Ritual Habit

Ritual Habit: An Electroacoustic Music Composition and Dance Collaboration
Saturday, April 8 at 7 PM
Dancz Center for New Music
Hugh Hodgson School of Music Room 264

A collaboration by Hanna Lisa Stefansson and Andrea Trombetta that portrays the formation of a ritual as a search for balance with nature with the aid of three percussionists, a string player, a woodwind player, and four dancers in an electroacoustic performance with fixed and live electronics in a quadraphonic setup. This project seeks to explore several levels of collaboration between composers and choreographers, and the relationship between music and dance. The composition and documentation may serve as resources for artists interested in the collaborative process.

Reading Room: Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen Document the Real Power of Art

http://blog.creative-capital.org/2017/02/jeff-malmberg-chris-shellen-document-real-power-art/

What can art do in a time of turmoil? Documentary filmmakers Jeff Malmberg and Chris Shellen have made a career of showing how individuals and communities use art to work through personal, political and public issues. Their 2010 documentary Marwencol, which won numerous awards, documents how Mark Hogancamp uses photography and story-making to deal with a traumatic brain injury. A new film called Spettacolo–their Creative Capital project, premiering at SXSW in Austin, TX, on March 11–explores how villagers in a small Italian farming town preserve their heritage and confront community issues by turning their lives into an annual play.

By Alex Teplitzky
Link: http://blog.creative-capital.org/2017/02/jeff-malmberg-chris-shellen-document-real-power-art/

ICE Seminar and Showcase: Extended Reality

ICE Extended Reality Seminar and Showcase Events

Learn from UGA researchers who are exploring new concepts of “reality” using emerging technologies in Extended Reality, including Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, and Locative Media.

Seminar
Tuesday, February 28 at 2:30 PM
Lamar Dodd Building Room S160

Professor of Geodesign Brian Orland at 2:30 PM
MFA Dramatic Media Production Kyle Morrison at 3 PM
Assistant Professor of Theatre and English Dr. Chris Eaket at 3:30 PM
Associate Professor of Engineering Dr. Kyle Johnsen at 4 PM

Panel and Showcase
Thursday, March 2 at 4 PM
Hugh Hodgson Dancz Hall Room 264

Panel discussion and showcase of extended reality demos by the panelists using HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Daydream, and more.

Assistant Professor of Advertising Dr. Grace Ahn
Associate Professor of Engineering Dr. Kyle Johnsen
Professor of Geodesign Brian Orland
Assistant Professor of Theatre and English Dr. Chris Eaket

Press:
The Red & Black: “Ideas for Creative Exploration hosts virtual reality panel”

Reading Room: Artists’ VR

http://rhizome.org/editorial/2017/feb/01/first-look-artists-vr/

Co-presented by Rhizome and the New Museum, “First Look: Artists’ VR” is a new virtual reality exhibition in the form of a free mobile VR app for iOS and Android, featuring six commissioned works by leading artists: Peter Burr with Porpentine Charity Heartscape, Jeremy Couillard, Jayson Musson, Jon Rafman, Rachel Rossin, and Jacolby Satterwhite.

Reading Room: Athens Public Art Master Plan

“The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission (ACAC) is pleased to present a final version of the Athens Public Art Master Plan! This plan has been submitted to the Mayor and Commission and was presented by urban designer Todd Bressi at the January work session. Once approved, this plan will serve as a roadmap and series of guidelines for development of public art in Athens-Clarke County over the years to come.”

Link: http://www.athensculturalaffairs.org/acac-seeks-community-support-public-art-master-plan/

Reading Room: a2ru Strategic Plan

“The current work of the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) maps arts-integrative learning, contextually examines arts research developments, explores the value-added results of campus collaborations, and connects multiple stakeholders to advance a more complete national agenda linking the arts and other disciplines in higher education. The plan herein provides a detailed blueprint to: increase a2ru’s effectiveness by more deliberately building the case for external audiences; more effectively support student work and faculty collaborations; and guide a robust research agenda through 2020. These will be the agenda items that shape the next four years of a2ru’s work”

The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) is a partnership of over thirty institutions committed to ensuring the greatest possible institutional support for the full spectrum of arts and arts-integrative research, curricula, programs, and creative practice for the benefit of all students and faculty at research universities and the communities they serve.

Link to download a2ru strategic plan: http://a2ru.org