UB Art Gallery to present New Work by Media Study Students

BUFFALO, N.Y.-- "NET<3," a two-day exhibition of new work by nine media study students from the University of Buffalo is scheduled for 5-9 p.m. April 10 and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 11 in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North (Amherst) Campus.

The exhibition highlights new work that explores sociable technologies. The schedule for the two days is as follows: 

April 10, 5-9 p.m.: "Rawing the News," a metaphorical illustration and lecture on the process of on-line news production, performed by Loren Sonnenberg, featuring free indulgent food and drinks.

Installations: "Tribot," a prototype for a robotic partner for people by Nicholas Stedman and "Assistive Technology," the design of a fully functional chair intended to assist a person with getting in and out of a bathtub, by David Del Signore. 

April 11, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Installations: "Tribot" and "Assistive Technology."

5–6 p.m.: "Gamics" workshop by David Hohusen describing the process of creating comic images using gaming systems with examples from his project, "MMO Times."

6–7 p.m.: "Socially Networked Video," a choose-your-own-adventure presentation by Jonathan Burow, Tom Peters and Parker English, using a web-based tool for the assembly and mass distribution of streaming video that is composed live, clip-by-clip by the interacting audience.

7–8 p.m.: "The Enveloop," a discussion led by Brian Diesel on the implementation of the mediated social sphere in actual space, focusing on the potentials offered through network technologies. The discussion will lead to the formation of a new social network.

8–9 p.m.: Al Larsen's "Warm Not Cold," a live performance combining music, spoken word and video clips

The students of NET<3 are advised by Trebor Scholz, assistant professor, and Tom Leonhardt, instructor, both in the Department of Media Study.

The UB Art Gallery is funded by the UB College of Arts and Sciences, the Visual Arts Building Fund, the Seymour H. Knox Foundation Fine Arts Fund and the Fine Arts Center Endowment. For more information, call 645-6912.