The IDIA is keen on developing technology that extends traditional art forms. Along similar lines, we explore novel artistic uses of existing technology. Check out our portfolio below.
Traversal for Boston Cyberarts | Traversal for Boston Cyberarts is a live performance and hybrid reality installation that bridges the physical and virtual worlds. It will connect Faneuil Hall in Boston (virtualized in Second Life) with Shafer Tower at Ball State University as part of the 2009 Boston Cyberarts Festival.
Flickr Gettr | Flickr Gettr bridges the virtual world to the wealth of shared real life imagery and information in Flickr, providing an immersive sonic and visual experience of the collective image resource.
Flying Forces | Flying Forces is a museum exhibit built by Ball State University Music Technology senior, Matt Erwin for placement in the Academy of Model Aeronautics in Muncie, IN. This interactive exhibition was produced in partnership with IDIA Lab and the BSU Department of Theater.
Museum Scanning Project | The IDIA Seminar's current project focuses on virtually recreating the original settings of various sculptures found throughout the Ball State Museum of Art.
Traversal | Traversal is a composition for virtual performance exploring connectivity between worlds.
Engaging Technology Exhibit | This exhibit is a rich collection of inviting and interactive works that will show how technology-based art emerged in the 1960s and how it will progress into the future.
Eco-Net | "Eco-Net" is an attempt to connect wireless network data with nature by visualizing that data with plant-like structures and organic motion.
Digital Cinema Arts in the Virtual World, The Aesthetic Camera Project | The Aesthetic Camera Project was designed to deliver digital cinema curriculum through Second Life - an online virtual world. This intensive research and development project was hatched through a partnership between the College of Fine Arts, the Center for Media Design, and Information Technology.
Intermedia Artist Timeline | This reactive kiosk tracks hand motions to navigate through a timeline and history of intermedia artists.
[un]wired | [un]wired is an installation that visually and sonically interprets wireless network traffic, and can be shaped by any personal electronic device including wifi, bluetooth, car key fobs and cell phones.
RFID-Linked 3D Media Interface | Students participating in IDIA
Final Wisdom I at SIGGRAPH 2010 | FINAL WISDOM I SIGGRAPH 2010, Los Angeles July 25-29
