Collider series explores interactive new media March 19-April 14 at UA
"Collider4: Spectacle," an array of events presented by The University of Akron's Myers School of Art, invites visitors to participate in, play with and ponder new media artworks. The events include exhibitions, lectures, workshops, receptions and Kinect Cube interactive artworks.
The Awakening: A (re)Performance will consist of a 12-hour durational flagging dance, documented with a single video camera and recorded for playback within the gallery.
Running March 19 through April 14, all “Spectacle" events are free and open to the public in three UA campus locations: the Myers School of Art and Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St.; Bierce Library, 302 East Buchtel Ave.; and the Honors College Complex, 180 South College St. Also free are receptions on March 20 and April 13 from 4:30 to 8 p.m.
"Spectacle" is co-curated by Rod Bengston, director of University Art Galleries at UA, UA graphic design faculty members Tony Samangy and Markus Vogl, and guest curator Margarita Benitez, assistant professor of fashion design at Kent State University. Details are at Collider4: Spectacle.
The exhibitions feature works by an array of contemporary artists, including Mark Amerika, Margarita Benitez, Elliott Earls, Chad Mossholder, James Murray, Tony Samangy, Markus Vogl and Chris Yanc. The exhibition also features Kinect Cube interactive artworks juried by the four curators. The Kinect Cube artists include Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga, Katherine Behar, Yuan-Yi Fan, Haru Ji, Eunsu Kang, Lustlab, Silvia Ruzanka, David Stolarsky, Graham Wakefield and Yingcai Xiao.
"Spectacle" is the fourth in the UA Myers School of Art's Collider Series. The series examines the impact, implications and inspiration of new media within design and fine arts. For this exhibition, says co-curator Markus Vogl, the term "Spectacle" refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. "'Spectacle' operates in two contexts simultaneously," says Vogl. "On one hand, it refers to high culture performances such as drama and movies, where the draw for an audience is the impressive visual accomplishment. On the other hand, it refers to low cultural shows operating in a folk environment. These can range from freak shows to beast play."
The Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall is the site of many of the exhibition works. The gallery is open Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed Sundays and university holidays. Call 330-972-6030 or visit the School of Art for more information.
"Collider4: Spectacle" events calendar
Monday, March 19 – Friday, April 13
"Collider4: Spectacle" exhibition in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Works by Mark Amerika, Elliott Earls, Chad Mossholder, James Murray and //benitez_vogl (a collaboration of Margarita Benitez and Markus Vogle).
Monday, March 19 – Wednesday, March 21
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
"Swim Browser" by David Stolarsky
Monday, March 19 – Friday, April 13
"Collider4: Spectacle" exhibition in Honors College Complex, 180 South College St., Akron.
Works by Tony Samangy and Chris Yanc
Monday, March 19 – Wednesday, March 28
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Bierce Library Emerging Technologies Lab, 302 E. Buchtel Ave., Akron.
"Membranes" by Eunsu Kang
Tuesday, March 20, 4:30 - 8 p.m.
"Collider4: Spectacle" opening reception in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Thursday, March 22 – Saturday, March 24
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
"Disorientalism" by Silvia Ruzanka and Katherine Behar
Monday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.
"Collider4: Spectacle" lecture by Elliott Earls in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Elliott Earls is designer-In-residence and head of the graduate graphic design program at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Monday, March 26 – Wednesday, March 28
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
"Body Type" by Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga
Thursday, March 29 – Saturday, March 31
Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
"Ambient Vision" by Yuan-Yi Fan
Thursday, March 29 – Saturday, April 7
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Bierce Library Emerging Technologies Lab, 302 E. Buchtel Ave., Akron.
"Swim Browser" by David Stolarsky
Monday, April 2 – Thursday, April 5
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
"Time of Doubles" by Haru Ji and Graham Wakefield
Tuesday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.
"Collider4: Spectacle" lecture by Golan Levin in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Presented by the Myers Lecture Series, Golan Levin is an associate professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University.
Wednesday, April 4, 9 a.m.
"Collider4: Spectacle" workshop by Golan Levin in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Topic: Introduction to Processing
Wednesday, April 4, 3:30 p.m.
"Collider4: Spectacle" workshop by Golan Levin in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Topic: 25 Technologies that are Revolutionizing Art Practice and Education.
Friday, April 6 – Saturday, April 7
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
"Viruses, Cells, Etc." by Dr. Yingcai Xiao and collaborators of UA's Department of Computer Science.
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
"VideoWall" by Lustlab.
Monday, April 9 – Friday, April 13
"Collider4: Spectacle" Kinect Cube interactive artwork in Bierce Library Emerging Technologies Lab, 302 E. Buchtel Ave., Akron.
Viruses, Cells, Etc." by Dr. Yingcai Xiao and collaborators of UA's Department of Computer Science.
Monday, April 9, 7:30 p.m.
"Collider4: Spectacle" lecture by Mark Amerika in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Mark Amerika, professor of art and art history at the University of Colorado at Boulder, discusses CODEWORK and and his collaboration with electronic music composer Chad Mossholder titled “Micro-Cinematic Essay on the Life and Times of Marcel Duchamp dba Conceptual Parts, Ink," as it relates to Amerika's developments for "The Museum Glitch Aesthetics."
Friday, April 13, 4:30 - 8 p.m.
"Collider4: Spectacle" closing reception in Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., Akron.
Media contact: Cyndee Snider, 330-972-5196 or cyndee@uakron.edu.