[CS] Fwd: An event of interest: Synchronous Objects

[Lee Spector]

This is a five college dance department event but there's mention of cognitive science in the description and there's certainly a lot of cool DARTish (design art and technology-ish) stuff at the linked website...

 -Lee

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> >
> >SYNCHRONOUS OBJECTS, a lecture/dem by Nora Zuniga Shaw Friday Feb 
> >19, 2010 at 4:30, Main Lecture Hall, FPH
> >Sponsored by the Five College Dance Department
> >
> >The speaker is a Hampshire alumna (nee: Norah Haldeman) and her 
> >presentation is about an exciting web based interdisciplinary 
> >project she has developed with renowned choreographer William 
> >Forsyth. Many of Norah's colleagues at Ohio State University were 
> >also involved in the planning of this project from disciplines such 
> >as: music, animation, design, geography, architecture, cognitive 
> >science, philosophy, dance, statistics, and visual art.  It's been a 
> >remarkably collaborative and interdisciplinary enterprise which in 
> >her words "speaks to concerns with the nature of the "object", 
> >relational aesthetics, and embodied epistemologies in the 
> >humanities."
> >
> >We know it's a busy time but hope you will take just a moment to 
> >look at the Synchronous Objects website: 
> >
> http://synchronousobjects.osu.edu
>  There are other links and more 
> >info about the project in the document attached.


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