In a special partnership made possible by Taipei Cultural Center New York, Rhizome and Digital Art Center Taipei have teamed up to debut a new art-and-technology collaboration platform, 7000×7000. Launching today, the platform is open to students in Taiwan colleges and universities who have a focus on art and/or technology. Working together in pairs, they’ll be given a simple assignment: make something new.
Developed by Rhizome and \Art at Cornell Tech, 7000×7000 is an extension of the long-running Seven on Seven program. Founded in 2010, Seven on Seven brings together leading figures in art and technology for deep conversation and creative collaboration. Following a brief but in-depth collaboration, they share what they’ve made —a prototype, an artwork, whatever they imagine—as part of a day-long conference event.
A lightweight web, email, and Discord-based app, 7000×7000 allows users to meet and select potential collaborators and to be guided together through a proposal-making process, with curatorial support. Participants fill out a brief profile, select one another, and begin a seven-day collaboration, which culminates in the development of a short proposal. Successful proposals are given further resources and the opportunity to develop projects further with guidance from DAC and Rhizome curators.
DAC and Rhizome plan to team up for a full 7×7 event in the coming months, and successful pairings from 7000×7000 will be featured as part of the program.
7000×7000.tw is made possible by Taipei Cultural Center in New York, Ministry of Culture.