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DXARTS DIRECTOR SHAWN BRIXEY IS AWARDED UW'S PRESTIGIOUS FLOYD AND DELORES JONES ENDOWED CHAIR IN THE ARTS
September 2008
"The Floyd and Delores Jones Endowed Chair is the University of Washington's most prestigious appointment in the Arts. When Mr. Jones set up the Chair, he stipulated that it should rotate between all the Arts units. The first holder of the Jones Chair, Professor Thomas Lynch of the School of Drama, is an internationally famous stage designer whose work has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Seattle Opera, and other major theaters in America and abroad.
Succeeding Professor Lynch, the new holder of the Jones Chair is Professor Shawn Brixey, Director of our pathbreaking program in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) and an internationally prominent visual artist. Shawn Brixey creates stunning experimental art environments and interactive electronic installations that are inspired and enabled by the extraordinary developments taking place on the frontiers of contemporary physics, materials science, and electrical engineering. As such, his work epitomizes all the reasons why the arts belong center stage at a top-flight research university such as the University of Washington. Like all great art, Shawn's work allows us to see worlds we have never seen before, and that would not exist without the artist's creative reshaping of the natural phenomena that surround us. In this respect, Professor Brixey's highly contemporary art participates in an artistic tradition that reaches back to the Italian Renaissance, by using technology to render visible the otherwise invisible beauty of the natural world."
Bob Stacey
Divisional Dean of Arts & Humanities
University of Washington
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DXARTS PHD STUDENTS RECEIVE ASIAGRAPH 2008 IN SHANGHAI
May 2008
Tre Marie is an interactive audio-visual dance improvised performance. The system in progress is an innovation of RF-ID (radio-frequency identification) technology for dance performance, which improvise live visuals on stage. The performance is a reconstructed architecture of spaces, encodes the spatial aesthetics of the interaction between human, theatrical space and cinematic space.It is a collaboration between Annie On Ni Wan, Hiroki Nishino from DXARTS & Pamela Pietro, Department of Dance, University of Washington. Tre Marie premiered at DXARTS concert and have been performed in ACM Conference 2006, UCSB, Santa Barbara.
ASIAGRAPH is the organization which has been cooperated with people, government, and companies in the Asia, and is exhibition event on contents for a more prosperous human life by putting together with Asian cultural contents and IT technology.
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DIGITAL HUMANITIES STUDENTS AT DXARTS WIN ARRAY OF RESEARCH GRANTS
May 2008
In the past three years, DXARTS has seen an increasing number of humanities graduate students in our midst through the offering of DXARTS 511/411, Applications of Digital Technology for Humanities Research. Many humanities departments have no technology-based offerings for M.A. and Ph.D. level students preparing for careers as research scholars. The DXARTS 511/411 course fills a need for such students who are trying to adapt the latest technology for their research interests, build their skill set, and compete for teaching and research positions at top ranked universities.
With the support of DXARTS faculty and staff, these students acquire the knowlegde that allows them to apply the latest technologies -- XML, XSLT, scripting, imaging, and more -- to broaden and extend their paper-based research thesis and dissertation topics to include a strong digital component, one which is likely to guide the direction of their future research efforts.
Such preparation bears both long-term and short-term benefits, and several DXARTS humanities students have won awards worth ten of thousands of dollars, including:
o Bonderman Graduate Travel Fellowships
o Chester-Fritz Grants for International Exchange
o Textual Studies Program Research Awards
The presence of these students enriches them intellectually, professionally, and pratically -- as the granting of these awards attests. DXARTS is also enriched by the presence of fully engaged students, determined to be at the cutting edge of their respective disciplines.
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DXARTS STUDENT RECEIVES MARY GATES RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
May 2008
DXARTS BFA Candidate, Amir Stone, won a Mary Gates Research Scholarship in 2008, for an art installation called Blight Horizon. The work consists of Digital video projection, fused acrylic, water, milk, and real time infra red capture. It is an art installation that relies upon controlling scientific principle with the poetry and rigor of art to create an entirely immersive environment. The work will be presented during the DXARTS 2008 BFA Thesis show at the Lawrimore Project in June 2008.
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SECOND ANNUAL STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM | DXARTS & SCHOOL OF ART
January 2008
Tuscany: A Creative Journey
2008 Exploration Seminar in Italy
Program Directors:
Cynthia Caci ~ Asst Director for Academic Services, Digital Arts & Experimental Media
Curt Labitzke ~ Associate Professor, Studio Art Division, School of Art
Dates of Instruction: August 25 to September 19, 2008
Over the centuries artists, writers, composers, philosophers and others have journeyed to and throughout Italy in order to draw on the history, art, and mythology of the cultures and locations they visited as a backdrop to their own travels, observations and creative works.
For four exciting weeks students will retrace the steps of a number of creative individuals to develop an understanding of the impact travel to Italy had on their work by encountering and immersing themselves in selected locations in Tuscany. Along with visiting some of the important hill towns, archeological sites, significant gardens and cultural hubs in central Italy, we will be exploring important cities in the area that can include: Florence, the birth place of the renaissance, Pisa, Lucca and other exciting locations.
This hands-on creative experience is designed for anyone interested in exploring a variety of inspiring settings, developing a greater understanding of the history of Italy, and in documenting their travels through a diversity of media. In-country journaling will provide the field notes to guide a workup of a final travel journal that will take on an artistic format. Through demonstrations and presentations, students will learn to use a variety of creative methods to record their travels and express their ideas through digital media, drawing, watercolor, book making and collage. On-site lectures will provide an art historical context to enhance participants’ understanding of their own work.
