The place to be Tuesday evening was at the excellent San Jose Museum of Art for the opening reception for the ZeroOne arts festival, featuring a lot of interactive tech-based exhibits and performances.

It's an incredibly ambitious program of events and exhibits and it is happening all over downtown San Jose. It's a great setting, warm summer evenings (unlike cold San Francisco evenings) and broad sidewalks, it creates a wonderful atmosphere for the events.

San Jose is not associated with too many cultural events, mostly it hosts business shows and conferences. And the downtown area is largely shunned by most locals, which is a shame because it it could be a great place to hang out and walk and talk--maybe ZeroOne will help revitalize the downtown area.

Lucaso, our arts and culture editor and team will be down there posting some video and other things on SVW, and also on Diggrz.net, our new artz and culture site that is in development.

The ZeroOne festival builds momentum towards the weekend so pop in and take a look and let me know what you've seen. I'll post it up if you do :-)

Here is a collage of my Tuesday evening:

The ZeroOne San Jose Festival will transform San Jose into the North American epicenter for the intersection of art and digital culture by showcasing the world's most innovative contemporary artists. ZeroOne San Jose is artists making art and using technology as a tool to do so. It is not technology for technology's sake. ZeroOne San Jose is a multi-dimensional, startling and brilliant audience event - with exhibits, live cinema, performances, workshops, and youth activities. All are one-of-a-kind, many never-before, only-here experiences. Here are some details about what you will find at ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge.

Find out more here.