The Sixteenth Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology
Schedule of Events
February 15, 16 and 17, 2018
All events are in Oliva Hall, Cummings Arts Center, unless noted.
All events are free and open to the 糖心TV community.
Thursday, February 15
8:30 鈥 9:30 a.m.
Registration and Coffee, Oliva Lobby
9:30 鈥 9:40 a.m.
Andrea Wollensak, Ammerman Center Director
Welcome
9:40 鈥 9:55 a.m.
Ha Na Lee (Independent)
鈥淭wo Women: On the Cinematic Experience in Installation Art鈥
10:00 鈥 10:15 a.m.
William Orzo (Independent)
鈥淒ifferent Trains: Hopping Off the STEM Bandwagon鈥
10:20 鈥 10:35 a.m.
Nancy Nowacek (Stevens Inst of Tech)
鈥淎ction Code: Coding as a Calisthenic Practice鈥
10:40 鈥11:05 a.m.
Coffee Break (Oliva Lobby)
11:05 鈥 11:20 a.m.
Sophia Brueckner (Univ. of Michigan)
鈥淓mbodisuit: A Wearable Platform for Embodied Knowledge鈥
11:25 鈥 11:40 a.m.
Andrea Baldwin, Heidi Henderson, James Lee (CC)
鈥(Re) Creating the Posture Portraits鈥
11:45 a.m. 鈥 12 noon
James Lee, Isaih Porter 鈥18, Rishma Mendhekar 鈥18 (CC)
鈥淎 GPU-Accelerated Particle Simulation that Supports Millions of Particles鈥
Noon 鈥 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, on your own
Noon 鈥 1:30 p.m.
Workshop (sign-up required, registration desk)
Alexandra Juhasz, (Brooklyn College) Kyle Booten (Dartmouth)
鈥#100hardtruths-#fakenews Poetry Workshop: An experiment in radical digital media literacy given the fact of fake news鈥
1:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Elizabeth Jameson (Jameson Fine Art)
鈥淩eclaiming My Body鈥
1:50 鈥 2:05 p.m.
Joel Ong (York Univ)
鈥淓lemental Monitoring: The Afterlife of a Breath鈥
2:10 鈥 2:25 p.m.
Megan Young (MegLouise), Gregory King (Kent State) and Angela Davis Fegan (Independent) (*2018 Commissioned Artists)
鈥淣uclear Winter鈥
2:30 鈥 3 p.m.
Break (2nd floor, Coffee Salon)
3 鈥 3:15 p.m.
Aurie Hsu/Steven Kemper (*2018 Commissioned Artists)
鈥淲hy Should Our Bodies End at the Skin? Enacting Cyborg Performance鈥
3:20 鈥 3:35 p.m.
Shalev Moran, Milana Gitzin Adiram (*2018 Commissioned Artists)
鈥淪peculative Tourism鈥
3:40 鈥 4:15 p.m.
Break, (2nd floor Coffee Salon)
4:15 鈥 5:15 p.m.
Natalie Bookchin (2018 Dayton Visiting Artist)
鈥淣etwork Effects鈥 Artist's Talk
5:30 鈥 7 p.m.
Symposium Reception and Cummings Art Gallery Opening
Featuring Dayton Visiting Artist: Natalie Bookchin 鈥 Cummings Art Galleries, 2nd Floor
Installations and Exhibitions: (1st, 2nd and 3rd floors)
Sophia Brueckner, "Embodisuit: A Wearable Platform for Embodied Knowledge"
Let铆cia Ferreira, xtine burrough, 鈥淭he Radium Girls: A Radically Advancing Tour of Exit Signs鈥
Heidi Henderson, 鈥淭ranslating Posture鈥
Elizabeth Jameson, 鈥淓merging,鈥 鈥淐elebration,鈥 鈥淰alentine鈥
Jeff Kasper, 鈥渟igns鈥
Lisa Moren, "Nonument 01: The McKeldin Fountain"
Stephanie Rothenberg, 鈥淭rading Systems: Bio-Economic Fairy Tales in the Anthropocene鈥
James Lee, Heidi Henderson, Andrea Baldwin, 鈥淭he Reminiscence, a Story at 糖心TV鈥
7:15 - 7:45 p.m.
Gallery Performance:
Megan Young, Gregory King and Angela Davis Fegan (*2018 Commissioned Artists)
鈥淣uclear Winter鈥
8 p.m.
