{"623360":{"#nid":"623360","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Creative Collisions Project Recognized With Festival Appearance, Design Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn IPaT-sponsored project combining art and technology is one of four Georgia Tech projects selected to appear next month at a festival in Washington, D.C. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/acceleratefestival.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival\u003C\/a\u003E, October 13-15 at the National Museum of American History, celebrates creativity and innovation with a focus on science, engineering, art, and design.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe festival features performances, conversational talks, and nearly 50 interactive installations from 15 ACC schools.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/accelerate-festival-smithsonian-features-four-georgia-tech-projects\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech will send four projects\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;created by students, faculty, and researchers, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/news\/when-art-and-technology-collide\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECreative Collisions\u003C\/a\u003E. The project is a collaboration between Georgia Tech Research Scientists Laura Levy, Clint Zeagler, and Scott Gilliland and Los Angeles-based performance artist Katherine Helen Fisher. Last fall, the group facilitated a series of workshops to discuss how artists and technologists can work together; they also created an interactive garment. \u0026ldquo;Le Monstre\u0026rdquo; is a fun, \u0026ldquo;Fraggle Rock\u0026rdquo; type of creation that includes sensors and accelerometers and encourages audience participation. Fisher wore the garment in her performance piece\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECharacters\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;last March at the Ferst Center for the Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team behind Creative Collisions also recently won a design award at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), September 11-15 in Maui, Hawaii. Their paper, Le Monstre: An Interactive Participatory Performance Costume won the Best Design Exhibition Award in the Aesthetics category. ISWC, held in conjunction with the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ubicomp.org\/ubicomp2017\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EUbicomp 2017 conference\u003C\/a\u003E, brings together researchers, fashion designers, product vendors and other related professionals to share information and advances in wearable computing. This year,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/596144\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe conference accepted 11 Georgia Tech papers\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPartners on\u0026nbsp;Creative Collisions\u0026nbsp;include the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wcc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Wearable Computing Center\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/imtc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInteractive Media Technology Center\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOffice of the Arts\u003C\/a\u003E. The project is funded by IPaT as part of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/gvu-ipat-research-and-engagement-seed-grants-0\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EResearch and Engagement Seed Grants Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Creative Collisions and the team\u0026rsquo;s participation in ACCelerate at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/event\/upcoming\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGVU Center Brown Bag\u003C\/a\u003E, September 28 at 11:30 a.m. in the Technology Square Research Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn IPaT-sponsored project combining art and technology is one of four Georgia Tech projects selected to appear next month at a festival in Washington, D.C.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An IPaT-sponsored project combining art and technology is one of four Georgia Tech projects selected to appear next month at a festival in Washington, D.C."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2019-07-15 18:04:39","changed_gmt":"2019-07-15 18:04:57","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-09-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"623359":{"id":"623359","type":"image","title":"Le Monstre","body":null,"created":"1563213772","gmt_created":"2019-07-15 18:02:52","changed":"1563213772","gmt_changed":"2019-07-15 18:02:52","alt":"Le Monstre by Clint Zeagler and Katherine Helen Fisher","file":{"fid":"237406","name":"LeMonstre2_pinkBG.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LeMonstre2_pinkBG.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/LeMonstre2_pinkBG.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":169348,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/LeMonstre2_pinkBG.jpg?itok=UQkA14Zi"}}},"media_ids":["623359"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"181703","name":"HTF"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlyson Powell\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["alyson.powell@ipat.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}