{"id":1532,"date":"2013-09-24T13:32:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T17:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2013\/09\/transylvania-universitys-third-annual-studio-300-features-vanguard-of-digital-arts-and-music-movement\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:56:11","slug":"transylvania-universitys-third-annual-studio-300-features-vanguard-of-digital-arts-and-music-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2013\/09\/transylvania-universitys-third-annual-studio-300-features-vanguard-of-digital-arts-and-music-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania University\u2019s third annual STUDIO 300 features vanguard of digital arts and music movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StudioLEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014Transylvania University\u2019s Studio 300: Digital Art and Music Festival showcases the cutting edge of art in the digital age with nine exhibitions, three concerts and four lectures presented by 33 musicians and 130 artists in just two days.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe festival, free and open to the community, is Oct. 4 and 5. Exploring creative manifestations of technology is the festival\u2019s focus. Timothy Polashek, director of the festival and assistant professor of music at Transylvania, emphasizes the importance of innovation: \u201cAll the artists and musicians involved are also technologists who build their own tools, instead of using preexisting tools in traditional ways. This is one of the factors that makes Studio 300 really exciting.\u201d Polashek is himself a software creator and an internationally recognized composer.\n<\/p>\n

\nStudio 300\u2019s exhibitions include \u201cWaves & Currents: An Exploration of Sound, Light, and Time,\u201d by Montr\u00e9al artist Lenka Novakova and Boston artist Georgie Friedman, in Transylvania\u2019s Morlan Gallery<\/a> through Oct. 11.\n<\/p>\n

\nOther notable exhibitions include \u201cVox-Novus 60×60 Video Mix\u201d and the BYTE Gallery International Exhibition. \u201c60×60\u201d is a one-hour multimedia performance made up of sixty 60-second or shorter compositions by artists from around the world. The BYTE Gallery International Exhibition will feature 45 works, selected from several hundred internationally submitted entries. The BYTE gallery features video, audio and still images from all over the world, including Iran, Germany, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Japan, Italy and France.\n<\/p>\n

\nThree multi-artist concerts and four Art Talks over the two days round out the schedule. (A complete schedule follows.) You can also visit the Studio 300 website<\/a> for details about the artists and events.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe festival will give Transylvania students and the community \u201can exclusive front row seat,\u201d Polashek says, to experience the newest developments of international digital art.\n<\/p>\n

\nFor more information about Transylvania\u2019s music technology major or the Studio 300 festival, contact Tim Polashek at tpolashek@transy.edu<\/a> or 859-233-8254.\n<\/p>\n

\"StudioFestival details<\/h4>\n

\nStudio 300 begins with an Art Talk on Friday, Oct. 4, at 10:30 a.m. and continues with an afternoon of open art installations, another lecture, and two concerts Friday evening. The first concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Transylvania\u2019s Haggin Auditorium; the second is at Al\u2019s Bar at 601 N. Limestone St. starting at 11 p.m. Each concert features six or seven different artist-composers, offering the audience a wide exposure to unique video, audio and other digital media music varieties.\n<\/p>\n

\nSaturday\u2019s events include an Art Talk at 11 a.m. and another at 2 p.m., art installations until 7:30 p.m., and a concert in Haggin Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.\n<\/p>\n

\nEach of the four Art Talk events has a built-in interactive component. For example, “You Are Coming For Us. We Are Coming For You,” is a collaborative performance art work between artists Dmitry “Dima” Strakovsky and Nick Warner, who team up with Kentucky’s sci-fi\/electronica act, Italian Beaches. The result is an interactive live performance that blends digital beats, visual imagery and sound with live analog instrumentation manipulated by audience members via midi-controllers.\n<\/p>\n

