Berkeley Center for New Media/Art Technology & Culture Colloquium [ATC] presents:
Meredith Tromble and Dawn Sumner: Of CAVES and Curiosity
Monday, March 4, 7:30pm-9:00pm, Berkeley
In the KeckCAVES visualization facility at UC Davis, one can walk into a snowflake or fly over a landslide. Images from around space and time flicker into existence as researchers interact with their data in three dimensions. Among the sights to be seen are ancient microbes, chaotic attractors, and the surface of Mars; and, now, the beginnings of a vortex of dreams, a virtual installation built from the inner lives of researchers studying the outer world.
"Take Me To Your Dream (Dream Vortex)," a virtual installation in-progress by artist/writer Meredith Tromble, geobiologist Dawn Sumner, and willing CAVES researchers, is intended as a creative stimulus for anyone at work in the CAVES. And it is the springboard for a discussion of imaging and collaboration in art and science, including Sumner's experiences on the Curiosity Mars mission.
Meredith Tromble is an associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at the San Francisco Art Institute with a practice that intermingles drawing, writing, and performance. Her areas of interest include the creative process and interdisciplinary research.
Dawn Sumner is a geobiology professor at the University of California, Davis. In her research, she focuses on interpreting processes from patterns, mostly patterns in rocks, to understand interactions among life and environments. She has recently expanded beyond ancient Earth to explore living microbial communities in Antarctic lakes and help lead science operations for the NASA Mars rover, Curiosity.
The ATC series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), with support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor and Provost, the Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), Meyer Sound and Theo Armour.
LOCATION:
Banatao Auditorium
Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720
COST/REGISTRATION:
Free and open to the public.
MORE INFO:
Website: http://bcnm.berkeley.edu
Email: info.bcnm@berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-495-3505
About Berkeley Center for New Media/Art Technology & Culture Colloquium [ATC]:
Located on the UC Berkeley campus, The Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) is a cross-disciplinary learning center bringing technology, the humanities, and the arts together. BCNM hosts public events and lectures, such as the ATC series, conducts research, and offers a PhD program (DE in New Media). Over 100 faculty, advisers, and scholars from more than 30 UC Berkeley departments participate.