Multimedia Performances (Evans Hall)
Matthew Steinke (Independent), 鈥淣oplace鈥 (robotic musical instruments, electronics)
Julia Frey, Sam Harmet (Casual FreyDay), 鈥淎 People鈥檚 History of Silicon Valley鈥 (multimedia, theater, projection design, synthesized sound, Max/MSP manipulations)
Emilia Izquierdo (ENG), 鈥淓clipse鈥 (video, animation)
Alexander Dupuis (Brown Univ), 鈥渢hree paths鈥 (video, electronics)
Greg Wilder (Independent),鈥漁ut of the Dark Hall and Wander" (fixed media)
Nathaniel Haering (BGSU), 鈥淐immerian Isolation鈥 (flute, live electronics)
Justin Cabrillos (Independent), Sam Yulsman (Columbia Univ), Gabrielle DaCosta-Yulsman (ICLS), 鈥淟and Before Time III鈥 (dance, electronic sound, text
Friday, February 16
8:30 鈥 9:15
Registration and Coffee, Oliva Lobby
9:30 (Evans Hall)
Welcome: Prof. Andrea Wollensak, Ammerman Center Director Introduction: Prof. Abigail Van Slyck, Dean of the Faculty
9:40 鈥 10:30
KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Evans Hall)
Krzysztof Wodiczko 鈥 Keynote (Harvard Univ. Graduate School of Design) 鈥淥pen Transmission: Media Art, Public Space and Fearless Speech鈥
10:30 鈥 11 a.m.
Coffee Break, Oliva Lobby
11:00 鈥 11:15 a.m.
xtine burrough and Leticia Ferreira (Univ of Texas, Dallas) 鈥淎 History of the Radium Girls: A Radically Advancing Tour of Exit Signs鈥
11:20 鈥 11:35 a.m.
Amanda Guti茅rrez (CC) 鈥淎coustic Territories: a Sonic and Ethnographic Study of Sunset Park, Brooklyn鈥
11:30 a.m. 鈥 1:30 p.m. (Cummings Galleries)
Installations and Exhibitions: (1, 2 and 3rd floors) (See Thursday 5:30 -7:00 description)
11:40 a.m. 鈥 11:55 a.m.
Zack Settel, Michal Seta and Nicholas Bouillot (SAT-Montreal) 鈥淒ual Rendering of Virtual Audio Scenes for Far-field Surround Multi-channel and Near-field Binaural Audio Displays鈥
12 noon 鈥 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, on your own
1 鈥 1:30 p.m.
Gallery Performance
Megan Young, Gregory King and Angela Davis Fegan (*2018 Commissioned Artists) 鈥淣uclear Winter鈥
1:30 鈥 1:45 p.m.
Agustina Isidori (Concordia Univ)
鈥淩epresenting Femicide through a Video Game: Towards a Socially Responsible Design Practice鈥
1:50 鈥 2:05 p.m.
Philipp Schmitt (New School) 鈥淐omputed Curation鈥
2:10 鈥 2:25 p.m.
Catie Cuan (Independent), Amy LaViers and Ishaan Pakrasi (U-Illinois )
鈥淭ime to Compile: An Interactive Art Installation鈥
2:30 鈥 3 p.m.
Coffee Break (2nd floor Coffee Salon)
3:00 鈥 3:15 p.m.
Stephanie Rothenberg (SUNY Buffalo)
鈥淭rading Systems: Bio-Economic Fairy Tales in the Anthropocene鈥
3:20 鈥 3:35 p.m.
Robin Cox (Indiana Univ)
鈥淏ig Tent: Field Testing a Portable Venue for Multimedia Performing Arts鈥
3:40 鈥 4 p.m.
Prof. Nadav Assor (CC)
Hygienic Galleries "Future Perfect" Exhibition Preview
4:30 鈥 9 p.m.
