In|Formation Year - Interplay
Site: University of Southern California (USC) (Los Angeles, CA)
Artist Laurie Anderson | Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio
Saturday, October 21, 2006
7 PM PDT, Norris Theater, University of Southern California
Laurie Anderson will present an audio-visual lecture exploring the intersections of art, science and creativity. One of the permier performance artists in the world, Ms. Anderson has consistently intrigued,entertained and challenged audiences with her multimedia persentations. Following her presentation, Ms. Anderson will be joined in conversation by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and a leading researcher of cognition, emotions, and neural systems.
The programming for Interplay will comprise the following components:
- A public lecture focused on issues of the interplay of art, technology and science featuring Laurie Anderson, followed by a conversation with Antonio Damasio (only the conversation will be simulcast and archived on the HASTAC website)
- A series of four weekend-long celebrations that will further explore the art/technology interface
- A motion-capture dance performance featuring USC theater students working with Mark Morris
- Several post-doctoral and visiting faculty fellowships
Interplay Partners:
- University of Southern California School of Cinema-TV
- Annenberg Center for Communication (ACC)
- Institute for Multimedia Literacy (IML)
- The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative
- Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC)
- Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
- Vectors
Public Lecture > October 2006
The USC events for 2006-2007 will focus on the topic “Interplay.” Our investigations are meant to explore the feelings of possibility and transformation that a variety of digital media invoke, from games to music to remix culture to the thriving social networks that so animate many electronic forms and devices. While we want to hold on to the sense of playfulness and utopian desire that digital culture so inspires, we aim to situate this hopeful mode within a larger understanding of the political, historical and cultural forces in which technological forms are always embedded. The year will kick off in October with a large public presentation by Laurie Anderson focusing on issues of the interplay between art, technology, and science. Long a technological innovator in her musical and multimedia performances, Miss Anderson was recently NASA's first artist in residence. Following her lecture, Anderson will be joined in conversation by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and a leading researcher of cognition, emotions, and neural systems. This conversation, moderated by Professor Anne Balsamo, will be simulcast at www.hastac.org/live (register to view).
Special Events & Weekend-long Series > 2006-2007 > Transformations: Art, Technology, Cognition, Perception
Other events during the year will expand this conversation and will focus on the intersection of art, creativity, and technology in a national and international frame.
- A linked series of weekend-long celebrations, Transformations: Art, Technology, Cognition, Perception, will further explore the art/technology interface and investigate four specific areas, including "Remixing the Archive" (11/4-5), "The Perception of Perception" (1/19-20), "Fiction Science" (3/3-4), and "Distributed Realities" (4/21-22). This series brings together many different manifestations of art and technology's mutual engagement, including installations, sound works, performances, net art, software art, new devices for cultural expression, conceptual work, immersive experiences, and social networking activities. Highlighted scholars and performers across the series include Stelarc, Joichi Ito, Lynn Hershman, Barbara Lattanzi, Timothy Drucker, Rick Prelinger, George Legrady, Norman Klein, and Kevin and Jennifer McCoy. A very special panel will bring together humans, intelligent agents, and various digital-organic hybrids in a lively discussion about the emergence of new technospecies, their rights and responsibilities. (Co-sponsor: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative)
Motion-capture Dance Performance > April 26-27, 2007
- A related event on April 26-27, 2007 at USC will be a motion-capture dance performance featuring USC theater students, directed by Margo Apostolos, with robots designed by Maja Mataric. Celebrated dancer and choreographer Mark Morris will be resident on campus helping to prepare the performance and conducting workshops and public dialogues with students. (Co-sponsor: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative)
Post-doctoral & Visiting Faculty Fellowships > 2006-2007
Finally, USC will also host a number of post-doctoral and visiting faculty fellows. Two of the post-docs will be housed in USC's Critical Studies Division in the School of Cinema-Television. Other fellows will be in residence at the Annenberg Center for Communication.
The USC events are made possible by the USC Arts and Humanities Initiative, the School of Cinema-Television, the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, and the Annenberg Center for Communication, among others.
