What would you do if you were granted the power of invincibility? It’s an age-old question and one that game developers have been playing with since the early 80s by incorporating a feature called “God Mode” which offers players unlimited strength, seconds of invulnerability, a change in camera perspective, or access to previously unreachable areas. Since then, God Mode has reached beyond gaming and become pervasive in digital life. It's the secret backdoor embedded in all our electronics, it's the jailbreak, it's how phone companies know where you are, it's how ISPs know where you surf, and it's how the NSA can eavesdrop on your communications.
Between February 28–March 2, sixty artists and hackers will inhabit 319 Scholes to explore the idea of God Mode and produce new, collaborative projects. Visitors are invited to engage and interact with the works as they are uploaded online throughout the hack and join the teams on Saturday March 2nd starting at 7:00pm for a closing exhibition, live performances, and massive party.
Join the Art Hack Day teams on Saturday March 2nd starting at 7:00pm for a closing exhibition, live performances, and party. RSVP on Facebook below.
Are you interested in becoming an Art Hacker? Register to attend the full weekend and collaborate on projects.
"This time around, Art Hack Day has a theme—one that geeks, nerds and technophiles of all stripes are sure to appreciate..."
- Core 77
"Art Hack Day...where hackers will collaborate on projects exploring the idea of invincibility."
- L Magazine
"The big shebang — and the best time to see what the artists and hackers have come up with — is Saturday night."
- Hyperallergic
"Long live IDDQD (pun intended)"
- MAKE
"It’s amazing to think about what artists can do in such a short time when they have to"
- The Brooklyn Paper
"We just met, we’ve never worked this fast, and we can’t really believe something came together so well, something that we both want to keep working on. We went on a speed date, and three days later we have this weird baby that people think is cute, and we have to take care of it together. Strange but exciting."
- Hyperallergic
"It’s kind of like that scene in a movie where a guy puts a fake sticker on his thumb to trick a fingerprint scanner—but better."
- The Creators Project
"For on the internet, we are all gods by the glory of our own code. Amen."
- The Verge
"Place 60 artists and hackers over a strong God-inspired fire. Boil frantically for 72 hours. Serve in party mode for only one night in 27 distinct servings."
- Bushwick Daily
"Someone Finally Made A Cat God For Us To Worship"
- The Creators Project
"We are being watched"
- NewHive
"I felt like a bona-fide hacker, intruding into a space where I knew I shouldn’t be."
- The Creator's Project
"A giant crackling neon Cat God head is interesting. So is, literally, **everything** else."
- ANIMALNewYork
"Art Hack Day has established itself as an annual event of wonder in NYC."
- MAKE Magazine
"Amazingly clever, rebellious, interactive and visually stunning art happenings ensue.....Just fantastic. Where is this stuff in the galleries? "
- Art Berlin
"It was just really interesting designing that system where you could talk in this very dramatic language but it would still be parsable and understandable by the machines."
- Fast Company
AHD God Mode Press Release
yopablo
Experiential Artist & Motion Drsigner
James George
artist using code to critically interact with the perceptual implications of emerging technology. Creator of RGBDToolkit, openFrameworks contributor
Chanpory Rith
xGoogler and lead designer of iOS Gmail. Now at Inkling. Still an all around bad boy.
Daniel Leyva
the Pleasure is all Mine.
Crystal
Wearable technology, microprocessors, tech art, video, photography, psychology.
Leonard Grey⚡
Bit twiddling, pixel pushing, sprite moving and noise making. iOS, etc. at @Artsy
Dean Hunt
bluster & code.
igal nassima
director @319scholes
building @myblocknyc
nick hasty
Software Developer, Consultant, Musician
Matthew Conlen
math, philosophy, machine teaching. webmaster at large. r&d with @HuffPostLabs, core @hackerunion.
forresto
http://meemoo.org/ hackable creative web apps. @eyebeamnyc and @mozilla Open(Art) Fellow. Web ∞.0.
Sheena Matheiken
creative director & designer of experiential, social, haptic things founder @uniformproject / board of directors @bdwcu
Susan Ngo
www.beesplusflowers.tumblr.com
paul christophe
Likes to get plenty of sleep and stay well hydrated. Bring a towel.
**Also ...
http://arthackday.net ...
http://captaindaylight.com
Ramsey Nasser
World famous Commuter Scientist
Toby Schachman
Truth leak
Olof Mathé
http://arthackday.net
+
http://inkling.com/habitat
David Huerta
@arthackday co-organizer, @cryptoparty NYC organizer and Hayst.ac founder. Former @heatsynclabs cat herder and wordsmith.
natalia radywyl
Creative and strategic user research for cities: @PPS_Placemaking @unimelb @Swinburne
lauren mccarthy
artist/designer/programmer/person
Aure Moser
digital archivist; multi-platform poieteß;
mgiraldo
insert witty bio here - NYPL Labs
Ken Amarit
I make video games, sometimes with wool. Most recently released http://t.co/vNUKH9Xn
Jiashan Wu
Designer the explorer @XOlator
DANtheMAN
I do things, write code, build apps, and make art. All with #TopDeveloperStatus. Former BoD and Founding member of @FreesideATL checkout: @scratchML
Addie Wagenknecht
co-founder: nortd labs, @lasersaur + artist: @fffffat + fellow at @mozilla & @eyebeamnyc . Eater of all things butter.
amjc
Poet Artist Programmer ||| live visuals for @whoisMGMT
Will Brand
New York-based art critic.
Editor-in-Chief, Art Fag City.
Alexandra Gorczynski
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
.. http://alexandragorczynski.com
Ivan Safrin
Technowizzard
Heather DeweyHagborg
Artist, Student
Jonathan Dahan
bit wizard
John Resig
Creator of jQuery, JavaScript programmer, author, Japanese woodblock nerd (http://ukiyo-e.org), work at Khan Academy.
Katie Koepfinger
I design things. Mostly interactive things. I like rainbows and robots.
Jason Huff
writer, artist, designer
Sean McIntyre
hacker arts tech itp brooklyn canada
Clement Valla
artist, programmer, professor @risd
vuokko aro
writer, designer, artist. not necessarily in that order. student at media lab helsinki & the finnish academy of fine arts. brooklynite.
Nick Yulman
Creative tech with a love for sound, interaction & storytelling. Resident Researcher at NYU ITP
reedandrader
Robots, cats, pizza, garden. Website: http://www.reedandrader.com Blog: http://www.meowzas.com
Jamie Zigelbaum
Art + Design + Technology. Director at Zigelbaum + Coelho. Founder at Industry Lab.
Jonathan O Minard
Documentarian, Creative Intermediary, Exoplanet Evangelist: at Eyebeam and Studio for Creative Inquiry
Adam Harvey
Stay cool. Look weird. Brooklyn.
Greg Leuch
Tech/_________ @XOlator. @EyebeamNYC resident. @FFFFFAT virtual fellow. Made @PopBlock, @Metafetch, Shaved Bieber. Formerly at @BuzzFeed & @KnowYourMeme. #busy
Allison Burtch
Never a muse. Editor of the @occupiedwsj. Grad student at @itp_nyu.
amjc
Poet Artist Programmer ||| live visuals for @whoisMGMT
