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Honored to be Creative Europe's "hot tip" for the week. Don't miss either of our programs at SXSW - happening today and tomorrow! #eVe #eVeAward #digitalhumanism

We are honored to be launching the eVe Award at SXSW with our stellar guests and partners! #DanielKehlmann #BryanMcCann Open Austria #SXSW EU National Institutes for Culture European Union in the United States Salesforce EUNIC Silicon Valley CLARA BLUME Martin Rauchbauer Julia Koerner - JK #getonthegrid #eveaward

The Grid has joined forces with Vienna’s New Media art festival #CIVA and the flourishing XR organization Women in Immersive Tech (WiiT) to offer you XRVienna's first-ever international networking session. Get ready to mingle and network with some of the most spectacular #international communities of #XR and emerging #tech professionals. Meet like-minded creators in Europe and discuss your favorite XR topics, talk about your current projects, and find people and institutions ...that can bring your current initiatives to the #nextlevel. And, as always, get ready to make #newfriends. Register: https://www.meetup.com/XRVienna/events/276246028/ #VirtualReality #WomenInTech Vera Grablechner Gabriella Chihan Stanley vrisch Clara Blume Open Austria We hope to see some of our friends from ZERO1, Gray Area, & CODAME there!

CALLING ALL #ARTISTS! All submissions for the Starts prize are automatically entered in the #award for #DigitalHumanity. #WIN over $10,000 for your project that demonstrates the power of #culturalexchange & #collaboration in our #digital world ... Ars Electronica BOZAR Waag #technology #prize #art #innovation

Did you get a chance to read "The Grid Art + Tech Report 2020" yet? Check out out blog post to get a taste of Vanessa Chang's thorough analysis of the #art + #tech +#counterculture + #industry landscape in the #BayArea! Consulate General of Ireland San Francisco swissnex San Francisco Open Austria Consulate General of France in San Francisco Istituto Italiano Cultura SF Goethe-Institut San Francisco Salesforce EU National Institutes for Culture European Union in the United States French American Cultural Society (FACS)

Explore "the #historical, #political, #ideological & #cultural forces that have shaped the encounter of #art, #technology, #counterculture, & #industry in the #BayArea" with Vanessa Chang, Ph.D. in "The Grid - Art + Tech Report 2020." READ IT HERE: https://09227776-4c3f-45f5-9037-85b84a0e59af.filesusr.com/ #GetontheGRID #art_tech_policy swissnex San Francisco Istituto Italiano Cultura SF French American Cultural Society (FACS) Consulate General of France in San Francisco Consulate General of Ireland San Francisco Goethe-Institut San Francisco Open Austria Salesforce EU National Institutes for Culture European Union in the United States

Did you attend one of our events this year? Be sure to fill out our survey (http://tinyurl.com/TheGrid2020), so we can make our events next year even better! Thank you all for your support and engagement this year. We look forward to seeing you all in 2021!

"The Grid - Art + Tech Report 2020" is here! Dive into the #art and #tech ecosystem of the #BayArea with Principal Investigator Vanessa Chang, Ph.D. for her compelling analysis of interviews with local stakeholders, current art and tech partnerships, and The Grid's present and future. READ IT HERE: https://09227776-4c3f-45f5-9037-85b84a0e59af.filesusr.com/... #GetontheGRID #art_tech_policy swissnex San Francisco Istituto Italiano Cultura SF French American Cultural Society (FACS) Consulate General of France in San Francisco Consulate General of Ireland San Francisco Goethe-Institut San Francisco Open Austria Salesforce EU National Institutes for Culture

Did you see our session during EU National Institutes for Culture's DX/AI week? We featured six spotlights on The Grid, including our Art + Tech Report, the future of The Grid, and discussions with local partners. #GetOnTheGrid #EunicDXAI Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/FOOzKgiXdu4 ... Special thanks to Clara Blume, President EUNIC Silicon Valley Martin Rauchbauer, Austrian Tech Ambassador Open Austria Noémie Njangiru, Director, Goethe-Institut San Francisco Shamsher Virk, Executive Director, ZERO1 Vanessa Chang, Principal Investigator/Co-Curator Exposure Bryan McCann, Cofounder/CTO, Stealth AI Startup Tobias Rees, Director, Berggruen Institute Patrick Hebron, Machine Intelligence Design Group, Adobe

What can we learn from different #fundingsystems? Watch #Arts Funding Ecosystems: #US vs #EU to find out! https://youtu.be/molXYK7Bnzk Special thanks to Gitte Zschoch, EU National Institutes for Culture, #TinaVaz, Facebook, #CamilleBaker, Starts, Gian Pablo Villamil, NTT Disruption, #MariaJenson, SOMArts Cultural Center, #BarryThrew, and Gray Area #TheGridExposure #getonthegrid #art_tech_policy #exposurefestival

Congratulations Kat Mustatea! We were honored to showcase a few episodes of "Voidopolis" during #TheGridExposure. Be sure to check out her news posts: https://www.instagram.com/kmustatea/ #voidopolis #art_tech_policy #exposurefestival #instagram

How has #Covid19 affected #artists? And how have they adapted? Learn more in the panel, Life During (and After) Covid-19. https://youtu.be/0Q7luWdBJrA With special thanks to Kristina Maurer, Ars Electronica, Mattie Barber-Bockelman, CultureHub, Sarah Weaver, NowNet Arts, Michael De Cock, KVS, Flanders in the USA, Ellen Pearlmann, ThoughtWorks Arts, and EUNIC NY.... #TheGridExposure #ExposureFestival #arselectronica20 #Art_Tech_Policy

Head's up, sessions from last month's #ExposureFestival with The Grid are now available to stream on YouTube. You can also check out two of the interactive sess...ions curated by ZERO1: "How to Effervesce in a Public, Private Space with Strangers" with Heidi J. Boisvert and Andersmith and "Postcards from the Future: Collective Visions of Resilience" with Gabriel Kaprielian. Feel free to share or use the recordings as resources for further learning and discussion!

