Ina Conradi + Mark Chavez: Media Art Nexus NTU Singapore
DMA | 6 p.m., Broad Art Center
Ina Conradi is an award-winning new media artist. She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University Singapore; has presented her works at festivals and arts venues across the globe; and her recent community-forming project features designing for an expanded media experiences for public space. Ina holds a Master’s of Fine Art from UCLA.
Mark Chavez is an animator, artist, educator, and entrepreneur who has developed systems and techniques for animation across various media. He has worked on award winning major feature films and innovative interactive titles at animation studios across the globe. Animation industry veteran and founding faculty at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design and Media’s Digital Animation area, he is currently based in Singapore and Los Angeles, founder of Giant Monster Pte Ltd. Mark holds a Master’s of Fine Art from UCLA.
Ina and and Mark have been collaborating on numerous art and new media projects for the last 20 years. Their recent ongoing project is Media Art Nexus (MAN) NTU Singapore. MAN is a public art project that aims at providing a platform for exhibiting interactive digital art created by the multi-disciplinary community of Nanyang Technological University Singapore and beyond. Their goal is to form an international platform in which scientific and artistic issues, methods and visions are interlinked to merge art, science and technology and break new ground in artistic expression. The talk would focus on some of the interdisciplinary work and exchange as well as on gaining access to new target audiences bringing a new aspect of artistic endeavour created in Singapore to international levels. The project is supported by the NTU Museum Singapore.
More detailed information as available on the UCLA Art|Sci Center and the Department of Design Media Arts websites.
Event Date: Tuesday, May 22, 6–8 p.m.
Venue: Broad Art Center, EDA
Price: Free
The Broad Art Center is located in the northeast corner of campus, off of Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue.
Parking is available in Lot 3.
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