Event: Augmented Reality Check, 26 April 2011, Philadelphia


This one reached us via the Mobilities Research and Policy Center blog:

Augmented Reality Check: Seeing the Future Now

April 26th 2011, 6:00-8:00 pm

Van Pelt Auditorium

Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

In this panel, cutting-edge artists and software developers working at the intersection of art, technology and science, the real and the imaginary, offer us a tour through the potentials for an augmented future.

Opening Remarks

Gary Steuer – Chief Cultural Officer of Philadelphia; Director, Office of Arts, Culture &Creative Economy

Moderator

Dr. Mimi Sheller – Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy at Drexel University

Panelists

Deb Boyer – Public historian and Project Manager, Sajara and thePhillyHistory project

Dr. Paul Diefenbach – Associate Professor, Digital Media, Co-founder ofRePlay Lab, Drexel University

John Craig Freeman – Artist, Professor of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston

Chris Manzione – Artist, Founder of the Virtual Public Art Project

Josh Marcus – Software developer,  Technical Lead for Decision Tree

Mark Skwarek – New media artist

Virtual Art Walking Tour
Following the event Chris Manzione will lead a Virtual Art Walking Tour along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.  Original AR artwork will be on view as part of Breadboard’s city-wide Virtual Art Project in partnership with the Philadelphia International Festival of Arts (PIFA). Newer models of iPhone and Android smart phones will be needed to view the art work.
Augmented Reality Check: Seeing the Future Now is a Breadboard production in coordination with the Philadelphia Science Festival Philly Tech Week andPhiladelphia International Festival of the Arts. More information on this event can be found on the official PIFA events calendar

 

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