Milkael Fernstrom
Interactive Design Centre
Computer Science and Information System
University of Limerick, Ireland
Phone: 00 353 (0)61 202606 / (0)87 868188079
Fax: 00 353 (0)61 202734
E-mail: mikael.fernstrom@ul.ie
Web site : www.idc.ul.ie
The Press release for DAWN04 can be read below, it is also available here as a word document (42Kb).
DAWN 2004 – Digital Arts Week Now – 22nd – 25th of September.
The University of Limerick will put on an exhibition and concert of Masters’ student work the last week of September. It’s the students from the Masters programmes in Music Technology and Interactive Media that showcase their work. This year will be the fourth year in a row that DAWN is available to the public. The exhibition is already known to show what technology, media and music might be tomorrow. With the freedom given to the students to envisage where current trends are heading and what is possible with the latest computer hardware and software, we have the opportunity to see demonstrations and examples of what a not too distant future has to offer.
The Computer Science and Information Systems Department at the University of Limerick runs both programmes, with strong collaboration from other colleges such as Humanities. What makes UL’s programmes so special is that they recognise the importance of interdisciplinary work, bridging traditional divisions between arts and science.
The faculty at UL teaching on the two programmes are highly enthusiastic about the exhbition. For example:
Dr. Donncha Ó Maidín said “This is the one of the few programmes in Ireland where you can get a Masters degree in electroacoustic music composition. Some students also choose a scientific approach and do work in areas such as musical user interfaces, sound synthesis software and audio processing – which we know are increasingly important with the evolution of music and media on the Internet”.
Prof. Liam Bannon comments, “At the moment, we are just seeing the start of interactive media. As more people around the world get access to more information via inexpensive handheld technology, in their homes and in society at large, we need to focus on the quality of the designs that deliver the experiences to people. Through our programme, our students are prepared to design and deliver on our visions of the future information society”.
The DAWN exhibition opens to the public the 22nd of September. During the day (10-12 a.m. and 2-4 p.m.) technical demonstrations will be available in UL’s Music Technology Lab and Recording Studio. At 5 p.m. DAWN-05 is officially opened by Prof. Anthony Cahill and will remain open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily until the 25th. The 23rd of September, the compositions in Music Technology are presented in a concert 3-5 p.m. Admission is free.
For details about the works, see http://www.csis.ul.ie/imedia/dawn04/
For more information you can email mikael.fernstrom@ul.ie or phone 086-8188079.
