It is time to officially be excited about Art in Silico 2025!
Thanks to the Michigan Arts and Culture supporting the show with an Experience Support Grant, the event series has expanded in its third year. From viewing art to live music to intriguing workshops, there’s something for everyone this year.
Additional resources at our disposal and a larger event committee allowed us to enrich our lineup this year. Already passed, Martin Krzywinski, Staff Scientist at Michael Smith Genome Sciences Center and an expert in data visualization and scientific illustration, joined us on MTU’s campus for events on March 24 for a talk on scientific illustration and on March 25 for a creative submission workshop
Looking ahead to the week of March 31st, we are continuing our ongoing collaboration virtually with uOttawa, where Ryan Stec (Adjunct Professor, Media Arts) and his student will present their semester long projects and solicit feedback from the Art in Silico audience!
Another new face on campus is John Kiran Fernandes, a multi-instrumental musician and member of the Elephant 6 Recording Company’s Olivia Tremor Control. During the main reception on April 3rd, John will be performing live at the Orpheum in Hancock, and you don’t want to miss it! Admission is free, and during this reception (which starts at 6:00 PM), the art auction will take place with food and drinks!
The gallery will be on display at the Copper Country Community Arts Center April 2-4, during open hours (10AM – 6PM). This venue will also host an opening reception before the main reception above, starting at 4:30 PM on April 3rd.
During this same week, we have our keynote speaker for the Art in Silico event series. Dr Sarah Bell, Associate Professor of Digital Media at MTU and Author of Vox ex Machina: A Cultural History of Talking Machines, will be giving her talk on April 2nd at 3:30 PM in the Great Lakes Research Center (Room 202). Her talk is titled “The Voice Synthesis Mixtape: A History of Singing Machines in Eight Songs.” Check out the abstract on our website!
Dr. Bell was longlisted by the New Yorker magazine as one of the “Best Things We Read in 2024”, in addition to being featured in online science publications, podcasts, and academic journals.
