ATLAS | Events

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.
The ATLAS Black Box is downstairs, lowest basement level, B2.
Cofrin auditorium, room 100, is located off the main ATLAS lobby. ATLAS Speaker Series events are made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.

SuperCollider 2013 Symposium

The SuperCollider Symposium is an international event for musicians, artists, researchers and coders working with SuperCollider software. It features a technical conference, introductory workshops and a diverse program of music and art. Stay in touch with the symposium website for a detailed schedule of events as they are updated.
Monday, May 20, downstairs Black Box theater

Past events

The Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts (CMKY) features Brain Pulse Music by Masaki Batoh

This popular annual festival will feature Brain Pulse Music by Masaki Batoh, a performance that will use live, human brainwaves in real-time to create sound. See the article in Wired magazine about his work.

Note: Due to limited space, CU-Boulder students, faculty and staff with valid campus ID will have admittance/seating priority over the general public. Stay in touch with the CMKY website for a detailed schedule of festival events.
7:45 p.m. Friday, April 26, downstairs Black Box theater, level B2

ATLAS Speaker Series: Mystery, Music and Digital Innovation

Nicolas Jaar, an international multi-media performing artist, will talk about his digital music work and creative process. Record label colleagues plus emerging Colorado-based music producers will join him in a Q&A discussion. Jaar is founder of the record label Clown & Sunset and released his debut album “Space Is Only Noise” in 2011. He has performed around the world including an acclaimed five-hour improvisation at NYC’s Museum of Modern Art. The talk is a collaboration between ATLAS Institute and the Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts, http://communikey.us.
6-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, Cofrin Auditorium, ATLAS 100

ATLAS Speaker Series:
Learning to Love Technology by Making Arts and Crafts

Leah Buechley discussed her work developing accessible technologies that allow people of all ages – including those who might not otherwise be attracted to computing – to sketch, design, paint and sew while incorporating electronic technology during an ATLAS Speaker Series presentation on April 10, 2013.

Buechley, who received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from CU and is currently an associate professor at MIT and directs the High-Low Tech Media Lab, showed student projects that blend computing with traditional arts, crafts, textiles, paper and wood.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

Enjoy a New Double Feature of Dance

Experience a 90-minute evening of multimedia dance presented in two separate performances, choreographed by two choreographers: CU BFA dance students Skye Hughes and Charlie Dando, founding dancer/choreographer of Boulder’s award-winning Break Efx dance company.

Discover a wide range of music and sound produced by improvised prepared guitar, piano, found sound, software and laptop plus spoken words digitally abstracted to become new sound environments.

The two dance theater productions are:
Nonsense and Trust, directed by Skye Hughes – An exploration of struggle and hope – How do we see ourselves from the inside? What torments us? What gives us hope?

Through Intervals of Time, directed by Charlie Dando – One hero’s journey – Travel with a character who interacts with several colorful, changing worlds on a magical journey expressed through movement, sound and imagery.
7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, April 5 & 6, downstairs Black Box theater

ATLAS Speaker Series: Ge Wang on computing, music, art

Ge Wang, a Stanford University assistant professor in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, discussed the transformative possibilities of music and computing to make art, strange new instruments and connections to people around the world during an ATLAS Speaker Series presentation on March 18, 2013.

Wang researches programming languages and interactive software systems for computer-generated music. He is the author of the music programming language ChucK, which is an audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, performance and analysis (see http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/). He demonstrated apps that can turn an iPhone into a flute or an iPad into a stringed instrument.

His talk explored the development of laptop and mobile phone orchestras (including the local Boulder Laptop Orchestra, also known as BLOrk), computer music languages and social music apps – all examples of an emerging, growing space where computers, music and people interact.

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

Brakhage Center Symposium

Among a variety of scheduled events, see a film installation that will run in the ATLAS Black Box theater. In addition, enjoy discussions about contemporary experimental film and screenings. Since 2005, this forum has brought together contemporary filmmakers, scholars, critics, curators and members of the public. Admission is free, but due to limited seating, registration is recommended. Contact Eric Coombs to register. Stay in touch with the Brakhage Symposium Web page for a detailed schedule of events and locations as they are updated.
Saturday & Sunday, March 16 & 17, downstairs Black Box theater
and downstairs in the Visual Arts Complex next door, room 1B20

Obama for America campaign technology experts share their stories

Engineering team leaders for the Obama for America campaign discussed the strategies, analytics, social media and technologies they used to help reelect the president during a panel presentation on March 6, 2013, in the ATLAS Black Box.

The team included: Chris Gansen, Engineering Lead, Dashboard; Jason Kunesh, Director of User Experience and Product; and Dylan Richard, Director of Engineering. The event was presented by Silicon Flatirons – CU-Boulder’s Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship – and the ATLAS Institute.
Click here to view a video of the program.

