in the email today... >Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 21:08:32 -0500 (EST) >From: Adriana Yugovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: EVENT: immedia1901 (fwd) > > >entity, the Ann Arbor Digital Artists Group, proudly presents..... > >---------------IMMEDIA 1901 >http://entity.ummu.umich.edu/immedia1901/ > >The largest annual exhibition of new electronic and digital art in the >Mid-West. This year we have attracted submissions from across the country >and around the world. The sixth year running, immedia1901 is by far the >largest most diverse showcase yet! > >This year's theme reflects 100 years of technological innovation: >immedia1901 attempts to draw a parallel between the industrial revolution >of the last turn-of-the-century with the current digital revolution of the >new millennium. > >We have gathered an eclectic and talented group of performers, speakers, >and artists this year and are expecting it to be a unique experience for >both performer and audience community. > >The exhibition will be open for viewing from 1 PM until 9 PM February 8th >through February 18th in the Media Union on University of Michigan's >North Campus located at 2281 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI. Opening >Reception on Friday, February 9th from 7 PM with an opening presentation >beginning at 5:30 PM. Admission Free. Parking Free. Free food and >other fun freebies! > > >Schedule as Follows > > >February 9th: Opening Night > >Opening Night Performers: > >Room 1: Video studio >Room 2: Central Collaboration Area > >Room 1... >7-8: Isaac Dietz (dj/performer) >8-9: Diana Potts (dj/performer) >9-10:30: Tomorrowland (electronic super-group) >10:30-12: Tom Linder (performer) > >Room 2... >7-9: Rob Theakston (dj/performer) >9-10: Bill vanLoo (dj/performer) >10-11: Nate Deyonker (music) >11-12: Jeremy Kallio and Partner dance performance > >also, thoroughout the evening: "Op Pose Able," music, video inflatable >sculpture and performance from Ohio > >Other immedia1901 Events: > >WHO: Jaron Lanier >WHEN: Friday, February 9th, 5:30 PM >WHERE: Chesebrough (Chrysler) Auditorium >WHAT: Generally speaking, Jaron Lanier is the modern >Renassaince man. He is best known for his work in virtual reality through >his company VPL Research and is in fact credited with >coining the term "Virtual Reality." His talents do not end there. As a >writer he has appeared in countless renowned magazines and authored >"Confessions of a Closet Human." He is also a talented pianist and >specialist in many unusual Asian string and woodwind instruments. As a >painter, he has been featured in museums and galleries in the United >States and Europe and his installations such as "Video Feedback Waterbed" >and "Time-accelerated Painting" have been showcased in New York. Countless >companies and institutions have hired him as a public speaker and many >claim he is one of the greatest orators alive today. Jaron Lanier is >sponsored by the University of Michigan College of Engineering and NeoChi. > > >WHO: Andrea Polli >WHEN: 7 PM February 10 >WHERE: Media Union Video Studio >WHAT: At immedia, Andrea will be involving U of M students in a >multimedia improvisational performance. Andrea Polli is a digital media >installation and performance artist currently living in Chicago, IL where >she is an Assistant Professor of Web and Multimedia at Columbia College. >Andrea has presneted her exhibitions and performed at the Imaginaa 98 >Conference, The Digital Whole in Monaco, and the CAiiA 98 conference. >Both nationally and internationally know, she was recently awarded a >summer artist's residency at The iEAR Institute at Rensellar Polytechnic >and a Harvestworks Recording Production Grant in New York City. > > >WHO: Dr. Bradley Smith >WHEN: 7 PM February 13 >WHERE: Media Union Teleconferencing Suite >WHAT: Dr. Bradley Smith: The Director of the U of M's Graduate Program in >Biomedical Visualization in the School of Art and Design, Dr. Smith is >currently working on the Visible Human Project for the next-generation >internet and the Multidimensional Human Embryo project. He will be >lecturing about digital imaging, volume-rendering, animating medical image >data, and his work for the Multidimensional Human Embryo Project. Topics >include techniques of image creation using MRI (Magnetic Resonance >Imaging) and the creation of high quality 3-D representations of the body. >Dr. Smith's work is truly next level. > > >WHO: Nancy Paterson >WHEN: 6:30 PM February 16th >WHERE: Chesebrough (Chrysler) Auditorium >WHAT: Lecture: "Surviving Multimedia." Nancy Paterson is an electronic >media artist based in Toronto. She is currently serving as the Coordinator >of the Artist in Residence Program at the Bell Centre for Creative >Communications and also teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Design. >Her primary focus is interactive installations (such as THE LIBRARY which >was included in Siggraph 2000), but she is also a public speaker. >Sponsored in part by Women in Engineering and Science (WISE.) > > >WHO: Video DJ Honeygun >WHEN: 8 PM February 16th >WHERE: Media Union Video Studio >WHAT: Beq Stupak aka Video DJ Honeygun: part of the unique music/visual >duo Spiralkind and has spent the last nine years experimenting with video >art. A U of M alum, Beq strives to challenge traditional thinking about >video production and bring live video performance to the next level. One >of the most interesting things about her talents is that she uses >realtively inexpensive and simple equipment to create her art. To date, >she has worked with artists like Grooverider, Sandra Collins, Green >Velvet, and DJ Disciple. Sponsored in part by the University of Michigan >Film & Video Department. > > >WHO: Eduardo Kac >WHEN: 5 PM February 16th >WHERE: 1800 Chemistry Bldg. >WHAT: Lecture: Telepresence, Biotelematic, Transgenic Art. Well known >"transgenic" artist based in Chicago, Eduaro will lecture about his recent >works which include the creation of a genetically altered phosphoresent >rabbit. Featured artist in this month's Artbyte magazine. >Supported by the University of Michigan School of Art and Design and the >Penny W. Stamps Distinguised Visitors Program. > > >WHO: John DesJardin, >WHEN: 4:00 to 5:00 PM February 16th >WHERE: Chesebrough (Chrysler) Auditorium >WHAT: Lecture. Manex VFX, Mission Impossible 2 Courtesy the University >of Michigan's SIGGRAPH chapter. > > >WHO: Nancy Paterson >WHEN: 7PM February 17 >WHERE: Chesebrough (Chrysler) Auditorium >WHAT: Lecture: "Bandwidth is Political." Sponsored in part by Women in >Engineering and Science (WISE.) > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >{ { C u r r e n t S p o n s o r s , P r o mo t e r s , E t c . } } > >Apple Computers >NIQ, Inc. >SGI >WCBN 88.3 fim >NeoChi >ArtByte magazine >Digital Detroit >The Current >The Ann Arbor Observer > >And across the University of Michigan: >School of Art and Design >Media Union >School Of Information >School of Music >College of Engineering >College of Literature, Science & the Arts >Program in Film & Video Studies >Instructional Technology Center >Learning Technology Group >New Media Center >Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) >The Office of the Vice President for Research of the University of Michgan >(OVPR)
