Future Machine Conversation: 'Illumination'

Public Programs

Future Machine Conversation: 'Illumination'

Friday, June 30, 2017:
6:00 - 7:30 PM
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Add to calendar 2017-06-30 18:00:00 2017-06-30 19:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Future Machine Conversation: 'Illumination' https://www.bellevuearts.org/programs-events/public-programs/2017-06-30-future-machine-conversation-illumination Bellevue Arts Museum, Auditorium BAM

Presented in partnership with GRAY magazine

Held in conjunction with the exhibition Electric Coffin: Future Machine, the Future Machine Conversations series hosts artists, thinkers, and industry leaders, inviting them to dissect important issues and offering diverse perspectives inspired by the exhibition. Each iteration corresponds to a phase of this seven-month evolving exhibition.

Moderated by Dave Rosencrans
Dave Rosencrans is a native Washington resident, and an active maven/connector in development of our region's future machine. He's provided direction at the intersection of creativity and commerce, holding leadership positions at vanguard Northwest organizations such as KCMU Radio (now KEXP), Sub Pop Records, EMP Museum (now MoPOP) and Chihuly Studio. Additionally, his private consultancy offers small business and design expertise to many companies, including Electric Coffin. Currently, Dave is Director of Operations for Ecotope, a leading research, design and policy team delivering energy efficiency for the built environment.

Schedule
6 - 6:30pm: Refreshments, seating
6:30pm: Opening remarks
6:40 - 7:30pm: Panel discussion, Q&A

The galleries will be open until 8pm for viewing after the panel concludes.

The BAM parking garage will close promptly at 8:30pm.

Bellevue Arts Museum, Auditorium

$5 suggested donation

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith is President and Creative Director of LightArt, a lighting manufacturer based in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. Smith has an extensive background in architecture and design. His mentorship with Dale Chihuly guided him to start his own studio, Grey Design, with his wife Ahna Holder, which would ultimately become LightArt. Ten years later, Smith and his team at LightArt provide designers with unique, hand-crafted lighting solutions to fit projects of all shapes and sizes.

Dylan Neuwirth

Dylan Neuwirth is a contemporary artist working with light, space, and interactive technologies. He has participated in numerous international solo, two-person, and group exhibitions. His work is in private and institutional collections, and has appeared in Brooklyn Magazine, Artslant, Artsy, New American Paintings, artnet, The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Beautiful/Decay, WIRED, and VICE. He executed projects across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as a Project Manager with the Chihuly Studio from 2007-2017 and is currently the Creative Director of Western Neon. He lives and works in Seattle, Washington.

Brandyn Callahan

Brandyn Callahan is a glassmaker who uses his years of experience producing work for other artists and designers to help render his own functional, clean designs in glass. Although Brandyn frequently travels to teach, demonstrate, and explore, all of the work is designed and produced in Seattle, Washington.

Dave Rosencrans

Dave Rosencrans is a native Washington resident, and an active maven/connector in development of our region's future machine. He's provided direction at the intersection of creativity and commerce, holding leadership positions at vanguard Northwest organizations such as KCMU Radio (now KEXP), Sub Pop Records, EMP Museum (now MoPOP) and Chihuly Studio. Additionally, his private consultancy offers small business and design expertise to many companies, including Electric Coffin. Currently, Dave is Director of Operations for Ecotope, a leading research, design and policy team delivering energy efficiency for the built environment.

Electric Coffin

Makers of fine art objects and fantastical innovations, Electric Coffin is a multi-disciplinary studio dedicated to high-concept and craftsmanship. The studio is comprised of individuals with varied artistic skillsets that collectively make up what they like to call a “super deluxe art machine.” With backgrounds ranging from painting and sculpture to fabrication and graphic design, they have worked on commercial projects spanning everything from full design builds to specific installation monuments. Founded in 2010 and based in artistically fertile Seattle, Electric Coffin’s work demonstrates its curiosity and diverse interests, as well as its commitment to stoking a desire to narrow the gap between standard commercial mentalities and a free-form, art-driven method of working. Known for its eccentric and witty style, the studio has won numerous accolades and awards.