Applicants should be energetic and adventurous students interested in developing skills as observers, listeners, writers, and visual artists. They should be ready for an ambitious travel schedule and be prepared to learn the best practice of respect for the people and environments they encounter. Credit to be awarded: ART 497 Study Abroad-Studio Individual Projects 5 credits or or CHID 471 Europe Study Abroad (I&S) . Participants should check with their advisors to determine how these credits can count towards departmental requirements.
To learn more, visit the Tuscany Program's website: http://exploretuscany08.wordpress.com
No formal artistic experience or Italian language proficiency is required. In the interests of building a diverse travel team, all majors, including pre-majors are encouraged to apply.
Student costs:
$2,995 Program Fee
$200 IPE Fee
Additional costs include: Round trip air/travel to Florence, most meals, personal spending money, personal art supplies and insurance.
To apply:
http://www.artsci.washington.edu/exploration/Apply2008.asp?ID=77
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STUDENTS RECEIVE ARTS & SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD
May 2007
Two students working with DXARTS faculty have been awarded 2007 A&S Undergraduate Research Awards. Michael McCrea (DXARTS) and Jim George (CSE) will have their scholarly activities supported through funds made available to the College from a private endowment and through revenue received at events co-sponsored by the College and the UW Alumni Association.
Students are nominated by their Chair or Director and awards range from $500 to $2,000.
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DXARTS UNDERGRADS RECEIVE APPLE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
May 2007
This June, the center of the Mac universe will be at Moscone West in downtown San Francisco, as developers and IT professionals from around the globe come together for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. For software developers, web developers, scripters, system administrators and IT managers who innovate using Apple technologies, WWDC is the ultimate source for technical insight, information and inspiration.
In 2007 Apple will offer a limited number of students a scholarship selected on a nationally competitive basis to attend WWDC. The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is an opportunity for the scholarship winners to go deep on the latest Apple technology, learn from Apple engineers, meet Mac developers, and jump-start their professional career. Scholarship winners receive a free ticket which includes total access to all technical sessions and special events.
DXARTS undergraduates, Michael McCrea and Stefan Moore, are recipients of this prestigious scholarship.
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NEW SPRING COURSE OFFERING: DANCE 366
February 2007
Dance Program Composition III
Offered in collaboration with Digital Arts & Experimental Media. Emphasis on learning about technical and creative processes that extend across disciplines, while creating a common language between dance and technology. Collaborative projects will encourage creataive process and development of ideas from the conceptual stage to working models. Will provide a preliminary toolbox for future dance and technology work.
M-F 2:30 - 4:20
Stuido 266
Instructors:
Jennifer Salk, Assistant Professor, Dance Program jsalk@u.washington.edu
Heather Raikes, DXARTS hraikes@u.washington.edu
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DXARTS UNDERGRAD WINS JUROR'S AWARD IN TIME BASED MEDIA EXHIBIT
February 2007
Work by Gary Pennock, current DXARTS student, has been included in the time works + digital arts 2007 exhibition in the UW School of Art's Jacob Lawarence Gallery. Erick Fredericksen, director of Western Bridge, a contemporary art space, curated the show. Artists include:
zack bent
julia freeman
andrea giaier
eric haley
sean howe
gary pennock
keeara rhoades
time works + digital arts 2007
07 february - february 22
opening . tuesday 06 february 4 - 6pm
hours . tuesday - saturday/ 12 - 4pm
location . jacob lawrence gallery
art building
university of washington
information http://art.washington.edu/jlg/
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FACULTY POSITION AVAILABLE
December 2006
Assistant Professor | Mechatronics, Robotics, and Telematics
DXARTS is seeking to fill a full-time, tenure-track position beginning September 2007, at the rank of Assistant Professor. Applicants must be practicing artists with a Minimum of a Masters Degree in one or more allied arts and sciences fields, must demonstrate the ability to teach at the university level, and must have the potential to supervise doctoral students. Successful applicants will be accomplished artists who make innovative cross-disciplinary use of digital technologies in their art work, with strong backgrounds in advanced computing based research areas such as mechatronics, robotics, sensing and control systems, systems based art forms, AI, programming for interactive and distributed environments, physical computing, rapid prototyping, and CNC machining, etc. Applicants should also demonstrate the ability to assimilate art history, theory and practice throughout their research and teaching. Previous experience in teaching and resourcing such research areas is highly desirable. The position includes responsibilities for research and teaching undergraduate and graduate interdisciplinary arts courses in one or more of these areas.
Application must include: CV, artist statement, statement on pedagogy, and a cohesive portfolio of professional creative work. Support materials must include three references with phone numbers, mail and e-mail address, samples of previous course design and recent student work. Portfolio work may be formatted for viewing on any platform and may include video. Please include a SASE for return of materials.
Application materials should be addressed to:
Professor Shawn Brixey, Chair, Digital Arts Search Committee
DXARTS, Box 353414
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-3414.
Priority will be given to applications received before January 19, 2007.
The University of Washington is is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer and is committed to building a culturally diverse faculty, and strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates.
A competitive recruitment and selection process is being conducted and if a U.S. worker or permanent resident is not selected pursuant to this process, an application for Alien Employment Certification may be filed on behalf of an alien to fill the job opportunity.
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