{"516511":{"#nid":"516511","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MORE LIGHT: Media Art from Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMORE LIGHT: Media Art from Atlanta\u003Cbr \/\u003EOpening Reception: Thursday, March 31, 8:00 P.M. - Midnight\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGallery Hours for the exhibition on April 1 and 2: 12:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurated by Gregory Zinman (LMC), sponsored by the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communications, and\u0026nbsp;organized in conjunction with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies,\u0026nbsp;this art exhibition showcases contemporary moving image art from Atlanta.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/morelight.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/morelight.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThis spring, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cmstudies.org\/default.asp?\u0022\u003ESociety for Cinema and Media Studies\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SCMS) will hold its annual conference\u0026nbsp;in Atlanta, hosting nearly 2,000 scholars, artists, and curators from North America and\u0026nbsp;Europe. This year\u2019s corresponding Experimental Film and Media and CinemArts event will be\u0026nbsp;the opening night reception for the gallery exhibition\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMORE LIGHT: Media Art from Atlanta\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eyedrum.org\/\u0022\u003EEyedrum\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EMORE LIGHT features work by 15 Atlanta artists whose work engages the materiality of the\u0026nbsp;moving image. Manipulating light and time via data, codec, algorithm, celluloid, and videotape,\u0026nbsp;these artists offer meditations on the material nature of process in media art. From light boxes\u0026nbsp;to 16mm projection, from video games to site-specific installation, the works on view\u0026nbsp;experiment with the moving image as sculptural, painterly, and performative technologies. The\u0026nbsp;exhibition will span all of Eyedrum\u2019s spaces, including the music room, the gallery, and the\u0026nbsp;rooftop.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EPioneering video artist Dara Birnbaum will also be contributing newly-digitized documentation of her now-lost\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ERio VideoWall\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;(1989), commissioned for the Rio Mall, once\u0026nbsp;located at the corner of Piedmont and North Avenue. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EVideowall\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;was the first public\u0026nbsp;artwork of its kind in the United States,\u0026nbsp;combining an unedited live-stream from CNN glimpsed through the moving silhouettes of mall patrons with a video\u0026nbsp;record of the site\u2019s natural landscape from the time before the mall\u2019s construction. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EParticipating artists include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDara Birnbaum \u2022\u0026nbsp;Mark Leibert \u2022\u0026nbsp;Jay Bolter and Maria Engberg \u2022\u0026nbsp;Christina Price Washington \u2022\u0026nbsp;Jonathan Bouknight \u2022\u0026nbsp;Marcus Rosentrater \u2022\u0026nbsp;Mark Crowley \u2022\u0026nbsp;Anna Spence \u2022\u0026nbsp;Bojana Ginn \u2022\u0026nbsp;Micah + Whitney Stansell \u2022\u0026nbsp;Cameron Kunzelman \u2022\u0026nbsp;Robbie Land \u2022\u0026nbsp;Karen Tauches \u2022\u0026nbsp;Kristan Woolford\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EMORE LIGHT is curated by Kristin Juarez, PhD Student, Georgia State University and\u0026nbsp;Gregory Zinman, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEyedrum Art + Music Gallery, 88 Forsyth Street\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E8pm-midnight\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E$5 suggested donation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERelated Event:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFriday, April 1,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;7:30-9pm\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELMC Reception at SCMS\u003Cbr \/\u003ERoom 407\u0026nbsp;at the Hilton Atlanta on 255 Courtland Street NW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Literature, Media, and Communication and the Wesley Center for New Media are jointly hosting\u0026nbsp;a reception at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis reception is open to all LMC-affiliated individuals, regardless of whether you will be attending the conference (you\u0026nbsp;do not\u0026nbsp;have to pay the SCMS conference fee to attend the reception). \u0026nbsp;There will be food and drink and general good times.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMORE LIGHT: Media Art from Atlanta\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurated by Gregory Zinman (LMC), sponsored by the Ivan Allen College School of Literature, Media, and Communications, and\u0026nbsp;organized in conjunction with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies,\u0026nbsp;this art exhibition showcases contemporary moving image art from Atlanta.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"MORE LIGHT: Media Art from Atlanta is an art exhibition showcasing contemporary moving image art from 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