Dear ATS Community
Please make note of these three upcoming lectures in ATS - two are this week.
Christopher and Jacob are both speaking in conjunction with their final reviews for tenure so it is a chance for students to learn more about their work and to show support for their mentorship. We are also hosting distinguished scholar and curator, Oliver Botar, who will speak about Moholy-Nagy’s work in advance of the retrospective opening next weekend at AIC.
Christopher Baker, Assistant Professor, Art & Technology Studies
Overhead, an artist talk presented as part of his Final Contract Review toward Tenure
Wednesday, September 28, 4:30 pm MacLean 1307
Baker will discuss his current and past research, including a emerging body of work that examines the incalculable quantity of images we create and the machines we employ to watch them. Q&A to follow.
Christopher Baker is a Chicago-based artist, engineer and educator whose work engages the rich collection of social, technological and ideological networks present in the urban landscape. Currently, his collaborative research practice integrates computational photography, robotics, satellite chasing and handwriting on a city scale. Baker’s work has been exhibited and reviewed internationally and is part of the permanent collection at the Saatchi Gallery in London. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Art and Technology Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he was recently named Full-Time faculty of the Year.
Oliver Botar, Visiting Distinguished Scholar
Thursday September 29th, 4:15 ATS Flex Space (400)
ATS will host a lecture by distinguished scholar Oliver Botar on Moholy-Nagy’s work and Art & Technology. The lecture will take place in the ATS Flex Space and comes in advance of the opening of the exhibition Moholy-Nagy: Future Present at the AIC on October 2. Botar is one of the world’s leading specialists on Moholy’s œuvre. See his bio here: https://docs.google.com/a/artic.edu/document/d/1DVIl9H0bIHBhMsDS0f3TK7Zy8EhinK4pjeIDOFr0g9I/edit?usp=sharing
Jacob Tonski, Assistant Professor, Art & Technology Studies
Striking Balance, an artist talk presented as part of his Final Contract Review toward Tenure
Wed, Oct 5, 4:30pm, MacLean 1307
Tonski will share the concepts, creation, challenges and results of creative research around a theme of dynamic balance. This body of time based work includes video and kinetic sculpture. Q&A to follow.
Jacob Tonski received an Ars Electronica 2014 Award of Distinction, was awarded a 2013 Sustainable Arts Foundation grant and was a 2010 fellow at the Carnegie Mellon University Studio for Creative Inquiry. He has spoken at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft and The School for Poetic Computation, and previously worked as a Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios. Recent exhibitions include The 2015 Biennial of Numeric Arts in Paris, France, and the 2014 Triennial of New Media Art in Beijing, China.