Opening Reception: Friday, April 12, 5-8pm

Member Preview: Thursday, April 11, 5:30-7:30pm

Innovative light and sound-focused technologies that are fueling a new generation of art “making” are the focus of this exhibition. The BCA Center is transformed into a multi-floor interactive space, showcasing experiential and customizable technologies that blur the distinctions between science, art, and technology. Each project in the exhibition will facilitate an engaging, provoking, and multi-sensory experience of contemporary art.

Artists and collaborators include: Colin Brahmstedt, Marcelo Coelho, John Cohn, Maxwell Cohn, Mike Fortney, Eric Hall, }Hexdump{, Dave Howell, Ken Howell, Jennifer Jacobs, Jenn Karson, Al Larsen, Renée Lauzon, Kathy Marmor, Robin Perlah, Jeffrey Pierce, Jie Qi, Rebecca Schwarz, Chris Thompson, Karen Walkerman, Homer Wells, and Jamie Zigelbaum

More information at: http://cargocollective.com/user-required

USER REQUIRED EVENTS

Thursday, April 25th, 7pm: Vermont Makers Meet up
Meet with artists, technologists, and scientists responsible for the ideas and technology behind the work.

Thursday, May 2nd, 7pm: Curator talk with Kathy Marmor and Michael Fortney
Join artist Kathy Marmor, engineer collaborator Michael Fortney, and BCA Curator DJ Hellerman for a discussion about cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Saturday, May 4th, 1-5pm: Beginning Arduino Microcontroller Workshop
Learn about Arduino, an open-source platform that uses a “system on a chip” integrated circuit for building projects.

CLICK HERE to pre-register for this workshop. Registration is free, donation is recommended.

Thursdays, May 9th, 16th and 23rd, 6-9pm: Sound Recording and Composition Workshop
Digital Media Lab, Instructor: Renee D. Lauzon

$150, $135 BCA Members

Explore the history and technical aspects of field recording and sound art. Guided “soundwalks” with a portable digital recorder will provide raw material to compose soundscapes, experimental music, and/or sound-sculptures. This three-day workshop will take you through a practical step-by-step practice. After uploading our sound objects, we will go over basic elements and vocabulary of sound, including spatiality, timbre, attack, decay, reverberation, EQ’ing, and more. From arrangement, editing, looping, to using plug-ins, automation, and mastering, students will gain a productive, creative, and practical understanding of sound art. Portable digital recording devices will be provided.

Renee D. Lauzon is an interdisciplinary new media artist who works in video, sound art, text, and installation. She lives and works in Burlington, VT. 

CLICK HERE to register online for this workshop

Friday, May 17th, 5-8pm: Makers On Deck

Bring a problem, project, or a question and let the MacGyver-esque team of artists, engineers and scientists brainstorm with you.

This exhibition is sponsored by Rolf Kielman and Stevie Spencer, The Metz Family, Patrick S. Robins and Lisa Schamberg, David Stiller (through the Vermont Community Foundation), TruexCullins Architecture + Interior Design

The 2013 exhibition year is underwritten by: Free Press Media and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Fluid Bar Service, Long Trail Brewing, Otter Creek Brewing, and Wolavers Organics are proud sponsors of BCA Center exhibitions and events

Special thanks to the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment For The Arts