{"65517":{"#nid":"65517","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Opening Reception for Vision:  I IMAGINE, I SEE, I MAKE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHow is what we engineer and design guided by what we can imagine?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHow are our imagination and our understanding inspired by our ability to visualize?\u003C\/em\u003E\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese are the questions that have drawn faculty and students from the Colleges of Engineering, Liberal Arts, Computing, and Architecture at Georgia Tech to organize an exhibition and a conversation around the theme, \u201cVision: I Imagine, I See, I Make.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis two-week-long salon will demonstrate how student and faculty creativity at Georgia Tech challenges the divide between engineering, science, and the arts. It will be an experimental platform for advancing trans-disciplinary education at Tech; and connecting to like minds in Atlanta, thus redefining the public context of our creative efforts.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EExhibits range from attempts to understand the multiple facets of traffic modeling and management, to exploring the connection between visualization and music; from architectural projects, to virtual game worlds; and from discussions of how innovation is expressed in patents, to discussions of the role of computational models in the making of new forms of ornament.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EOpening Reception\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETuesday, May 3,\u0026nbsp;5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Hinman Research Building\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnjoy light refreshments and live performance with music and projections by Music Technology alumnus Andrew Willingham. Preview the performance at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wilione.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.wilione.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpecial Forum\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESaturday, May 7, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, College of Architecture Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Special Forum will focus on the potential of trans-disciplinary education- embodied in the exhibits and called for in the Georgia Tech Strategic Plan. The invited participants include James Elkins, Simon Penny, Lars Spuybroek, and Barbara Maria Stafford. Following the forum there will be a tour of the exhibition in the Hinman Research Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Ch4\u003EClosing Panel Discussion: What could be the role of the arts at Georgia Tech?\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThursday, May 12.\u0026nbsp;Led by Aaron Bobick, chair and professor in the School of Interactive Computing. More details will follow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003EExhibits\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETHE TRAFFIC ROOM,\u003C\/strong\u003E featuring a three-channel projection of three different projects:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETraffic Reports,\u003C\/em\u003E stories about accidents (Ruth Dusseault, Architecture). This project is meant to help bridge the gap between the aerial perspective of the traffic reporter and the human experiences that occur on the ground.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETraffic Analysis,\u003C\/em\u003E design modeling program (Mike Hunter, Civil Engineering).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESmog is Democratic,\u003C\/em\u003E visualization of pollution statistics (Carl DiSalvo and Jonathan Lukens, Literature, Communication, and Culture). This project explores particulate matter through the medium of data visualization to generate reflection, discussion, and debate.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHEARING VISION, \u003C\/strong\u003Eusing computer vision to represent visual information in the sonic realm. These projects point to the ways in which music technology, especially through its practice at Georgia Tech, can engage data and ideas from beyond the musical realm \u2013 whether ocean levels or gene sequences \u2013 both to help researchers and the public \u201chear\u201d them from a new perspective and to inspire new modes of musical expression.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStickies Music\u003C\/em\u003E (Jason Freeman and Sang Won Lee, Music), turning an organizational system based on post-it notes into a collaborative space for musical play.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMusic with the Eye\u003C\/em\u003E (Mason Bretan, Music) turns the camera back on our own eyes, tracking eye movement and dilation to create a powerful musical performance system. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESound floor\u003C\/em\u003E (recycling sleepers from Beltline railway tracks).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJOURNALISM AT PLAY\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ECartoonist (Ian Bogost and Simon Ferrari, Literature, Communication, and Culture) is a single player videogame engine with \u0022skins\u0022 (contextual image layers) and mechanics (game structures and allowed actions) that morph or change as the player proceeds through his or her play session. Drawing from local and national news, Cartoonist connects real-world events, actions, and actors through the rules and structures of traditional arcade games.