The Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College

tive countries.An exhibitionis also planned. It is hoped that the Babel project ,with its internationaldimension, will make a convincingcontribution to the artistic and culturalintegrationof new media. In order to encouragefurther internationalcooperation,it is also hoped that the Babel event,in cooperation with UNESCO,will contribute to the establishmentof a projected intemational network and centre for artsand media. The Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College Pamela Galvani withDavid A. Smallq and Noel B. Zahler ACTMTIES The CenterforArtsand Technology at ConnecticutCollege isthe primary siteon campusfor the introduction,adaptation and dissemination of new technologiesto the collegecommunity.In addition to offering researchfacilitiesand expertise, the centeris involved in a number of ongoingactivitiesthat demonstratea broad range of interdisciplinaryinterests. The center sponsorsbiennial artsand -technologysymposia,which have attracted great interestfrom the intemational scientificand artistic communities . The symposiahave brought the latestand most innovative research applicationsto the campus. The Fourth Biennial Symposium on the Arts and Technology (1993)featured 72 presentations ,with topicscoveringthe fieldsof art, music, medicine and education. The symposia are organizedto present a balanced representationof the technicaland the aestheticforcesdetermining the computer arts.These are opportunitiesfor experiencing the merging of music, art, technology,film studies,physics, etc. In addition to four days of presentations by artists,scientists and technologyexperts, there are concerts ,panel discussions and exhibitions of computer art and design. In additionto nationalcorporate sup port, the center has establishedrelationshipswith severallocal high-technology firmsthat have proven their interestin the center.Specifically,the center is providing needed expertisein and access to new fields-such as education-for formerly defensedependent firms continuing to seek avenuesfor diversification. The center isbuilding long-termtieswith corporationsfor both endowment-building and research partnerships.Connecticut Collegestudentsplay avital role in these partnerships. The college is in a unique position to supply the center’scorporate sponsors with the brightestyoung minds in the region to work as student interns on specificprojectsrelated to student and faculty. Studentinternshipsare available during the winter and summer breaks at local high-technologyfirms. The diversityof research pursuits of the facultyFellowsadds another component to the activities of the center. Research grantsare supportedby local CorporatePartners,makingpossible a rich assortmentof ongoingprojects. Proposals that have been funded include “Structureof Language,”“Referential Dependencies of NaturalLanguageand TheoreticalApparatus,”“Interactive Wayfinding: Use of Cues by Men and Women,”“ComputationalAnalysisof Metal BindingModes in Bleomycin,” “DigitalSoundAcquisition,”and “3-D ComputerAnimation and Sound.” In additionto the biennial symposia, the center sponsorsa regular schedule of colloquia,which bring to campusrecognized leaders in specificareas of interest to the Fellows. Recent speakers have includedAntonio Camurri (University of Genoa,Italy) and VolkerNolte (Ontario,Canada). The center has been involvedmost recently in twoprojects that demonstrate the collaborationof the arts and technology.Two of the Fellows developed AICP softwarewhich allows a computer to substitutefor another musician or an entire orchestra.Also, in the summer of 1992,the center coproduced with the International Sculpture Center in Washington, D.C., a 60-min video on computers and sculpture. The video,which has receivedwide distribution, features 40 international sculptorswho use computers in their work. ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND The Center for A r t s and Technologyat ConnecticutCollegeis located on the campusof ConnecticutCollegein New London, Connecticut.The center serves asa resourcefor members of the college communityinterestedin interdisciplinary research and as a clearinghouse for information on the latest advances in collaborativetechnology. At present the center is located in the CummingsArts Center. Agrant from the F.W. Olin Foundation is making possible a new science buildingon campus ,which will include an arts-and-technology lab of approximately1,000 square feet.The labwill be hard-wired to the auditorium and will be a high-end labwith RISGbasedUNIX work stations. The establishmentof this lab on campus will prompt additionalfacultyto offer their expertisefor collaborativeprojects. In addition, the center’sadministrative activitieswill soon move to the WinslowAmes House,located in a quiet comer of the ConnecticutCollegecampus . Thisbuilding has been preservedas one of the fewsurvivingprototypesof a “MotohomeHome of the Future” designedby RobertW. McLaughlin,Jr. In addition to serving as an administrative center,the WinslowAmes House will provide an invitinglocation for interdisciplinarydiscussions and colloquia. Pamela Galvani (adminisuative coordmator).Center for Arts and ‘l‘echnology, Connecticut College.270 Mohegan Avenue. New London, CT 06340,C.SA. David A Smallq (adminisudtor).Center for Arts and ‘Technology, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan .4venue, New London, CT06320. U S...