http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Established with the generous support of alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Distinguished Visitors Program brings respected emerging and established artists/designers from a broad spectrum of media to the School to engage with students, faculty, and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities. Depending on the length of their stay and their particular areas of expertise, invited artists and designers may give public lectures, work with students in small workshops, participate in panel discussions, generate site specific installations, or give public performances. Documented by the University Library's Arts Videography Program. en-us adwebmaster@umich.edu Lectures and Performances University of Michigan School of Art & Design Established with the generous support of alumna Penny W. Stamps, the Distinguished Visitors Program brings respected emerging and established artists/designers from a broad spectrum of media to the School to engage with students, faculty, and the larger University and Ann Arbor communities. Depending on the length of their stay and their particular areas of expertise, invited artists and designers may give public lectures, work with students in small workshops, participate in panel discussions, generate site specific installations, or give public performances. Documented by the University Library's Arts Videography Program. Webmaster adwebmaster@umich.edu art, design, lecture, public, university, college, artist, performer, discussion, performance no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Reaching back to nature primordial and existing through existential transformation is the work of Michele Oka Doner. In her career of over four decades Oka Doner has taken nature at its most basic level - a stick, a twig, a palm leaf and the spiraling of galaxies - and made it the subject of her art. In her talk Oka Doner will present a selection of her public art projects, sculpture, jewelry, furniture and design objects. Oka Doner's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. Michele Oka Doner Reaching back to nature primordial and existing through existential transformation is the work of Michele Oka Doner. In her career of over four decades Oka Doner has taken nature at its most basic level - a stick, a twig, a palm leaf and the spiraling of galaxies - and made it the subject of her art. In her talk Oka Doner will present a selection of her public art projects, sculpture, jewelry, furniture and design objects. Oka Doner's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_doner.mp3 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 9:01:00 EDT 1:05:32 art, lecture, nature, sculpture, environment, Michele Oka Doner no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Out of My Mind is the title of artist and designer Eric Staller's new book about his art and life; a life that took him from Ann Arbor (B Arch 1971), to NYC, to Amsterdam where he lives today. His work focuses on pedal power and devices that stimulate community, which cars don't. He is known worldwide for his startling "urban UFOs", high-tech gadgets that "sneak up behind people, and goose them into thinking and feeling." His circular 7 person ConferenceBikes have been seen on the TV's "Amazing Race" and are now being marketed. Staller will be demonstrating a "CoBi" in Ann Arbor. Everyone is invited! Eric Staller Out of My Mind is the title of artist and designer Eric Staller's new book about his art and life; a life that took him from Ann Arbor (B Arch 1971), to NYC, to Amsterdam where he lives today. His work focuses on pedal power and devices that stimulate community, which cars don't. He is known worldwide for his startling "urban UFOs", high-tech gadgets that "sneak up behind people, and goose them into thinking and feeling." His circular 7 person ConferenceBikes have been seen on the TV's "Amazing Race" and are now being marketed. Staller will be demonstrating a "CoBi" in Ann Arbor. Everyone is invited! http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_staller.mp3 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 9:01:00 EDT 1:02:20 art, lecture, Eric Staller, car, public, UFO, conferencebike no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Julie Mehretu is a painter and a 2005 McArthur Award winner. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1970, Mehretu draws inspiration from numerous sources including social and political events and historical painting. Through the energetic tensions of a world spinning out of control, Mehretu also reveals a nostalgic impulse of utopian longing for a past that never was and a future of positive social agency. Julie Mehretu Julie Mehretu is a painter and a 2005 McArthur Award winner. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1970, Mehretu draws inspiration from numerous sources including social and political events and historical painting. Through the energetic tensions of a world spinning out of control, Mehretu also reveals a nostalgic impulse of utopian longing for a past that never was and a future of positive social agency. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_mehretu.mp3 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 9:01:00 EDT 43:01 art, lecture, Julie Mehretu, painter, Ethiopia, social no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Often called "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design, Knopf art director and author Chip Kidd has designed more than 2,000 book covers for authors from Michael Crichton to John Updike. Kidd has compiled his graphic design work in "Book One"; written a well-reviewed novel, "The Cheese Monkeys", loosely based on his college experiences, and exhibited his work at Cooper Union in 2006. Kidd's newest piece of fiction, "The Learners", made its debut in 2004 online as part of USATODAY.com's Open Book series. Chip Kidd Often called "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design, Knopf art director and author Chip Kidd has designed more than 2,000 book covers for authors from Michael Crichton to John Updike. Kidd has compiled his graphic design work in "Book One"; written a well-reviewed novel, "The Cheese Monkeys", loosely based on his college experiences, and exhibited his work at Cooper Union in 2006. Kidd's newest piece of fiction, "The Learners", made its debut in 2004 online as part of USATODAY.com's Open Book series. