Listen(n) Concert and EcoRift at Institute of Humanities Research 10th Anniversary Event

Listen(n) Concert at Institute of Humanities Research 10th Anniversary Event

Friday, October 16, 2015 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm
ASU Art Museum

As part of a month-long commemoration of its 10th Anniversary, the IHR will be hosting a party to celebrate the diversity of humanities research at ASU. Come broaden your horizons through virtual reality, or awash yourself in multisensory performances; learn origami and create memories in the humanities photobooth; express your poetic side at the open mic, or share your passion through the Humanities Manifesto board; above all: eat, drink, and be merry with other lovers of the humanities! This party will be a unique and exciting way to truly honor the ways in which the IHR and its affiliates have expanded humanities research at ASU for the last 10 years. Come celebrate with us!

Back by popular demand: “Listen(n): Embodied Sonic Experiences” concert – come experience the acoustic ecology of the USA’s Southwest deserts! Other activities and performances include:

EcoRift virtual reality tour
Origami station
Photobooth with humanities props
Open mic poetry
“Experimental Humanities” visual sound presentation
Electronic music and video performance by Pincushioned
Multisensory exploration of a medieval manuscript
Wine, beer, and food
And more!

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SxSW – VR Tools for Global Environmental Stewardship

In the face of unprecedented ecological problems we must find new ways to encourage environmental awareness, engagement and stewardship. Listening is a critical sense that provides us with rich information about the environment, yet is often overlooked in visually dominant cultures. This panel brings leading international organizations, thinkers and artists together to discuss a series of projects that use sound in powerful ways. The panel explores collaborations with indigenous and other communities and elaborates on how emerging digital technology and rich media environments generate environmental engagement through embodied experiences of presence in remote natural environments. The panel addresses recently developed VR installations, multimodal data sensing and new streaming technologies that facilitate virtual, immersive experiences to build global communities engaged with the remote wilderness of American Southwest deserts, the central Amazon rainforest, and the Australian bush. – See more at: Please VOTE for us

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Questions Answered

How can we use new technologies to develop wide environmental and climate awareness?
How can we use Acoustic Ecology to teach sustainability?
How can the Oculus Rift be used as a platform for environmental awareness?
How are artists, scientists and NGO’s collaborating to develop community embedded programs of change?
How does the arts facilitate community engagement and stewardship of climate issues?
Speakers

Garth Paine Arizona State University
Leah Barclay Self Employed
Sabine Feisst Arizona State University
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Additional Supporting Materials
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Questions Answered

How can engaged sound art change communal perception?
How can artists, sciences and NGO’s collaborate to build environmental stewardship?
How do artists act as thought leaders in communities, turning environmental risk into social capital?
How can the arts build community engagement in climate action?
How do we build behaviors that secure sustainable natural resources?
Speakers

Leah Barclay Leah Barclay
Sabine Feisst Arizona State University
Garth Paine Arizona State University
Niyanta Spellman Rainforest Partnership
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