Pendulum New Music

The Pendulum New Music concert series, now in its 12th season, presents the best of new music with CU faculty, students and guest artists. Stay in touch with the Pendulum website for more details, a list of performing artists and their pieces as they are confirmed.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, downstairs Black Box theater

The Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk)

Enjoy a variety of original pieces under the direction of John Gunther, an assistant professor of jazz studies at CU. BLOrk is an eclectic ensemble of musicians equipped with laptops, hemispherical speakers, traditional instruments and MIDI controllers.
7:30 p.m. March 2, Saturday, downstairs Black Box theater

ATLAS Speaker Series: Women and the Web: Bridging the Gender Internet Gap in Developing Countries

Renee Wittemyer discussed the data on the large Internet gender gap in developing countries and the social and economic benefits of securing Internet access for women during an ATLAS Speaker Series program on Feb. 25, 2013.

Recent studies find that on average – across the developing world – nearly 25 percent fewer women than men have access to the Internet and the gap soars to nearly 45 percent in sub-Saharan African regions. Wittemyer discusses this research and a call-to-action to double the number of women and girls online in developing countries from 600 million today to 1.2 billion in 3 years.

Wittemyer, director of social impact in Intel Corporation’s Corporate Responsibility Office located in Ft. Collins, develops strategies for Intel’s girls and women’s campaign and manages relationships with strategic alliances, such as USAID, NGOs, and U.N. Women. The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

ATLAS Speaker Series: How Open Source Software is Changing Technology

Stormy Peters talked about predicting the future of technology by observing the use and development of open source software during an ATLAS Speaker Series program on Feb. 18, 2013.

Examples included how nonprofits and open source software projects set technology directions and make bold statements about how to make the world a better place. She also discussed her work at Mozilla and shared insights about the future of information technology (IT).

Peters is director of websites & developer engagement at Mozilla. She is an advocate and supporter of open source software and its potential to change the software industry. She is also the founder and vice president of Kids on Computers, a nonprofit organization that sets up computer labs in developing countries.

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
Click here for a video of her presentation.

Canvas – a multimedia concert by Cole Ingraham

CU College of Music doctoral student Cole Ingraham will present a live solo concert surrounded by floor to ceiling screens filled with his original animated video paintings and 8.1 surround-sound – an immersive environmental experience for the audience. The music will be performed live on SuperCollider, an audio programming language, an iPad and Moog guitar.

The Moog guitar will provide the ability to physically sustain tones on any or all of its strings infinitely. In addition, the guitar's sounds will be further augmented by a guitar modeling device, the Roland VG-99, which will allow rapid digital retunings of the strings and the ability to hold notes indefinitely. When used in conjunction with the sustaining power of the Moog guitar, up to 12 pitches can be held by one person for as long as desired.

"By going back-and-forth between the guitar, various other devices and SuperCollider, it is possible to alter every note on each string as they are being played to achieve non-standard scales and tunings. To my knowledge this has never been attempted before," explained composer and performer Ingraham. 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, Feb. 15 & 16, downstairs Black Box theater

ATLAS Speaker Series: Digital Media and Music as an Instrument for Social Change

Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky) discussed his recent work exploring digital media, music and the ways that art can open minds and help people gain new perspectives on issues like climate change during an ATLAS Black Box performance on Feb. 6, 1013.
He performed his mix of electronic compositions (using his own DJ app and wall to wall graphics) accompanied by CU College of Music cellist Megan Knapp and violinist Emily Lenck. Miller is a multimedia digital artist, musician, composer, remixer, author of “The Book of Ice” and the first artist-in-residence at NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. His visit is a collaboration between the ATLAS Institute, the Program for Writing and Rhetoric and the President’s Fund for the Humanities. The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel. See the Colorado Daily article.
Click here for a video of his performance.

Boxes – multimedia theater debut walks boundary between abstract and real

Boxes, written and directed by Raechel Sherwood, is a show that walks the line between the real and abstract while it examines the boxes and limitations we create for ourselves and others. It explores ideas put forth by chaos theory that suggests long-term prediction is impossible; there is no order to things; nothing is fated or preordained. Interestingly, the play includes two characters who move forward in time, two who move backward and two characters who do not exist in time.