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_kidd.mp3 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 9:01:00 EDT 59:18 art, lecture, graphic design, book cover, Chip Kidd no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Trimpin's work is an ongoing exploration of sound, vision and movement, introducing our senses to a totally new experience. Although he uses the latest technologies, he works with "natural" elements - water, air, light, fire, etc. - reconfiguring them in new and unusual applications, pushing them to the limits, and beyond, of their traditional roles. Trimpin Trimpin's work is an ongoing exploration of sound, vision and movement, introducing our senses to a totally new experience. Although he uses the latest technologies, he works with "natural" elements - water, air, light, fire, etc. - reconfiguring them in new and unusual applications, pushing them to the limits, and beyond, of their traditional roles. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_trimpin.mp3 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 9:01:00 EST 1:08:47 art, lecture, multimedia, sound, technology, nature, trimpin no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Using multi-channel projections, Cynthia Pachikara's installations imagine a spectator's shadow as a void waiting to be filled with implicative video and photographic imagery. Stemming from her experience as the daughter of immigrants, these projects attempt to engage the viewer as the subject in situational quandaries about movement, space, and identity. Her presentation will survey a series of extruded video works that contemplate the notion of a body-as-screen. Cynthia Pachikara Using multi-channel projections, Cynthia Pachikara's installations imagine a spectator's shadow as a void waiting to be filled with implicative video and photographic imagery. Stemming from her experience as the daughter of immigrants, these projects attempt to engage the viewer as the subject in situational quandaries about movement, space, and identity. Her presentation will survey a series of extruded video works that contemplate the notion of a body-as-screen. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_pachikara.mp3 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 9:01:00 EST 1:00:23 art, lecture, multimedia, performance, video, shadow, social, cynthia pachikara no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Working at the intersection of sculpture, theater and engineering, Heidi Kumao presents carefully sculpted moments that explore personal responses to imposed social structures. Her work demonstrates the poetic affect that memory and emotion instill in our everyday interactions. Her "Performative Technologies" generate artistic spectacles using forgotten technologies from previous centuries and powerful tools from the digital age. Heidi Kumao Working at the intersection of sculpture, theater and engineering, Heidi Kumao presents carefully sculpted moments that explore personal responses to imposed social structures. Her work demonstrates the poetic affect that memory and emotion instill in our everyday interactions. Her "Performative Technologies" generate artistic spectacles using forgotten technologies from previous centuries and powerful tools from the digital age. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_kumao.mp3 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 9:01:00 EST 1:12:39 art, lecture, multimedia, performance, sculpture, engineering, social, heidi kumao no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Dan Hurlin has been creating original puppet theater since 1980 when he began directing a collaborative program between children ages 8 to 18 and internationally known artists. His work has been presented at New York's The Kitchen, and Dance Theater Workshop; and Minneapolis' Walker Art Center. Hurlin's presentation follows the trajectory of his artistic career, from making theater for children, to being a solo theater artist in the East Village during the '80s, to his current experimentations with puppetry and object based theater. Supported by the UM Department of Theatre & Drama. Dan Hurlin Dan Hurlin has been creating original puppet theater since 1980 when he began directing a collaborative program between children ages 8 to 18 and internationally known artists. His work has been presented at New York's The Kitchen, and Dance Theater Workshop; and Minneapolis' Walker Art Center. Hurlin's presentation follows the trajectory of his artistic career, from making theater for children, to being a solo theater artist in the East Village during the '80s, to his current experimentations with puppetry and object based theater. Supported by the UM Department of Theatre & Drama. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS08_hurlin.mp3 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 9:01:00 EST 52:45 art, lecture, multimedia, performance, puppetry, hurlin no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Pat Oleszko makes a spectacle of herself, and doesn't mind if you laugh. The body is Oleszko's armature for ideas. Utilizing elaborate costumes and props, she has created lithe performances, films, and installations that include trees, knees, breasts, and elephants. She has worked from the popular art forms of the street, party, parade and burlesque house, to the Museum of Modern Art, from Sesame Street Magazine to Ms, Playboy, and Artforum. Supported by the UM Department of Theatre & Drama, UM Institute for Research on Women & Gender, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Pat Oleszko Pat Oleszko makes a spectacle of herself, and doesn't mind if you laugh. The body is Oleszko's armature for ideas. Utilizing elaborate costumes and props, she has created lithe performances, films, and installations that include trees, knees, breasts, and elephants. She has worked from the popular art forms of the street, party, parade and burlesque house, to the Museum of Modern Art, from Sesame Street Magazine to Ms, Playboy, and Artforum. Supported by the UM Department of Theatre & Drama, UM Institute for Research on Women & Gender, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_oleszko.mp3 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 9:01:00 EST 1:26:23 art, lecture, multimedia, performance, oleszko, installation no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php In his recent award winning book, Everything that Rises, as well as in the contest it spawned on McSweeneys.net, the Humanities Institute he has been directing at NYU, the Chicago Humanities Festival over which he presides, and his twenty-some-odd years as a staff writer at the New Yorker, Lawrence Weschler has regularly seemed willing to entertain leaps that transcend more orthodox academic and scholarly categories. Has this been a good or a bad thing? Even he is not sure, but he discusses the matter across a powerpoint and internet fueled lecture. Supported by the UM Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies. Lawrence Weschler In his recent award winning book, Everything that Rises, as well as in the contest it spawned on McSweeneys.net, the Humanities Institute he has been directing at NYU, the Chicago Humanities Festival over which he presides, and his twenty-some-odd years as a staff writer at the New