On April 15, Assistant Professor听Joel Swanson's听飞辞谤办,听, began streaming on听, a 150-foot long by 22-foot high array of 89 LED blades located in the lobby of the iconic 150 North Riverside building in Chicago. Earlier this year, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver commissioned him to produce a new body of work as part of the听, an innovative art-lending program. Swanson鈥檚 piece,听In Other Words鈥�鈥攁 solo show at the Republic Plaza in downtown Denver that will be on view through June 12鈥攚as recently听听in the听Denver Post. This summer, he will exhibit digital works at the听听in Cork, Ireland, in conjunction with the Electronic Literature Organization鈥檚听.
Julie Carr鈥檚听产辞辞办,听Real Life: An Installation, published by Omnidawn Books, was selected as one of the top five poetry books of 2018 by听Publisher's Weekly听and named a top book of the year by听Entropy. The book has been reviewed by magazines including听Kenyon Review,听On the Seawall,听Ragazine, and听Library Journal. The听听website includes work by faculty and students from CMCI and the College of Arts and Sciences, including: Joe Steele, Erin Espelie, Jeanne Liotta, Phuong T. Vuong, Gesel Mason, Joel Swanson, Michelle Ellsworth and Kelly Sears.
In February,听Michael Theodore听performed a new collaborative work titled听49 Days, featuring PhD student Sean Winters on trumpet and electronics and Theodore on electric guitar and electronics. He recently received a CHA grant in support of his forthcoming solo exhibition at the David B. Smith Gallery in Denver. The exhibition鈥攈is third at the gallery鈥攚ill continue Theodore鈥檚 exploration of analog interventions and mediation of algorithmic processes.
Michelle Ellsworth's听recent performance works,听The Rehearsal Artist听补苍诲听Post-Verbal Social Network, were featured at On the Boards Festival in Seattle and Fusebox Festival in Austin. The performances were made possible by the support of organizations including The MAP Fund, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Boulder County Arts Alliance and more.听The Rehearsal Artist听is also a National Performance Network Creation Fund project, co-commissioned by Performance Space NY, The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, On the Boards, Women and Their Work and the University of Colorado Boulder. The development of听The Rehearsal Artist听was made possible by the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University, as well as the Center for Humanities in the Arts and IRISS Project Society research funding at the University of Colorado Boulder.