Syracuse University's COLAB will present "Wired Space," an exhibition of interactive art
and design installations, on Thursday, April 16, from 5-8 p.m. in the Case Supply Building,
109 Wyoming St., Syracuse. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
"Wired Space" explores the functional, conceptual and expressive possibilities of weaving
together materials, technology and interaction. The installations include an interactive
wall/musical instrument, a weeping willow tree that brings outside sounds into a
rehabilitated warehouse, and a wall that opens into another country.
The installations in "Wired Space" were created by students enrolled in "Interactive Lab:
Responsive Environments," a COLAB-sponsored, cross-disciplinary course that explores the
intersection of information, interaction and installation art. In the semester-long experience,
students learned to program microcontrollers and use sensors and emitters to produce site-
specific artworks using various data and information sources, video and sound. The course is
taught by faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the
School of Information Studies.
COLAB is an interdisciplinary initiative that encourages students and faculty to use their
diverse skills and perspectives to solve complex, real-world problems creatively and
collaboratively. Based in VPA and headquartered on the fourth floor of The Warehouse at
350 W. Fayette St., COLAB offers courses, programs and events in a nontraditional
atmosphere that fosters innovation and imagination.
For more information, contact Michael McAllister, COLAB's director of design and
innovation, at mlmcalli@syr.edu or visit
http://colab.syr.edu.
