Jacob Melvin, a technical director at DreamWorks Animation where he has worked on animation projects such as “Kung Fu Panda” and “How to Train Your Dragon,” was one of the featured speakers during the DigitalCUrrents summer technology program at ATLAS. DigitalCUrrents, a three-week summer intensive, teaches high school students the use of various technologies that combine art, math and …
Digital CUrrents gets grant
The Digital CUrrents program, which is a three-week summer workshop for Denver high school and middle school students who are largely from underrepresented minority groups, has been awarded an $8,000 grant from the CU Office for University Outreach for use in the summer of 2012. Digital CUrrents students come to ATLAS and learn various aspects of digital technologies, then …
Jer Thorp Combines Data with Artistic Infographics
Jer Thorp, the co-founder of the Office for Creative Research and an adjunct professor at New York University’s ITP program, talked about how to make data more useful and artistic during an ATLAS Speaker Series talk in February 2014. His presentation, entitled Making Dada Beautifully Meaningful, included talking about visualization, information design and opportunities to make data more useful, meaningful …
Nano Twin Mixes Technologies Old and New in Multimedia Performance
Nano Twin produced a colorful, visually oriented experience with sound using cathode ray tube televisions and other technologies in a multimedia performance in the ATLAS Black Box in February 2014. The four-piece Colorado group wove auditory improvisations with technical-informational spoken word compositions. The performance included technologies from the past several decades, including a record player, televisions and something not usually …
Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Performance a Metaphor for Genetics
Boulder’s Aerial Dance company performed a new interactive aerial dance and video performance, entitled “Mapping,” in the ATLAS Black Box theater on July 27 as part of the 2013 Aerial Dance Festival. Inspired by socio-political issues surrounding genetic mapping, the production incorporated interactive computer graphics that simulated the flow of liquids. The computer-generated graphics, projected wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling in the …
Vintage computer and video game console sounds drive video performance
Phillip Stearns, an electronics media artist based in Brooklyn, NY, performed his piece “Protochiptune” in the ATLAS Black Box theater after a concert by the Bowed Piano Ensemble on November 11, 2013. He used a “breadboard instrument” that produced sounds of vintage computers and video game consoles while simultaneously producing video from the same signal. The video consisted of rich, …
Black Box Panorama
a series of panos from the ATLAS Center for Media, Arts and Performance – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA
Randi Zuckerberg Talks About her Silicon Valley Journey
Randi Zuckerberg talked about her personal journey through Silicon Valley, including her experience during the early days of Facebook, and her adventures creating her own new media company, Zuckerberg Media, at an ATLAS Speaker Series event. Zuckerberg, who is the sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, also talked about how technology shaped her career and how it is influencing every …
Jiffer Harriman Combines Technology with New Musical Instruments
Jiffer Harriman, an ATLAS PhD student whose research interests combine music and technology, talks about his work during an ATLAS Advisory Board meeting. Harriman is interested in creating new physical and digital interactions and interfaces that expand the languages of music and the arts. His research aims to broaden access to the electronic and digital tools of interaction design with …
ICTD Master’s Practicum Project Presentations, Fall 2013
Graduate students in the ATLAS Master of Science in Information and Communication Technology for Development (MS-ICTD) program presented the work they’ve accomplished during their practicum semester on Nov. 20, 2013. A video of their presentations is on the ATLAS YouTube channel here. Matt Hulse worked as a researcher in the World Bank headquarters, Washington D.C. As part of the International …