I'm a programmer in NYC and I also do art on the side (I've shown in galleries in the city here as well as London and Berlin). Honestly, most of the art scene

I'm a programmer in NYC and I also do art on the side (I've shown in galleries in the city here as well as London and Berlin). Honestly, most of the art scene here (with some very exceptional exceptions) is boring, incestuous, and more interested in chasing trends and trying to seem cool than showing interesting work. It's way more about who you know and whether you're doing the kind of thing that happens to be the buzz today. I don't blame tech people for not wanting to be part of that. I much prefer the scene on the west coast and Europe. The HN crowd might be interested in Devotion Gallery in Williamsburg: http://areyoudevoted.squarespace.com/ http://areyoudevoted.squarespace.com/ which is small, but specifically deals with the intersection of art, science, and technology. The last show dealt with augmented reality, and other shows I've seen there have involved generative algorithmic art, glitch, video games, and 3d printing. (disclosure: my girlfriend is the gallery director).