Seven on Seven

Artists and Technologists Team Up for Rhizome Event

"Blaine Cook, the founding architect of Twitter, will be paired with Naeem Mohaimen, whose work explores histories of the international left. Michael Herf, co-founder of the photo-sharing site Picasa, will be paired with LaToya Ruby Frazier, an artist whose work is featured in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Anthony Volodkin, founder of the Hype Machine, the music-blogging aggregation site, will be paired with Xavier Cha, a creator of performance-based art works."

I found this great article on an annual event called Seven on Seven. Artists and people from the technology world collaborate and present ideas that are " a great idea for the digital world or the world of art, or both." In the past, one idea presented was "a motion-controlled musical instrument that would use human vocals as its “notes."" I think this is a great event and I would personally love to be there when the ideas for this year are presented. Having this event allows some of the top minds of both worlds, the arts and technology, to come together and think of ways to make something better or easier or create something completely new that has the potential to reach new audiences or make art/artists/technologist more money. I think it would be even better if an event happened like this where staff members from art organizations, audience members, and staff members from software companies like Masterpiece Manager got together and shared ideas to make the best of what's already out there even better.