Irvine, CA - Undergraduate DIGITAL ARTS students are developing PINTOUR - a series of interactive audio walks and giant map pin sculptures as a showcase for their creative audio work. Located at the campus of University of California, Irvine on the grounds of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, PINTOUR is a public art project designed to playfully engage the campus community. After months of planning, the students are launching a KICKSTARTER fundraising campaign to build the PINTOUR project.

‘Let’s meet at the orange pin.’
This collaborative student project consists of five 10 foot tall map pins sited around the Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The pins serve as audio walk and way-finding guideposts. When participants arrive at a colored pin, they scan the QR CODES (or enter a web address) with their mobile phone, load a web interface and choose one of four audio walks. The walks lead from pin to pin and engage listeners with the school in a non-traditional way. The audio content ranges from educational to entertaining, and will explore
the Art, Drama, Dance, and Music departments.

The Kickstarter campaign aims to raise $4,500 which will be used towards building and installing the giant map pins. “Developing the project has been a lot of work, we learned a lot, and we’ve definitely had fun working together. Now we need the Kickstarter money to make it possible, and we can’t wait to see it all come together,” says student Robert Padilla. If the fundraising goal is met, work on the sculptures will begin immediately and PINTOUR will premiere at the end of the quarter.

PINTOUR has been developed by undergraduates in the Arts 50-60-70 course series in the Digital Arts taught by
Lecturer BRYAN JACKSON. The Minor in Digital Arts is open to undergraduate students from all areas of UC Irvine who want to acquire a working knowledge of how digital media content is conceived, constructed and performed. In the studio, students receive hands-on experience with using current software tools, creating their own new media art projects, and learning fundamental techniques for video, audio and web design. Coursework investigates a wide range of critical issues surrounding new media art practices and the use of emerging technologies in the arts.

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