Yorker, Lawrence Weschler has regularly seemed willing to entertain leaps that transcend more orthodox academic and scholarly categories. Has this been a good or a bad thing? Even he is not sure, but he discusses the matter across a powerpoint and internet fueled lecture. Supported by the UM Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_weschler.mp3 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 9:01:00 EST 58:42 humanities, lecture, multimedia, history, convergence, lawrence weschler no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php How can not taking a picture be a photographic act? In her tour of photographic practices, Rebekah Modrak liberates the technology from the domain of the fine art print to include operations of the human eye, protests of the atomic bomb, and a collection of iconic paintings in the Otsuka Museum of Art. Modrak's recent projects include her soon to be published book on those photographic practices embedded in many actions and disciplines; the three-dimensional people she has constructed in order to bring to life her imagined childhood; and ebayaday, which used eBay as a site to distribute and contextualize artists' works. Rebekah Modrak How can not taking a picture be a photographic act? In her tour of photographic practices, Rebekah Modrak liberates the technology from the domain of the fine art print to include operations of the human eye, protests of the atomic bomb, and a collection of iconic paintings in the Otsuka Museum of Art. Modrak's recent projects include her soon to be published book on those photographic practices embedded in many actions and disciplines; the three-dimensional people she has constructed in order to bring to life her imagined childhood; and ebayaday, which used eBay as a site to distribute and contextualize artists' works. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_modrak.mp3 Mon, 3 Dec 2007 9:01:00 EST 52:20 art, lecture, multimedia, photography, rebekah modrak, ebay, technology no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Working in a wide range of media, Xu Bing creates installations that question the viability of conveying meaning through language. Many of his works examine the disconnection between official and private uses of language, and the inevitability of mistranslation across cultures. He received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award in 1999, presented to him for "originality, creativity, self-direction, and capacity to contribute importantly to society." Supported by the UM Museum of Art, and the UM Chinese Theme Year - ChinaNow: a contemporary exploration. Xu Bing Working in a wide range of media, Xu Bing creates installations that question the viability of conveying meaning through language. Many of his works examine the disconnection between official and private uses of language, and the inevitability of mistranslation across cultures. He received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award in 1999, presented to him for "originality, creativity, self-direction, and capacity to contribute importantly to society." Supported by the UM Museum of Art, and the UM Chinese Theme Year - ChinaNow: a contemporary exploration. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_bing.mp3 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 9:01:00 EST 1:16:40 art, lecture, multimedia, installation, language, china, xu bing no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php For over 70 years, renowned Detroit-based artist Charles McGee has created works that have evolved from charcoal drawings and photography to avant-garde three-dimensional multimedia pieces. His themes chronicle the black experience and celebrate his lifelong love of nature. McGee says of his work, "The logic found in nature's system of opposites, which governs universal order, is the source from which I constantly borrow and rely on to construct my imagery. It is also within this broad organizational context that my life takes form and has meaning." McGee is a founder of the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit. Charles McGee For over 70 years, renowned Detroit-based artist Charles McGee has created works that have evolved from charcoal drawings and photography to avant-garde three-dimensional multimedia pieces. His themes chronicle the black experience and celebrate his lifelong love of nature. McGee says of his work, "The logic found in nature's system of opposites, which governs universal order, is the source from which I constantly borrow and rely on to construct my imagery. It is also within this broad organizational context that my life takes form and has meaning." McGee is a founder of the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_mcgee.mp3 Fri, 9 Nov 2007 9:01:00 EST 59:41 art, lecture, detroit, mcgee, caid, multimedia no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Andy Kirshner's performance work is a dynamic synthesis of jazz improvisation, performance art, music composition, electronic multimedia, postmodern dance, and experimental theater. With wry humor, musical sophistication, and a deft theatricality, Kirshner's large-scale "opera" projects address themes that range from the existential to the political, the spiritual to the technological, the sublime to the purely ridiculous. Andy Kirshner Andy Kirshner's performance work is a dynamic synthesis of jazz improvisation, performance art, music composition, electronic multimedia, postmodern dance, and experimental theater. With wry humor, musical sophistication, and a deft theatricality, Kirshner's large-scale "opera" projects address themes that range from the existential to the political, the spiritual to the technological, the sublime to the purely ridiculous. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_kirshner.mp3 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 9:01:00 EDT 1:12:46 art, lecture, music, jazz, kirshner, performance, dance, multimedia no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Put your design skill to use and make an impact in whatever you do! Carole Bilson, vice-president for global design and usability at Pitney Bowes, discusses how "design thinking" is used for product innovations and general problem solving. Learn how an award-winning, passionate design and human factors department can create the future they want, both at the individual level as well as Company-wide. Supported by UM Ross School of Business, and the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). Carole Bilson Put your design skill to use and make an impact in whatever you do! Carole Bilson, vice-president for global design and usability at Pitney Bowes, discusses how "design thinking" is used for product innovations and general problem solving. Learn how an award-winning, passionate design and human factors department can create the future they want, both at the individual level