A 12-piece orchestra will bridge the moments between scenes and serve as a musical backdrop. Dancers will illuminate and amplify particular moments. CU doctoral music candidates Cole Ingraham will design the graphics for the show that will fill the theater’s walls and Hunter Ewen will supervise the technical elements of the show. Hugh Lobel helped compose the electronic music. 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday,
Feb. 1 & 2 downstairs Black Box theater

[ABSURDUS] corpus –
interdisciplinary dance performance

[ABSURDUS] corpus, produced and choreographed by CU's Nathan Blackwell, is an exploration of the gay male within society and his relationship to the female body and Western religious institutions. The shifting world of gender and religion will be explored and physicalized through abstract movement, film and music.
7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, Jan. 18 & 19, 2013, downstairs Black Box theater

Rock Band The Congress performs concert for
HD recording as part of ATLAS Boulder Box Set series

Denver-based rock group The Congress will perform a one-hour set for a taping/recording as part of the ATLAS Boulder Box Set series. Seating is limited and first-come, first-served. Audiences are advised to arrive at least 15 minutes early. Note: Views of the band may be obstructed by cameras and equipment during the taping. See the band's website.
7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, Black Box theater

Ian Cooke: Cellist, pianist, singer and songwriter
performs as part of ATLAS Boulder Box Set series

Ian Cooke, who is a cellist, pianist, singer and songwriter who has been voted Best Avant-Pop performer by Westword Magazine for three years, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, in the ATLAS Black Box theater as part of the Boulder Box Set series.Cooke has appeared in SPIN magazine, Finished #1 in the Denver Post Music Poll in 2009, and has toured in the US and Australia playing with: The Dresden Dolls, Crooked Fingers, Built to Spill, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips (Monolith Festival), Blonde Redhead, Devotchka, Rasputina, Wovenhand, Pedro the Lion and many more.Cooke’s albums include the 2009 “The Fall I Fell,” which has sold out of two pressings and has been re-pressed as a DVD with solo live versions of songs, videos, and 5.1 surround mix of the album, and the 2011 “Fortitude.”
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, Black Box theater

Pamela Z: Works for Voice, Electronics
and the Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk)

Award-winning composer, performer and multimedia artist Pamela Z will perform an evening of works for voice with live, electronic processing, a gesture-activated MIDI controller and interactive video. photos of Pamela Z and BLOrk

The evening will include existing solo works as well as new works produced in collaboration with CU's Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk). Pamela Z's residency and performance is made possible through an IMPART grant from CU-Boulder's Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement.

Pamela Z has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe and Japan. Her work has been presented at various venues and exhibitions including Bang on a Can (NY), the Japan Interlink Festival, Other Minds (SF), the Venice Biennale and the Dakar Biennale. She has composed scores for dance, film, and new music chamber ensembles.

Her awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Creative Capital Fund, the CalArts Alpert Award, The MAP Fund, the ASCAP Award, an Ars Electronica honorable mention, the NEA/JUSFC Fellowship and a Djerrassi Resident Artist Program residency.
Visit www.pamelaz.com.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, downstairs Black Box theater

Entrepreneurship, Lessons and Challenges

Wendy Lea, an entrepreneur and CEO of Get Satisfaction, a leading customer engagement platform, will discuss her experience and lessons as a successful entrepreneur. An investor, strategic adviser and mentor to TechStars Boulder, she is recognized as a Top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley.

The talk is part of the Entrepreneurs Unplugged series and is co-sponsored by the ATLAS Speaker Series, Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship and the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
Seating is limited. RSVP, register here.
6:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, Cofrin auditorium, room 100
For a video of this presentation, click here.

Tame Your Man

"Tame Your Man is my first work dealing directly with my sexuality as a gay composer and my experience of masculinity within gay culture," explained director and composer Nathan Hall. "Over the course of the half-hour piece, a pianist will be bound to his instrument and his abilities to use the full range of the keyboard will become increasingly restricted. The performance will explore surrender, pleasure and trust in an abstract, other worldly atmosphere."
7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, Nov. 9 & 10, Black Box theater

ATLAS Speaker Series:
Digital Media Design, Gender and Games

Yasmin Kafai is a professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and is a pioneer in research on electronic gaming, learning and gender. She was an early developer and researcher of Scratch, an educational programming language that helps students program virtual worlds. She is the author of the book "Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming" and several other gender and technology-related studies.
She received her doctorate from Harvard University while working with Seymour Papert at the MIT Media Laboratory and examines technology designs and cultures through the lens of constructionist theory.
The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, Cofrin auditorium
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

The Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk) performs their live original score for a screening of this classic silent vampire film of 1922. "Nosferatu" was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula and is regarded as one of the 100 best films in world cinema. BLOrk will feature six musicians playing laptops, iPhones and iPads while using Supercollider and Max MSP software. Hemispherical speakers modeling the sonic properties of acoustic instruments will blend with traditional instruments – piano, violin, guitar and voice.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26
ATLAS 100, Cofrin Auditorium

