Hello TUX!

A reminder that tomorrow we have our first TUX Member presentation of the fall 2017 season, presented by David Bouchard & Steve Daniels. The details of the talk are below. The talk will be in the DGP Lab in the Department of Computer Science at U of T (5th Floor, 40 St. George St.).

We look forward to seeing you there!

Ali, Daniel, and Tovi

Tuesday, October 10 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: David Bouchard & Steve Daniels

DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George St. 5th Floor

Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm.

Engaging students through public collaborations

Abstract

Since 2014, we have been partnering with cultural institutions, artists and our students to produce large scale public art installations. Recent projects with the TIFF digiPlaySpace and the Ontario Science Centre will serve as case studies. We will describe our experiences and the evolving role of students as they follow a trajectory from volunteers to co-creators within these projects. Our presentation will also reflect on how maker culture intersects with curriculum leading to these public outcomes.

Bios

David is an omnivorous New Media artist, technologist and educator. His work explores the expressive potential of computation, both in software and hardware forms. His research interests include data visualization, generative art, interactive and responsive environments, digital fabrication, display technology for public spaces, electronic music interfaces and wireless sensor networks to name a few. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Concordia University and a Masters of Media Arts & Sciences from MIT.

Steve Daniels uses electronics and communication technologies to create hardware agents, kinetic sculptures, ubiquitous spaces and networked events. Through his practice he juxtaposes disparate knowledge systems and experiences in an effort to reveal their underlying structures and assumptions. His works and collaborations have exhibited at the TIFF Lightbox, Ontario Science Centre and InterAccess (Toronto, ON) and were recently included in the MACHines show at the Centre des Arts, Enghien Les Bain (FR), as a part of Eveil/Alive/Despertar (SESC Santana, Sao Paulo, Brazil), TEI’15 (Stanford, USA) and ISEA (Disruption) 2015 (Vancouver, CAN). Steve is currently associate professor in the New Media program in the RTA School of Media, Ryerson University. Steve teaches courses in Malleable Media, Physical Computing, Telepresence and Networked Objects. He holds an MSc from the University of Manitoba (Zoology, Behavioural Ecology) and is a graduate of the Integrated Media program at OCAD (Toronto). Steve can be found online at www.spinningtheweb.org.

OUR SPONSORS:

TUX is made possible by the support of our sponsors, Steven Sanders, Autodesk,

University of Toronto Department of Computer Science, and MaRS.

About MaRS: MaRS is the one of the world’s largest urban innovation hubs—a place for collaboration, creativity and entrepreneurship. Located in the heart of Toronto’s research district, MaRS provides the space, training, talent and networks required to commercialize important discoveries and launch and grow Canadian startups.