WORKSHOP DATES & LOCATIONS
Taos
June 4-8 and 18-22, 2012.
The Harwood Museum of Art
Lead by Nina Silfverberg, Tatyana DePavloff and Stacy K. Romero
Las Vegas
June 11-15 and 25-29, 2012
NMHU campus in the Media Arts Department
Led by Stacy K. Romero
WHAT IS IT?
The CorpusElectric project is a collaboration that starts in spring 2012. It is presented by 516 ARTS and is sponsored by Intel and Taos Academy. Partners that have formed the collective include the Harwood Museum and New Mexico Highlands Media Arts faculty, graduate and undergraduate “Advanced Computing” and “Design for the Community” students and members of the avant-garde fashion team Taos Runway Vigilantes. Together, they have begun to create components for a technologically inspired performance that will incorporate physical computing devices into eight wearable garments/costumes.
HOW ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INVOLVED?
Beginning in June 2012 members of the CorpusElectric Collective will host a free workshop / internship for 11th and 12th grade high school students in Taos and Las Vegas as an outreach component to the project. Students will work alongside professionals while they learn how to create “wearables” and accessories.
CorpusElectric will present this performance at ISEA2012 on September 23 during the ISEA2012 Intel Education Day of the international conference. As part of this collaboration, Taos Pueblo fashion designer Patricia Michaels will be a guest artist and help recruit participants from the Native American community.
Not only will participating students be involved in the performance, they will also gain dual academic credit and have the opportunity to travel to Albuquerque and attend the ISEA2012 Intel Education Day free of charge.
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT TAOS WORKSHOP
Contact Agnes Chavez agnes@isea2012.org
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT LAS VEGAS WORKSHOP
Megan Jacobs mejacobs@nmhu.edu
CORPUS ELECTRIC FACEBOOK GROUP
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Participation is limited to 10 students. No experience is necessary. To be accepted students must submit a short essay to demonstrate their desire an commitment to the project.
DEADLINE
The deadline for entries to CorpusElectric is March 15, 2012. Winners notified April 15.
ESSAY REQUIREMENTS
The essay can be 1/2 page or longer. It should express:
1. That you understand that the workshop is two weeks long but that your participation is required beyond those days and leading up to the performance in Albuquerque. We are looking for students that understand that they will be part of a professional team of designers and artists and that they will commit to do whatever it takes to create a successful final product at the ISEA2012 conference.
2. That you will be able to attend the day of the conference and spend the night in Albuquerque with your class (lodging paid and travel expenses paid)
2. Why you want to be a part of this workshop/internship and why you are interested in learning how to create interactive wearables.
3. Anything else about yourself such as skills, talents, hobbies and interests that you would like to share.
