All Member Project Spotlights

Imagine flying over a pyramid shaped boat as a variety of tones from the engine combine to create a melody. That is just what visitors will get when they interact with the new virtual art collection created by Ball State University faculty in Second Life.

John Fillwalk, Ball State associate professor of art, and director of the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts and Animation (IDIAA), is the lead artist on a project that will be showcased in Second Life beginning Sunday, Aug. 24 2008, and run through September.

The NMC offered Fillwalk and the IDIAA the chance to transform an entire Second Life island with interactive virtual art. The collection, which will be up for a month, is part of a series of installations hosted by NMC throughout the year.

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E V O L V E · SIGGRAPH 2008 LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER ·

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA · USA

Wed Aug 13, 2008, 5:30pm SpaceTime Exhibition:

Michael Wright aka Mrags Writer is featured in a one person exhibition on the LearningTimes Squirrel Island in the virtual world Second Life opening Aug 1 2008. The exhibit which will remain up for several months consists of real life works that have been upload to the virtual environment and displayed in two different galleries on the island. Dome West 15,166,22 and Tail Gallery.

LearningTimes, LLC is a privately held organization that is actively engaged in designing and building learning programs, communities and events, as well as the platforms, environments, applications and marketing strategies that make them successful.
One of their core competencies is the designing and producing of learning environments, programs and communities that connect people with other people, online. They believe in utilizing the Web to enable rich collaboration, vibrant community activity, and meaningful interaction between humans, especially across distances.

Hosted at NMC, this project is a collaborative wiki on creating digital, shared knowledge architectures. It began as a research project to search the Blogosphere and do a social network analysis (SNA) to find community-trusted experts on shared knowledge, digital collaboration, and new e-tools for all-the-time learning. The researcher then contacted these global experts and asked open-ended questions to discover current, state-of-art practices in collaborative knowledge creation and management. 

Responses were used to create a shared wiki that summarize these trusted bloggers' views on what is now known.  Of the experts located via the SNA, one was NMC's own Alan Levine - and SNA's can't lie!

Visit the NMC shared knowledge wiki for more information, or to contribute to what is now known about emergence-based digital knowledge.

Opening - Please Join Us!

Fashion Institute of Technology: BFA PHOTOGRAPHY 2008

FIRST EXHIBITION IN SECOND LIFE

Opening: Monday, May 12, 1-3 EST

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/FITSUNY/170/223/25/

Interpreting Contemporary Ballet makes use of the Pachyderm software to present to viewers a foundation for looking at dance. Inside, you will find a collection of expert commentary video clips and interviews with dancers, critics, choreographers, and more. You will catch a glimpse at what it takes to create a ballet in regards to the technical and emotional aspects. This is a great way to get an understanding of a classic art form and how it has progressed to a contemporary state.

View the acutal pachyderm presentaion for Interpreting Comtemporary Ballet 

The Art of Botanical Illustration is a wonderfully laid out Pachyderm presentation that explores the history and development of botanical art through the years. It was not always possible or practical to transport plants, thus it was left up to artists to document and record findings from explorers. The University of Minnesota has gone above and beyond in describing the collaboration of art and science in the facet of botanical illustration.

You can view the full presentation site here:  The Art of Botanical Illustration 

The Fashion Institute of Technology is hosting a "Technology Day" conference, "Teaching and Learning in Four Dimensions" on friday, April 25. The conference is on the intersection of teaching, learning and technology, with a special focus on 3d technology and virtual worlds in the fashion industries. Guest speakers include W. James Au , Louise Guay of My Virtual Model , Shenlei Winkler , and Elaine Polvinen. Click here for more information and to register.

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