On Thursday, March 9 at 6:00 p.m., Conversations at the Edge will host DAN SANDIN: 35 YEARS OF ELECTRONIC ART – a unique presentation and screening by internationally-recognized video and VR artist Dan Sandin.

Dan Sandin in person!

Chicago artist Dan Sandin is one of the leading figures in the history of image-based electronic art. With the development of the Sandin Image Processor (I.P.), the University of Illinois' Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL), and CAVE virtual reality theater, Sandin has played a role in the growth of video art, interactive video, immersive electronic environments, video game technologies, virtual reality, and the open source movement and much of his work has played a defining role in the aesthetics of digital art today-from realtime video manipulation to Hollywood special effects. Tonight Sandin will lead us on a whirlwind tour of his career in a multimedia show featuring rare tapes from his earliest days with video and examples of his most recent work. Dan Sandin, 1969 - 2006, USA, 60 min. Various Formats.

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Tonight's show kicks off a three-part mini-series, conference, and cluster of projects tracing intersecting hyperthreads of time, screen and code-based experimental New Media art hosted by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Film, Video, and New Media.

Upcoming [FRAY] screenings at Conversations at the Edge:
2006.03.30 SHUDDHABRATA SENGUPTA and the Raqs Media Collective
2006.05.04 CALCULATIONS: Pioneers of Computer Animation

[FRAY] Conference:
Saturday, May 13 (2:00 - 6:00 p.m.) (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago / 112 S. Michigan)

Links:
Dan Sandin: http://www.evl.uic.edu/core.php?mod=4&type=5&indi
EVL: http://www.evl.uic.edu/index2.php
[FRAY]: http://fvnm.info/fray
CATE: http://fvnm.info/cate.html