Pixels in the Closet

In a unique collaboration between Hong Kong dancer Abby Chan and Denver digital artist Bryan Leister, dance, digital images and sound tell a dark tale from childhood memories. Motion capture technology using infrared cameras, inverse kinematics recognition and Kinect software will allow Chan to control and create music in real-time through her dance movements. The combination of Chinese dance and cultural icons melded with the latest in digital game/controller technology and graphics promises to deliver a powerful theater experience.
The production is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, Oct. 26 & 27
Black Box theater

ATLAS Speaker Series: Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Nicholas Carr, a Boulder-based author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated bestseller, “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” and the Atlantic Magazine piece, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” will examine how digital media influence the ways people think, read and interact.
Referencing media theorist Marshall McLuhan, Carr points out, “media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought.” If the Web is shaping thought processes, what are people gaining? What are they losing? As people and society become increasingly dependent on the Web, how are they changing? Carr will discuss these issues.
The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, Cofrin auditorium

ATLAS Speaker Series: The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Nicole Glaros, an entrepreneur and managing director of TechStars Boulder, a tech accelerator program, gave a talk entitled "The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem" as part of the ATLAS Speaker Series on Oct. 15, 2012.
Glaros, who works with seed-stage Web software companies, talked about the importance of innovation, fearlessness and leadership in entrepreneurship. She covered Colorado’s evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem and the hows and whys of entrepreneurship for students.
The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

Concert About Nothing: the Music of John Cage

Part of a week-long CU-Boulder festival, the Concert about Nothing will feature the music of John Cage performed by CU students, faculty and special guests Third Coast Percussion. The Chicago Tribune writes that this quartet, using an impressive array of percussion instruments, combines "the energy of a rock concert with the precision and sophistication of classical chamber music."
7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, Black Box theater

Entrepreneurs Unplugged: Dan King, CEO, ReadyTalk

Silicon Flatirons, ATLAS, the Boulder Software Club, and Quick Left presented Dan King, CEO of ReadyTalk, as the featured entrepreneur on Oct. 10, 2012, with moderators Brad Bernthal and Jill VanMatre.

King is actively involved in the company's strategic direction and day-to-day operations. He has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and related fields. Prior to ReadyTalk, King held senior positions in business development and financial management for ICG Communications.

King and his brother, Scott, were recognized as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008 in the Software Services category for the Rocky Mountain Region.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Help! My avatar was robbed!

Greg Lastowka, a professor at Rutgers University Law School and author of “Virtual Justice: The New Laws of Online Worlds,” discussed how real-world laws are being adapted to virtual worlds during ant ATLAS Speaker Series presentation on Oct. 8, 2012.

As billions of dollars are exchanged in virtual worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft, criminals are defrauding online communities. And as avatars lose virtual property to wrongdoers, people feel cheated and increasingly seek legal remedies. But what law assists people when their avatars are robbed?

Lastowka will discuss how governments respond to cyberspace chaos and explore the laws of property, crime and copyright in virtual worlds.
The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

2012 Americas Latino Festival

Events listed below are free and open to the public except for the 9 p.m. concert by Slim Cessna’s Auto Club.

4:30-4:45 p.m. Opening by festival director Irene Vilar and professor Lorraine Bayard de Volo, director, Latin American Studies Center at CU Intermezzo Grupo Tucandirá, “Ecomusicology and Colombian Llanero Music.”

5-5:30 p.m. Music of the Americas piano concert, Gigi (USA) and Malena Boratgis (Mexico), mother-daughter duo

5:30-6 p.m. Luis J. Rodriguez, bestselling author of “Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in LA”, a New York Times notable book and Carl Sandburg Award winner, will talk about his life, work and the recently published sequel to “Always Running,” “It Calls You Back.” “Hereʼs truth no television set, burning night and day, could ever begin to offer.” —The New York Times Book Review

6-6:30 p.m. Closing words by Tim Z. Hernandez (American Book Award and Premio Aztlán Award) and Irene Vilar (Latino Book Award and Guggenheim Fellow).

7 p.m. Reception (tapas & drinks), ATLAS Black Box theater lobby

7:30-9 p.m. Grupo Tucandirá concert in Grusin Music Hall, IMIG Music Building, College of Music

9 p.m. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club concert – Tickets: $20, buy them online at www.AmericasLatinoFestival.org. Founding fathers of the Denver Sound, Slim Cessnaʼs Auto Club has released a number of critically acclaimed albums. They have been described as the best live band in America. “What energy and soul!” — Rolling Stone Magazine.

