Bart Woodstrup

My current interest in eco-related artwork began in 1995 with the film "You Cannot Survive the End of the World" which was produced for the first annual World Population Film and Video Festival. My current work investigates the relationship between environmental issues and new technology - specifically, the cultural integration of these issues and technologies. I enjoy hacking solar powered LED lawn lamps, authoring data visualization software, and dreaming of ways to power my plethora of electronic gadgets carbon neutrally.

My goals are to understand and manipulate the aesthetics, semiotics, and narratives of various time-based media. This research takes the form of traditional musical composition, real-time interactive audio/video performance, multimedia installation and networked experience. I hold a Masters of Music from Northern Illinois University and a Masters of Fine Art from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Artist website: www.vodstrup.com and www.bartwoodstrup.com

Chip Fasciana

Cathartic life events inspired Chip Fasciana to metamorphose from a career working in the Fortune 500 to a life filled with the pursuit of artistic expression. Consistently an experimentalist, Chip Fasciana uses a variety of mediums to express himself, however, at the core of his efforts, he is an abstract painter. He graduated with cum laude status from the sculpture program at The University at Albany. Fasciana regularly collaborates with other artists, and is co-founder of the critically acclaimed Albany Underground Artists. Regionally famous for his revitalizing efforts of curating shows in dirty old vacant buildings in back alleys of Albany, he has also shown at The Albany Institute of History and Art, assisted curation at The New York State Governor's Mansion, and curated and shown his work in the prestigious West Chelsea neighborhood in New York. From his studio in Albany he is currently working on a new body of work to debut this spring in New York City

Artist website: www.chipfasciana.com