Eyeo Festival | |
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![]() Marquee of the Varsity Theater from the 2011 eyeo festival | |
Dates | June (dates vary, but typically the first weekend of the month) |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Years active | 10 |
Founders | Dave Schroeder, Jer Thorp, Caitlin Rae Hargarten, Wes Grubbs |
Website | http://eyeofestival.com |
The Eyeo Festival was a yearly conference for artists who work with data and code. The annual conference began in 2011, [1] at the Walker Art Center [2] in Minneapolis. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was put on pause for 2020 and 2021. [3] Eyeo returned to Minneapolis in 2022, but was later put back on hiatus for 2023. There have been no updates on if/when Eyeo will be return.
The event was organized by Dave Schroeder, Jer Thorp, Caitlin Rae Hargarten, and Wes Grubbs. [4]
The conference features speakers who work in data visualization, creative coders and hackers. Past speakers include Amanda Cox, [5] Stefanie Posavec and Giorgia Lupi (who met at eyeo in 2013), [6] Mike Bostock, [7] Nicholas Felton, [8] Adam Harvey, [3] Paola Antonelli, [9] Roman Verostko, [2] Frieder Nake, [2] Lillian Schwartz, [2] Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg, [4] Ben Fry, [10] Rachel Binx, [11] Moritz Stefaner, [12] Jenny Odell, [13] Lauren McCarthy, [14] Kyle McDonald, [14] Samuel Sinyangwe, [15] Zachary Lieberman, [16] Golan Levin, [16] Everest Pipkin, [17] Meredith Whittaker, [18] Catherine D'Ignazio, [19] Nadieh Bremer. [3]