as well as Company-wide. Supported by UM Ross School of Business, and the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_bilson.mp3 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 9:01:00 EDT 59:20 art, lecture, design, business, bilson, pitney no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Established as a design collective in 1993 by Gijs Bakker and Renny Ramakers, Droog incorporates the work of an international cadre of contemporary designers working with low-cost industrial or recycled materials to create a broad assembly of international designs that are plain and practical. With more than 150 diverse objects whose only criteria is that they must be informed by cultural developments and by the designer's intuition, Droog advises its designers to act more as fine artists, developing concepts that make people think. Supported by UM Ross School of Business, and the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). Gijs Bakker, Droog Design Established as a design collective in 1993 by Gijs Bakker and Renny Ramakers, Droog incorporates the work of an international cadre of contemporary designers working with low-cost industrial or recycled materials to create a broad assembly of international designs that are plain and practical. With more than 150 diverse objects whose only criteria is that they must be informed by cultural developments and by the designer's intuition, Droog advises its designers to act more as fine artists, developing concepts that make people think. Supported by UM Ross School of Business, and the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_droog.mp3 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 9:00:00 EDT 57:43 art, lecture, design, collective, bakker, ramakers, droog no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Find out how design has become a democratic medium for doing, not just making. Ellen Lupton, designer, writer, curator, teacher, and blogger, has been creating discourse about graphic design for over twenty years. Her books include D.I.Y: Design It Yourself, and Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office. Director of Maryland Institute College of Art's graphic design MFA program, and a curator of contemporary design at New York's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Lupton recently received the AIGA Gold Medal, one of the highest graphic design honors. Supported by UM Arts of Citizenship, UM Institute for Research on Women & Gender, the American Institute of Graphic Designers (AIGA), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Ellen Lupton Find out how design has become a democratic medium for doing, not just making. Ellen Lupton, designer, writer, curator, teacher, and blogger, has been creating discourse about graphic design for over twenty years. Her books include D.I.Y: Design It Yourself, and Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office. Director of Maryland Institute College of Art's graphic design MFA program, and a curator of contemporary design at New York's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Lupton recently received the AIGA Gold Medal, one of the highest graphic design honors. Supported by UM Arts of Citizenship, UM Institute for Research on Women & Gender, the American Institute of Graphic Designers (AIGA), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_lupton.mp3 Tue, 28 Apr 2007 13:30:00 EDT 41:16 art, lecture, design, democracy no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Jeremy Deller has been described as 'part alchemist and part social–anthropologist'. Acting as producer, director, or curator of a broad range of projects including orchestrated events, films and publications, Deller draws attention to forms of culture on the fringes of the mainstream. Deller received the Turner Prize in 2004 for his installation, Memory Bucket, a documentary about Crawford, Texas the hometown of George W Bush and the siege in nearby Waco. Supported by the UM Program in Creativity & Consciousness Studies, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Jeremy Deller Jeremy Deller has been described as 'part alchemist and part social–anthropologist'. Acting as producer, director, or curator of a broad range of projects including orchestrated events, films and publications, Deller draws attention to forms of culture on the fringes of the mainstream. Deller received the Turner Prize in 2004 for his installation, Memory Bucket, a documentary about Crawford, Texas the hometown of George W Bush and the siege in nearby Waco. Supported by the UM Program in Creativity & Consciousness Studies, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_deller.mp3 Tue, 28 Apr 2007 13:00:00 EDT 1:14:18 art, lecture, design, music, video, anthropology, culture no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Liz Lerman, founder and artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, recently completed a four-year collaboration between scientists and choreographers culminating in Ferocious Beauty: Genome, a multi media dance/theater work that explores the human implications of discoveries in genetic science. Created with geneticists from organizations including The Institute for Genomic Research, Wesleyan University, Stanford University, Princeton University and Howard University, Ferocious Beauty has toured from Connecticut to California, deepening dialogue between science and the arts. Lerman will be joined by two dancers who will perform excerpts from Ferocious Beauty: Genome. Co-sponsored by Life Sciences and the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics. Liz Lerman Liz Lerman, founder and artistic director of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, recently completed a four-year collaboration between scientists and choreographers culminating in Ferocious Beauty: Genome, a multi media dance/theater work that explores the human implications of discoveries in genetic science. Created with geneticists from organizations including The Institute for Genomic Research, Wesleyan University, Stanford University, Princeton University and Howard University, Ferocious Beauty has toured from Connecticut to California, deepening dialogue between science and the arts. Lerman will be joined by two dancers who will perform excerpts from Ferocious Beauty: Genome. Co-sponsored by Life Sciences and the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_lerman.mp3 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:00:00 EDT 1:15:16 art, lecture, design, dance, genetics, science, movement, genome no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Franz John works with human and mechanical interfaces, using both new and old media to identify the barely noticeable and visualize it, making the unobservable visible through large scale installations which engage, variously, architecture, place, or geological phenomena. For instance Military