\nAmong the array of internationally, nationally and regionally acclaimed artists and musicians are Transylvania faculty and students. Larry Barnes, professor of music, will perform \u201cBeyond the Golden Door,\u201d and Polashek will perform \u201cSonata.\u201d Transylvania students and recent graduates also contribute to the festival, including Zach Bain-Selbo \u201815, Dustin Jones ’13 and Lindsay Studer ’13, who will play the \u201cLate Night with Digital Al\u201d venue at Lexington\u2019s Al\u2019s Bar.\n<\/p>\n

\nRyla Luttrell ’12 will exhibit \u201cIlluminated,\u201d a light and audio sculpture. Laura Campbell ’13, Joseph Perkins \u201813, Dustin Jones ’13, Adam Greene \u201813 and Tyler Turcotte \u201815 have works in the BYTE Gallery. In addition, three Transylvania classes will have exhibitions on view: \u201cSITE ART: Audio Postcards\u201d by the Art and Acoustic Ecology students, \u201cDigital Reflections\u201d by the Introduction to Digital Rhetorics students, and \u201c808s & Nancarrow-ama\u201d by the Introduction to Music Technology students.\n<\/p>\n

\nTransylvania offers a degree in music technology and encourages art majors to incorporate digital mediums by using the Fine Arts Technology Lab, which offers state-of-the-art audio and video software and hardware.\n<\/p>\n

Schedule of events<\/h4>\n

ART TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nFRIDAY, OCT. 4, 10:30\u201311:20 a.m. \u2014 \u201cTechnology, Composition, Performance,\u201d demonstration by composer and flutist Linda Antas.Faculty Lounge, Mitchell Fine Arts Center.\n<\/p>\n

\nFRIDAY, OCT. 4, 1:30\u20132:20 p.m. \u2014 \u201cHumanexus the Film: Humanity Through Time and Technology,\u201d by Norbert Herber. Faculty Lounge, Mitchell Fine Arts Center.\n<\/p>\n

\nSATURDAY, OCT. 5, 11 a.m.\u2013noon \u2014 \u201cBouncing: An Interactive Audio-Visual Installation,\u201d demonstration by Krzysztof Wolek and Zach Thomas. Coleman Recital Hall, Mitchell Fine Arts Center.\n<\/p>\n

\nSATURDAY, OCT. 5, 2\u20133 p.m. \u2014 \u201cYou Are Coming for Us. We Are Coming For You,\u201d demonstration by Italian Beaches. Faculty Lounge, Mitchell Fine Arts Center.\n<\/p>\n

EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOct. 4 and 5, noon\u20137:30 p.m. Art installations are in the venues specified below inside the Mitchell Fine Arts Center.\n<\/p>\n

Faculty Lounge<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201c808s & Nancarrow-ama\u201d by Introduction to Music Technology students\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDigital Reflections\u201d by Introduction to Digital Rhetorics students (available for viewing 4:30-6:30 p.m.)\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cSITE ART: Audio Postcards\u201d by Art and Acoustic Ecology students\n<\/p>\n

Rafskeller Foyer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cBYTE Gallery International\u201d by various artists\n<\/p>\n

Coleman Recital Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cBouncing: An Interactive Audio-Visual Installation\u201d by Krzysztof Wolek and Zach Thomas\n<\/p>\n

Haggin Foyer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cNotes from Underground\u201d by David Jason Snow\n<\/p>\n

Morlan Gallery <\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cWaves & Currents: An Exploration of Sound, Light, and Time\u201d by Lenka Novakova and Georgie Friedman\n<\/p>\n

Classroom #25<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cIlluminated\u201d by Ryla Luttrell\n<\/p>\n

Classroom #27<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\u201cVox-Novus 60×60 Video Mix\u201d by various artists\n<\/p>\n

CONCERTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nThe three main concerts are titled \u201cwaves,\u201d in homage of the electronic wave inspiring the digital festival. All are free and open to the public.\n<\/p>\n

\nWAVE 1 Concert: Friday, Oct. 4, 7:30\u20139:30 p.m. Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Center\n<\/p>\n