DataSpaceTime (Lisa Gwilliam and Ray Sweeten)

DataSpaceTime is a collaboration between sound & visual artist Ray Sweeten and artist & set designer Lisa Gwilliam. They debuted as a duo in November 2011 at Microscope Gallery with the exhibition “the optimal value for y”. Their work revolves around the QR Code – the modern incarnation of the bar code – and the data it contains, taking their current obsession with obtaining information on demand through iPads, wifi, and smartphones to the next level, turning everyday objects into interactive data retrieval centers.

RAY SWEETEN

b. 1975
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
Oberlin College, 1993-1998

LISA GWILLIAM

b. 1973
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
Massachusetts College of Arts, MFA
Sarah Lawrence, BA

Solo Exhibitions

Upcoming, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, fall 2013
the optimal value for y, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2011

Group Exhibitions

2012
Collision18: Present, Cyber Arts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
engage, Detroit Interactive Art Exhibition, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI
Festival A-part, section Emergences, July 5-31, Mas de l’Amarine, Provence, France

Performances
“the optimal value for y”, live sound and visuals, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 12/11

Selected Press
Cloe, Wyma. “French Fair Cutlog’s NYC Debut Establishes an Edgy, Hip Frieze Week Addition”, BLOUIN ArtInfo, May 9, 2013
Glazer, Brian Christopher. “Inaugural Boston Cyberarts Gallery Exhibition”, BR&S, Nov. 30, 2012 Boston, MA
Opeiko, Sasha. “Whitdel Arts: ENGAGE”, Windsor Contemporary Art, November 7, 2012 Ontario, Canada
Delarte, Alonso. “Whitdel Gets Patrons to Participate in Art”, Detroit Examiner, October 8, 2012
Bob Duggan, “Can QR Codes Be the Next Pop Art Meme?”, Big Think, March 26, 2012
Xiao, An. “QR Code Art Makes Its Way Into The Galleries”, Hyperallergic, March 23, 2012
Neilson, Laura. “Highlights from the Fountain Art Fair”, Cool Hunting, March 9, 2012
Thomas/ “Art Uncovered: DataSpaceTime”, Breakthru Radio interview, December 20, 2011
Egert, Roger. Williamsburg/Greenpoint News + Arts, February 2011

RAY SWEETEN
b. 1975

Artist and programmer, working in the intersections between image, sound and information systems using a hybrid of digital and analog media. Sweeten has shown his work at the New Museum, The Kitchen, MoMA PS1, NY Underground Film Festival, San Fransisco Electronic Music Festival, CinemaTexas, The Stone, Liverpool Biennial, Aurora Picture Show, Lux Spain, Monkey Town, Millennium Film Project, Participant Gallery, Pacific Film Archive, Chicago Filmmakers and has held youth workshops for electronic music at Community Musicworks (RI), Vibe Songmakers(NY), and The Guggenheim Museum (NY).

Selected Performances

2012
Upstream, video program, NADA Hudson, Hudson, NY

2011
“DataSpaceTime” w/DataSpaceTime, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Ray Sweeten: oscilloscope & video feedback works”, featured artist, Bushwick Open Studios Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2010
“Ray Sweeten”, oscilloscope & video performance, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn NY
“Sexual Energies School – Quebec City”, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn NY
“Sexual Energies School – Frankfurt”, The Stone, New York NY
“Ray Sweeten”, Mixology Festival at Roulette, New York NY

2009
“Arpege”, La Superette, NY NY
Ray Sweeten | Nate Boyce, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY
Issue Project Room Fundraiser, Galapagos, Brooklyn NY

2008
“Improvisations for Piano and Oscilloscope”, The Stone, NY
“Vangeline Theater and Ray Sweeten: Mesmerized”, New Museum, New York, NY
“Unity Gain”, MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
“Darmstadt – Classics of the Avant Garde”, Galapagos, Brooklyn NY
San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco CA 2008-06-27 – Lux Fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla, Spain
“Unity Gain” MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
Ray Sweeten | Andy Graydon — Issue Project Room, Brooklyn NY

2007
“Falkminster”, The Conflux Festival, Brooklyn NY
Ray Sweeten & Zach Layton, Warm Up Series, PS1, Queens NY
Zach Layton, Ray Sweeten, and Vito Acconci. Roulette, NY NY
“Media Archeology”, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
FilmMakers Coop 3rd Annual Benefit Concert, Angel Orensantz, NY

