Artists
- Devon Bryant
Collision Experiment Using the signage as a focal point, I have transformed the Cabot stairwell into a simple collision simulation. My favorite aspect of this piece is how each inanimate objects seems to overcome its obstacle with such personality. Devon Bryant Devon Bryant is a multi-media artist and educator specializing in projection mapping. He has… Read more: Devon Bryant - Tristan Cunha
Kinetic Chandelier Tristan’s annual holiday light show is a highlight on the Somerville Illuminations Tour, and a beloved neighborhood tradition. The Kinetic Chandelier uses the same programmable LEDs, but trades music for motion. The piece is made with 3D printed parts, woodworking, and custom designed circuit boards. It’s run by 6 arduino microcontrollers running 35… Read more: Tristan Cunha
Demos / Exhibitions
- PopUp MakerSpace
Stop by and make something! Check out electronics and other fun bits and pieces including the library’s 3D Doodler. Led by longtime DIY maker Rob Hart, this popular Maker area is also a popular space at ArtTechPsyche. Learn about maker opportunities at Harvard and network with likeminded folks. Rob Hart Former member of the Harvard Physics Instructional Labs,… Read more: PopUp MakerSpace - Remix Harvard Art Museums’ Collections
Join us for a spell and play with the museums’ data! We’ll hack apart the collections and grow new forests of art! Jeff Steward For over twenty years Jeff has worked at museums with museum data. He’s spent that time working on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things at two major art museums in the greater Boston Area: MFA,… Read more: Remix Harvard Art Museums’ Collections - AR Artists’ Books from the Fine Arts Library
Stop by and try out the AR enhanced features on a selection of artists’ books from the Fine Arts Library. Selections will include: Acqua Alta: Crossing the Mirror by Adrien M & Claire B (2020) Ultra HD premium features by Bobby Davidson (2019) See No Evil by Adrianne Wortzel (2022) Jessica Evans Brady Jessica Evans Brady is… Read more: AR Artists’ Books from the Fine Arts Library - Immersive Humanities
Matt will demonstrate three new immersive experiences, on a walk-in basis, including: Matt Cook As Digital Scholarship Program Manager for Harvard Library, Matt supports diverse scholarly efforts with emerging computational methods, engaging learning spaces, and a campus-wide network of technological expertise. Matt’s personal research interests include 3D technologies (e.g. photogrammetry, VR, etc.) and embodied cognition. After studying philosophy at the… Read more: Immersive Humanities - The Harvard Plate Stacks Collection
Capturing the Intangible Universe Learn more about the Harvard Plate Stacks, a world-renowned collection of Glass Plate Negatives of the night sky, and the generations of early women at Harvard who created, stewarded, and researched this collection that spans over 100 years. Make your own cyanotypes from some of the most famous images in our… Read more: The Harvard Plate Stacks Collection
Speakers
- Caitlin Foley & Misha Rabinovich
Shrine to Fallen Microbes Caitlin & Misha will be talking about their current project Shrine to Fallen Microbes. They say “The need for a diverse microbiome is for us a potent analogy for the need for cultural diversity among people.” Shrine to Fallen Microbes is an interactive website stored on Arweave, the “permaweb.” Artist duo Caitlin & Misha… Read more: Caitlin Foley & Misha Rabinovich - Jeffrey Pomerantz
Virtual Field Trips to the Past Jeffrey Pomerantz is a recovering academic and a founder of Proximal, an educational technology company democratizing experiential learning by building immersive learning experiences, and tools to help you build your own. In a previous life, Pomerantz was a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Information and Library Science… Read more: Jeffrey Pomerantz - Heli Tuomi
Time to Flow 9 tools for making time to create optimal experience wherever you work, whatever you do Being ‘in flow’ is a state of optimal experience, where time disappears as you focus. People who experience flow report higher levels of happiness and life satisfaction. Flow helps you not only be more productive and efficient… Read more: Heli Tuomi - Digital Art And/As Performance: A Conversation with Dr. Leonie Bradbury and Dr. EL Putnam
PseudoRandom Contemporary art curator Leonie Bradbury and performance artist EL Putnam discuss their collaborative work on the recent exhibition PseudoRandom at Emerson Contemporary, considering the challenges and possibilities of creating and presenting digital art. The exhibition explores aesthetic encounters through digital performance by implicating the artist, technology, and the viewer. Putnam examines performance art beyond lens based media, while questioning the ways time… Read more: Digital Art And/As Performance: A Conversation with Dr. Leonie Bradbury and Dr. EL Putnam - Tupac Martir
Technology as a Character The use of technology as not only something that enhances a show, but rather, how it is seen as a character in the story. The decision made in the creative process of the technology creates an ephemeral character that helps drive the story. Tupac is a light magician, creative visionary and… Read more: Tupac Martir