CHAT keynote speaker says interactive games are the future
February 17, 2010
The Daily Tarheel
The next generation of video games will include signing in, navigating and connecting with your friends without using a controller, said Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division president and UNC alum Robert Bach. He spoke about his vision for the future of technology and entertainment in the opening keynote speech for the Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology festival on Tuesday afternoon. More>>
The Daily Tarheel
The next generation of video games will include signing in, navigating and connecting with your friends without using a controller, said Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division president and UNC alum Robert Bach. He spoke about his vision for the future of technology and entertainment in the opening keynote speech for the Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology festival on Tuesday afternoon. More>>
From Itzhak Perlman to GrandWizzard Theodore
February 17, 2010
The Chapel Hill News
Move over, Beethoven.Mark Katz, associate professor of music at UNC, isn't your typical musicologist.
Students stopping by for office hours have to scoot past the professional turntable rig set up in his office. Among the guest artists he's brought to campus are GrandWizzard Theodore, one of the inventors of turntablism. And his new book, "Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip Hop DJ," will soon be competing for shelf space in the student bookstore with tomes on Schubert and Mozart.
Professor Katz recently took time to chat while preparaing for his part in this week's massive CHAT Festival at UNC. The CHAT fest, which stands for "Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology ," is presenting a series of performances, discussions, exhibitions and workshops focusing on technology in the arts and humanities. More>>
The Chapel Hill News
Move over, Beethoven.Mark Katz, associate professor of music at UNC, isn't your typical musicologist.
Students stopping by for office hours have to scoot past the professional turntable rig set up in his office. Among the guest artists he's brought to campus are GrandWizzard Theodore, one of the inventors of turntablism. And his new book, "Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip Hop DJ," will soon be competing for shelf space in the student bookstore with tomes on Schubert and Mozart.
Professor Katz recently took time to chat while preparaing for his part in this week's massive CHAT Festival at UNC. The CHAT fest, which stands for "Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology ," is presenting a series of performances, discussions, exhibitions and workshops focusing on technology in the arts and humanities. More>>
CHAT: Festival about future of digital arts, entertainment, is underway at UNC-CH
February 17, 2010
Local Tech Wire
Wednesday is day two of the CHAT festival that’s underway at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the event is drawing leading thinkers from around the region as well as across the U.S. to talk about what’s coming next in the realms of digital entertainment. More>>
Local Tech Wire
Wednesday is day two of the CHAT festival that’s underway at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the event is drawing leading thinkers from around the region as well as across the U.S. to talk about what’s coming next in the realms of digital entertainment. More>>
Triangle game initiative partner with CHAT festival to spotlight Triangle region collaborations in digital arts and humanities
February 16, 2010
Carolina Newswire
The Triangle Game Initiative (TGI), a non-profit trade association for the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. interactive entertainment industry, has announced a partnership with C.H.A.T. (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology), a digital arts and humanities festival scheduled for February 16-20, 2010 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The festival will explore the ways digital technologies are transforming the practices of the arts and humanities, including how we learn, think, know, teach and express ourselves both as individuals and as communities. More>>
Carolina Newswire
The Triangle Game Initiative (TGI), a non-profit trade association for the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. interactive entertainment industry, has announced a partnership with C.H.A.T. (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology), a digital arts and humanities festival scheduled for February 16-20, 2010 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The festival will explore the ways digital technologies are transforming the practices of the arts and humanities, including how we learn, think, know, teach and express ourselves both as individuals and as communities. More>>
Digital technology meets arts, humanities at festival
February 15, 2010
The Herald Sun (Durham)
At a recent rehearsal in Kenan Music Building, digital technology merged with human artistry and skill, transforming the sounds from traditional instruments. UNC music professor Brooks de Wetter-Smith played a passage on flute, which was fed into a microphone. Computer software (MAX/MSP) then took the passage and created an echo effect, which was amplified in an elevated speaker. ...The musicians were rehearsing the first run-through of Stephen Anderson's composition "War Peace," one of some 30 pieces for electro-acoustic ensemble that will be performed during Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology, a festival that begins today and continues through Feb. 20 at various locations at UNC. More >>Related Article>>
The Herald Sun (Durham)
At a recent rehearsal in Kenan Music Building, digital technology merged with human artistry and skill, transforming the sounds from traditional instruments. UNC music professor Brooks de Wetter-Smith played a passage on flute, which was fed into a microphone. Computer software (MAX/MSP) then took the passage and created an echo effect, which was amplified in an elevated speaker. ...The musicians were rehearsing the first run-through of Stephen Anderson's composition "War Peace," one of some 30 pieces for electro-acoustic ensemble that will be performed during Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology, a festival that begins today and continues through Feb. 20 at various locations at UNC. More >>Related Article>>
Technology, creativity take flght
February 13, 2010
News & Observer
Where else can you wander through a life-size video game, watch dancers perform with robots, find an underwater opera, and listen to Microsoft's president of entertainment and devices one night and the author of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" on another? More >>
News & Observer
Where else can you wander through a life-size video game, watch dancers perform with robots, find an underwater opera, and listen to Microsoft's president of entertainment and devices one night and the author of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" on another? More >>
Leader of Xbox team to speak at UNC Chapel Hill's CHAT festival
February 2, 2010
TechJournal South
Carolina alumnus Robert J. Bach, Microsoft Corp.’s president for Entertainment & Devices, who led the Xbox and Xbox 360 to fruition: “The Future of Entertainment,” keynote speech and the festival’s opening event, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Hill Hall, between Franklin Street and Cameron Avenue on McCorkle Place.
Bach drives Microsoft Corp.’s connected entertainment vision, offering consumers new and compelling, branded entertainment experiences across music, gaming, video and mobile communications. More >>
TechJournal South
Carolina alumnus Robert J. Bach, Microsoft Corp.’s president for Entertainment & Devices, who led the Xbox and Xbox 360 to fruition: “The Future of Entertainment,” keynote speech and the festival’s opening event, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Hill Hall, between Franklin Street and Cameron Avenue on McCorkle Place.
Bach drives Microsoft Corp.’s connected entertainment vision, offering consumers new and compelling, branded entertainment experiences across music, gaming, video and mobile communications. More >>
Chat draws art, technology closer
January 6, 2010
1360 WCHL
Interview with Megan Granda, executive director at UNC's Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
The upcoming Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology Festival at UNC offers a chance to see how sometimes divergent disciplines can work together. More>>
1360 WCHL
Interview with Megan Granda, executive director at UNC's Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
The upcoming Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology Festival at UNC offers a chance to see how sometimes divergent disciplines can work together. More>>
Conference to tear down digital walls
February 2, 2010
The Chapel Hill News
The Triangle has long been known as a hotbed of scientific innovation and literary creativity, but there's always been a wall separating the two: this month in Chapel Hill that wall will come tumbling down. More>>
The Chapel Hill News
The Triangle has long been known as a hotbed of scientific innovation and literary creativity, but there's always been a wall separating the two: this month in Chapel Hill that wall will come tumbling down. More>>
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Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory
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CHAT Festival to feature interactive projects
Virtual Performance Factory' features blend of technology, theater
Artist Clifford Owens visits UNC
CHAT to feature interactive exhibitions, more
Music season features new musical theater, more