Lucent Technologies and Brooklyn Academy of Music Announce Joint Multimedia Art Projects.Business Editors/Feature & Art Writers BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2000 Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. (BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. ) and Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) today announced three projects involving a collaboration between scientists and artists. The Arts in Multimedia (AIM) project, a joint effort between Lucent and BAM, provides artists access to the latest multimedia and networking technology and to scientists at Bell Labs, Lucent's research and development arm. The first three collaborations are: Ear to the Ground Bell Labs statistician Mark Hansen of the Statistics and Data Mining Research Department and audio artist Ben Rubin of EAR Studio plan to make audible the complex, dynamic stream of information that records our movements on the Internet. The project will create new technologies for the transformation of information into sound. They hope to create "listening posts listening posts, n.pl in craniosacral therapy, the places on the body from which the therapist can perceive the flow of cerebrospinal fluid or energy in the patient. The ankles or the occiput (i.e., the base of the skull) are the standard listening posts. " -- places or Web sites where people can listen to the pulse of global information systems. Visit http://cm.bell-labs.com/stat/ear for more information. Exploration of Virtual Space Bell Labs multimedia communications researcher Jakub Segen, audio scientist Nicolas Tsingos, and digital artist Paul Kaiser are exploring the creation of a dark multi-dimensional space. As viewers tour the virtual space, they will interact and mingle with a variety of technological forces. These may include passing figures from video feeds, a barely perceptible per·cep·ti·ble adj. Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind: perceptible sounds in the night. [Late Latin perceptibilis, from Latin perceptus hand manipulating the scene, the introduction of abstract objects in visual space, and changes in the tempo and pitch of music in acoustic space. Robotic Cameras and Voice Recognition Creating a New Reality Bell Labs researcher Dan Lee and developer Kit August team up with artist John Jesurun John Jesurun is a New York, USA, based writer, director and multi-media artist. His work Chang in a Void Moon is a live serial running since 1983, originally at the Pyramid Club in the East Village, and now though less frequently at venues worldwide. to explore the use of robotic or smart cameras with actors to create a new form of dramatic presentation. Using and interacting with technology will lead to a better understanding of the components necessary to create a virtual scene. "These projects demonstrate the kinds of synergies possible between art and science," said Sudhir Ahuja, director of Bell Labs' Multimedia Communications Research Laboratory. "These collaborations allow us to creatively explore the human experience with multimedia interaction and the new opportunities communication over broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. opens up." "BAM continues to expand its reach into the new-media world," said Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer at BAM. "As the art world continues to evolve, we feel it is vital to support and encourage artists who are exploring the depths of new-media interaction." The participating artists were selected by a committee of art and new-media experts. The projects are expected to be completed early this summer. The program is being coordinated by Wayne Ashley, Ph.D., BAM's manager of New Media, and Marah Rosenberg at Bell Labs. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the oldest operating performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , presents innovative, experimental and contemporary theater, opera, dance, music and film. BAM's Next Wave Festival, one of the largest and most celebrated festivals of contemporary performing arts, is dedicated to the presentation of outstanding American and international performance with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. BAM dance, music, opera and theater events are presented in two permanent theaters, the BAM Opera House and the BAM Harvey Lichtenstein Harvey Lichtenstein (born 1929) is a retired American dancer and arts administrator, best known for his 32-year tenure (1967-99) as executive director of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Theater (formerly the Majestic Theater). BAM Rose Cinemas, a state-of-the-art four-screen film complex, features first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming; and live music and spoken word performances take place in BAMcafe, which showcases up-and-coming experimental performers. Since July 1, 1999, Karen Brooks Hopkins is the institution's president; Joseph V. Melillo is executive producer. |
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