SYNTHESIS CALENDAR, FALL 2015

SYNTHESIS FALL 2015

Sept 2, 3, 4
Ginette Laurin and the SERRA workshop


Periodic:
Thursday lab sessions 

Periodic:
ECM authoring sessions


September 29 6pm-10pm 
Experiential Climate Model deployment at CCS 15
Doubletree in Tempe
multimodal presentation for complex models
Doubletree Priest and ______ .

November 4
Diemo Schwartz IRCAM 
Workshop
iStage

November 6
President Donors

November 7 & 8
Guillermo Gomez Pena and La Pocha Nostra working sessions in iStage


November 23
Rob Melani Walton visit Synthesis + AME
Stauffer + iStage
• Digital Culture in Stauffer ground floor 
(similar to what Loren Olson, David Tinapple, Kim Swisher showed in Stauffer 125 last year for Dean Tepper)
scaling studio experience up to large numbers of students, retaining the best features of studio critique, peer learning, and project-based learning
• The augmentation or enchantment of everyday space: Stauffer Lounge
• Rich expressive environments for collective experience: iStage as Story-Telling space
cultural, personal modes of sustainability
• Responsive environments for science : collective, embodied interaction with climate models
social, urban+energy, hydrological, meteorological modes of sustainability
Demonstrate: rescaling (body, movement, time, geography-space), phase change, data / simulation  / pop communication / immersive experience 

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Rhythmanalytics

Place and Atmosphere 
experiential climate model


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Sha Xin Wei • Professor and Director • School of Arts, Media and Engineering + Synthesis
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts + Fulton Schools of Engineering • ASU
Fellow: ASU-Santa Fe Center for Complex Biosocial Systems
Affiliate Professor: Future of Innovation in Society; Computer Science; English
Founding Director, Topological Media Lab
skype: shaxinwei • mobile: +1-650-815-9962
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network of motors for "Theater of Things" project

Hi Ozzie,

OK to follow up on our chat today.

It turns out that Zlaket’s Synthesis research time is already dedicated by to work with Chris Ziegler on Ziegler's motorized lights for forest3.  You may be already consulted on that :)

However I think we must not wait for that project to finish before getting a move on the "Place and Atmosphere: Space Design: Theater of Things” research project.

We can start with a provisional mechatronic foundation for the robotic animation of small lightweight objects like pieces of cardboard, ribbon, flowers, mirrors.   This would extend the Ozone platform to mechatronics that can be animated using logics from the media processing.

Would you be interested and available to do the first step: develop a small test network of 3 small motors that can be addressed from the Ozone system using an OSC protocol that Julian can decide (in consultation with you and Todd)?     I think it would smart for us to consult with Byron because I know he’s already thinking about streamlining his hw. 

Later we can discuss good “default” or initial behaviors some of which Byron already implemented two summers ago: imitation, delay, antisymmetry, repeat, reverse, etc. etc.

I’m imagining this should not take very much of your time, but it is of foundational research importance, as new element of our responsive environment toolkit.
Of course, this assumes that you have the time to take this on before the establishment of the new electronics labs downstairs in the former TV Studios.

We can touch base on the first goals maybe with Byron before the AME General Friday or at a Tea...
Xin Wei


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Sha Xin Wei • Professor and Director • School of Arts, Media and Engineering + Synthesis
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts + Fulton Schools of Engineering • ASU
Fellow: ASU-Santa Fe Center for Complex Biosocial Systems
Affiliate Professor: Future of Innovation in Society; Computer Science; English
Founding Director, Topological Media Lab
skype: shaxinwei • mobile: +1-650-815-9962
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Re: production calendar for Montreal Workshop Nov 2-13

Hi Pete,

This is the SERRA project website: http://serracreation.weebly.com/
as conceived by Oana Suteu Khintirian, filmmaker from Montreal / Paris, and me
in collaboration with choreographer Ginette Laurin.
This workshop is the third in a series of workshops to generate choreographic material for proposal to get funding for a performance by O Vertigo, Ginette Laurin’s dance company in Montreal: http://www.overtigo.com/
The first workshop was May 2015 at O Vertigo’s Place des Arts blackbox.
Second was ours in iStage.
Third workshop in Nov 2-13. will be with her dancers.  Up to 7.


After Ginette green-lights the next phase — which Oana and I hope will come in the coming week or so.
I’ll introduce you to Adnre Houle, the TD for O Vertigo.
That way, Andre and you can confer directly  about precise specs: e.g. 
floor plan and elevation for O Vertigo’s beautiful blackbox space in the Place des Arts Montreal.