The Americas Latino Festival is dedicated to presenting outstanding individuals in the fields of human rights and justice, conservation, science, literature, music, visual arts and film. The festival producer, Americas for the Arts, is committed to majoritizing minority arts & peoples and promoting cross-cultural understanding. For further information, email info@americaslatinofestival.org, visit www.AmericasLatinoFestival.org or call 303-717-6619.
4:30 - 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, Black Box theater unless otherwise indicated.

ATLAS Speaker Series: How has technology changed writing and literature?

Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, a professor of English at the University of Maryland and director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, talked about how changes in technology might be affecting writing during an ATLAS Speaker Series presentation on Oct. 1, 2012.

Drawing from his book, “Track Changes: A Literary History of Word Processing,” Kirshenbaum addressed questions such as: How has the word processor changed the history and culture of authorship? How has technology changed the relationship of writers to their craft? The talk will explore questions of technology, research, content and writing at the intersection of literary and technological history.

This event is a collaboration of the CU-Boulder ATLAS Institute, Department of English, ICJMT Initiative, University Libraries ScriptaLab and Friends of the Libraries.
To view a video of this presentation, click here

Entrepreneurs Unplugged: TheBlogFrog

Silicon Flatirons, ATLAS, ITP, and Quick Left presented Holly Hamann and Rustin Banks as their featured entrepreneur with moderator Brad Bernthal on Sept. 24, 2012. Speaker: Holly Hamann,VP of Marketing and Co-Founder Holly is a serial entrepreneur who has spent her career launching and growing start-ups in the social media, entertainment, video, and other tech industries. She is a blogger, public speaker, contributing writer on technology and marketing to various publications, is an American Marketing Association "Marketer of the Year" award recipient and guest blogger for The HuffingtonPost. She lives outside Boulder, Colorado and blogs about social media, triathlons and parenting teenagers.

Speaker: Rustin Banks, CEO and Co-Founder Rustin Banks (co-founder, CEO) started building online communities 15 years ago by hosting bulletin board systems (BBS) in his parents' closet. With an MS in Electrical Engineering, he left his position in Aerospace designing next-gen satellite systems to start BlogFrog in 2009. He and his wife, Tara, live in Colorado and he blogs about leadership and being the father of three small children.

Entrepreneurs Unplugged is a meeting place where faculty, students and community members with technical backgrounds learn about and get involved in entrepreneurship. In particular, the program offers students and faculty an opportunity to learn how a successful start up is created as well as an opportunity to network. Each Entrepreneurs Unplugged meeting features food, drink and - most importantly - an experienced entrepreneur to discuss his/her start-up experiences.

The Deming Center Women's Council is pleased to co-sponsor this Unplugged Session. The Women's Council's provides access and connections for students to successful women business leaders. It aims to nourish both students and other women in our community to live up to their potential as entrepreneurs and leaders in business.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

ATLAS Speaker Series: The Satellite Imaging Industry

Walter S. Scott is founder, chief technology officer (CTO) and executive vice president of DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution Earth imagery products and services. He discussed the origins of DigitalGlobe, its operation of a three-satellite imaging constellation, plus the birth, growth and future of the industry, during an ATLAS Speaker Series presentation on Sept. 17, 2012.
Scott has held several tehnical, program and managment positions at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Learn more about DigitalGlobe.
To view a video of this presentation, click here.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Laura Hosman talks about her ICTD work (brown bag lunch, RSVP Weds.)

Laura Hosman, an assistant professor of political science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, will talk about her Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD) work setting up solar powered long-distance wireless connectivity in Micronesia from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, during a brown bag lunch in ATLAS 207.
Please email stephanie.wanek@colorado.edu or call 303-735-0797 by Wednesday reserve a lunch.
Hosman will talk about the challenges she and her team faced this summer as they connected the remote island of Udot, Chuuk, to the Web through the help of the Pacific Island Schools Connectivity, Education and Solar (PISCES) Project, which is led Hosman.
The PISCES team also brought a Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box to Udot that will be used for primary and secondary school children. The box, which was developed by students at IIT, contains solar panels, laptops and a charge controller. Hosman’s blog, giving insights on her fieldwork experiences, is at http://ict4dviewsfromthefield.wordpress.com.
Prior to her position at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Hosman held postdoctoral research fellow positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Southern California. She graduated with a Ph.D. in political economy and public policy from USC. Her current research focuses on the role of information and communications technology in developing countries, particularly in terms of its potential effects on socio-cultural factors, human development and economic growth. Her work focuses on two main areas: Public-private partnerships and ICT-in-education, both with a focus on the developing world.
Hosman's talk is part of the ATLAS Speaker Series, which is made possible by a generous donation from Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
Noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, ATLAS 207

The Crane Wife

The Crane Wife is a puppet theater performance for all ages based on a Japanese folktale by the same name. The show features puppets, mystical masks, colorful scenery, shadow movement and live, original music. In this production, Eastern and Western theater traditions come together to tell a touching story of love, trust and greed.

