Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival
returns to
Transylvania University this October
Artist submissions open until June 4
LEXINGTON,
Ky. -- Computer-based art is a rapidly evolving medium flourishing in a
rich diversity of technologies, interdisciplinary styles and
aesthetics.
Studio 300 Digital Arts and Music Festival brings
to Lexington these latest works and developing genres, providing
Transylvania University students and the community an exclusive front
row seat at the leading edge of international digital art and music
scenes.
A reference to Transylvania’s 300 North
Broadway address, Studio 300 explores creative manifestations of
technology through concerts and exhibitions of digital art and
music. This year’s two-day festival runs October 3-4 and
features concerts in Haggin Auditorium, and multimedia gallery exhibits
in the Morlan Gallery and the online Studio 300 BYTE Gallery. The
festival also steps into the community with a late-night concert at Al’s
Bar.
“What’s special about the Studio 300
Digital Art and Music festival it that is an intense and
interdisciplinary examination of how rapidly evolving technology is
constantly supplying new opportunities for creative expression,”
said Timothy Polashek, associate professor of music and co-director of
the festival. “Transylvania students and faculty are already incredibly
active in developing and integrating new technologies into their
creative works and academic programs, and this festival brings to campus
artists, musicians, and technologists from around the world to
share, interact, and learn from each other and the Transylvania
and Lexington communities.”
Studio 300 is presented as part of Transylvania’s
New Frontiers,
which explores new ideas and perspectives through the arts, humanities
and sciences. It also addresses the university’s year-long exploration
of “persistence” as its 2019-20
campus theme..
Call for works: Submissions accepted through June 4Transylvania
University is accepting artists’ submissions for the international
festival, which takes place on the college’s campus in Lexington,
Kentucky.
Works exploring or using the python
computer language, artificial intelligence, haptic interfaces,
data visualization/sonification, robotics, hardware and
internet hacking, virtual/augmented reality, ecological art/music, and
interactive internet art/music are particularly welcomed, although all
digital art and music submissions on other topics are also encouraged.
Submissions
that broadly address persistence (or ephemerality) in digital art/music
or human experiences are encouraged. Finally, proposals for
demonstrations, talk/paper presentations, workshops, or panel
discussions are also welcomed.
Submissions must
be received by June 4, 2019. There is no submission fee. For additional
information on categories descriptions, submission guidelines, and
requirements for accepted composers and artists, visit the Studio 300
website at
https://studio300.transy.edu/.
