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Audio & Visual Installation Art Showcase
9pm - 2am
Society for the Arts
1112 N. Milwaukee Ave, Wicker Park (near Division and Ashland)
A transforming synaesthesia of sound | visuals | interactive | social integrated into an unparalleled media+art event in Chicago's Wicker Park. MGFest08 begins a tradition of full-scale environmental design, bringing together a massive range of creative talents to inspire, awe, and activate your mind. From 360-degree VR pods to an underground cavern of sound, come see this diverse assembly of media+art visions. Showcasing over 30 artists.
Featured Installation Artists
VRmage : 360˚ Head-tracking VR Pods
Experience non-linear trans-dimentionality with : Portal
Virtual Tourism in the fantastical worlds of Second Life:
• Zero Point in Kelham
• Seifert's The Future Installation
Respondr / M1 Interactive : "Reactive Video Tables"
Respondr is a revolutionary interactive video system that creates high-impact branding and immersive multimedia experiences through audience participation and physical interaction. This cutting edge technology engages consumers through responsive interactivity, opening the door for creative branding and immersive environments.
Mike Una : "Octophonopod" and "Snowy Day"
Sound & light environments; visualizing the unseen...
Featured Musical Artists
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Installation Artists
Chris Andrew (Stoptime 341) : "Once"
Eric Medine (Los Angeles) : "WiiMote"
Top Floor Live : "International Dance Party"
mfChicago : "Laser/Oscilloscope Feedback"
Nathan Peck : "Rook TV"
Chris Collins : "Screen Savior"
Nat Soti : "Effect or Affect?"
Screening Artists
Sage Vaughn : "NASA" (artists include: David Byrne, Tom Waits, M.I.A., RZA, Kool Keith, and George Clinton)
Sean Capone (New York) : "Best of 2007"
Margaret Dolinsky (Indiana) : "Hello World"
Lift : "Secret Frequency"
Imago (Istanbul) : "Everyday Robots"
Video Janitors : "shaving" and "sexy"
Kim Alpert : "Commute"
Byron Durham : "Who is this?"
Bryon Durham & Seth Gershberg : "Persistence of Memory"
Seth Gershberg : "C://" and "Mushroom Robot"
Tesia Kosmalski : "Swim Hours"
Live Video Performers
mfChicago, Sharon Lomasney, Tesia Kosmalski and Shudder Inc
Directions
By car: Take off Division exit west from Kennedy/Edens (90/94 expressway) drive a 0.3 mile to Milwaukee Avenue, turn left (south) into Milwaukee Avenue drive a 0.2 mile. The society building is on the right (east) side of Milwaukee Avenue.
By bus: Take 56 CTA bus (Milwaukee Avenue) to Thomas Street. Stop on request.
By subway: Take off CTA blue line subway (O'Hare/downtown) on Division street station. Go to Milwaukee Avenue. You are 5 minute walking distance from the Society.
Top Floor Live
12am - 3am
online international dance party
The
Top Floor is a live online dance event where audience webcams are mixed
into a broadcast of DJs, visual art and our downtown LA dancefloor. Log
on and connect your party to The Top Floor. This international, interactive,
live dance party takes place all across the planet. This event is part of
MGFest08 Online.