Site: University of Southern California (USC) (Los Angeles, CA)
Artist Laurie Anderson | Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio
Saturday, October 21, 2006
7 PM PDT, Norris Theater, University of Southern California
Laurie Anderson will present an audio-visual lecture exploring the intersections of art, science and creativity. One of the permier performance artists in the world, Ms. Anderson has consistently intrigued,entertained and challenged audiences with her multimedia persentations. Following her presentation, Ms. Anderson will be joined in conversation by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and a leading researcher of cognition, emotions, and neural systems.
The programming for Interplay will comprise the following components:
- A public lecture focused on issues of the interplay of art, technology and science featuring Laurie Anderson, followed by a conversation with Antonio Damasio (only the conversation will be simulcast and archived on the HASTAC website)
- A series of four weekend-long celebrations that will further explore the art/technology interface
- A motion-capture dance performance featuring USC theater students working with Mark Morris
- Several post-doctoral and visiting faculty fellowships
Interplay Partners:
- University of Southern California School of Cinema-TV
- Annenberg Center for Communication (ACC)
- Institute for Multimedia Literacy (IML)
- The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative
- Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC)
- Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
- Vectors
Public Lecture > October 2006
The USC events for 2006-2007 will focus on the topic “Interplay.” Our investigations are meant to explore the feelings of possibility and transformation that a variety of digital media invoke, from games to music to remix culture to the thriving social networks that so animate many electronic forms and devices. While we want to hold on to the sense of playfulness and utopian desire that digital culture so inspires, we aim to situate this hopeful mode within a larger understanding of the political, historical and cultural forces in which technological forms are always embedded. The year will kick off in October with a large public presentation by Laurie Anderson focusing on issues of the interplay between art, technology, and science. Long a technological innovator in her musical and multimedia performances, Miss Anderson was recently NASA's first artist in residence. Following her lecture, Anderson will be joined in conversation by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio, director of the USC Brain and Creativity Institute and a leading researcher of cognition, emotions, and neural systems. This conversation, moderated by Professor Anne Balsamo, will be simulcast at www.hastac.org/live (register to view).
Special Events & Weekend-long Series > 2006-2007 > Transformations: Art, Technology, Cognition, Perception
Other events during the year will expand this conversation and will focus on the intersection of art, creativity, and technology in a national and international frame.
- A linked series of weekend-long celebrations, Transformations: Art, Technology, Cognition, Perception, will further explore the art/technology interface and investigate four specific areas, including "Remixing the Archive" (11/4-5), "The Perception of Perception" (1/19-20), "Fiction Science" (3/3-4), and "Distributed Realities" (4/21-22). This series brings together many different manifestations of art and technology's mutual engagement, including installations, sound works, performances, net art, software art, new devices for cultural expression, conceptual work, immersive experiences, and social networking activities. Highlighted scholars and performers across the series include Stelarc, Joichi Ito, Lynn Hershman, Barbara Lattanzi, Timothy Drucker, Rick Prelinger, George Legrady, Norman Klein, and Kevin and Jennifer McCoy. A very special panel will bring together humans, intelligent agents, and various digital-organic hybrids in a lively discussion about the emergence of new technospecies, their rights and responsibilities. (Co-sponsor: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative)
Motion-capture Dance Performance > April 26-27, 2007
- A related event on April 26-27, 2007 at USC will be a motion-capture dance performance featuring USC theater students, directed by Margo Apostolos, with robots designed by Maja Mataric. Celebrated dancer and choreographer Mark Morris will be resident on campus helping to prepare the performance and conducting workshops and public dialogues with students. (Co-sponsor: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative)
Post-doctoral & Visiting Faculty Fellowships > 2006-2007
Finally, USC will also host a number of post-doctoral and visiting faculty fellows. Two of the post-docs will be housed in USC's Critical Studies Division in the School of Cinema-Television. Other fellows will be in residence at the Annenberg Center for Communication.
The USC events are made possible by the USC Arts and Humanities Initiative, the School of Cinema-Television, the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, and the Annenberg Center for Communication, among others.
