April 14, 2005
Purdue to take part in nationwide multimedia artistic performance
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Dance Division of the Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present "InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box," a multimedia telematic performance, on April 15-17 in the Envision Center for Data Perceptualization's Virtual Reality Theater.
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The performance will take place at 8 p.m. on Friday (April 15) and Saturday (April 16), and at 5 p.m. on Sunday (April 17). The Envision Center is located off the walkway that connects the Purdue Memorial Union with Stewart Center.
The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. To make reservations, call Debbie Sterrett of the Envision Center at (765) 496-7888.
"InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box" will feature artists and technicians from Purdue and other institutions around the country in an experimental performance art presentation that blends live performances, real-time animation and motion capture, and video and audio pieces from multiple Internet sites.
The artists and technicians will combine their talents in a live show by using the latest in experimental communication, computing, and video and audio tools. Joe Hayes, a senior from Terre Haute, Ind., will be Purdue's primary performer.
The performance will include contributions from students, faculty and staff at the University of Alaska, University of Maryland, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Utah, University of Montana, New York University and Canada's National Research Center.
"InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box" is sponsored by the Dance Division of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Envision Center.
The Envision Center, which opened in April of 2004, is a next-generation telecommunications facility with computers that simulate solid objects via "haptics" displays and is unusual among visualization facilities because of the combination of technologies and disciplines it incorporates.
Organized under the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, the center is a facility designed to serve the computational visualization needs of all areas of the Purdue academic community.
Writer: Aaron Martin, (765) 496-3133, martinac@purdue.edu
Source: Carol Cunningham, professor of visual and performing arts, (765) 494-5993, carolec@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
PHOTO CAPTION:
Joe Hayes, a Purdue senior from Terre Haute, Ind., rehearses for "InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box," which will be presented April 15-17 at the Envision Center for Data Perceptualization's Virtual Reality Theater. "InterPlay" is a multisite, multimedia performance featuring artists and technicians from eight institutions from the United States and Canada. Performances, which are free and open to the public, are scheduled for 8 p.m. on Friday (April 15) and Saturday (April 16), and 5 p.m. on Sunday (April 17). (Purdue News Service photo/Dave Umberger)
A publication-quality photo is available at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/images/+2005/cunningham-interplay.jpg
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