Professor Ruben Ortiz Torres and Alumnus Tristan Shone at the O1SJ1 Global Festival of Art on the Edge

The 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge is North America’s newest and largest festival of digital arts, and a great deal more. From a hip hop, multi-media meditation on Antarctica to robot art, from conversations with artificial intelligence to operatic performances of Google headlines about the environment, from avant-garde cinema to new musical forms - well over 100 artworks, performances, screenings, talks, and workshops will be featured at 01SJ. Festival organizers expect it to be a perspective-altering experience that entertains, enlightens, educates and involves attendees in a new understanding of our changing world.

A number of speakers, artists and performers will convene Wednesday evening to kick off the 01SJ Biennial Festival of Global Art on the Edge. The Opening Night Ceremonies will begin with Rubén Ortiz-Torres‘ performance of High ‘n’ Low Rider, and will include a talk by playwright Luis Valdez. The Green Prix Environmental Art award will be presented to HeHe, who will also present their award-winning project, Nuage Vert. Participating members of 01SJ Adobe Global Youth Voices, and We-C will demonstrate their community art programs.

After the opening ceremonies have concluded, the audience is invited to walk to the City Hall Rotunda. Artist Craig Walsh will be conducting a large scale projection on the Rotunda, entitled Incursion 37:20:15.71” N - 121: 53:09.51” W. There will be live music with the Mumlers and Mark Walker, from Applied Materials will also be speaking.

Festival goers are then invited to continue on to Eddo Stern’s Portal Wormhole Flythrough, an outdoor installation that replicates time portals existant in the popular imagination, on the SJSU campus. Here, artist and musician Tristan Shone will play his Drone Machines, industrial sound sculptures or interface devices that require significant physical interaction from the performer.

01SJ Opening Ceremonies
7:30pm, Circle of Palms (outside the San Jose Museum of Art)

City Hall Rotunda Lighting
The Mumlers 8:30 pm
Craig Walsh, Incursion

San Jose State University, campus side of MLK Library

Tristan Shone, Drone Machines June 4 - 9:15pm & Friday, June 6th
South First St. 6:00 pm - midnight

Eddo Stern, Portal, Wormhole, Flythrough 9:30pm