Expanded Media

Sep 2 11

presentation to freshmen foundations

by Barbara Lattanzi

I have decided to post this powerpoint (approximately 5mb) here. It was a brief presentation, last spring, to freshmen in the BFA Foundations Program. The powerpoint presents a selection of student work, offering a glimpse of how digital interactive art is taught and researched within the Division of Expanded Media.

Aug 24 11

Science Fiction

by Barbara Lattanzi

I just received this video still today, at my request, from Rebekkah Palov (MFA, 2009, IEA program). Her video, “Science Fiction” is included in a newly-distributed DVD on the Aspect label – a curated 2-volume set, “Strangely Funny & Failure”. Since I haven’t yet seen this work, there is only this image and an excerpt from a descriptive statement.

"Science Fiction" by Rebekkah Palov

“Science Fiction” is a single take performance narration of ruptured texts about re-creations. The constellation of free flowing text fragments jump from personal to (inter) national narratives and functions under a thin guise of genre, science fiction.[...] In the background, 2 televisions play science-fiction-esque video with an obviously canned soundtrack; both access conventions of genre which further confound this intimate, amusing and unnerving performance.

Boomerangrang software

by Barbara Lattanzi

Boomerangrang is software that variably delays sound from a live microphone, for an experiment focused on perception and language. It is my 2nd project posted over at code.google.com. This simple project is open source; the max/msp patches are there along with the downloadable application (for Mac only). The source of the idea is a 1974 video by Richard Serra, with Nancy Holt.