Eyes, in which he transformed disused military bunkers surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge into huge walk-in Camera Obscuras. Another project, Salt Axis, stretches 55 miles overland, creating awareness of the subterranean salt deposits laid down by an evaporated ancient ocean in Muensterland, Germany. One of his recent projects, Turing Tables, was shown last year at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA to mark the centennial of the Great Earthquake of 1906. According to the artist, this installation examines online and live "the archaic feeling and consciousness that the earth is an organism, that it moves and that it can be understood as an organism in constant flux." Franz John Franz John works with human and mechanical interfaces, using both new and old media to identify the barely noticeable and visualize it, making the unobservable visible through large scale installations which engage, variously, architecture, place, or geological phenomena. For instance Military Eyes, in which he transformed disused military bunkers surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge into huge walk-in Camera Obscuras. Another project, Salt Axis, stretches 55 miles overland, creating awareness of the subterranean salt deposits laid down by an evaporated ancient ocean in Muensterland, Germany. One of his recent projects, Turing Tables, was shown last year at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA to mark the centennial of the Great Earthquake of 1906. According to the artist, this installation examines online and live "the archaic feeling and consciousness that the earth is an organism, that it moves and that it can be understood as an organism in constant flux." http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_john.mp3 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:15:00 EDT 52:57 art, lecture, design, interface, mechanical, installation, architectural no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php By taking advantage of the computer's ability to display dynamic, flexible, and adaptive typography and imagery, the Small Design Firm, headed by David Small, invents new ways for people to read, interact with, and assimilate information. In combining innovative visualization with architectural space and well-designed physical interfaces, the firm creates potentially limitless spaces. In his presentation, Small discusses the firm's history of innovation and focuses on the interplay between computer technology, dynamic typography and information design. Co-sponsored by AIGA Detroit, the Professional Association for Design. David Small By taking advantage of the computer's ability to display dynamic, flexible, and adaptive typography and imagery, the Small Design Firm, headed by David Small, invents new ways for people to read, interact with, and assimilate information. In combining innovative visualization with architectural space and well-designed physical interfaces, the firm creates potentially limitless spaces. In his presentation, Small discusses the firm's history of innovation and focuses on the interplay between computer technology, dynamic typography and information design. Co-sponsored by AIGA Detroit, the Professional Association for Design. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_small.mp3 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:15:00 EDT 55:38 art, lecture, design, typography, graphic, architectural no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Peter Richards believes that the concept of place — where we are from, where we live and where we have been — defines us as human beings. Richards, Senior Artist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, a museum of science, art and human perception, will discuss current museum projects focused on understanding place; how understanding of one's surroundings can be translated into broader perspectives; and how his own work reflects his interest in place and its influence on human behavior. One of Richards' most notable works is the Wave Organ, which employs wave action and tide changes to create musical sounds in a series of pipes that extend down into the Pacific ocean. He also assisted in the creation of a new artist community in Charlotte, North Carolina that supports creativity and provides residencies for up to 24 artists a year. Co-sponsored by Program in the Environment, and School of Natural Resources and Environment. Peter Richards Peter Richards believes that the concept of place — where we are from, where we live and where we have been — defines us as human beings. Richards, Senior Artist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, a museum of science, art and human perception, will discuss current museum projects focused on understanding place; how understanding of one's surroundings can be translated into broader perspectives; and how his own work reflects his interest in place and its influence on human behavior. One of Richards' most notable works is the Wave Organ, which employs wave action and tide changes to create musical sounds in a series of pipes that extend down into the Pacific ocean. He also assisted in the creation of a new artist community in Charlotte, North Carolina that supports creativity and provides residencies for up to 24 artists a year. Co-sponsored by Program in the Environment, and School of Natural Resources and Environment. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_richards.mp3 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:15:00 EST 1:03:27 art, lecture, design, environment, science, exploratorium, place no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php 2x4 is a multidisciplinary design firm founded in 1995 by Michael Rock, Susan Sellers, and Georgianna Stout. The studio's focus is on the dynamic visual display of unexpected content for art, design, architecture, and cultural clients. 2x4 works in print, film/video, web, and environment design on such projects as graphic design, wallpaper and film for the Prada New York Epicenter; environmental design for new Vitra showrooms; sets and costumes for Trisha Brown Dance Company; environmental design for a new building in downtown Tokyo with Tadao Ando; the editorial concept for a special issue of Wired magazine with AMO; and a new line of textiles for Knoll. Co-sponsored by AIGA Detroit, the Professional Association for Design. 2X4 Design 2x4 is a multidisciplinary design firm founded in 1995 by Michael Rock, Susan Sellers, and Georgianna Stout. The studio's focus is on the dynamic visual display of unexpected content for art, design, architecture, and cultural clients. 2x4 works in print, film/video, web, and environment design on such projects as graphic design, wallpaper and film for the Prada New York Epicenter; environmental design for new Vitra showrooms; sets and costumes for Trisha Brown Dance Company; environmental design for a new building in downtown Tokyo with Tadao Ando; the editorial concept for a special issue of Wired magazine with AMO; and a new line of textiles for Knoll. Co-sponsored by AIGA Detroit, the Professional Association for Design. