The Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts is an arts and research center established as part of the Digital Exchange - a digital media initiative at Ball State University’s Center for Media Design funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc.
The institute is an interdisciplinary, collaborative research and studio environment that explores intersections between art and technology. Students, faculty, and industry partners engage in a wide range of innovative digital media projects employing technologies such as virtual reality, visualization, simulation, human computer interface, and interactive art works. Students, faculty and staff from the College of Fine Arts, College of Architecture and Planning, Information Technology and other disciplines take part in this experiential, project-based learning center - a digital studio environment that immerses students in the production of innovative digital media projects and connects them to regional, national and international partners. The centerpiece of the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts is an immersive seminar in virtual worlds that provides students an experiential, project based learning environment investigating the forefront of discourse in emerging media.
Las Americas
On November 10, the Las Americas Network held the grand opening of its Virtual Design Studio. The event unveils the studio, designed by CAP student Brandon Hoopingarner and created in Second Life by students in the IDIA Immersive Seminar in Virtual Worlds. "The nature of the tower's architecture is specific to Second Life. There are no stairs, and dynamic pods and audio bubbles allow groups to meet together or 'fly' away to have private meetings," said dean of CAP Guillermo Vasquez ... + more +
AM Radio: The Red and The Wild at IDIA Labs in Second Life
IDIA hosts AM Radio's The Red and the Wild as the inaugural artist-in-residence at IDIA Labs - an exhibition and installation sim for virtual installation art and performance in Second Life. ... + more +
IDIA Featured in IUPUI Intermedia Festival
Apr 24, 2010 | Indianapolis, IN
Jesse Allison and John Fillwalk exhibited their interactive virtual worlds installation, Flickr Gettr at the IUPUI Intermedia Festival held on April 23-25 in Indianapolis. The festival had over 100 international performers from across the arts. For more information, Please visit, http://music.iupui.edu/intermedia/
Honoring Jim Davis
Apr 17, 2010 | Student Center, Ball State University
Ball State University is honoring its distinguished alumnus Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, the world’s most popular comic strip cat on April 17th. IDIA's faculty, staff, students and campus partners will showcase next generation 3D animation technology as part of a special benefit event. The IDIA will demonstrate 3D laser scanning, motion-capture, and live 3D gaming – all using content created by Jim Davis.
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IDIA Presents at FH Kiel in Germany
Nov 01, 2009 | In SL ttp://slurl.com/secondlife/FH%20Kiel/2/2/2 | http://www.fh-kiel.de/
IDIA at Second LIfe College Fair 2009
Oct 25, 2009 | Second Life | http://groups.google.com/group/second-life-college-fair/web/college-fair-2009
IDIA Director, John Fillwalk presented at the 2009 Second Life College Fair. His talk entitled, "Bridging Realites: Approaches to Hybrid World Education" highlight several of IDIA's educational projects engaging virtual worlds including the Blackboard Greenhouse Grant for integrating Blackboard Learn with Second Life in tandem with the Aesthetic Camera Project.
IDIA at American Planning Association Fall Conference
Oct 23, 2009 | Fishers, IN | http://www.indianaplanning.org/
IDIA Director, John Fillwalk is presenting to the American Planning Association's Fall Conference in Fishers, IN on the value of virtual worlds in city design and urban planning
IDIA is now an Upgrade! Internaltional Node
Oct 21, 2009 | | http://www.theupgrade.net/mission.html
Upgrade! is an international, emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural divides. Its decentralized, non-hierarchical structure ensures that Upgrade! (i) operates according to local interests and their available resources; and (ii) reflects current creative engagement with cutting edge technologies. While individual nodes present new media projects, engage in informal critique, and foster dialogue and collaboration between individual artists, Upgrade! International functions as an online, global network that gathers annually in different cities to meet one another, showcase local art, and work on the agenda for the following year.
IDIA at Philips NatLab during Dutch Design Week
Oct 17, 2009 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | http://tinyurl.com/yl2dq4l
TRAVERSAL FOR EINDHOVEN
during Dutch Design Week
Collaboration with IDIA Lab and MAD Emergent Art Center
IDIA Lab
Jesse Allison [Taggert Alsop] John Fillwalk [Mencius Watts]
MAD Emergent Art Center Rien Daamen [red Hexicola] Réné Paré [oppih Pera]
October 17-25, 2009 15-21 SLT every day live through the 25th
Virtual location
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ball%20State%20University2/181/128/21
Physical location: Philips NatLab in Eindhoven, Nederlands
http://www.hightechcampus.nl/
'Traversal for Eindhoven' is a live performance hybrid reality installation that bridges the physical and virtual worlds. It connects Philips NatLab in Eindhoven to a virtual environment as part of the 2009 Dutch Design Week. Avatars will be able to play a physical synthesizer in the Philips NatLab via an interactive online virtual instrument built by IDIA - located near a 3D model of the Eindoven High Tech Campus. The sound of the live synthesizer will be streamed back into Second Life, so the virtual and physical participants can hear their interactions with the instrument.
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK From October 17 through October 25 2009, Eindhoven presents the 8th edition of Dutch Design Week, the largest design event in the Netherlands. Around 1500 designers from home and abroad will show their work in more than 60 locations all over the city of Eindhoven from design disciplines such as industrial design, concept design, graphic design, textile & fashion, spatial design, fooddesign and design management & trends. Visitors will be given insight into the entire development process from concept to product in various disciplines ranging from industrial design to applied arts. The participants include established bureaus, high-profile designers, talented newcomers, and recently graduated designers, one of the reasons why this Dutch Design Week is the perfect meeting place for designers, companies, and public. http://www.dutchdesignweek.nl/indexmap.php
MAD EMERGENT ART CENTER The Foundation MAD is a platform and workshop for Emergent Art: art that exists in the exiting world between cultural and cutting edge technological developments.MAD emergent art center is laboratory, platform and provider on the intersection of art, science and technology. MAD addresses artists, designers, scientists, public groups, institutions, governments and businesses. This on regional as well as national and international level. http://www.mad.dse.nl/mad.html
IDIA presents to UCit Instructional Research Computing
Oct 06, 2009 | | http://www.oln.org/emerging_technologies/second_life.php
John Fillwalk and Jesse Allison present to the Ohio Learning Network, UCit Instructional & Research Computing at University of Cincinnati on their Blackboard / Second Life Building Block Project.
HCI Class Solders up some power regulators
Sep 26, 2009 | HCI Lab
Matt Suever and James Richman from the Human-Computer Interface class are working up some power regulators to supply their future projects. This surface mount pc board was designed and manufactured by last year's class to make it quicker for future students to have regulated voltages. Next up for this course - the Arduino - fun, fun!
IDIA Seminar Brainstorming ideas for using the MS Surface in a Museum context
Sep 17, 2009 |
The IDIA Seminar is working on integrating the Microsoft surface and mobile devices into the experience at the BSU Museum of Art. Brainstorming sessions have focused on ways to navigate the entire collection and relate to works that are on display, and techniques on pushing the information learned out into the museum to augment the experience of the real art works. More information will be forthcoming as the semester goes on.