Immersive Media + Arts for All Showcase
Immersive Media + Arts for All Showcase
The Immersive Media + Arts for All Showcase is a weeklong event produced and presented by the University of Maryland’s Immersive Media Design (IMD) program, the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences and the campuswide Arts for All initiative.
Through installations, performances and talks, we will demonstrate the ways that immersive media can bring the arts into dialogue with cutting-edge digital technology to transform public spaces and further social good.
EVENT SCHEDULE
DOUBLE EYE STUDIOS: FINDING PANDORA X, PERFORMANCE AND WORKSHOP
April 2 and April 3, 11AM–6PM | Brendan Iribe Center and AV Williams Building
Join Double Eye Studios for two days of intensive workshops on the core elements of creating live performance within a virtual environment. Participants will experience hands-on (and headset-on) performances of the award-winning, virtual reality theater piece Finding Pandora X, starring IMD Lecturer Jonathan David Martin. Each performance will be followed by a workshop where participants can learn about various aspects of creating theater in virtual reality.
Participation limited, registration required, here. Please contact Jonathan David Martin at martinjd@umd.edu for more information.
PANEL DISCUSSION: "MORE THAN ENTERTAINMENT: A CONVERSATION ON THE POWER AND POTENTIAL OF IMMERSIVE MEDIA TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT"
April 5, 11AM–12:30PM | Zoom & Prince George’s Room, Stamp Union, 1st Floor
Join us for a panel discussion with leading immersive media artists from the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region as they consider the possibilities and challenges of addressing social justice through emerging technology. Our panelists will provide an in depth look at how creative work can join with technology to make a social impact, explore how they approach using emerging technology in their art and discuss how they involve communities as co-creators and partners.
IMMERSIVE MEDIA PROJECTS
April 5-8 | Brendan Iribe Center, AV Williams Building and The Herman Maril Gallery
Immerse into interactive media projects created by students, other members of the University of Maryland community and guest artists.
BRENDAN IRIBE CENTER, ROOM 0110
Viewing hours: April 5 & 6, 12-3PM; April 7, 12-5PM; April 8, 12-3PM
Guest Artist Work:
- The Key by Celine Tricart
- A 15 minute, interactive virtual reality experience that takes participants on a journey through dreams (Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Immersive Work—Venice Film Festival; Storyscapes Award for Best VR—Tribeca Film Festival).
Student Projects:
- Spencer Chan, “Twiirl”: a cross-platform music synthesizer controlled by a Nintendo Wii remote.
- Matthew Hawkins and Brayan Pinto, “Left Behind”: a 3D VR experience with elements of horror, thriller and curious narrative.
- Lynn Nguyen, “Beginning - Ending”: A life cycle from birth to death of a human who sleeps in a rib cage and passes away in a coffin, captured and visualized via crystalized memory panels and augmented reality.
- Brayan Pinto, Manuela Fantcho, Caroline Dinh, “Pixel Party”: an immersive video piece that plays with the ideas of time, space and perception.
AV WILLIAMS BUILDING, ROOM 3258
Viewing hours: April 5-8, 12-3PM
Student Projects:
- Julia Cates, “Feminine Anger”: An exploration of feminine energy surrounding the core emotion, anger.
- Ray Fields, Sharon Fields, "Elektronica": combines found acoustic sounds and visual images.
- Marilyn (Mari) Ortega, Danika Perez, Jason Alexander Fotso-Puepi, “Corruptoartistry”: addresses the controversy of intellectual ownership over digital products, particularly focusing on NFT’s (non-fungible tokens) and how it has begun to obscure the true value of art.
- AJ Rudd, Jason Alexander Fotso-Puepi, Connor Harzog, Mari Ortega, Justin Pratama, and AJ Kaladi, “Spray AR”: an exploration of graffiti in an augmented space.
- Aishwarya Tare, “Sincerely, Ecocriticism”: Find out what sending postcards to a loved one and confronting unsustainable behaviors and mindsets have in common.
- Jade Hull, “inappropriate fashion”: explores the societal pressures of how one expresses and presents themselves through clothing.
- Emily Pan, Lei Danielle Escobal, Casey Taira, “Making Space”: inspired by the rise of AAPI Identity celebration in response to the rise of Asian American hate that has occurred over the past year and more, the piece aims to bring together various Asian American UMD artists of different fields into one collaborative art piece.
THE HERMAN MARIL GALLERY
Viewing hours: April 5-8, 12-3PM
Student Project:
- Sean Prestion “Starlight Symphony?”: come and use melodies and rhythms in the creation of an image.
AUGMENTED REALITY PIECES
February 9–April 6 | Stamp Gallery
The Stamp Gallery is presenting two augmented reality pieces by micha cárdenas, “Sin Sol / No Sun” and “Redshift and Portalmetal,” as part of their exhibit, alternate universe: visualizing queer futurism.
April 6, 1PM: Artist talk with micha cárdenas, director of the UCSC Critical Realities Lab.
