Eyeo festival

Eyeo Festival
Marquee of the Varsity Theater from the 2011 eyeo festival
DatesJune (dates vary, but typically the first weekend of the month)
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Years active10
FoundersDave Schroeder, Jer Thorp, Caitlin Rae Hargarten, Wes Grubbs
Websitehttp://eyeofestival.com

The Eyeo Festival is a yearly conference for artists who work with data and code. It takes place in Minneapolis. The conference began in 2011,[1] and has taken place yearly since then, typically at the Walker Art Center.[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was put on pause for 2020 and 2021.[3] Eyeo returned to Minneapolis in 2022, but was later put back on hiatus for 2023. There have been no updates on if/when Eyeo will be return.

Organizers and speakers

The event is organized by Dave Schroeder, Jer Thorp, Caitlin Rae Hargarten, and Wes Grubbs.[4]

The conference features speakers who work in data visualization, creative coders and hackers. Past speakers include Amanda Cox,[5] Stefanie Posavec and Giorgia Lupi (who met at eyeo in 2013),[6] Mike Bostock,[7] Nicholas Felton,[8] Adam Harvey,[3] Paola Antonelli,[9] Roman Verostko,[2] Frieder Nake,[2] Lillian Schwartz,[2] Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg,[4] Ben Fry,[10] Rachel Binx,[11] Moritz Stefaner,[12] Jenny Odell,[13] Lauren McCarthy,[14] Kyle McDonald,[14] Samuel Sinyangwe,[15] Zachary Lieberman,[16] Golan Levin,[16] Everest Pipkin,[17] Meredith Whittaker,[18] Catherine D'Ignazio,[19] Nadieh Bremer.[3]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Minnesota's Roman Verostko, the grandfather of computer art". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. ^ a b c Kaiser, Jonathan. "Staying Inspired When We Can't Converge: Revisiting Eyeo 2019". Foundry. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  4. ^ a b "5 Takeaways from Eyeo 2013". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  5. ^ "Third day of interviews, last day in Eyeo festival". Hello_world!. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  6. ^ "These Hand-Drawn Postcards Are a Data-Viz Dream". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  7. ^ "Mike Bostock wants us to visualize algorithms, not just the data that feeds into them". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  8. ^ "Nicholas Felton Quantified Literally Every Conversation He Had in 2013". www.vice.com. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  9. ^ "Artiholics Exclusive Interview: The Teenage Programmer Behind Björk's Biophilia App... The One MoMA Recently Acquired". Artiholics. 2014-07-11. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  10. ^ "Design Science Attends Eyeo Festival 2016 – Design Science". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  11. ^ CARTO. "Mapping Magic at the Eyeo Festival 2015". carto.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  12. ^ "Data food : oui, des poivrons farcis peuvent nous rencarder sur le taux de chômage du Kosovo !". L'ADN (in French). 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  13. ^ Tiffany, Kaitlyn (2019-03-25). "How to quit Facebook without quitting Facebook". Vox. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  14. ^ a b Gonzalez, Desi (2016-06-23). "Fit for the Future: The 2016 Eyeo Festival". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  15. ^ "Interview with 2015 Digital Arts Writing Awards Recipient, Joanne McNeil". Thoma Foundation. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  16. ^ a b "Apologue's Tali Krakowsky To Speak On Experience Design At Eyeo Festival & PromaxBDA". Archinect. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  17. ^ "2020-21 Galveston Artist Residency Artists to Arrive November 1". Glasstire. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  18. ^ "Eyeo 2018: Conferencing in the age of the Internet". Voilà. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  19. ^ "The Realities of Data Bias in Design & Technology | Adobe XD Ideas". Ideas. Retrieved 2021-05-18.