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Betsey Biggs to speak Tuesday at 7pm @ the RISD auditorium

Digital Media — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:25:16 +0000

Betsey Biggs is a composer and interdisciplinary artist working with music, sound, video, interactivity, installation and performance. Her work aims to expose the beautiful in the mundane, to actively engage the audience, and to transform the city into a creative interface through psychogeographic practice. Recent projects include a theatrical work with flutist and performer Margaret Lancaster, an outdoor mixer powered by people’s shadows and a series of downloadable soundtracks meant for walkers to engage with their surroundings. Betsey recently received her Ph.D. at Princeton University, writing about public sound art, and is currently a Cogut Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellow in Music in Music at Brown University.

Tuesday November 17th 7pm RISD auditorium @ canal walk.

Click here for more information Betsey Biggs.

Digital + Media alumni in FuturePlaces 2009

jhuff — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:58:20 +0000

Digital + Media alumni Naomi Kaly and Hye Yeon Nam both won places in the annual FuturePlaces competition in Porto, Portugal this year. Naomi Kaly collaborated with Alyssa Casey on Oporto-Brooklyn Bridge to win Second Prize for their interactive sound installation.

“Based on their observation that the Dom Luis I Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge roughly reflect one another across a horizontal access, their elegant project explores the thin line where two different linguistic and cultural territories can connect and engage in conversation. The engaging and very tactile project allows for user created conversation, as well as deep reflection on the metaphor of wire in today’s digital society.”

-FuturePlaces 2009

Hye Yeon Nam earned an Honorable Mention for her video project in the exhibition.

“Hye’s video of walking backwards throughout downtown Manhattan quickly creates a sense of unease and discomfort for even the most casual of viewers. Her simple and very understandable idea immediately captures her difficult experience in assimilating to a new culture.”

-FuturePlaces 2009

Congratulations!

For more details about Oporto-Brooklyn Bridge please check the following link:

http://futureplaces.up.pt/2009/doku.php?id=exhibition:naomi_kaly_alyssa_casey

Telematic Performance : exploring embodiment at a distance

jjewett — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:18:47 +0000

Telematic Performance : exploring embodiment at a distance

This Internally Sponsored Studio* will explore a broad spectrum of
Telematic or Networked Performance practices from paper cup telephones
to Stelarc to Second Life, including a consideration of how these
technologies and practices relate to distance learning and other
solutions to practice across sites. What is embodiment? How does the
connection of multiple sites enhance or obstruct our experience of the
work presented, or does it somehow create a new experience? We will
examine and experiment with musical/dance/theater/performance art and
other works that are sited in multiple locations simultaneously and
demand a connection between the spaces to function. The course will
include visits (lectures/workshops) from several notable artists in
the field.

*NOTE: This course explores a new model for research at RISD, internal
sponsorship. RISD’s Continuing Education Program is sponsoring/
supporting this course as a progressive model of intra-RISD research.
The projects and thinking that emerge from this course will not be
dictated by the sponsor but will be used by them to think through/
inspire conversation about some of the issues and opportunities in
developing future online learning offerings at RISD.

D+M 2011 Class Portrait

jhuff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:21:48 +0000

The Digital + Media class of 2011 portrait – in ASCII!

D+M Alumn Jeanne Jo helps found Tompkins Projects gallery

jhuff — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:47:06 +0000

TOMPKINS PROJECTS is a contemporary art gallery showcasing compelling work by emerging and mid-career artists. It is located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York and was founded in 2009.

2nd Year Student Mid-term Crits!

jhuff — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:44:09 +0000

2nd year students show work in Mid-term Crits as their thesis process begins.

Krzysztof Wodiczko speaks at RISD

jhuff — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:00:38 +0000

Krzysztof Wodiczko speaks at RISD as part of the Digital + Media lecture series.

D+M Welcome Picnic!

jaeok — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:11:49 +0000

Welcome new DM11 students.

Hye Yeon wins Tertiary New Media Arts Prize

Digital Media — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:45:05 +0000

Hye Yeon’s work “Wonderland” has been chosen for the Tertiary New Media Arts Prize for Screengrab.

Mark Skwarek, Joe Hocking, and Arthur Peters to show at ISEA at the Golden Thread Gallery

Digital Media — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:44:43 +0000

Mark Skwarek, Joe Hocking, and Arthur Peters to show at ISEA- @ the Golden Thread Gallery.