Creative Campus and New College present: Tech-is-Art Expo, March 10th, 6 pm, Gorgas 205

In March, 2009, the Creative Campus Initiative in a partnership with New College will debut the first ever University of Alabama Tech-is-Art Expo. The Tech-is-Art Expo will provide talented students working on cutting-edge technology/arts projects an opportunity to meet students of similar interests, showcase their work, and to create ripe conditions for discovery and collaboration across seemingly unrelated disciplines.

We're looking for students who see dance music when they look at an old game console, who wonder if televisions and basic programming skills can create modern art, who dream of circuit-bending, robots, light shows, hacking, and the beauty of a body in motion.

Participants should envision a more interactive version of Get on Board day, with each individual or organization provided a table on which to present their project. Usage of multimedia is encouraged but must be provided by the individual or organization. Unlike similar events, projects do not have to be finalized and polished, that is we are happy to accept works in progress because this event is designed to focus more on the process of creating and to foster collaboration than to simply showcase finished products. The hope is that all participants and attendants will gain from this open sharing of knowledge and innovation.

Students who participate will be eligible to receive preferential selection for 3 $500 grants towards the completion of future boundary-pushing interdisciplinary work. The Creative Campus's Tech-is-Art Expo is not a one-time event. Rather, it is the beginning of Creative Campus's efforts to foster a creative community that can and will thrive within and without the traditional university system. These efforts will include the aforementioned grants, as well as seminars on exciting new technologies, and friendly competitions to promote artistic and technological innovation and excellence. More importantly, the goal is to continue the transformation of the campus and Tuscaloosa culture from one mired in the status quo into one that accepts and embraces experimentalism and the unknown.

http://www.creativecampus.ua.edu

http://www.uamissingink.com

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[CaptainRatbeard]

Nice job Paul. The Norman Fischer shirt is my favorite.