The Crane Wife is funded in part by the Boulder County Arts Alliance/Neodata Endowment, the Boulder Arts Commission (an agency of the Boulder City Council), the Boulder Library Foundation, the Japan Foundation Los Angeles and the Puffin Foundation.
7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14; 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15
Black Box theater

The Ninth Annual Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema

The Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema presents a two-evening program of short films and live multimedia performance. A niche film festival dedicated to works that merge dance and cinematic art forms, Sans Souci will present a wide variety of films from around the world. Visit SansSouciFest.org for more information and to view the demo reel.
The Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema is supported by the Department of Theatre & Dance, the Film Studies Program and the Atlas Institute's Center for Media, Arts and Performance.
7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday, Aug. 31 & Sept. 1
Black Box theater (Video installation begins at 7 p.m.)

ATLAS Speaker Series:
Michael Theodore, Mark Amerika

Michael Theodore, director of the ATLAS Center for Media, Arts and Performance and a College of Music faculty member, and Mark Amerika, a professor of Art and Art History, will talk about their recent work as part of the ATLAS Speaker Series at 4 p.m. Monday, June 25, in the Cofrin Auditorium. A tour of "Field Theory," Theodore’s new exhibit at the CU Art Museum, will follow the presentations. Field Theory creates dynamic fields of color, light and sound inspired by the natural world.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Michael Theodore and Mark Amerika (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
4 p.m. Monday, June 25, Cofrin Auditorium, Room 100

ATLAS Speaker Series:
The Past, Present and Future of Electronic Music

Morton Subotnick, an international performer, composer and an iconic figure in the field of electronic music, together with his collaborator, video artist Lillevan, will discuss the interaction between analog and digital technology, the electronic sequencer and lighting design used in performance. They will present an overview of the technology behind Silver Apples of the Moon, Subotnick's pioneering work, which will be performed that evening at ATLAS as part of the Communikey Festival.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Morton Subotnick (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Thursday, April 26, Room 102

The Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts (CMKY)

will feature a series of concerts and workshops including a performance by electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick who will collaborate with video/media artist Lillevan. He will perform Silver Apples of the Moon, commemorating the 45th anniversary of his groundbreaking work, which was been inducted into the Library of Congress. (The performance is sold out, but some seats may become available at the door due to no-shows.) The event is made possible by the generous support of the Roser Visiting Guest Grant.

Electronic artist and vocalist Lesley Flanigan will also perform that evening. Her performance is made possible by a collaboration between CU's College of Music, the Department of Art and Art History, ATLAS and the Communikey Festival. Visit http://www.communikey.us for other festival events and workshops.
7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 26, Black Box

ATLAS Speaker Series: Beyond the Obvious

Phil McKinney, former vice president and CTO of the personal systems group at Hewlett Packard and the author of "Beyond The Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation," will talk about his Focus, Ideation, Rank and Execution (FIRE) method for business innovation as part of the ATLAS Speaker Series.
McKinney, an innovation consultant, was responsible for long-range strategic planning and research and development of computers and mobile devices while at HP.
For more information, go to http://beyondtheobvious.com/ or http://www.philmckinney.com.
The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Monday, April 23, in the Cofrin Auditorium (ATLAS 100)

Double Feature of Multimedia Dance

Two MFA dance candidates share the evening with their original productions, each incorporating contemporary movement, improvisation, projected images, digital technology and live music.
S is for. . . , directed by Cristina Goletti, is a duo for a man and woman who push their emotional boundaries while exploring the politics of gender.
cLementines & cHocolate, directed by Chrissy Nelson, inquires into the many layers of technology we wrap ourselves in versus the unadorned human form.
Admission is free. Reservations are recommended; email: legitimatebookings@gmail.com with your name, choice of night and number of tickets requested.
7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, April 19-20

ATLAS Speaker Series: Designing Coursework as a Game - Can the Multiplayer Classroom Revolutionize Teaching?

Lee Sheldon, author of The Multiplayer Classroom, will look at the synergy between video game design and education occurring when students come to class to play and learn. Sheldon is associate professor and co-director of the Games and Simulation Arts program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His talk is entitled "Video Game Design & Education: Can the Multiplayer Classroom Revolutionize Teaching?"

