Event 3

For my event I went to the Delete Me exhibit by several graduating seniors from the Design Media Arts department. As described on the DESMA website, "works span the genres of interactive installation, performance, sculpture, software, print and video work." This exhibit was so intriguing to walk through, where the dimly lit room allowed each artists piece to enhance the viewers other senses to specific lights and sound. Many of the exhibits were interactive, including several video games where the viewers could actually play games. One of the exhibits was a large room with large words projected on the walls, and a recorded voice talking through the speakers, which created such a cool, sensory experience. Another had a microphone with a teleprompter, where the words would move through the speech as soon as the viewer starts talking into the mic. 
I liked the ways that every single piece in the whole exhibit incorporated technology and art in order to create an interactive experience for the viewers. For example there were several works that looked like portraits hanging on the wall; however, they were TV screens with moving objects and figures that were interesting to watch. There was another room with projection screens on the three surrounding walls where you could sit on the floor and watch around you. The projections were similar to traditional large murals, but instead, the view moved and you felt like you were in another world. Many of the pieces used technology to depict and enhance different aspects of technology in an artistic way that was completely parallel to everything we have discussed this quarter about the connections between science and art.










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