Speculative Data and the Creative Imaginary:
Shared Visions between Art and Technology
June 4 - August 24, 2007
National Academy of Sciences Rotunda Gallery
2100 C Street N.W., Washington D.C.
Curator: Pamela Jennings
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Opening Event: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Exhibition Viewing 6:00-8:00 PM
Performance and ACM Creativity and Cognition Opening Panel 8:00 - 9:00 PM
Performance by Roger Dannenberg
Panel Discussion "Bridging Art and Science with Creativity Support Tools"
with Rita Colwell (University of Maryland), Sara Diamond (Ontario College
of Art and Design), Paul Greenhalgh (Corcoran Gallery of Art), and Dr.
William Wulf (National Academy of Engineering)
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Complementing the ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference themes:
cultivating creative minds; sustaining creative communities; and promoting
creative engagement, the works in this exhibition illustrate the breadth of
creative digital media that impact interdisciplinary practices across the
arts, science and technology research. This exhibition features interactive
computer installations, large format digital prints, and wearable
technology, representing a confluence of technology research and creativity
that include the visual arts, design, architecture, performance, science,
technology and engineering. The exhibited works share a common trajectory of
exploring speculative inquiries, imaginary scenarios and real-time
phenomenon from outer space to cyberspace; multi-dimensional space to urban
space; public space to virtually embodied space; ecological space to social
space.
This exhibition is dedicated to outgoing National Academy of Engineering
President William A. Wulf, in recognition of his many years of support for
the arts program at the National Academies in Washington D.C. Contributors
to this exhibition include: Nell Breyer, Sheldon Brown, Donna Cox, Roger
Dannenberg (opening night), Ernest Edmonds, Tiffany Holmes, Pamela Jennings,
Greg Judelman and Maria Lantin, George Legrady, Marcos Novak, Sabrina Raaf,
Bill Seaman, Thecla Schiphorst, Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau, and
Martin Wattenberg.
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Special Presentation Event at the National Academy of Sciences Gallery
Auditorium Thursday, July 12, 2007
Film Screening of "Robert Rauschenberg's - Open Score" with special
Introduction by producer Julie Martin
Reception: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Film Screening: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
In 1966, 10 New York artists worked with 30 engineers and scientists from
the Bell Telephone Laboratories to create groundbreaking performances that
incorporated new technology. They used video projection, wireless sound
transmission, and Doppler sonar -- technologies that are commonplace today
but that had never been seen in the art of the 1960s. Julie Martin, producer
of the "9 Evenings" DVD series, will discuss the film series as well as the
1966 event that was the first large-scale collaboration between artists,
engineers, and scientists. Open Score is co-produced by E.A.T. and ARTPIX
and distributed by Microcinema International.
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For more information about the 2007 ACM Creativity and Cognition Conference:
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007
For more information about the exhibition and catalog:
http://www.nationalacademies.org/arts/Speculative_Data_and_the_Creative_Imag
inary.html
Press Contact: Alana Quinn, Outreach Manager, Office of Exhibitions and
Cultural Programs, National Academy of Sciences (202)-334-2415
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