ICE Conversation: Ecovention
Wednesday, October 26 at Noon
Lamar Dodd Building Room S160
How can the artistic imagination be made practical and visionary in the environmental movement? Join this ICE conversation for a survey on historical and current art projects and movements that are designed to help restore ecosystems.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/09/21/bj-rk-s-vr-brian-eno-s-artificial-intelligence-how-dentsu-lab-tokyo-rewriting-the
“Sugano admits that working with musicians is different to commercial briefs but allows the agency to use technology in way that’s important and interesting for the agency overall.’The common aspect to both of these was the sense that they were a joint creation of works that involved collaboration between artist and creators and not just a simple commercial relationship. We at Dentsu Lab Tokyo are a team that researches and develops technologies and expressions through implementing actual production projects. While Björk and Brian Eno are artists with totally different personalities, they are both pursuing the aesthetic fusion of new technologies and expressions,’ he says.”
By Charlotte McEleny
Link: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/09/21/bj-rk-s-vr-brian-eno-s-artificial-intelligence-how-dentsu-lab-tokyo-rewriting-the
UGA Spotlight on the Arts
November 2-13
http://arts.uga.edu/spotlightuga2016/
ICE Conversation: Elizabeth Corr
Thursday, November 10 at Noon
ICE, Lamar Dodd building room S160
Elizabeth Corr, Art Partnerships Manager with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will share examples of projects that combine art, science, and environmental activism. Sponsored by Watershed UGA and ICE.
Elizabeth Corr works with artists, architects, and designers to heighten public awareness of and interest in the environmental issues that face today’s communities. She launched NRDC’s Artist-in-Residence program and is expanding support for NRDC’s art and climate-related projects, from such organizations as the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Public Concern Foundation, and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. Corr holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and gender studies and a master’s degree in African studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Arts + Environment Roundtable
Thursday, November 10 at 4 PM
Miller Learning Center Room 350
How Artists, Scientists, and Environmental Activists Can Work Together
A roundtable discussion featuring special guest Elizabeth Corr, Art Partnerships Manager with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Laurie Fowler, Watershed UGA, Chris Cuomo, Philosophy/Women’s Studies, Lizzie King, Ecology/Forestry, Nate Nibbelink, Center for Integrative Conservation Research (CICR), and moderated by Mark Callahan, ICE. Sponsored by Watershed UGA and ICE. Winners of the “Daylighting the Watersheds” Design Competition will also be announced.
Driftmier Woods Happening
Friday, November 11 at 11 AM
Driftmier Woods
A site-specific performance featuring sound and movement in Driftmier Woods, a small area of old-growth forest on campus adjacent to Driftmier Engineering Center.
ICE Conversation: Stephen Wood
Friday, November 11 at 1 PM
ICE, Lamar Dodd building room S160
Stephen Wood is a composer, educator, and performer who travels the United States in search of inspiration from our country’s wildest places. He has served as Composer-in-Residence for Cumberland Island National Seashore, the Okefenokee N.W.R., the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Red River Gorge Geological Area, and participated in Denali N.P.’s monumental Composing in the Wilderness Field Seminar. Wood received his B.A. in Composition from The Ohio State University and his M.M. in Jazz Studies from Georgia State University.
“In 1935, Marcel Duchamp set up a booth at the Concours Lépine, a French fair for inventors promoting their latest gadgets that still occurs to this day. In between a stand of instant vegetable choppers and another of trash compactors, the Surrealist debuted a series of objects merging his interests in science and art: his Rotoreliefs, decorated discs made to spin on a turntable as optical entertainment.”
By Claire Voon
Link: http://hyperallergic.com/323582/duchamps-spinning-optical-experiments/
ICE Open House
Friday, October 7 from 6-8 PM
Lamar Dodd Building Room S160
Stop by the ICE studio and meet the new recipients of Graduate Assistantships in Interdisciplinary Arts Research, Carla Cao (Music), Matt Flores (Art), and Rebecca Jackson (Theatre and Film Studies). This event coincides with the Lamar Dodd School of Art “Art Party Extravaganza!” and will feature a collaborative installation by the ICE Grads.
Daylighting the Watersheds UGA Design Competition
Deadline: October 14
Two $1,000 prizes
Download application: http://watershed.uga.edu/daylighting.pdf
http://watershed.uga.edu
Student teams are invited to participate in the Daylighting the Watersheds design competition to raise awareness about streams that flow through the UGA campus and to support the mission of Watershed UGA by creating a community ethic for the restoration of campus streams. Two projects will be selected to receive prizes of $1,000 each.
Each proposal should feature designs for a project to be installed in one of the following locations:
Tanyard Creek Watershed Site adjacent to Tate Center and Bolton Dining Commons near the intersection of Baxter Street and S. Lumpkin Street
Lilly Branch Watershed Site adjacent to Joe Frank Harris Commons and the Lamar Dodd School of Art near Carlton Street and River Road
Selection criteria:
Merit project raises awareness about campus watersheds
Innovation project features new ideas
Feasibility proposal materials consider costs, sustainability, and campus standards
Collaboration proposal materials reflect teamwork and interdisciplinary activity
Presentation proposal materials communicate effectively
Each project team must include at least two UGA students. Watershed UGA encourages teams with participants from more than one discipline or academic department, including students, faculty, staff, and members of the community. Multiple applications are permitted.
Since the founding of UGA in 1785, many natural features of campus watersheds have been steadily altered and relegated to obscurity. Tanyard Creek and Lilly Branch, both tributaries of the North Oconee River, are the most prominent streams that run through campus. Daylighting the Watersheds offers an opportunity to explore the history and significance of two streams that were once part of the daily lives of students, but now lack visibility and recreational benefit.
Watershed UGA facilitates the use of our campus as a living laboratory to advance sustainability and environmental stewardship through teaching, research, service, and university operations. The Daylighting the Watersheds design competition is generously supported by a grant from the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.
