ARTS Lab NEWS

News at ARTS Lab

:: July 31: DomeFest 2009 Site and Info Available

DomeFest, the international festival and conference for creative fulldome work returns to Albuquerque in 2009 September 25-27th. We're eager to share New Mexico's great fall weather! For more information, visit the DomeFest 2009 website.

:: July 10-12: NM Game Jam Makes Games; Builds Community

Over a dozen game developers came together for the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Rio Grande Chapter's "NM Game Jam" with four teams creating games based on the theme words, "serpent," "nervous" and "crush". For more information, to see video of the event and download games, visit http://nmgamejam.org.

:: June 23: Laurie Anderson visit a success

ARTS Lab's involvement with LAND/ART NEW MEXICO and the hosting of a dome-based evening featuring Laurie Anderson and her work was a great success.

In other news, ARTS Lab's experimental SPECTRE SERIES got a bit of a mention in London magazine FACT when they reviewed series curator William Fowler Collins' new album earlier this month. Read here if you like.

:: June 09: Dome Projections & Discussions featuring Laurie Anderson

* 2nd SHOW ADDED! *

ARTS Lab is thrilled to be playing a part in LAND/ART NEW MEXICO. We're especially excited to have artist Laurie Anderson talking on the interplay of art and science at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science's fulldome theatre where there will also be a special screening of her film, "Hidden Inside Mountains."

Dome Projections & Discussions in the Planetarium

Presented by UNM ARTS Lab, 516 ARTS & AMP Concerts at the Planetarium

The UNM ARTS Lab welcomes Laurie Anderson for a talk and screening event showcasing how artists are using new technologies. The UNM ARTS Lab will screen her film Hidden Inside Mountains on the immersive planetarium dome with her talk on art and science, followed by a demonstration of the dome technology featuring a short selection of some video pieces created for DomeFest.

The event is nearly sold out, but please consider Ms. Anderson's show at the Kimo and the many other fine LAND/ART NEW MEXICO events.

Where: Planetarium, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW in Albuquerque.
When: Tuesday, June 09, 7:00 PM AND 9:00 PM
Tickets: $20 / $15 students available soon from AMP Concerts at www.ampconcerts.org

:: April 27: New Photos from the SPECTRE SERIES

Below are some photos from the April 23 SPECTRE SERIES performance by Christian Pincock (valve trombone, live electronics) and Peter Rand (live visuals). Visit http://artslabmusic.blogspot.com to view more photos from our February and March shows.

:: March 27, George Pearl Hall Auditorium: Lecture on "Blue Flower/ Flor Azul"

"Blue Flower/ Flor Azul" is a Public Art piece designed for the George Pearl Hall building, School of Architecture and Planning at UNM. The project is commissioned by the Art in Public Places Program (AIPP) of New Mexico Arts and the UNM. It is scheduled to be installed on November 2009.

On the piece, the image of a small drop of blue ink expanding into water is optically enlarged and projected against a 900 Sq Feet custom-made LCD screen to be placed on the projection wall that is located on the west entry of the building.

This colloquium seeks to introduce the project to the University community in order to bring collaborators into the project. Due to the number of different technologies that the piece incorporates, this project offers the perfect platform for a rich collaborative experience where students from diverse disciplines will merge in a cooperative environment of open knowledge.

On this lecture the software and hardware technology that has been so far developed for the project will be introduced through an audiovisual presentation and functional prototypes. A series of "open collaboration calls" will happen along the lecture as we go over different aspects of the project. Computer Science, Electrical and Computing Engineering, Advanced Electronics, Optical Science, Digital Media Technology, Music and Fine Arts are just few of the fields related to this project. But most important of all is the craving from the student of being part of a team that will bring to life a never seen before kind of audiovisual technology.

Please, find further information of the project at http://www.federicomuelas.com/blue_flower

WHEN: Friday March 27, 12:00 PM
WHERE: George Pearl Hall Auditorium

:: DomeFest 2008 DVD now for sale

The DomeFest 2008 DVD is now for sale! Purchase it here for the low price of $9.

:: ARTS Lab action in March

On March 10 join us for a special evening with Alex Lindsay from Pixel Corps in San Francisco. Learn techniques for using the greenscreen. Greenscreen is a valuable film, broadcast, and web video tool but it's still often a mystery to DPs and graphic artists. Learn the math, the tools and the techniques of shooting and keying greenscreen.

On March 13 and 14 we have Ecotone Physical Theatre performing "Falling Apart - An Evening in Three Acts" is a fully improvised work. It is the framework in which the performers invent character, gesture, movement, dialogue in response to the environment and to each other. The performances will feature collaborations with students in 3D Design, Video and Computer Animation, who will work to create environments for performers. The performances will also feature collaborations with UNM dance students.

The ARTS Lab SPECTRE SERIES (our experimental music series) returns Tuesday, March 24 with San Francisco duo Barn Owl and Albuquerque's Heavywater. Show starts at 7:30 PM in the ARTS Lab Digital Media Garage. More info at http://artslabmusic.blogspot.com/.

The March Screenwriting Workshop w/ Matthew McDuffie will happen on March 28 and 29, at the ARTS Lab Digital Media Garage from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The cost is $225. Call (505) 385-1323 or write to buzzblanco@comcast.net for more information and reservations.

:: DomeFest Retrospective: Five Years of Films

Watch the videos and then rate them from 1 to 5. You can base your rating on quality, originality, music, graphics, personal taste, smell, what you will.

For folks born in an odd numbered year, please use: > This Survey

For folks born in an even numbered year, please use: > This Survey

:: ARTS Lab tours

ARTS Lab is available to give tours of its Black Box (includes motion capture and green screen) and Fulldome facilities on select dates, by appointment only. Go here to register for a tour.

:: Call for Proposals

ARTS Lab is pleased to announce a call for proposals for new interdisciplinary research-based work to commence in Spring 2009.

:: Job Opening

Assistant Professor of Electronic Arts
The University of New Mexico
College of Fine Arts
Department of Art and Art History

:: DomeFest 2008 Photos

DomeFest 2008 slideshow from Flickr. Photos by Nicole Juarez-Strawn.