Hygienic Galleries: 鈥淔uture Perfect: Selected Works from the 16th Biennial Symposium" Exhibition
79 Bank Street, New London
Gallery Opening and Reception
Featuring:
Angela Ferraiolo (Sarah Lawrence), 鈥淢aps for a Future War鈥
Eunsu Kang (Univ of Akron) 鈥淕anymedes鈥
Erin Gee (UMaine) + Alex Lee (Clarkson), 鈥淧roject HEART鈥
Luis Mejico (Independent), 鈥淚 Will Hurt You鈥
Veronica Mockler (Independent) 鈥淐anvassers鈥
Shalev Moran, Mushon Zer-Aviv and Milana Gitzin-Adiram (Israel, *2018 Commissioned Artists), 鈥淪peculative Tourism鈥
Juan Pablo Pacheco (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota) 鈥淏lue Dot鈥
Mina Rafiee (The New School), Jason Brogan, Magnus Pind Bjerre 鈥淏arrierland鈥
Joyce Rudinsky, Victoria Szabo (Univ. of NC) 鈥淧sych Asthenia 3: Dupes鈥
Laura Skocek, Christoph Gruber (Austria, supported by the Federal Chancellery of Austria) 鈥淔orced Leisure鈥
Jack Stenner (Univ. of FL) 鈥淒esire Miners: Mercedes 'n Zombar鈥
Jeff Thompson (Stevens Inst of Tech) 鈥淚 Touch You and You Touch Me鈥
Jenny Vogel (UMASS-Amherst) 鈥淗ow Much Memory is Needed鈥
Ricardo Miranda Z煤帽iga (Hunter College - CUNY) 鈥淩ealidad VE鈥
6 鈥 7:30 p.m.
Banquet
(Reservation required, see registration desk)
8 p.m.
Multimedia Performances (Evans Hall)
Andrew Litts (Temple Univ), 鈥渟ingularity鈥 (trumpet, electronics)
Yuanyuan (Kay) HE (U-Texas, Austin) 鈥淥n the Excenter of a Blindspot鈥 (piano, electronics)
Christopher Biggs (Western Michigan University) 鈥淐ontraposition鈥 (piano, electronics)
Lauren Sarah Hayes (Arizona State Univ) 鈥淰isitor Ion Map鈥 (laptop, processed vocals, drum machines and analogue synths)
Arthur Kreiger (CC) 鈥淜indred Spirits鈥 (cello, electronics)
Zach Duer (Virginia Tech) 鈥渘othing_nomeanings鈥 (video)
Tjasa Ferme, Ana Margineanu, Meggan Dodd, Justin Mathews, Natalie Kacinik, 鈥淭he Female Role Model Project鈥 (multimedia devised theater piece)
Saturday, February 17
8:30 鈥 9:15 a.m.
Registration and coffee, Oliva Lobby
9:20 鈥 9:30 a.m.
Announcements
9:30 鈥 9:45 a.m.
Asha Tamarisa (Brown)
Experimental Sound Performance Preview
9:50 鈥 10:05 a.m.
WhiteFeather Hunter (Concordia Univ)
鈥淏iomateria: Biotextile Craft鈥
10:10 鈥 10:25 a.m.
Heidi Boisvert (CUNY)
鈥淲alking Wounded 鈥 A Living Lab & Multi-Media Performance Transforming Trauma through Real-Time Drawing and Sound Generated from Dancers鈥 Nervous System鈥
10:30 鈥 11 a.m.
Break, Oliva Lobby
11:00 鈥 11:15 a.m.
Catherine Pancake (Temple Univ)
鈥淪low Selves Futures: Embodiment and Upending Extractive Industry War Machines鈥
11:20 鈥 11:35 a.m.
Mariana P茅rez-Bobadilla (City Univ-Hong Kong)
鈥淚magination and Accountability: Grounding Possible Futures in Art and Biology Artefacts鈥
11:40 - 11:55 a.m.
Mona Kasra, Peter Bussigel (Univ. of Virginia)
鈥(a)liveness: phase 3 - ii An Interactive Environment by the Institute for Inter-animation鈥
Noon - 1 p.m. (Oliva Lobby)
Lunch, provided by Ammerman Center
1 鈥 1:35 p.m.
Paper and Live Performance
Mallory Catlett (Stony Brook Univ), Alex Wermer-Colan (Temple Univ), Lucas Crane (NY)
鈥淒ecoder 2017: Cutting Up the Reality Studio鈥
1:40 鈥 1:55 p.m.
Mina Rafiee (New School)
鈥淰oid: Breaking Boundaries Between Senses鈥
2 鈥 2:15 p.m.
To be scheduled
2:20 鈥 2:35 p.m.
Bridget Baird, Andrea Wollensak (CC)
鈥淢ediascapes and Materiality: Creative Works Informed by Arctic Environmental Data鈥
2:40 - 2:55 p.m.
