Thoughtworks Arts

The Spider Robot: Joaquin Fargas' Mars Residency

Newsletter sent on Thursday, 23 February 2023
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Artist and engineer Joaquin Fargas is at the midpoint of his Thoughtworks Arts Residency at Mars College in the Southern California desert. He traveled from his home in Argentina in early January to work on robotics and sustainability in harsh environments.

A man using a drill to assemble solar panels to an angled wall in a desert lanscape
Joaquin Fargas constructing a solar wall which powers Mars

Joaquin began his residency aiding with the construction of the temporary building housing the nomadic Mars community. The team constructed a wall of solar panels to help power the structure, which will only be in use during the first three months of the year due to the intense desert heat and will be disassembled afterwards.

Joaquín Fargas and Eden Community Awarded Mars Residencies

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Parallel residencies have been awarded for projects to take place at Mars College in Bombay Beach, California. The residencies will run simultaneously during January through March 2023.

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Resident Joaquín Fargas / Mars College site in Bombay Beach, California

Residents will be on-site participating alongside other Mars College community members, associating virtually with Thoughtworks employees globally to support their project ambitions.

h0t club Presents Freeicecream.network at CounterPulse

Newsletter sent on Monday, 18 July 2022
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Thoughtworks Arts Improvising the Net(Work) residents h0t club, featuring Miller Puckette (author of PureData), Kate Bergstrom, and Martim S. Galvão debuted their experimental multimedia performance Freeicecream.network at Counterpulse’s Homecoming Gala on May 7th, in San Francisco.

A sample of the Freeicecream.network live performance

Freeicecream.network is an experimental multimedia performance that explores how our desire for connection and delicious treats entangles us with networks of information technologies.

World Premiere of h0t club’s Freeicecream.network: May 7th

Newsletter sent on Wednesday, 27 April 2022
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Join us on Saturday, May 7th 2022 as art collective h0t club present their World Premiere of Freeicecream.network at CounterPulse’s annual Gala art party and auction event in San Fransisco.

A flyer montage with grinning faces, ice creams and a cartoon tongue licking an ice cream, overlaid with a computer mouse icon and on-screen windows, with the word SALE in all capital letters

h0t club, featuring Miller Puckette (author of PureData), Kate Bergstrom, and Martim S. Galvão debut their experimental multimedia performance Freeicecream.network that explores how our desire for connection and delicious treats entangles us with networks of information technologies.

Dilate Ensemble Presents CATENA at CounterPulse

Newsletter sent on Friday, 25 February 2022
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As part of their Improvising the Net(Work) residency Dilate Ensemble presented CATENA on January 13th and 14th at CounterPulse. This hybrid audio-visual performance took place both live online and in-person.

A livestream of CATENA at CounterPulse

CATENA, a non-looping visual and densely textured sound environment allows performers and audience members to experience livestreams from two different physical locations inside CounterPulse’s Tenderloin District building, located in San Francisco.

Olivia Ting and Andy Slater Awarded CripTech Residencies

Newsletter sent on Friday, 10 December 2021
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Artists Olivia Ting and Andy Slater have been jointly awarded residencies with Thoughtworks Arts, in partnership with Leonardo/ISAST’s CripTech Incubator program.

Olivia Ting, a smiling woman with long straight shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes, and Andy Slater, a white man with neglected sandy blond hair and a red and grey beard
Olivia Ting and Andy Slater

The residencies will take place during 2022 as part of the larger Leonardo CripTech Incubator. The program supports artists focusing on disability innovation with artist fellows presenting works-in-progress at Leonardo LASER salons and final works at the Arizona State University California Center in Los Angeles.