AFFILIATED RESEARCH PROJECTS
ArtHERE
OpenLab has helped to launch a new exciting on-line tool for art, science, tech, and education at the ZERO1 Biennial:Seeking Silicon Valley please visit the site for more information
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AUX
Aux is a collaborative research group lead by Sudhu Tewari, graduate student pursuing a PhD in Cultural Musicology and MFA in Digital Art and New Media. Aux takes its name from the auxilary input often found on older stereo equipment, an acknowledgment of the potential offered by something other than the traditional/standard phonograph, tape or radio input. The goal of Aux is to explore the world of sound art, primarily though experimentation with kinetic sound producing sculptures and electronic devices.
Contact: Sudhu Tewari, Research Director + Founder, Aux , loopstick [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Finger Codes
website: Eleanor Gates-Stuart
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S.S. Palo Alto Project
The S.S. Palo Alto Project is a proposal for a new public ArtPark focusing on the sustainability of the ocean environment. Located off of Seacliff State Beach on the West Coast of the U.S., it has the potential to become a rallying symbol for the precarious future of California’s State Parks, and the health of the world’s oceans.
The team is to be composed of artists and environmentalists, marine biologists, scientists, sea explorers, architects, activists, designers, and an engineer. Working in tandem with colleagues at the University of California at Santa Cruz, in the new Social Practice Arts Resource Center, as well both the Art and Marine Science Departments.
In dialogue with the Friends of the California State Parks to make the “Cement Ship” as it is colloquially called, a place for environmental awareness and public outreach on the pending marine issues of our time. We hope to call attention to not only the plight of the marine environment, but California State Parks, who actually own the Ship. The S.S. Palo Alto ArtPark project is also championed by the United Nations SAFE PLANET Campaign, (under the auspices of the the 3 Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions).
Website: Barbara Benish, Project Organizer & Director, SS Palo Alto, UN Safe Planet Campaign
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Astrophysics Visualization Lab
Empirically, astrophysical objects are not amenable to experimental studies; we rely on careful observations rather than laboratory experimentation to obtain data. Theoretically, astrophysical objects are rarely amenable to simple physical models; we rely more and more on computational methods to understand the complicated physics that governs the phenomena we observe. With the advancement of computer technology and numerical algorithms, complex astrophysical phenomena such as supernova explosions, accretion of material onto stars, stellar pulsations, and the granular patterns of solar convection are now accessible via simulation almost as if they were accessible via experiments in the laboratory. But humans are visual creatures. Numbers alone do little to feed our physical understanding and intuition. To fully realize the scientific and aesthetic potential of these simulations, we also need sophisticated visualization tools.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Infant-Family Program: a non-profit serving infants, families and professionals
THRIVE studies the infants’ capacities for emotional communication and social relatedness as well as the coresponding abilities of the caregiver. Our treatment clarifies infant communication and facilitates caregiver empathy and response. THRIVE provides training and education for professionals and disseminates knowledge to the community.
THRIVE’S vision is to understand the emotional development of the infant from the beginning, facilitate communication in the infant-caregiver relationship, and to provide an environment for infants to thrive from the beginning.
The THRIVEfamilyLAB is a new initiative for the creation of iPhone/iPad APPS for parents in the NICU and at home. In addition to the creation of new APPS, the THRIVE familyLAB will provide inter-disciplinary training for professionals, Infant Observation Courses and pregnancy accompaniment groups from the THRIVE director, Julie McCaig in association with artists, infant researchers, scientists, and with the help of THRIVE’S Forward Observer and THRIVE President, Vladimir Lipovetsky, M.D.
Project Website: Dr. Julie McCaig, Director THRIVE
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SonicSENSE
SonicSENSE is an expandable and evolving site for art, culture, new technologies, digital media, collaboration, and participation. Founded by Barney Haynes and Jennifer Parker in 2008.SonicSENSE uses the creative diversity of computational media and traditional visual art practices to cultivate space for sharing, questioning, and exploring interdisciplinary frameworks, methodologies, and experiences. Each exhibition of the platform is a new iteration consisting of a series of mechanical sound sculptures and interactive objects that drive data mined from the internet and biometrics gleaned from the audience.
Project Website: SonicSENSE
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Eco-Art: Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison
Website: The Harrison’s Studio
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Innovation & Design Lab
Website: Innovation & Design Lab
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Nomadpad
Nomadpad is committed to providing a free and accessible multifunctional product designed to deliver comfort and protection to those who are imposed-by the difficulties of the urban nomadic experience. Nomadpad is a nondiscriminatory, non-profit organization whose aims are to successfully supply a utilitarian product available to all users in the community of the city.
Website: NomadPad
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