Orr Menirom (Independent)
鈥淐linton and Sanders Looking at the World and Naming Things for the First Time鈥
3 鈥 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 鈥 4:30 p.m. (Ammerman Center House, 768 Williams Street)
Shawn Hove (CC), Seniors: Jack Beal, Rebecca Brill Weitz,
Emily Green, Lauren Linehan, Rishma Mendhekar,
Greg Montenegro, Isaih Porter, Alana Wimer, Yi Xie
Ammerman Center Student Presentations and Reception
5 p.m.
Multimedia Performances (Evans Hall)
Robin Cox (Indiana Univ), 鈥淒irt鈥 (violin, electronics)
Maurice Wright (Temple Univ), 鈥淏roadcast Sequence with Gunshot鈥 (fixed media)
Catie Cuan (Independent), Amy LaViers and Ishaan Pakrasi (U-Illinois),
鈥淭ime to Compile: An Interactive Art Installation鈥 (video, dance, theater, and robotics)
Butch Rovan (Brown Univ), 鈥淚mperfect Transmissions鈥 (laptop ensemble)
Ivan Elezovic (Jackson State Univ), 鈥淲ell Known Routine鈥 (fixed media)
Aurie Hsu (Oberlin Conservatory), Steven Kemper (Rutgers) (*2018 Commissioned Artists),
鈥淲hy Should Our Bodies End at the Skin?鈥
(sensor-equipped belly dancer, robotic percussion, live sound processing)
8 p.m.
Experimental Sound Performances (Tansill Theater)
Asha Tamarisa 鈥 Experimental Sound Show Curator
Victoria Shen, 鈥渦ntitled鈥 (audiovisual improvisation, analog/digital electronics)
Valise, 鈥渦ntitled鈥 (video, sound, multimedia)
Kristina Warren, 鈥淎rrest鈥 (voice, electronics, custom-built interface)
Juan Flores (CC 鈥16), Isaac Medina, 鈥淭ransmitter鈥 (audiovisual networked improvisation)
Akiko Hatakeyama, 鈥淏lind | The world where I can鈥檛 be but you live in鈥 (voice, electroacoustic sound, custom-built interface)
*2018 Ammerman Center Commissioned Artists
Aurie Hsu, Steven Kemper:鈥淲hy Should our Bodies End at the Skin?鈥
Shalev Moran, Mushon Zer-Aviv and Milana Gitzin-Adiram: 鈥淪peculative Tourism鈥
Megan Young, Gregory King and Angela Davis Fegan: 鈥淣uclear Winter鈥
Receptions
Thursday, February 15, 5:30 鈥 7 p.m., Cummings Art Galleries
Friday, February 16, 4:30 鈥 9 p.m., Hygienic Art Gallery, 79 Bank Street, New London
Saturday, February 17, 3:15 鈥 4:30 p.m., Ammerman Center House, 768 Williams Street
Greer Music Library (Cummings, first floor):
Hours: Thursday, 8:30 am 鈥 11 pm, Friday 8:30 am 鈥 5 pm, and Saturday 1 - 5
Cummings Coffee Closet(2nd floor)
Hours: Thursday, Noon 鈥 6 p.m., Friday, and Saturday, Noon 鈥 4 p.m.
Special thanks to 糖心TV: the Office of the President, the Office of the Dean of the College, the Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), the Office of the Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion, Ammerman Center Students and Fellows, the Art, Music, Theater, Dance and CS Departments, Cummings Art Gallery, Greer Music Library, Communications, Information Services, Printing Services, Media Services, Theater Services, Campus Safety, Facilities, Office of Events and Catering; Judith Ammerman 鈥60, Diane Y. Williams 鈥59; Hygienic Art Galleries, Daddy Jack鈥檚 Restaurant.
Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology
Andrea Wollensak, Center Director
Libby Friedman, Asst. Director, Symposium Coordinator
Nadav Assor, Assoc. Director, Gallery Curator
Lyndsay Bratton, Assoc. Fellow
Shawn Hove, Assoc. Fellow, Certificate Program Liaison
James Lee, Assoc. Fellow
Wendy Moy, Assoc. Fellow, Music Curator and Commissions Liaison
Jim McNeish, Fellow, Music Technical Director
Arthur Kreiger, Fellow, Music Curator
Asha Tamarisa, Guest Curator: Experimental Sound Performance
Denise Pelletier, Fellow, Cummings Exhibition Liaison
Susie Scheyder: Program Assistant
Sarah Hyde, Emily Kim: Student Assistants