http://sim.massart.edu/notices Studio for Interrelated Media Newswire en-us Tue, 01 May 2012 11:05:27 EST simwebdev@gmail.com (SIM Webmaster) http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4978
I gave student artists
freedom ---
another name for self
confidence ---
by convincing them
that it was up to them
to secure it for themselves,
by dissolving fear into love:
that, once decided,
possession would be secured
with time and energy
and will.
]]> nita.sturiale@massart.edu (Nita Sturiale) Tue, 01 May 2012 11:05:27 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4978 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4760
]]> nita.sturiale@massart.edu (Nita Sturiale) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:02:16 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4760 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4634 ]]> nita.sturiale@massart.edu (Nita Sturiale) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:08:34 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4634 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4536 This project is an effort to introduce leading-edge ideas in science to a general audience. It is particularly aimed at those who want real answers to serious questions that they have inquired about since childhood, and are often not addressed at home or at school.

Much of the reason that these answers aren’t available in primary and secondary classrooms is that some of the most intriguing and even astounding information has only been available within the last 25 years.

Subjects which traditionally have been thought of as largely abstract and unsuited for analysis such as music, love, life, sex, and death suddenly have new and profound meaning in light of late 20th and 21st century discoveries in evolutionary biology, brain science, and genetics. In short, we are undergoing a major revolution in the sciences, and it is having a large impact on our understanding of who we are and how we see ourselves and others.

The information for this project has been gathered from science writings, from my own informal research, from rigorous discussions with informed artists and scientists (especially my Nature and Inquiry colleagues), and from 20 years of teaching the Nature, Science, and Art college course on these general themes.

The contents of Curious are being posted in serial form. Over the next few months, I will add a new Chapter each week. When all of the Chapters have been posted (see Table of Contents), the project will be complete.

Visit the project: http://www.naturescienceart.wordpress.com


www.johnholland.ws
www.artscience.org
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Other artists include Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker, Nam June Paik, Bruce Nauman from the Pompidou collection with SAM's Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Apichatpong Weerasthakul, and Dinh Q. Le. ]]> dmoser@massart.edu (Dana Moser) Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:42:56 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4467 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4463
The internationally influential "TED Talks" has spawned independently produced versions ("TEDx") in a number of cities including Boston.
In this year's TEDx, Lewis performed as part of a presentation on creating an Art-Mobile called "SPARC" that will travel around Mission Hill and lower Roxbury neighborhoods as a community cultural resource.]]> dmoser@massart.edu (Dana Moser) Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:28:26 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4463 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4453
Marclay’s video installation has been called "an abundant, magnificent work" (The Financial Times) "relentless and compelling" (The Guardian) and "utterly transfixing" (The Huffington Post). “The Clock” will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston during the unveiling of the MFA’s Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art in September 2011.
Outgoing MassArt President Sloan referred to Marclay's work as "a testament to the interdisciplinary approach to art and design that is a hallmark of Massachusetts College of Art and Design."]]> dmoser@massart.edu (Dana Moser) Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:58:25 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4453 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4442
Heather Armstrong and Kim O'Toole (upper right, lower right) are passing management of the Godine Family Gallery over to the new team: Dyllan Nguyen, Stephanie Street and Luke Mannarino (upper left, lower left, middle).]]> dmoser@massart.edu (Dana Moser) Fri, 27 May 2011 17:33:34 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4442 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4271
There Will Be:
-Massive random color generator projection, "Quantum Foam" by Eventworks' Scott Hadley.
-'Gallery' section in the rear of Pozen displaying a sculptural collaboration between Ian Deleon and Corinna D'schoto, a melting ice cream sculpture by Dyllan Nguyen, and more.
-A Sit Down Show with performances and videos by: Ami Mills, Danielle Freiman, Puppy, Kelsey Jarboe, Alex Black, Brendan Antonelli, Julie Chen, Dyllan Nguyen, Jessica Lynch, and Geena Matuson.
- All three squash courts with installation, video, and performance by: Kerri Coburn and Alex Kennedy, DeWitt Paterson, Micah Danemayer, Patrick Chaney, and Joe Mygan.
-An array of works by the SIM 2-D artists: Heather Armstrong, Kim O'toole, Chief Kuwahara,

AND MORE

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=186825711362702]]> nita.sturiale@massart.edu (Nita Sturiale) Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:50:26 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/4271 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/3727
Check out: http://eventworkssim.blogspot.com/]]> dmoser@massart.edu (Dana Moser) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:27:58 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/3727 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/3721
John and WSDG have provided design, construction and consulting services for professional audio/video facilities, multi-media presentation rooms, residential home theaters, performance and entertainment spaces, houses of worship, industrial acoustical applications, transportation facilities and sports venues for over 40 years, since the 1969 completion of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

John completed his architectural studies at Princeton and Columbia Universities. As an independent designer and principal designer of WSDG he has been responsible for over 2500 world-class audio video production facilities, including studios, radio stations, video suites, entertainment clubs and theaters. His work includes private studios for Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, Ace Frehley, Russ Freeman, Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, as well as educational and performance facilities, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City.

He is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Audio Engineering Society (AES) and a frequent contributor to AES convention papers and professional industry periodicals. John is a frequent lecturer at schools throughout the nation. He has established courses in acoustics at Full Sail and Ex'pression College for Digital Arts. He is an adjunct professor of Acoustics and Studio Design at Berklee College of Music, University of Colorado Denver and Stevens Institute of Technology.

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Margaret S. Livingstone, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School - http://neuro.med.harvard.edu/faculty/livingstone.html

Margaret will discuss:
What Art can tell us about the Brain
Artists have been doing experiments on vision longer than neurobiologists. Some major works of art have provided insights as to how we see; some of these insights are so fundamental that they can be understood in terms of the underlying neurobiology. For example, artists have long realized that color and luminance can play independent roles in visual perception. Picasso said, "Colors are only symbols. Reality is to be found in luminance alone." This observation has a parallel in the functional subdivision of our visual systems, where color and luminance are processed by the newer, primate-specific What system, and the older, colorblind, Where (or How) system. Many techniques developed over the centuries by artists can be understood in terms of the parallel organization of our visual systems. I will explore how the segregation of color and luminance processing are the basis for why some Impressionist paintings seem to shimmer, why some op art paintings seem to move, some principles of Matisse's use of color, and how the Impressionists painted "air". Central and peripheral vision are distinct, and I will show how the differences in resolution across our visual field make the Mona Lisa's smile elusive, and produce a dynamic illusion in Pointillist paintings, Chuck Close paintings, and photomosaics. I will explore how artists have intuited important features about how our brains extract relevant information about faces and objects, and I will discuss why learning disabilities may be associated with artistic talent.]]> nita.sturiale@massart.edu (Nita Sturiale) Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:53:06 EST http://sim.massart.edu/notice/3721 http://sim.massart.edu/notice/3556 go to http://www.prx.org/pieces/45538-humankind-tucker-stilley-managing-pain to listen to show.

Tucker is still making art and inspiring everyone around him. See more of his work at http://newjackrasputin.blogspot.com/ and http://www.tuckerstilley.com/ and join his community at http://thepermanentrecord.ning.com/

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