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETOWER OF BABEL - CASTLE IN THE SKY\u003C\/strong\u003E (Daniel Baerlacken\u2019s studio, Architecture). A tower made up of empty bottles.\u0026nbsp;An installation built on a narrative of sustainability that calls for increased environmental awareness as well as shifting behavioral paradigms. Using recyclable products for construction, clothing hangers, and plastic beverage bottles, the project serves to communicate the failures of different levels of consumption. Like the Babel myth, the current trends of disposable consumerism represent the great tragedy and failure of modern-day consumption. Project team includes Abaan Ali, Zachary Brown, Colleen Creighton, Christina Deriso, David Duncan, Bradley King, Chris Martin, Caleb Meister, Eric Morris, Amyn Mukadam-Soldier, and Brittany Utting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGO1N-23\/20, OR, 15 QUESTIONS TO ASK 30 PATENTS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E(Thomas Lodato) explores the data and meta-data associated patents from x-ray backscatter imaging (international category id: G01N-23\/20) to present a view of patents participating within, rather than simply reflecting, socio-techinical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVISUALIZING THE INVISIBLE\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThis project by Gernot Riether\u0027s, Jude Le Blanc\u0027s, and Tim Harrison\u0027s\u0026nbsp;studios in the School of Architecture explores the use of digital tools in a design process. The project looks at procedurally generated concepts in an inhabitable \u0022landscape\u0022 and wall-mounted drawings showing the progressive design process. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETANGLE JUNGLE \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EIn the carpets of William Morris, ornament has acquired the capacity to interlace, to weave and to form knots, close to the Celtic knotwork of the first millennium. \u003Cem\u003ETangle Jungle\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;uses Morrisian algorithms of interlacing, tendriling, and bifurcating to create a three-dimensional system of vines that goes beyond a world of mere drapery, to become architectural structure itself.\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EProject team includes\u0026nbsp;Lars Spuybroek and\u0026nbsp;Sabri Gokmen and students Yinzi Tan,\u0026nbsp;Katherine Elizabeth Cooper Dunatov,\u0026nbsp;Zachary Damon Brown,\u0026nbsp;Katherine Giraldo,\u0026nbsp;Amyn Mukadam-Soldier,\u0026nbsp;Abaan Muhammad Ali,\u0026nbsp;Aaron Robert Coffman, and\u0026nbsp;Michael Douglas Bennett.\u003C\/p\u003E \n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EA SALON WITHIN THE SALON \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EFishbowl discussion of \u003Cem\u003ESilent Barrage\u003C\/em\u003E, a video of a closed loop conversation with a robot instructed and controlled\nby networks of neurons. \u003Cem\u003ESilent Barrage\u003C\/em\u003E was researched and developed at SymbioticA, The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts at The School of Anatomy \u0026amp; Human Biology, University of Western Australia, and Dr. Steve Potter\u0027s lab within the Lab for\nNeuroengineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin us to launch a two-week long salon for Georgia Tech and the surrounding community.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join us to launch a two-week long salon for Georgia Tech and the surrounding community."}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2011-04-12 08:30:54","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:46","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-05-03T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-05-03T21:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-05-03T21:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-05-03 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-05-04 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-05-04 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65524":{"id":"65524","type":"image","title":"Vision: I Imagine, I See, I Make","body":null,"created":"1449176863","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:43","changed":"1475894579","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:59","alt":"Vision: I Imagine, I See, I Make","file":{"fid":"192269","name":"vision_isee.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vision_isee_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vision_isee_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":364818,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/vision_isee_0.jpg?itok=F2A2LGxv"}}},"media_ids":["65524"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1223","name":"School of Building Construction"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"1225","name":"School of Industrial Design"},{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3798","name":"arts"},{"id":"4450","name":"creativity"},{"id":"3997","name":"experimental"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"167485","name":"salon"},{"id":"12770","name":"trans-disciplinary"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.stafford@lcc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBarbara Stafford\u003C\/a\u003E, 404-385-6510\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Visiting Professor and William B. 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