College
of Architecture
Artists in Residence 2006
Made
possible by the Academy for the Visual
and Performing Arts with additional support by the Vizlab
Dates and schedules may change slightly. Workshop details will be
posted soon. Stay tuned for updates.
Click here for course credit information -- VIZA 629,
Digital Media Inspiration and Process
Collaboration with Katrina, 2005
Dawn
DeDeaux
January 31 - February 9
Artist's lecture Monday, February 6, 2 p.m.
College of Architecture, Langford Auditorium
Dawn DeDeaux is best known for large scale works addressing social issues.
She is one of America's pioneering artists in new media. Her work is included
in Understanding Art, and Postmodern Currents: Art and Artists
in the Age of Electronic Media. DeDeaux's work has also been the
subject of televised features including CBS Sunday Morning and
Canada Public Broadcasting's series The Future.
Works by Dawn DeDeaux have been exhibited widely at the Whitney Museum
of American Art, Armand Hanmer Museum in Los Angeles, The Baltimore Museum
of Contemporary Art, The New Orleans Museum of Art, The Peace Museum,
Chicago and Delfina Trust in London, England.
DeDeaux is the winner of the 1976 Demolition Derby staged in the Louisiana
Superdome as the only female contestant in a field of 35 drivers.
Workshop
with Dawn Dedeaux
DeDeaux will work with students on a multimedia installation
for the Dallas Museum of Art.
Dawn Dedeaux's website
BurlBody + 4 (Partial), Digital Wood Prints w/ 3D Animation, 32”
x 48” x 4 Pieces, 4 LCD TVs, 2005, Noyes Museum of Art, USA; Shanghai
Duolun Museum of Modern art, China
February 24 - March 5
Artist's lecture Monday, February 27, 2 p.m.
College of Architecture, Langford Auditorium
LiQin Tan makes connections between seemingly disparate worlds. He is fascinated by similarities between Native American and Chinese cultures, but most of all, he is intrigued by the idea of reinterpreting ancient images as technological works of art. A traditional artist influenced by ancient cultures and art forms, Tan uses 3D modeling and animation to investigate historical and cultural traditions.
One of his current projects is an interactive work on the history, culture and spirituality of the indigenous peoples of the Americas titled "The Spirit of Turtle Land -- Through Indigenous American Eyes." The project explores Native American spirituality through 2D and 3D multimedia.
Tan has taught brush figure painting, art history, and life drawing in China, and was Executive Art Editor for Hunan Art Publishing House, where he founded Painter magazine. He was an art director and an educator in computer animation and digital effects in Canada for several years. He has also worked on Disney's Saturday morning cartoons.
Workshop with LiQin Tan
Tan will work with students on character design and 3D modeling.
LiQin Tan's website
Ink alchemy,
a site-specific installation, sherman galleries, sydney, australia, 2001
9 boxes of liquid hair ink, 9 boxes of hair ink sticks, 18 six inches
flat tv monitors, hair braid and electronic cables, video document: making
ink alchemy. 1999 - 2001, shanghai cao su gong ink factory, shanghai,
china.
Wenda
Gu
March 22 - 28
Artist's
lecture Wednesday, March 22, 2 p.m.
College of Architecture, Langford Auditorium
Wenda Gu is one of the leading contemporary Chinese artists of his generation.
He has built his reputation on reinvigorating ancient Chinese symbols
and practices—the seal, calligraphy, ink, painting—with contemporary
vision and meaning. His most ambitious, ongoing project, the United
Nations series, consists of installations at sites around the world
in which hair is used to create works of art embelematic of a future not
ruled by racial or national boundaries.
Wenda Gu's artwork has been exhibited worldwide at venues including the
National Gallery of Australia, Hanart Gallery, Hong Kong, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, The Alternative Museum, New York, Enrico Gariboldi
Art Contemporanea, Milan, China National Gallery, Beijing, National Gallery
of Contemporary Art, Seoul, PS1 Museum, New York, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, and the 2001 Venice Biennale. Wenda Gu:
Art From the Middle Kingdom to Biological Millenium, ed. Mark
H.C. Bessire, MIT Press, was published in 2003.
His work is in permanent collections at The Museum of Modern Art, New
York, The British Museum, London, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, and the Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford.
Workshop
with Wenda Gu
Wenda Gu will work with students to create translations between
Chinese and English. Neon is the format and visual presentation.
Wenda Gu's website
No prerequisites or special skill sets are necessary.
VIZA 629, Digital Media: Inspiration and Process is a 3-credit course that will form the core working group with the Artists in Residence.
Additionally, any student in the College may receive 1 credit for each artists' workshop with a 2-week time commitment to
attend all classes and workshop sessions.
These credits are available as ARCH 485 or ARCH 685 hours with instructor Carol LaFayette.
Email me for further details and to request permission to sign up.
Carol LaFayette, Associate Professor, Visualization Program / Office: A-343 / Phone: 845-3465, 845-5691 / lurleen@viz.tamu.edu