Their blackbox is a professional theater, about 3x the floor footage of iStage, roughly 5’ higher.

One wall (about 60’ wide) is half spanned by a projection surface.
Surrounded by black drapes.
Full dance floor,
Grid, with a standard complement of AV gear.   

Andre has about 30 years in the business, and was Michael Montanaro’s TD for Michael’s dance company.
He worked in iStage about 12 years ago when Michael, Sandy & company were resident here
as guests of ISA.  Nice guy to work with :)  Andre and OV have the experience and means 
to design and install standard theatrical,
and build or obtain scenographic material (like scrims screens).   

The exception would be the gear unique to our media system:
Mac computers
Software
Projectors (spec’ed to be bought or rented in Montreal.
Perhaps we can go to Solotech, I know the VP there.)

The November workshop is NOT a performance — no audience, only dancers and principal artists.
But we will use this to inform the spec for a touring kit.

Thanks,
Xin Wei

PS We need a project blog:  I’ve added the main folks who worked on the SERRA workshop to 
vegetal.posthaven.com/  (Check it out for prior history.)

You can post multimedia docs simply by emailing   post@vegetal.posthaven.com 




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Sha Xin Wei • Professor and Director • School of Arts, Media and Engineering + Synthesis
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts + Fulton Schools of Engineering • ASU
Fellow: ASU-Santa Fe Center for Complex Biosocial Systems
Affiliate Professor: Future of Innovation in Society; Computer Science; English
Founding Director, Topological Media Lab
skype: shaxinwei • mobile: +1-650-815-9962
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On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Peter Weisman <peter.weisman@asu.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

What workshop will be happening in Montreal? I would be more then happy to create a Production Calendar. But, I need to know all of the details and the people to be involved in AZ and those going to Montreal. Who in Montreal would be handling of the physical in Montreal?

Pete 



Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5


-------- Original message --------
From: Xin Wei Sha <Xinwei.Sha@asu.edu>
Date: 2015/09/05 5:47 AM (GMT-07:00)
To: Todd Ingalls <Todd.Ingalls@asu.edu>, Christopher Roberts <cmrober2@asu.edu>, Peter Weisman <peter.weisman@asu.edu>
Subject: production calendar for Montreal Workshop Nov 2-13

How about if we draw up a proper production calendar for the Montreal Workshop  Nov 2-13:  software, local testing, gear, people logistics, workshop scheduling etc.  With milestones.

I’d like to consult Pete.  (We should not expect much active participation from Oana during this time.  At the right time with OV agreement, we’ll work with Andre Houle, the TD for O Vertigo.  Andre came to ASU with Michael Montanaro.)  

I will to be in Montreal Sep 19-24, so can advance prep for Todd (and or Julian)’s pre-staging trip in Montreal (October?) before the Nov workshop.

I will probably not be able to be in Montreal for the actual November workshop  since I’ll have to be in Phoenix to staff the fort, host Lexing, and do a UK loop.

Xin Wei


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Sha Xin Wei • Professor and Director • School of Arts, Media and Engineering + Synthesis
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts + Fulton Schools of Engineering • ASU
Fellow: ASU-Santa Fe Center for Complex Biosocial Systems
Affiliate Professor: Future of Innovation in Society; Computer Science; English
Founding Director, Topological Media Lab
skype: shaxinwei • mobile: +1-650-815-9962
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Synthesis events Fall 2015

Hi Chris R, Todd, Julian, Pete, Ozzie, Christian, Dehlia, Kristi,

Here are the events related to Synthesis this term, as far as Chris and I know.   Notice that we need to plan the ECM authoring, with hosted scholars such as Cynthia, Manjana, Ed, + our own event designers.



SYNTHESIS FALL 2015

Sept 2, 3, 4
Ginette Laurin and the SERRA workshop


Periodic:
Thursdays 1:00 - 3:00 (2:30-3:00 Tea)  Lab sessions
brief news
studio lab common time, Xin Wei or Todd in residence, parallel play

Periodic:
ECM authoring sessions, Hours TBA
Cooper Yoo, Cynthia Selin, Ed Finn, Man


September 29 6pm-10pm 
Experiential Climate Model deployment at CCS 15
Doubletree in Tempe
multimodal presentation for complex models
Doubletree Priest and ______ .

November 4
Potential visit from Diemo Schwartz IRCAM 
iStage


November 7 & 8
Guillermo Gomez Pena and La Pocha Nostra working sessions in iStage


November 23
Rob Melani Walton
Stauffer + iStage
Synthesis + AME

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Rhythmanalytics

Place and Atmosphere 
experiential climate model