ATLAS Speaker Series: Lee Sheldon (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Monday, April 9, Cofrin Auditorium

LIGHT: A Musical Journey

is a five-movement musical work that explores various concepts of light from the spiritual and emotional to the physical. Scored for chamber orchestra, children's choir, rock band, male octet and soloists, each group will express a different aspect of light. The concept of light will transform as the piece progresses, meandering through different instrumentations, tonal centers, styles, textures and media. The piece is written and directed by College of Music instructor Kari Kraakevik.
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 6-7, Black Box

ATLAS Speaker Series:
The Challenges of our Growing Population

Eric Rasmussen will look into the impact of increasing populations on cities and the challenges that result when people migrate into cities from the villages and farms of the world, including poverty, malnutrition, and disaster vulnerability. Eric Rasmussen is a clinical physician and research professor for environmental security and global medicine at San Diego State University.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Eric Rasmussen (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Monday, March 19, Cofrin Auditorium

There Can Only Be One

is a multimedia performance conceived and produced by MFA dance students Lauren Beale and Brooke Gessay in collaboration with Ana Baer Carrillo.
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, March 16-17, Black Box

ATLAS Speaker Series: How the End of Moore's Law is Changing the Landscape of Innovation

Moore’s Law is an observation made in 1965 by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double each year. Andrew A. Chien will discuss the technical factors behind the end of Moore’s law, speculate about the new landscape that will emerge and its impact on innovation. Chien is the William Eckhardt Professor in Computer Science at the University of Chicago.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Andrew A. Chien (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Monday, March 12, Cofrin Auditorium

Charming Hostess

Tickets: $5 for students; $10 in advance for the general public; $15 at the door. Click here to purchase tickets. This Oakland-based group will perform their original work, The Ginzburg Geography, a concert based on the life and work of Italian anti-fascists Natalia and Leone Ginzburg. The concert will include music from Italian Jewish liturgy, the oldest and most remote in Europe, as well as Italian anti-fascist songs, work chants and resistance anthems. To learn more about the group, visit http://charminghostess.us/.
(Note: Views of the performance may be occasionally obstructed by a camera crew taping the concert. Also, it is possible that faces of audience members may be captured on video and/or in photography taken during the concert. Your attendance at the concert shall imply your permission to have your image captured in video and/or photography by ATLAS staff and/or their agents, and used in ATLAS Institute or University or third party print and/or video materials. Such images may be viewed on the web, in other media and elsewhere.)
7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, Black Box

Stories

See experiments in storytelling encompassing performance, prose, music, cinema and visual arts. Featuring: Flash Fiction Authors including Kona Morris, filmmakers Alex Cox and Sarah Jane Biagini, BLOrk (Boulder Laptop Orchestra), choreographers Lauren Michelle Beale and Brooke Gessay, media artist Mark McCoin and slideshows by poet David Antin. Presented by the Brakhage Center, a part of CU's Film Studies and the Art and Art History departments. Free and open to the public.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10, Black Box

The Pendulum New Music Concert Series

presents electro-acoustic performances featuring the following CU composers and performers: Cole Ingraham, live electronics and visuals; John Drumheller, composition faculty, will perform with Nicolo Spera, guitar faculty, combining 10-string guitar with electronics; Hugh Lobel, piano, narrator and electronics (computer and 2/4 speakers); and Nathan Hall, video projection of a percussion quartet.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22

BLOrk (Boulder Laptop Orchestra),

an eclectic ensemble of musicians equipped with laptops, hemispherical speakers, traditional instruments and MIDI controllers, will perform a variety of original pieces under the direction of John Gunther, an assistant professor of jazz studies at CU.
7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24

ATLAS Speaker Series: Applied Technology,
Design and Creativity

Mark D. Gross, a professor of computational design at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture and a former CU professor, will discuss the design process, do-it-yourself technologies, the Maker Movement, modular robotics, creativity and the interdisciplinary use of technology and computing. His talk is entitled "Applied Technology, Design & Creativity (or, let’s talk about making really cool stuff!)."

ATLAS Speaker Series: Mark Gross (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, Cofrin Auditorium

I Am Watch Television Zombie

is an interdisciplinary production that explores our addiction to television with a team of 20 actors, musicians, technicians and aerial dancers. With no seating, audience members will wade through a transformed theater space waist-deep in balloons, immersed in thousands of animated TV images projected on four walls. The show's rich mix of aerial dancers, actors, live music and thousands of moving images and balloons may create moments of sensory overload, overwhelm and laughter.

