Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project Performance in CAVE2 at Electronic Visualization Lab, Chicago
Date/Time
Date(s) - 26/10/2016
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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On Wednesday, October 26th, the Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL) at the University of Illinois Chicago is pleased to welcome visitors attending the 15th annual Transatlantic Forum with an opportunity to tour the EVL and experience a performance of the 2016 Electronic Literature Award-winning virtual reality theatre work Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project.
The Electronic Visualization Laboratory is an advanced visualization facility at the University of Illinois Chicago that has been responsible for a number of technological innovations including the first CAVE immersive virtual reality environment and the CAVE2™ immersive virtual reality theatre. It is a lab that merges scientific research and technology development with arts and humanities, providing an environment that allows for true interdisciplinary collaboration.
The tour program will include an introduction to the EVL, demos of scientific and artistic research projects developed in the CAVE2, and a performance of Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project. The program will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Tours will take place at noon and 2PM, and will be limited to 20 visitors per tour, available on a first-come first-serve basis. Registration is required. Shuttle bus transportation to the EVL from the Omni Hotel for attendees of the Transatlantic forum. The shuttles will leave from the Omni at 11:4o and 1:4o PM and will return to the Omni after the event. For other onward journeys, the EVL is located one block from the Blue Line of CTA, which connects both to downtown Chicago and to O’Hare International Airport.
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.