KEYNOTE BY GABO ARORA
April 7, 4PM reception and presentation of work; 5:15PM keynote
Reception in Iribe Building Lab 0110, with keynote in Iribe Antonov Auditorium
Our keynote speaker is Gabo Arora of Johns Hopkins University’s Interactive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies program. An award-winning virtual reality documentarian and founder of the United Nations division for virtual and augmented reality initiatives, Arora is widely recognized as a pioneer of new documentary formats. His work can be found as part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and has been described as “game changing,” “powerful, moving and without precedent” and “transcending all the typical barriers of rectangular cinema.” He has designed and led campaigns for the United Nations, UNICEF, the Shoah Foundation and the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Arora served as the UN’s first Creative Director; a Davos World Economic Forum Arts and Culture Leader; a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and he is the Founding Director of a new lab and academic department dedicated to Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies at Johns Hopkins University.
INTERACTIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE WITH BILL MANARIS
"Computers, Music, and Art – the Algorithm is the Medium"
April 8, 1–2:30PM | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Leah Smith Hall
Come hear how Bill Manaris, Director of Computing in the Arts at the College of Charleston, and his students create interactive music and art through new technologies. This talk will present research in the intersection of computer science (including artificial intelligence, big data and human computer interaction) with computer music and art. Manaris and his students explore interaction design, modeling of aesthetics and creativity, sound spatialization and telematics. They design systems for computer-aided analysis, composition and performance in music and art. They will discuss existing projects and pieces created using new technologies (including one being prepared for the Music Library of Greece), as well as an explanation of work with the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts to promote the Algorithmic Arts, in general, and Computers in the Arts (CITA) educational programs, in particular.
Student Speakers - College of Charleston:
Annie Forgette, Computing in the Arts / Computer Science / Honors
Meghan Gillikin, Computing in the Arts / Studio Art
Sammi Ramsden, Computing in the Arts, Music / Honors
Nick Moore, Computing in the Arts, Music
ImmerSphere AR App Launch (UMD Edition!)
On Friday, April 8th, to close out the Showcase, download the Immersphere AR app to check out UMD performances as you’ve never seen them before.
Over the course of the Immersive Media + Arts For All Showcase, ImmerSphere, is recording UMD musicians and placing them in augmented reality environments around campus recorded by Immersive Media Design faculty, staff, and students.
Download the Immersphere App on your mobile device from the Apple App Store and Google Play, put on a pair of headphones, and check it out!
The Immersive Media + Arts for All Showcase is a weeklong event produced and presented by the University of Maryland’s Immersive Media Design (IMD) program, the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences and the campuswide Arts for All initiative.
Through installations, performances and talks, we will demonstrate the ways that immersive media can bring the arts into dialogue with cutting-edge digital technology to transform public spaces and further social good.
EVENT SCHEDULE
DOUBLE EYE STUDIOS: FINDING PANDORA X, PERFORMANCE AND WORKSHOP
April 2 and April 3, 11AM–6PM | Brendan Iribe Center and AV Williams Building
Join Double Eye Studios for two days of intensive workshops on the core elements of creating live performance within a virtual environment. Participants will experience hands-on (and headset-on) performances of the award-winning, virtual reality theater piece Finding Pandora X, starring IMD Lecturer Jonathan David Martin. Each performance will be followed by a workshop where participants can learn about various aspects of creating theater in virtual reality.
Participation limited, registration required, here. Please contact Jonathan David Martin at martinjd@umd.edu for more information.
PANEL DISCUSSION: "MORE THAN ENTERTAINMENT: A CONVERSATION ON THE POWER AND POTENTIAL OF IMMERSIVE MEDIA TO CREATE POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT"
April 5, 11AM–12:30PM | Zoom & Prince George’s Room, Stamp Union, 1st Floor
Join us for a panel discussion with leading immersive media artists from the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore region as they consider the possibilities and challenges of addressing social justice through emerging technology. Our panelists will provide an in depth look at how creative work can join with technology to make a social impact, explore how they approach using emerging technology in their art and discuss how they involve communities as co-creators and partners.
IMMERSIVE MEDIA PROJECTS
April 5-8 | Brendan Iribe Center, AV Williams Building and The Herman Maril Gallery
Immerse into interactive media projects created by students, other members of the University of Maryland community and guest artists.
BRENDAN IRIBE CENTER, ROOM 0110
Viewing hours: April 5 & 6, 12-3PM; April 7, 12-5PM; April 8, 12-3PM
Guest Artist Work:
- The Key by Celine Tricart
- A 15 minute, interactive virtual reality experience that takes participants on a journey through dreams (Grand Jury Prize for Best VR Immersive Work—Venice Film Festival; Storyscapes Award for Best VR—Tribeca Film Festival).
Student Projects:
- Spencer Chan, “Twiirl”: a cross-platform music synthesizer controlled by a Nintendo Wii remote.
