Media art exhibit opens at ISU
From June 28, 2008:
Article in Bloomington (IL) daily The Pantagraph about a multimedia group installation titled “Test Pattern Sound Check” going live at University Galleries, Center for the Visual Arts, on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal. (Remember that the direct link to this article will expire soon.)
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Editor’s note: According to the linked article, this is the first large-scale group show featuring work made by undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the Program in Arts Technology, which you can learn more about right here. Led by program director Shari Zeck, who also teaches cinema studies courses through the School of Theatre, this interdisciplinary track allows individuals to develop skills in their chosen field (performance, music, dance, the arts) with current digital tools and computer applications. C-U Blogfidential agent davep earned this degree a few years back, emphasizing music composition in an experimental vein, and he gave the experience good marks despite having to haul ass to Normal multiple times every week. Poster Children rock star Rose Marshack now makes a similar commute since she is an Arts Technology instructor, and it’s no surprise to learn she has a piece in this exhibit. Go Rose!
If you’re not familiar with Ilinois State University but would like to take a crack at “Test Pattern Sound Check,” which will close after Friday, September 12, study this map well since address listings for campus buildings over yonder are usually in the form of Post Office boxes. Note that a convenient parking garage looms to the west of the Center for the Visual Arts building; street parking is otherwise two or more blocks away in all directions.
And now, some thoughts about knocking together the heads of trustees and deans at both ISU and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign over their year-round nearsightedness that apparently excuses the lack of full-fledged film production schools on their respective camp…
Oh, shucks, it’s late. [Yawns.] For another time, y’all. ‘Night.
~ Jason Pankoke