FEEDBACK

The title for FEEDBACK, an exhibition conceived and curated by Eyebeam’s Sustainability Research Group, refers to the self-correcting mechanisms by which systems—in this case, ecological—respond to the influence they exert on their environments.

Numerous projects in the exhibition addressed energy consumption, production and harvesting: A visitor entered the exhibition through Fluxxlab’s Revolution Door, a modified revolving door that harnesses and redistributes human energy. Mouna Andraos’ The Power Cart is a mobile unit that delivers alternative power to people on the street, and Jeff Feddersen’s installation The Off-Grid Outlet is a solar-powered AC outlet and 12V DC power port destined for the Brooklyn restaurant Cafe Habana. Building on existing urban infrastructure, Andrea Polli’s Queensbridge Wind Power Project investigates how clean, renewable wind power might be integrated into the landmark architecture of the Queensboro Bridge.

FEEDBACK also featured the winners of the Eco-Vis Challenge, a two-part juried design competition to raise environmental awareness through creative data visualization projects.

A series of short video-documentaries by Jason Jones of the Brooklyn artists’ collective Not An Alternative, commissioned especially for FEEDBACK, documents the making of each of the displayed projects, providing insight into the creative process. These videos were screened in the main gallery, and are  available on Eyebeam’s website.

FEEDBACK

Curators: Amanda McDonald Crowley, Liz Slagus, Paul Amitai, in collaboration with Eyebeam’s Sustainabilty Research Group
Exhibition designers: Fluxxlab
Videographer: Jason Jones, Not An Alternative

Project and artist websites:
Andrea Polli, The Queensbridge Wind Power Project
Annina Rüst, eRiceCooker
Brooke Singer, Superfund365
Eve Mosher, HighWaterLine
Fluxxlab (Jennifer Broutin and Carmen Trudell), Revolution Door
Forays (Geraldine Juárez and Adam Bobbette) Edible Excess
Green Map® System, Green Map® Icons
Leah Gauthier, Sow-In
Michael Mandiberg, The Real Costs
Mouna Andraos, The Power Cart
Preemptive Media, Area’s Immediate Reading (AIR)
Rebecca Bray and Britta Riley, DrinkPeeDrinkPeeDrinkPee
Roger Marvel Architects, Govenors Island Project
The Living (David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang), Living City
The Studio for Urban Projects, Strange Weather
Timm Kekeritz, VirtualWater and WaterFootprint
Fred Beneson, CommitteeCaller
Natalie Jeremijenko, The Environmental Health Clinic
Sustainable South Bronx
SolarOne
Not an Alternative