![UPDATE: Unfortunately, Lauren Cornell has had to cancel and will NOT be appearing at World’s Fair Use Day. We apologize for any inconvenience that this might cause.
Rounding out our panel on visual art will be Lauren Cornell, Executive Director of Rhizome and Adjunct Curator at the New Museum in New York City. Cornell recently curated an exhibition entitled “Free,” which “explores how the internet has fundamentally changed our landscape of information and our notion of public space”. The New York Times described “Free” as “an exercise in open-source curating,” featuring pieces that communicate “[a]n intense desire for communal experience”.
In her joint position as Executive Director of Rhizome and AdjunctCurator at the New Museum, Cornell tracks developments in contemporary art and emerging technology. She oversees and develops Rhizome’s programs, all of which are support the creation, presentation and preservation of art engaged with technology. In April 2010, sheorganized the seminal Rhizome program “Seven on Seven” which pairedseven leading artists with seven game-changing technologists in teamsof two, and challenged them to develop something new over the courseof a single day. Cornell recently curated “Free,” her first majorexhibition for the New Museum which opened at the New Museum inOctober 2010. At the New Museum, she has co-curated exhibitionsincluding “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus”; the Museum’sinaugural exhibition “Unmonumental”; and has also curated a solo showof works by Young-Hae Change Heavy Industries. In addition to hercuratorial work at the New Museum, Cornell organizes the monthly NewSilent Series, featuring screenings, events and performances byemerging artists.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldug5mjI2D1qexrbko1_500.jpg)
UPDATE: Unfortunately, Lauren Cornell has had to cancel and will NOT be appearing at World’s Fair Use Day. We apologize for any inconvenience that this might cause.
Rounding out our panel on visual art will be Lauren Cornell, Executive Director of Rhizome and Adjunct Curator at the New Museum in New York City. Cornell recently curated an exhibition entitled “Free,” which “explores how the internet has fundamentally changed our landscape of information and our notion of public space”. The New York Times described “Free” as “an exercise in open-source curating,” featuring pieces that communicate “[a]n intense desire for communal experience”.
In her joint position as Executive Director of Rhizome and Adjunct
Curator at the New Museum, Cornell tracks developments in contemporary art and emerging technology. She oversees and develops Rhizome’s programs, all of which are support the creation, presentation and preservation of art engaged with technology. In April 2010, she
organized the seminal Rhizome program “Seven on Seven” which paired
seven leading artists with seven game-changing technologists in teams
of two, and challenged them to develop something new over the course
of a single day. Cornell recently curated “Free,” her first major
exhibition for the New Museum which opened at the New Museum in
October 2010. At the New Museum, she has co-curated exhibitions
including “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus”; the Museum’s
inaugural exhibition “Unmonumental”; and has also curated a solo show
of works by Young-Hae Change Heavy Industries. In addition to her
curatorial work at the New Museum, Cornell organizes the monthly New
Silent Series, featuring screenings, events and performances by
emerging artists.
