I was fortunate enough to live-blog at the inaugural TEDxColumbus event this week at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the OSU campus. While all of the talks were interesting, the research of two speakers with a technology focus--Norah Zuniga Shaw and Chrystie Hill--stood out to me.
Zuniga Shaw, assistant professor and director for dance and technology at the OSU Department of Dance, presented the “Synchronous Objects” choreographic visualization project. The project highlights what can happen when computer scientists collaborate with those in the arts. From my live blog post:
Norah Zuniga Shaw wants us to understand the concept of “counterpoint”—things that don’t seem to have structure really do under the surface. In her “Synchronous Objects” choreographic visualization project ... she and her colleagues worked with William Forsythe to deconstruct once of his dances—One Flat Thing, reproduced—to see what physical thinking might look like displayed visually. His dance incorporates a high degree of difference, with the “dancers constructing a cacophonous structure.” Click here to read the rest.
Hill is a librarian whose work focuses on using technology—especially social networking—to enhance and extend the role of the library in a community. From my live blog post:
In 1999, while attending library school, libraries were rethinking access based on technological advancements. In thinking of the library, she felt there was a disconnect between the community aspect and the reference desk—which she saw as a barrier between herself and the people she wanted to serve. She set out to change this by incorporating community features into the library’s role. Click here to read the rest.
I always like to see interesting examples of technology transforming the way we live and how we think about things. These two speakers highlighted that for me.
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