{"65946":{"#nid":"65946","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Closing Panel Discussion for Vision Salon","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClosing Panel Discussion:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture Reinisch-Pierce Auditorium\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by Aaron Bobick, the panel will explore the \u003Cem\u003ELook of the Humanistic Technological University of the Future\u003C\/em\u003E with Georgia Tech Faculty\u0026nbsp;Participation. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Vision Salon:\u003Cbr \/\u003EVision: I IMAGINE, I SEE, I MAKE\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA two-week long salon for Georgia Tech and the surrounding community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHow is what we engineer and design guided by what we can imagine?\u003Cbr \/\u003EHow are our imagination and our understanding inspired by our ability to visualize?\u003C\/em\u003E\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\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\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\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); and\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\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\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\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\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\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, Brittany Utting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EG01N 23\/20, or, 15 QUESTIONS TO ASK 30 PATENTS\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\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\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVISUALIZING THE INVISIBLE -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EThis project by Gernot Riether\u0027s, Jude Le Blanc\u0027s, 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\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E3-D CARPETS -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(Lars Spuybroek, Sabri Gokmen and students). Carpet designs are analyzed to produce generative scripts that are used to transform 2-D patterns into 3-D. 3-D designs are built in acrylic pieces and assembled as an exhibit. Is likely to be suspended in space.\u003C\/p\u003E\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 by 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 Neuroengineering at Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELed by Aaron Bobick, the closing panel discussion will explore the \u003Cem\u003ELook of the Humanistic Technological University of the Future\u003C\/em\u003E with Georgia Tech Faculty\u0026nbsp;Participation.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The discussion will explore the Look of the Humanistic Technological University of the Future."}],"uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2011-05-04 11:41:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:58","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-05-12T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-05-12T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-05-12T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-05-12 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-05-12 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-05-12 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5515","name":"barbara stafford"},{"id":"167485","name":"salon"},{"id":"820","name":"vision"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarol Silvers \u0026nbsp;404-894-9539\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}