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_2x4.mp3 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:15:00 EST 1:05:52 art, lecture, design, environment, graphic, print no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php On the day before the international exhibition Shrinking Cities opens at both MOCAD and Cranbrook, a panel of creative practitioners discuss art in Detroit and the Shrinking Cities project, moderated by Detroit artist and MOCAD curator, Mitch Cope. Shrinking Cities was initiated in 2002, when Germany's Federal Cultural Foundation, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, commissioned teams in Detroit (USA), Manchester/Liverpool (Britain), Ivanovo (Russia), and Halle/Leipzig (Germany) to investigate and document why and how these urban areas were shrinking in population and business. In the resulting exhibition, artists, architects, filmmakers, journalists, culture experts, and sociologists reveal and illuminate the changing realities of these cities, toward developing better approaches to contemporary urban issues. Co-sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and The Ginsburg Center at U-M. Shrinking Cities On the day before the international exhibition Shrinking Cities opens at both MOCAD and Cranbrook, a panel of creative practitioners discuss art in Detroit and the Shrinking Cities project, moderated by Detroit artist and MOCAD curator, Mitch Cope. Shrinking Cities was initiated in 2002, when Germany's Federal Cultural Foundation, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, commissioned teams in Detroit (USA), Manchester/Liverpool (Britain), Ivanovo (Russia), and Halle/Leipzig (Germany) to investigate and document why and how these urban areas were shrinking in population and business. In the resulting exhibition, artists, architects, filmmakers, journalists, culture experts, and sociologists reveal and illuminate the changing realities of these cities, toward developing better approaches to contemporary urban issues. Co-sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, and The Ginsburg Center at U-M. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_shrinking.mp3 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:15:00 EST 1:05:46 art, lecture, urban, community, design, architecture no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Janie Paul is a painter who maintains a relationship between her studio practice and her work with inner city school children and incarcerated men, women and teenagers. In these difficult places, filled with the pressures of poverty and social injustice, Paul and her students work to co-create spaces of imagination and growth. Her background as a painter has informed this work, and in turn, the courage, resilience and inventiveness of the people in these sites of resistance have influenced her studio practice. Paul is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. Janie Paul Janie Paul is a painter who maintains a relationship between her studio practice and her work with inner city school children and incarcerated men, women and teenagers. In these difficult places, filled with the pressures of poverty and social injustice, Paul and her students work to co-create spaces of imagination and growth. Her background as a painter has informed this work, and in turn, the courage, resilience and inventiveness of the people in these sites of resistance have influenced her studio practice. Paul is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_paul.mp3 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:15:00 EST 56:01 art, lecture, prison, social, injustice, political no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Anne Wilson"s sculpture, drawings, videos, and installations evolve in that conceptual space where social and political ideas encounter the processes of handwork and industry. Her work has been shown at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Upcoming 2007 exhibitions include the Museum of Arts & Design in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Wilson has received numerous awards including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a professor and chair of the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Co-sponsored by Ann Arbor Art Center and River Gallery. Anne Wilson Anne Wilson"s sculpture, drawings, videos, and installations evolve in that conceptual space where social and political ideas encounter the processes of handwork and industry. Her work has been shown at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Upcoming 2007 exhibitions include the Museum of Arts & Design in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Wilson has received numerous awards including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is a professor and chair of the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Co-sponsored by Ann Arbor Art Center and River Gallery. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS07_wilson.mp3 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:15:00 EST 1:03:13 art, lecture, video, sculpture, social, political no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php What are the limits of knowledge when it comes to something as grand as the universe? Chris Impey will explore the way we learn about the universe we live in, make parallels to art and music, and show that discovery is as much an art as a science. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Impey is a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona, Academic Head of the nation's largest undergraduate majors program in astronomy, and Vice President of the American Astronomical Society. He is one of six people nationwide named Distinguished Teaching Scholar by the National Science Foundation. Chris Impey What are the limits of knowledge when it comes to something as grand as the universe? Chris Impey will explore the way we learn about the universe we live in, make parallels to art and music, and show that discovery is as much an art as a science. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Impey is a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona, Academic Head of the nation's largest undergraduate majors program in astronomy, and Vice President of the American Astronomical Society. He is one of six people nationwide named Distinguished Teaching Scholar by the National Science Foundation. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_impey.mp3 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:15:00 EST 1:03:21 art, lecture, science, astronomy, universe, impey no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Susie Brandt discusses textiles and the wonder of cloth through her ongoing investigations into the relationship between textiles and the landscape - including material gathering, the cultivation of pattern, and camouflage as a phenomenon. Brandt's work has been included in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally and published in Sculpture Magazine, the Washington Post and the New Art Examiner. Co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor Art Center. Susie Brandt Susie Brandt discusses textiles and the wonder of cloth through her ongoing investigations into the relationship between textiles and the landscape - including material gathering, the cultivation of pattern, and camouflage as a phenomenon. Brandt's work has been included in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally and published in Sculpture Magazine, the Washington Post and the New Art Examiner. Co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor Art Center. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_brandt.mp3 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:15:00 EST 49:26 art, lecture, fibers, environment, landscape, camoflauge, brandt no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Father Boyle, Jesuit priest and founder of Jobs for a Future and Homeboy Industries, will share some of the strategies utilized to develop his employment referral center for at-risk youth and his economic development program. Father Boyle's career has been dedicated to working with gang-involved youth. He will share stories about his work, the young people he works with, and community as a response to youth violence. Co-sponsored by the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, the School of Social Work, and the Department of Sociology. Father Boyle Father Boyle, Jesuit priest and founder of Jobs for a Future and Homeboy Industries, will share some of the strategies utilized to develop his employment referral center for at-risk youth and his economic development program. Father Boyle's career has been dedicated to working with gang-involved youth. He will share stories about his work, the young people he works with, and community as a response to youth violence. Co-sponsored by the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County, the School of Social Work, and the Department of Sociology. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_boyle.mp3 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:15:00 EST 1:13:46 art, lecture, gang, social, barrio, religion, economy no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Born in the United Kingdom, Ellen Harvey now lives and works in New York. Utilizing video, installation and painting, she examines the theoretical and social implications of art. Solo exhibitions include those at the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, the Mullerdechiara Gallery in Berlin, and the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York. Harvey recently completed a MTA Arts for Transit commission for a 2,000 sq. ft. mosaic "Look Up, Not Down" for the Queens Plaza subway station. Her book, The New York Beautification Project, was published in 2005. Co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor Art Center. Ellen Harvey Born in the United Kingdom, Ellen Harvey now lives and works in New York. Utilizing video, installation and painting, she examines the theoretical and social implications of art. Solo exhibitions include those at the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, the Mullerdechiara Gallery in Berlin, and the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York. Harvey recently completed a MTA Arts for Transit commission for a 2,000 sq. ft. mosaic "Look Up, Not Down" for the Queens Plaza subway station. Her book, The New York Beautification Project, was published in 2005. Co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor Art Center. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_harvey.mp3 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:15:00 EST 1:06:08 art, lecture, video, installation, ellen harvey, social, beautification no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Peter Chung has worked in the animation industry since 1981. He created MTV's animated series "Aeon Flux" and directed the pilot for the "Rugrats" cable series. Chung has also worked on "Alexander"; the Korean animated series "Little Hammer"; and was director of filmography for "Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury". Using examples from his animated films, he will discuss the need for visual literacy as a way to understand today's complex mass media landscape and non-traditional narrative forms. Co-sponsored by Screen Arts & Cultures. Peter Chung Peter Chung has worked in the animation industry since 1981. He created MTV's animated series "Aeon Flux" and directed the pilot for the "Rugrats" cable series. Chung has also worked on "Alexander"; the Korean animated series "Little Hammer"; and was director of filmography for "Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury". Using examples from his animated films, he will discuss the need for visual literacy as a way to understand today's complex mass media landscape and non-traditional narrative forms. Co-sponsored by Screen Arts & Cultures. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_chung.mp3 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:15:00 EST 1:30:37 art, lecture, animation, video, peter chung, aeon flux, alexander, mtv, riddick, animatrix no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Alicyn Warren is a composer of electronic music whose pieces often include video images and text to focus on topics such as blindness, betrayal, and aging. Her works are performed and broadcast around the world. Warren is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, with a joint appointment in the School of Music (Performing Arts Technology) and the School of Art & Design. Alicyn Warren Alicyn Warren is a composer of electronic music whose pieces often include video images and text to focus on topics such as blindness, betrayal, and aging. Her works are performed and broadcast around the world. Warren is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, with a joint appointment in the School of Music (Performing Arts Technology) and the School of Art & Design. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_warren.mp3 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EDT 1:12:02 art, lecture, electronic music, video, performance, alicyn warren no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Korean artist Nikki S. Lee is internationally known for photographic self-portraits investigating personal and social identity. She has posed among various subcultures, assuming the appearance of punk rockers, yuppies, exotic dancers, lesbians, and skateboarders. Her latest undertaking is a feature-length documentary film about the artist Nikki S. Lee that blurs the lines between the staged and the spontaneous. Co-sponsored by the Korean Studies Program and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Nikki S. Lee Korean artist Nikki S. Lee is internationally known for photographic self-portraits investigating personal and social identity. She has posed among various subcultures, assuming the appearance of punk rockers, yuppies, exotic dancers, lesbians, and skateboarders. Her latest undertaking is a feature-length documentary film about the artist Nikki S. Lee that blurs the lines between the staged and the spontaneous. Co-sponsored by the Korean Studies Program and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_lee.mp3 Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:00:00 EST 1:11:16 art, lecture, lee, photography, identity, korean, social, group no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php The host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, independent news program, Amy Goodman is also an investigative journalist who has reported from Qatar, East Timor, Nigeria, Mexico, Haiti and Cuba. Goodman is the co-author, with her brother, journalist David Goodman, of the New York Times best seller, "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them". Amy Goodman The host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, independent news program, Amy Goodman is also an investigative journalist who has reported from Qatar, East Timor, Nigeria, Mexico, Haiti and Cuba. Goodman is the co-author, with her brother, journalist David Goodman, of the New York Times best seller, "The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them". http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_goodman.mp3 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:30:00 EST 1:35:03 media, news, lecture, goodman, independent, journalism, politics no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Anna Schuleit is a visual artist based in NYC, whose installations revolve around sites of trauma and isolation, particularly the ruins of institutional architecture, examining the site-specific aspects of memory. In partnership with the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies and the Department of Psychiatry & the Depression Center. Anna Schuleit Anna Schuleit is a visual artist based in NYC, whose installations revolve around sites of trauma and isolation, particularly the ruins of institutional architecture, examining the site-specific aspects of memory. In partnership with the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies and the Department of Psychiatry & the Depression Center. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_schuleit.mp3 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:00:00 EST 1:08:28 art, lecture, genius, installation, hospital, memory, schuleit no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Holly Hughes is a performance artist and writer whose books, plays and performance pieces address questions of sexuality and identity with a trademark blend of humor, provocation and lyricism. She is an Assistant Professor at the School of Art & Design. Co-sponsored by Screen Arts & Cultures. Holly Hughes Holly Hughes is a performance artist and writer whose books, plays and performance pieces address questions of sexuality and identity with a trademark blend of humor, provocation and lyricism. She is an Assistant Professor at the School of Art & Design. Co-sponsored by Screen Arts & Cultures. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_hughes.mp3 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:00:00 EST 1:00:23 art, lecture, performance, theater, censorship, sexuality, identity, humor, hughes no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Through the Heidelberg Project and his other work, Tyree Guyton draws attention to the plight of Detroit's forgotten neighborhoods and spurs discussion and action. Co-sponsored by the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the School of Social Work. Tyree Guyton Through the Heidelberg Project and his other work, Tyree Guyton draws attention to the plight of Detroit's forgotten neighborhoods and spurs discussion and action. Co-sponsored by the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the School of Social Work. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_guyton.mp3 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:00:00 EST 1:07:04 art, lecture, detroit, tyree, guyton, heidelberg, urban, neighborhood, city, found, installation, michigan no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver, with Deb Margolin, are the co-founders of Split Britches, a Lesbian Feminist Theatre Company that since 1981 has offered vaudevillian satirical gender-bending performances. Presented in partnership with the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. Split Britches (Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver) Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver, with Deb Margolin, are the co-founders of Split Britches, a Lesbian Feminist Theatre Company that since 1981 has offered vaudevillian satirical gender-bending performances. Presented in partnership with the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_split.mp3 Mon, 6 Feb 2006 10:00:00 EST 1:26:49 art, lecture, performance, theater, split britches, shaw, weaver, lesbian, feminist, gender, satire no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php A cutting-edge political cartoonist for Universal Press Syndicate, Ted Rall is also a graphic novelist, an award-winning journalist, illustrator, columnist, and radio commentator. Presented in partnership with the Institute for Humanities. Ted Rall A cutting-edge political cartoonist for Universal Press Syndicate, Ted Rall is also a graphic novelist, an award-winning journalist, illustrator, columnist, and radio commentator. Presented in partnership with the Institute for Humanities. http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_rall.mp3 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:00:00 EST 1:21:48 art, lecture, cartoon, politics, rall, radio no http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ev_lectures.php A Penny Stamps Distinguished Visitor and Annual Copernicus Lecturer, Zbigniew Libera (b. 1959) is one of Poland's most recognized contemporary visual artists. He will be speaking on "How Artists are Tamed! Zbigniew Libera and the Polish Press 1980-2005." Zbigniew Libera A Penny Stamps Distinguished Visitor and Annual Copernicus Lecturer, Zbigniew Libera (b. 1959) is one of Poland's most recognized contemporary visual artists. He will be speaking on "How Artists are Tamed! Zbigniew Libera and the Polish Press 1980-2005." http://adtv.soad.umich.edu/stamps/PWS06_libera.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:00:00 EST 55:06 art, poland, libera, zbigniew, lecture no