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[ January 29, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Reasons for Taking a Walk in the Dark: The Collaborations of Maria Del Carmen and Kevin Patton Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Lecture Hall Kevin Patton and Maria del Carmen Montoya will discuss their collaborative projects I Sky You, The Digital Poplar Consort, WineBloodBloodLove, and We Are All Creatures of Moisture. Their interdisciplinary works range from performance [...]

[ January 29, 2010; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Programming Intermedia Art: Pitfalls and Potentials Lawrence Hall 249 An informal discussion with intermedia artists Kevin Patton and Maria del Carmen Montoya. This forum presents the opportunity for a practical conversation with artists who work with cutting-edge media (as well as older technology) about the various aspects of installing, exhibiting, and archiving their work.

[ January 27, 2010; 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. ] New Instrumental Virtuosity: Computation-Based Musical Instruments in Performance A colloquium led by Kevin Patton Collier House 103, 4:30pm Through centuries of instrumental performance practice, curiosity, and a need to be heard, musicians have developed a physical connection to the things they play. For musicians the idea of a technological extension to the body as the medium of expressive forces is a [...]

[ January 26, 2010; 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Note: This workshop is filled! Description below is for informational purposes only... “Wireless Instrument Design: Getting Started with New Moves for New Sounds” “Wireless Instrument Design: Getting Started with New Moves for New Sounds” is a physical computing workshop with Kevin Patton and Maria del Carmen Montoya where students will learn how to connect an accelerometer sensor to their computer to [...]

Award-winning media artists in residence at UO for performance, lectures Maria del Carmen Montoya and Kevin Patton will explore collaboration, interactivity and managing media EUGENE, Ore. — (Jan. 20, 2010) – Award-winning new media artists Maria del Carmen Montoya and Kevin Patton will be in residence at the University of Oregon from Jan. 25 to 29. The visit [...]

[ January 28, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:02 pm. ] Note: proceeds from suggested donation will directly support DIVA!

Students to learn about media arts management in new UO program Arts and Administration program announces new concentration in media management EUGENE, Ore. — (Jan. 19, 2010) — Artistic expression now takes many forms and involves traditional and interactive media that pose new challenges to arts managers and museum curators. A new area of graduate study at [...]