- Matthew Hawkins and Brayan Pinto, “Left Behind”: a 3D VR experience with elements of horror, thriller and curious narrative.
- Lynn Nguyen, “Beginning - Ending”: A life cycle from birth to death of a human who sleeps in a rib cage and passes away in a coffin, captured and visualized via crystalized memory panels and augmented reality.
- Brayan Pinto, Manuela Fantcho, Caroline Dinh, “Pixel Party”: an immersive video piece that plays with the ideas of time, space and perception.
AV WILLIAMS BUILDING, ROOM 3258
Viewing hours: April 5-8, 12-3PM
Student Projects:
- Julia Cates, “Feminine Anger”: An exploration of feminine energy surrounding the core emotion, anger.
- Ray Fields, Sharon Fields, "Elektronica": combines found acoustic sounds and visual images.
- Marilyn (Mari) Ortega, Danika Perez, Jason Alexander Fotso-Puepi, “Corruptoartistry”: addresses the controversy of intellectual ownership over digital products, particularly focusing on NFT’s (non-fungible tokens) and how it has begun to obscure the true value of art.
- AJ Rudd, Jason Alexander Fotso-Puepi, Connor Harzog, Mari Ortega, Justin Pratama, and AJ Kaladi, “Spray AR”: an exploration of graffiti in an augmented space.
- Aishwarya Tare, “Sincerely, Ecocriticism”: Find out what sending postcards to a loved one and confronting unsustainable behaviors and mindsets have in common.
- Jade Hull, “inappropriate fashion”: explores the societal pressures of how one expresses and presents themselves through clothing.
- Emily Pan, Lei Danielle Escobal, Casey Taira, “Making Space”: inspired by the rise of AAPI Identity celebration in response to the rise of Asian American hate that has occurred over the past year and more, the piece aims to bring together various Asian American UMD artists of different fields into one collaborative art piece.
THE HERMAN MARIL GALLERY
Viewing hours: April 5-8, 12-3PM
Student Project:
- Sean Prestion “Starlight Symphony?”: come and use melodies and rhythms in the creation of an image.
AUGMENTED REALITY PIECES
February 9–April 6 | Stamp Gallery
The Stamp Gallery is presenting two augmented reality pieces by micha cárdenas, “Sin Sol / No Sun” and “Redshift and Portalmetal,” as part of their exhibit, alternate universe: visualizing queer futurism.
April 6, 1PM: Artist talk with micha cárdenas, director of the UCSC Critical Realities Lab.
KEYNOTE BY GABO ARORA
April 7, 4PM reception and presentation of work; 5:15PM keynote
Reception in Iribe Building Lab 0110, with keynote in Iribe Antonov Auditorium
Our keynote speaker is Gabo Arora of Johns Hopkins University’s Interactive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies program. An award-winning virtual reality documentarian and founder of the United Nations division for virtual and augmented reality initiatives, Arora is widely recognized as a pioneer of new documentary formats. His work can be found as part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and has been described as “game changing,” “powerful, moving and without precedent” and “transcending all the typical barriers of rectangular cinema.” He has designed and led campaigns for the United Nations, UNICEF, the Shoah Foundation and the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Arora served as the UN’s first Creative Director; a Davos World Economic Forum Arts and Culture Leader; a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; and he is the Founding Director of a new lab and academic department dedicated to Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies at Johns Hopkins University.
INTERACTIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE WITH BILL MANARIS
"Computers, Music, and Art – the Algorithm is the Medium"
April 8, 1–2:30PM | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Leah Smith Hall
Come hear how Bill Manaris, Director of Computing in the Arts at the College of Charleston, and his students create interactive music and art through new technologies. This talk will present research in the intersection of computer science (including artificial intelligence, big data and human computer interaction) with computer music and art. Manaris and his students explore interaction design, modeling of aesthetics and creativity, sound spatialization and telematics. They design systems for computer-aided analysis, composition and performance in music and art. They will discuss existing projects and pieces created using new technologies (including one being prepared for the Music Library of Greece), as well as an explanation of work with the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts to promote the Algorithmic Arts, in general, and Computers in the Arts (CITA) educational programs, in particular.
Student Speakers - College of Charleston:
Annie Forgette, Computing in the Arts / Computer Science / Honors
Meghan Gillikin, Computing in the Arts / Studio Art
Sammi Ramsden, Computing in the Arts, Music / Honors
Nick Moore, Computing in the Arts, Music
ImmerSphere AR App Launch (UMD Edition!)
On Friday, April 8th, to close out the Showcase, download the Immersphere AR app to check out UMD performances as you’ve never seen them before.
Over the course of the Immersive Media + Arts For All Showcase, ImmerSphere, is recording UMD musicians and placing them in augmented reality environments around campus recorded by Immersive Media Design faculty, staff, and students.
Download the Immersphere App on your mobile device from the Apple App Store and Google Play, put on a pair of headphones, and check it out!