Do you think artists and the arts belong in the discussion on tech regulation? Hear the thoughts of policymakers, technologists and artists in the panel Taming Tech: Delivering a Global Framework for Humane Technology https://youtu.be/TbT8L0UqkYo With special thanks to Aza Raskin, Primavera De Filippi, Eva Maydell (Paunova), Bill Dodd, Casper Klynge, Martin Rauchbauer, Center for Humane Technology, Starts, European Union in the United States, BOZAR, Ars Electronica, and Op...en Austria. #TamingTech #TheGridExposure #art_tech_policy #GetOnTheGrid #ExposureFestival

Want to know more about the "Blurring Borders between Art, Tech, and Policy"? Watch the full panel from the #ExposureFestival here: https://youtu.be/0xQ8zf67knE Over the next few weeks, we will be showcasing panels from #TheGridExposure. Feel free to share or use the recordings as resources for further learning and discussion! With special thanks to Institute for the Future, Trinity College Dublin, European Union in the United States, Ars Electronica, Adobe, & Consulate General of Ireland San Francisco #art_tech_policy #getonthegrid

Check out Gray Area's festival starting tomorrow! Gray Area Festival: is an online festival bringing artists and thinkers together on September 23-26. Join our cultural partners @grayareaorg at http://grayareafestival.io Artist Talks presented within virtual simulations... Online exhibition exploring digital copresence Video Lounges to connect with artists and fellow attendees Week of workshops exploring creative tools See more

We wanted to take this opportunity to thank our partner organizations, speakers, artists, and attendees. #TheGridExposure has been extremely grateful to work with such an extensive network of groups and individuals. We look forward to future collaborations, panels, workshops, interactive experiences, performances, and talks about arts, tech, and policies! @EUNICGlobal @EUintheUS @CODAME.ART.TECH @GrayArea @MUTEKSF @ZERO1.ART.TECH @openaustriasf @GoetheDC @sfgoethe @EUNICDC @a...cfdc @arselectronica @STARTSEU1 @swissnexSanFrancisco @IICSanFrancisco @salesforce @EuropeanCommission @FACSSF @FranceInSF @IrelandinSF #TheGridExposure #GetonTheGrid #ExposureFestival #art_tech_policy #arselectronica20

Join us for the final day of the festival with a host of exciting topics like AI x Music, Postcards from the Future, Universal Basic Income for the Arts, and Virtual Stages! Last chance to register for free: getonthegrid.org/exposure #TheGridExposure #GetonTheGrid #ExposureFestival #art_tech_policy #arselectronica20

Wow, another day of awesome events! We started the morning off with opening remarks from special guests Gerfried Stocker, Artistic Director of Ars Electronica, ...and Roberto Viola, Director-General DG CONNECT European Commission. This was followed by CNMAT’s live streamed concert and the thought-provoking panel Taming Tech: Delivering a Global Framework for Humane Technology Through Art, Tech, and Policy. The day continued with an engaging workshop, Sketching Worlds in 360, and an innovative performance, AI x MUSIC: The Sound of You. The following panels, AI x LITERATURE: Poetry Is a Machine and Radical Simulation: Artistic Practice through Virtual Spaces and Worldbuilding, both dove deep into their topics, and the interactive experience, INTERFACIAL SPACE /// Generative Exploration with Santiago X was a hit with its participants. We also had a quick check in with Kat Mustatea for her Voidopolis project. Finally, the day concluded with the stunning performance, GOLEM. Thank you to all of the participants and viewers. See you tomorrow for more panels, performances and workshops! If you haven't yet, register for FREE here: https://www.getonthegrid.org/exposure #TheGridExposure #GetonTheGrid #ExposureFestival #art_tech_policy #arselectronica20 #stealthaistartup #blinkpopshift #vikramchandra #clemensjsetz #aegardensiliconvalley #laetitiasonami #michaelscherotter #carlylave #arushijian Gray Area ZERO1 MUTEK San Francisco CODAME

Welcome to day 3 and a program packed with innovation, creativity and future-shaping thoughts and actions If you haven't yet, register for FREE here: https://www.getonthegrid.org/exposure #TheGridExposure #GetonTheGrid #ExposureFestival #art_tech_policy #arselectronica20

And that’s a wrap on Exposure Day 2! Today was jam packed, and the day started off strong with the interactive experience Postcards from the Future: Collective... Visions of Resilience with Gabriel Kaprielian and the workshop Six Hats for Collective Creativity." These were followed by two thought-provoking panels, namely Arts Funding Ecosystems: US vs EU and Life During (and After) Covid-19 - Artistic Strategies and Breakthrough Responses. The day finished with the sensory-stimulating performance Echolocation and the engaging webinar Incredible Insights from Art Visualized with Tableau. There are also new episodes of #Voidopolis on the CODAME Instagram! Thank you to all of the participants and viewers. See you tomorrow for more panels, performances and workshops! If you haven't yet, register for FREE here: https://www.getonthegrid.org/exposure #TheGridExposure #GetonTheGrid #ExposureFestival #art_tech_policy #arselectronica20 ZERO1 ThoughtWorks Arts NTT Disruption Ars Electronica SOMArts Cultural Center Facebook EUNIC Global CultureHub KVS #mobinanouri #shaghayeghcyrous George Hurd MUTEK San Francisco #gabrielkaprielian #katmustatea #juditbekker #neilrichards #andycotgreave Tableau Software Gray Area