As you might know, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Art and Technology Department. It is exciting news that we are announcing our programmed events to commemorate this half a century occasion! The Big party will be on April 12! Guests are welcomed.! If you have guests who are not part of the SAIC community, you will need to sign them in!
Art and Technology Studies ✷ 50th Anniversary
Programmed Events:
April 6, 2019 Saturday 8PM - April 7, 2019 Sunday 10PM - 24 hr Art Hackathon
Coordinators: Doug Rosman and Mara Iskander
Registration and website: http://hacksaic.art
Location: MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Ave., Ballroom
April 11, 2019 (Thursday) - Space Art Symposium 4:15-5:30PM
Panel Speakers:
Annick Bureaud, Art Critic/Director of Leonardo OLATS
Eduardo Kac, Professor and Chair of Art and Technology Studies
Xin Liu, Arts Curator for the Space Exploration Initiative at MIT
Moderator: Mark SubbaRao, Dir Space Vis Lab, Adler Planetarium
Location: Sharp, 37 S. Wabash Ave., The LeRoy Neiman Center
RSVP:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/space-art-symposium-tickets-59532795193
April 12, 2019 (Friday) - ATS FEST: A Celebration of 50 years of Experimentation
MacLean Building 112 S. Michigan Ave., 4:30-8:00PM
Location: 112 S. Michigan Ave., ATS facilities on the 4th floor and basement.
Food and drinks will be served.
- Wearable performances and real-time interactive events organized and curated by Lee Blalock
Location: 4th Floor
- Opening reception to “Future Conditions”
The world has changed since 1969. In the fifty years since the inception of Art and Technology Studies, networked technologies have become ubiquitous—mediating nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Future Conditions explores the societal and environmental impact of these networks, framing them within more expansive technological and ecological systems. Speculating new ways of cohabitating with nonhuman species, whether biological or technological, the exhibition also illustrates the self-reflexive nature of cultural production. Featuring artworks by current students and recent alumni, including Minsun Cho, Ziv Ze’ev Cohen, Gloria Duon, Austin Gladney, Addison Leon, Xinyi Li, Chloe Yu-Nong Lin, Patrick O’Shea, Alan Perry, Zhong Ren, Doug Rosman, Rui Sha, Santiago X, and Chun Zeng.
With additional opening-night contributions by Ethan Proia, Raphael Rivas, Ben Schoenekase, Snow Xu, and Jason Zhao.
Curators by Duncan Bass and Madison Young
Location: ATS Flex Space, Rm 400, Exhibition April 12 - May 4
“Future Conditions Popup Exhibition”, Locations: RM 402. 414 | April12
Ben Schoenekase, Doug Rosman, Jason Zhao, Ethan Proia, Snow Xu, Rafael Rivas, Jakyung Lee, Maria Hernandez Tort , Soffiah Decena
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Art Hackathon Display
Selected works produced from the April 6-7 ATS Art Hackathon, Hosted by Doug Rosman and Mara Iskander
Location: 432 -
Learn to bend hot glass in 20 min, hosted by ATS faculty Greg Mowery
Location: Basement, Light Lab, Rm B1-16, 5:30-7PM
- Learn to solder in 15 min, build a Day of the Geek badge, hosted by ATS faculty Ziv Cohen and Jenna Boyles
Location: Basement, Kinetics Lab, Rm B0-07, 5:30-7PM
- Experiment with Olfactory Art in 20 min, hosted by ATS faculty Tedd Neenan
Location: Basement, Bio Art Lab, Rm B1-19, 5:30-7PM
April 30, 2019 (Tuesday) - Artist Talk: Tamiko Thiel
4:30-5:30PM
Location: MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Ave., ATS Black box Rm 402
Olfactory Art Exhibition
May 10, 2019 - June 11, 2019
Opening Reception May 10, 2019. 4:30-5:30PM
Location: MacLean Building, 112 S. Michigan Ave., ATS Flex Space, Rm 400
Sept 5 - Sept 9 2019 - Ars Electronica 2019
ATS Graduate Exhibition at Ars Electronica 2019, Linz, Austria
Curator Duncan Bass