2006
Terry Riley’s “In C”, Darmstadt Series, Brooklyn NY
Sweeten, Layton, Waterman and Bard. The Stone, NY
“Little Dream:o” , Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY
“Vatican Satellite”, NOISE! at Ontological Theater, NY
“Visual Acid”, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY

2005
“Transparent Processes”, The Kitchen, NY

Selected Collaborations

2010
Shana Moulton + Nick Hallett: WHISPERING PINES 10, The Kitchen, NY
“Fatherland”, Ideal Glass, New York NY

2009
“NowThenAfter”, Harvestworks, NY
“Voice & Light Systems, Part Four: Auroville”, The New Museum, NY
“Voice & Light Systems, Part Three: Whispering Exercises Premiere”,The New Museum, NY

2007
“Alabisalabisalab”, The Kitchen, NY
“What the dormouse said – Sweeten, Layton and Loud Objects” MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY

2006
“The Sea Calls us Home,” MIX Film Festival, NY
“Stripped” Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool UK

Selected Screenings

2010
“HAI SCOPERTO L’AMERICA!”, White Box, NY
Directors Lounge 2010, Directors Lounge, Berlin Germany

2009
“Reoccurrence Research”, Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), Glasgow Scotland UK
“NYC to PAL”, Lucca Film Festival, Lucca, Italy

2007
New York Independent Film and Video Festival, Village East Cinemas, NY
“Extremely Shorts 10″, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
Monkey Town Semiennial, MonkeyTown, Brooklyn NY
Free to Be You and Me Invitational, Aurora Picture Show, Houston TX
Bacchanale, New York Underground Film Festival, NY
Free to be… , Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley CA

2006
Void Ratio, CinemaTexas, Austin TX
Free to be…, Chicago FilmMakers, Chicago IL
Aerodynamics of a Hummingbird: Science, Cinema, and Ways of Seeing, Millennium Film Workshop, NY

Awards
AIR – Experimental Television Workshop
Finishing Funds – Experimental Television Center
Van Lier Fellowship – Harvestworks
AIR – Fabrica, spa. Venice IT

Recent Press
Xiao, An. “QR Code Art Makes Its Way Into The Galleries”, Hyperallergic, March 23, 2012
Neilson, Laura. “Highlights from the Fountain Art Fair”, Cool Hunting, March 9, 2012
Thomas/ “Art Uncovered: DataSpaceTime”, Breakthru Radio interview, December 20, 2011
Egert, Roger. Williamsburg/Greenpoint News + Arts, February 2011
Balo, Andy, “Oscilliscope Fun and Games”; Waxy, November 16, 2011
Ebert, Roger; “Fountain Art Fair: Grungier Antidote to Armory Show; Willilamsburg Greenpoint News and Arts; March 7, 2011
Horwitz, Andy, “Voice & Light Systems”, Culturebot, May 2009
Pecula, Alexandra, “Your Guide to This Weekend’s Bushwick Open Studios, Gothamist, June 2, 2011

LISA GWILLIAM
b. 1973

Artist and Production Designer based in New York City. With DataSpaceTime, she uses her background in fine art and fabrication experience in conjunction with current and future technologies to explore concepts and images through data systems. She uses collage techniques and digital processing to produce paintings with unconventional perspective and composition. She is inspired by the effects of light and movement on traditional photographic processes and how that can be approximated using oil paint. Her work explores the intentional juxtaposition of images, concepts and time to build singular narratives native to individual works.

In her work as a Production Designer she designs sets for Ad Campaigns, print media and video. Her work can be seen in publications including Italian Vogue, Allure, American Vogue, D Magazine, Interview, Glamour, and The New York Times Magazine. Advertising Clients include Olay Cosmetics, Absolut Vodka, Hue, Aldo, Intermix, Calvin Klein, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom. She has done special projects for New York Fashion Week including runway presentations for Monique lhuillier, Milly NY and Tadashi Shoji and created installation events for Victor and Rolf and Puma.Calvin Klein, Absolut Vodka, Aldo, Viktor & Rolf, Brioni, Hue, Elle MacPherson, OlayTadashi Shoji, PUMA and many others.

DataSpaceTime (Lisa Gwilliam and Ray Sweeten)

RAY SWEETEN b. 1975

LISA GWILLIAM b. 1973

RAY SWEETEN
b. 1975

LISA GWILLIAM
b. 1973