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On April 12 & 13, 2013, head to Georgia Tech for a free TechArts Festival. Held at indoor and outdoor venues on campus, the two-day event showcases music, dance, theatre, digital, literary and visual arts that blend art and technology.
Here’s the schedule:
Performances
Friday, April 12
- 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at Tech Green: GT Student Government Association presents Friday Buzz featuring: Infinite Harmony, Sympvibes, Taal Tadka, Nothing But Treble, Dance Tech,GT Salsa Club, Tekstyles, Tufaan
- 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Ferst Center Stage: Bit Dome interactive art installation
- 5:30 p.m. at Ferst Center Galleries and Lobby: Festival Kickoff and Gallery Reception Three Exhibits: Student View, Have A Seat and Poetry@Tech; also Digital Media video Subway
- 6:30 p.m. at Ferst Center Richards Gallery: Georgia Tech Student Poetry Reading
- 7:00 p.m. at Klaus Advanced Computing Building: Guthman Musical Instrument Competition
- 8:00 p.m. at Dean Dull Theatre: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – musical theatre by Drama Tech
Saturday, April 13
- 2:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at Walkway near Tech Green: Information Booth Open
- 3:00 p.m. at Clough Commons 2nd Floor Atrium: “Sneak Preview” How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. at West Architecture Building Atrium: Shimi – Musical companion robot demo
- 3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. at Ferst Amphitheater: The Tides student rock band
- 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. at Clough Commons patio: Meet the Author of Destiny’s Flower: Linda Harley
- 3:30 p.m. at Clough Commons 2nd Floor Atrium: Violinist Ashutosh Singh, winner Best of the Art Crawl Music/Performance Category
- 4:00 p.m. at West Architecture Building Atrium: Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble Program: Viola & Cello duets
- 4:00 p.m. at Ferst Amphitheater: Georgia Tech Jazz Combos
- 4:00 p.m. at Clough Commons Lower Level: Transmorphic Messagings by Thom Jordan
- 4:30-5:30 at West Architecture Building Atrium: Four Poets, One Hour Poetry Reading by GT Faculty and widely-published poets Karen Head, Black Leland, JC Reilly and Bob Wood of the School of Literature, Media and Communication
- 4:45 p.m. at Clough Commons Lower Level: Poet Alex Duncan, winner Best of the Art Crawl Poetry/Prose Category
- 5:00 p.m. at Ferst Amphitheater: Good Golly Svengali
- 5:00 p.m. at Clough Commons Lower Level: Automaton dance performance with live dancers and robot choreographed by Amy Laviers with faculty advisor Magnus Egerstedt
- 5:00 p.m. at Klaus Advanced Computing Building: Listening Machines performance
- 5:30 p.m. at West Architecture Building Atrium: Ralph Farris–violinist and founding member of ARTech artist in residence ETHEL
- 6:00 p.m. at Ferst Amphiteheater: The Tides
- 6:00 p.m. at West Architecture Building Atrium: Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble
- Program: Woodwind Quartet
- 6:00 p.m. at Clough Commons Lower Level: Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble Program: Piano Quartet
- 6:30 p.m. at Architecture Building Outdoor Plaza: Student performance from the Georgia Tech Chamber Ensemble Program: Brass Quintet
- 7:00 p.m. at Ferst Center stage: Georgia Tech Jazz Ensemble with guest Artists Dimitri Vassilakis and Dan Wall
- 8:00 p.m. at Dean Dull Theatre: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – musical theatre by Drama Tech
Visual Art Exhibits are open Friday, April 12 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 13 from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- West Architecture Building Atrium: Design, Think, Do, Make; Professors David Rosen, Sabir Khan, Ali Mazalek and 16 students from ME, ID, and CM
- Ferst Center Lobby: Poetry@Tech; Georgia Tech Poetry Club
- West Architecture Building Atrium: Public Power; Professor Tristan Al-Haddad and GT Architecture students
- Ferst Center Westbrook Gallery: Student View; Professor Rebecca Burnett and first-year LMC Students
- Ferst Center Richards Gallery: Augmented Reality Mural; GT Graduate Students Nettrice Gaskins and Laurie Marion with youth participants
- Ferst Center Richards Gallery: Have A Seat; GT Industrial Design Students
- Ferst Center Lobby: Subway; Professor Michael Nitsche with Andrew Quitmeyer (Tech DM program) and Ava Ansari (NYU)
- Clough Commons, 2nd Floor: The Best of Art Crawl; GT Student Art Winners
- Clough, 3rd Floor: Japan, Age and Gender; Photography by Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Colin Potts
- Clough Commons, 2nd Floor: Explorations in Type; GT Visual Design Student Art
- Clough Matos Lounge, 2nd Floor: Stitchtures; Professors Claudia B. Rebola and Patricio A. Vela with Gbolabo Ogunmakin and Leo Keselman
- Clough Gallery, 3rd Floor: Museum Studies Expo; GT Museum Studies Students
- Clough Gallery, 3rd Floor: Technologies of Representation; Visiting Professor Krystina Madej and students
- Architecture Library: Women’s Alumni Exhibit; College of Architecture
- East Architecture Building, Stubbins Gallery: 1952-2012 Alumni Exhibit; College of Architecture
–Jennifer Maciejewski
