (updated often):

* Robert Therrien at Gagosian's on 24th St. [feel like a child again, in these enormous scaled up environments]

* Kerry James Marshall at Shainman, 513 W 20th.

* The Future as Disruption at The Kitchen, 512 W 19th st.

* group show at Postmasters, 19th st at 10th ave.

Exhibition in Soho

* Rashaad Newsome at Location one project space, Greene between Canal and Grande [impersonation, for real]

* Kiesler? animation show at the Drawing Center