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- EIN 23-7146941
- (212) 337-0680
- 264 Canal St Ste 3w New York NY 10013-3592 USA
- www.eai.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Film & Video
Mission: Founded in 1971, electronic arts intermix (eai) is a nonprofit arts organization that is a leading resource for video and media art. A pioneering advocate for media art and artists, eai's core program is the distribution and preservation of a major collection of over 3,500 new and historical video works by artists. For over 37 years, eai has fostered the creation, exhibition, distribution and preservation of video art, and more recently, digital art projects. Eai supports artists through the distribution, preservation, exhibition and representation of their media artworks, and works closely with educators, curators and programmers to facilitate exhibitions, acquisitions and educational uses of media artworks. Eai provides access to video art within an educational and cultural framework.
Programs: Artists' videotape distributioneai's artists' media distribution service is a leading national resource for video art and digital media by artists. Eai distributes a major collection of experimental media artworks to cultural, arts, and educational audiences across the nation and around the world. Eai provides access to over 3,800 new and historical media works by 200 emerging and established artists, from the 1960s to the present. The eai media art collection is recognized as a significant artistic and cultural resource. This program reaches wide audiences and diverse constituents at universities, museums, libraries, television and other venues across the united states and around the world. Eai also furthers public engagement with media art through extensive online resources, viewing access, preservation, and educational initiatives.
editing and postproductioneai provides technical resources and facilities for artists and arts organizations. The ongoing digital conversion and storage of eai's media collection facilitates our distribution, preservation and access efforts. Our in-house technical facilities include digital betacam, dvcam, betacam sp, hdv, dvd, blu-ray, minidv and u-matic equipment. Our digital facilities include workstations for capturing 10-bit uncompressed files and creating h. 264 and flash streaming files, final cut pro studio 2 editing systems, xserve streaming server, a raid storage drive, dvd file hard drive storage, and lto tape backup.
public programseai's public programs, which include artists' talks, panels, screenings, and multi-media performances, provide a dynamic forum for engagement with audiences. These programs further public understanding of media art, and provide an educational framework for eai's distribution collection and archives.