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January 21-31
PULSE: Art and Technology Festival
Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts
The Telfair’s Technology and Art Week expands to become a festival in 2009 with programs exploring topics ranging from video art and electronics to robotics. This year’s programs include a lecture by noted artist Elizabeth King, whose exhibition at the Jepson Center includes meticulously crafted figurative sculptures and stop-frame film animations. New installations will be on display in the Jepson Center’s TAG and Morrison Galleries, including New York-based artist YoungHyun Chung’s Digital Wheel Art—which provides wheelchair-bound individuals the opportunity to make virtual paintings on a large video screen. Other works include a sound installation in the Eckburg Atrium by Matthew Akers, an evening presentation of a sculptural video installation by Allesandro Imperato and Kelley McClung, and video installations by Chito Lapena and Kenneth Huff. Performance will also be a part of the festival, with a rare duet between a human and a robotic musician presented by the Brooklyn-based group LEMUR (the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots). PULSE: Art and Technology Festival will culminate in a Family Day with demonstrations by several guest artists and a musical performance by creative Minneapolis-based music duo Beatrix JAR. The group will lead a workshop and present a concert using “circuit bent” electronic toys.
PULSE: Art and Technology Festival events are offered free of charge, with funding provided by the City of Savannah. All programs take place at the Jepson Center for the Arts unless otherwise indicated. Reservations for workshops are required; call 790-8821.
Program Schedule
January 21-28
Technology Installations by YoungHyun Chung, Matthew Akers, Chito Lapena, Kenneth Huff
January 21, 4pm
Gallery Talk on Digital Wheel Art by YoungHyun Chung
New York-based artist YoungHyun Chung will discuss his interactive system that helps individuals with disabilities express themselves using digital projections.
January 22, 11am
LEMUR Lecture and Demonstration:
“Art and Robotics” by LEMUR Founder Eric Singer
Eric Singer is a musician, artist, engineer, and the founder/director of LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots). LEMUR is a Brooklyn-based group of artists and technologists who create exotic, sculptural musical instruments which integrate robotic technology. www.lemurbots.org
January 22, 6pm
Evening Concert by Ben Neill and LEMUR
The Telfair presents an evening performance by LEMUR and Ben Neill—a composer, performer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. Neill’s music blends electronica, jazz, and ambient, blurring the lines between DJ culture and acoustic performance. Neill has released CDs of his music on the Astralwerks and Six Degrees. www.benneill.com
January 23, 11am
Processing Workshop for High School Students with Chito Lapena
Royce Learning Center, 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd.
Artist and programmer Chito Lapena will lead a workshop on creating art projects using Processing, a visually oriented computer programming language. Registration required; call 790-8821.
January 26, 12:30pm
Lecture by Kenneth Huff
Kenneth Huff’s intricate, digitally created prints, animations, sculptures, and photographs explore evolving patterns and forms in nature. See his work at the Jepson Center. www.kennethahuff.com
January 28, 6pm
Lecture by Artist Elizabeth King (sign interpreted)
Acclaimed artist Elizabeth King will lecture in conjunction with her exhibition at the Jepson Center. King’s sculptures, films, and installations of meticulously crafted human figures utilize highly specialized fabrication processes and older technologies such as stop-frame animation.
January 29, 12:30pm
Gallery Talk: Elizabeth King: The Sizes of Things in the Mind’s Eye
Join us for an informative lecture and gallery tour of the exhibition Elizabeth King: The Sizes of Things in the Mind’s Eye, on view at the Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts from January 30-April 19, 2009.
January 30, 4pm
BrushBots Workshop with Christian Cerrito
Christian Cerrito creates small, inexpensive drawing machines—from pen-wielding hatchbots to tiny brushbots—propelled on toothbrush heads. Registration required; call 790-8821.
January 30, 7pm
Phantasmagoria: A Site-Specific Video Installation
by Alessandro Imperato and Kelley McClung
The artists will create a video environment in the Jepson Center’s Eckburg Atrium, incorporating images of the museum’s architecture and visitors.
January 31, 11am
Circuit-bending Workshop with Beatrix Jar (Ages 14 - adult)
Minneapolis-based sound artists Beatrix JAR will lead a workshop illustrating how to turn old electronic toys and keyboards into circuit-bent musical instruments. Participants may bring toys or use those provided. Registration is required; call 790-8821.
January 31, 2-5pm
Technology Family Day, featuring 3pm Performance by Beatrix JAR
The Telfair’s popular Family Day features activities for children and demonstrations by guest artists Chito Lapena and Christian Cerrito (Brushbots). The program also includes a concert by Minneapolis duo Beatrix JAR with live video by Allesandro Imperato.
Beatrix JAR is Bianca Pettis (Beatrix) and Jacob Aaron Roske (JAR). This charismatic sonic duo has adopted a do-it-yourself method, layering electronic beats, circuit-bent devices, and spontaneous samples to create futuristic sounds. Beatrix Jar has performed and led workshops at art museums nationwide. www.beatrixjar.com
Project funding provided by the City of Savannah
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