IMRC Center to host regional art, technology conference discussions
The University of Maine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center will host panel discussions as part of the Northeast Connection Art and Technology Conference, May 23 and 24.
The panel discussions will address “Current Ideas in Art and Technology” and “Rethinking Instruments in the Digital Age.” Both presentations are free and open to the public, and will take place at 1 p.m. at the IMRC Center on campus.
The Northeast Connection is a consortium of university programs focused on the intersection of art and technology. Current members include the Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology at McGill University, New York University’s music technology program, and the UMaine Intermedia MFA program.
Panelists will include Rob Hamilton, an assistant professor of music and media at RPI; Marcelo Wanderley, director of the Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory at McGill University; Joel Chadabe, composer, author, and internationally recognized pioneer in the development of interactive music systems, and founder of the Electronic Music Foundation and Ear to the Earth; Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media at UMaine; Gustavo Aguilar, an associate professor of experimental performance at the University of Maine at Farmington; and Leslie Ross, a Maine bassoon builder and musician.
The discussions will be moderated by Nate Aldrich, a UMaine professor of intermedia.
The conference is supported by the UMaine Intermedia and New Media departments, McGill University, RPI and the IMRC Center.