The production was conceived and produced by Hunter Ewen, a CU doctoral candidate in music and Nicole Predki of Frequent Flyers (MFA Dance 2009). As there will be no general seating, those with disabilities are asked to email hunter.ewen@gmail.com for arrangements that will allow them to be seated during the show.
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Feb. 3-4

ATLAS Speaker Series: The Challenges of Our Growing World Population

In a talk entitled "The Web and Social Media: Separating the Noise from the Notable," Carmel Hagen will explore people's growing need to be online, connect with others and share the smallest details of their lives. Her discussion will cover the good and bad of the tweets, links, feeds and Facebook statuses flying through the Web. Hagen is a CU alumna, TEDx speaker and Boulder-based consultant in the fields of social media, branding and marketing.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Carmel Hagen, The Web and Social Media (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, Cofrin Auditorium

ATLAS Speaker Series: SMRT DNA Sequencing

Mark Maxham, an engineer and software manager at Pacific Biosciences, led the software team that developed the DNA sequencing technology, Single-Molecule Real-Time (SMRT). The PacBio RS product represents the integration of innovations in many distinct disciplines. In a talk entitled "SMRT DNA Sequencing: Technologies Driving Development," Maxham will discuss how this technology was developed and the biological applications enabled by SMRT in medicine, agriculture and biofuels.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Mark Maxham: SMRT DNA Sequencing (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.
5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, Cofrin Auditorium

Entrepreneurs Unplugged: Nancy Phillips, ViaWest co-founder & COO

Silicon Flatirons, ATLAS and ITP present Nancy Phillips as featured entrepreneur with moderator Brad Bernthal. As co-founder and COO, Nancy Phillips has a vested interest in establishing ViaWest as a leader in the market. Phillips, who has over 15 years of management experience in technology, oversees ViaWest's operations, engineering and technical support divisions.
ly VP of Operations for RMI.net, Phillips was integral in managing the company's network and technical growth. Prior to helping this struggling Internet Service Provider back to profitability, Phillips also was vice president of operations for ITC Worldwide (now Genesys Conferencing) and was senior vice president of operations for ConferTech International (now Global Crossing).
Networking reception to follow.
6:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, Cofrin Auditorium, room 100

Avant Guerre

A multi-media performance evoking multi-eras, it is produced in collaboration with 11 dancers, a cinematographer, composer/artist Albert Mathais, choreographer/producers Mollie Wolf and Judd Tank. "Using modern media, we reference the past to create a feeling of timelessness," director Wolf explained.
8 p.m. Thursday - Friday, Nov. 17-18

ATLAS Speaker Series: Smart Phones for Poor Farmers

5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, ATLAS 100
Heather Thorne will talk about her Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICTD) work, which is focused on using smart phones to create sustainable models for delivery of services and micro-businesses. Thorne leads Grameen Foundation's AppLab Indonesia and Uganda programs, the Community Knowledge Worker mobile agriculture program, and advises on other mobile innovation programs.

ATLAS Speaker Series: Smart Phones for Poor Farmers (click here for video)

The ATLAS Speaker Series is made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton and Anat Harel.

Vantage Points

An original, immersive, multi-sensory exploration of abstract video and sound by artist/composer Cole Ingraham. The performance includes live instrumentalists, synthesized sounds and a combination of 2D and 3D animated graphics. Ingraham is a doctoral student in CU’s College of Music.
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 28 – 29, ATLAS Black Box theater

Black & White

A coming of age story told through multi-media dance, theater and video performed by choreographer Gabriel Masson in collaboration with video artist Tara Rynders. Masson is assistant professor in CU's Department of Theatre and Dance. Rynders is an MFA student in multimedia dance.
8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, ATLAS Black Box
Note: For mature audiences.

Striking the Match

A new Web-based performance by writer/performer Beth Osnes using performance to ignite positive social change. Striking the Match uses performance to illuminate soial issues in a new light through short, single-issue performances that are mostly humorous, quirky or just offer a different perspective (most under 2 minutes). Osnes hopes people will share the performances throughout the Web and internet to help ignite positive social change. The performance will be streamed live at http://www.strikingthematch.org.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, ATLAS Black Box theater

Casanova at Twilight

An original musical theater piece written by Bill Mooney who for
14-years was a cast member of ABC's All My Children as well as a performer both on and off-Broadway. See the tale of Casanova's exploits, based on his autobiography. Music is composed and conducted by Hunter Ewen, a doctoral student in CU’s College of Music. Singer/actors include baritone and CU graduate Garrett Smith as young Casanova and Leigh Holman, director of CU’s Opera Department, who plays one of Casanova’s loves.
7:30 p.m. Friday - Saturday, Sept. 23 - 24, Sept. 30 - Oct. 1
2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 & Oct. 2, ATLAS Black Box theater
Tickets are $30 and available at the CU Presents Box Office
(located in the University Club) or buy tickets online at cupresents.org.
Phone: 303-492-8008 or email: musictix@colorado.edu.
Note: For mature audiences.

One Laptop Per Child, solar-based
wi-fi and ICT for development

A practitioner and an academic share insights and wisdom gained from two semesters, three trips and two deployments of student teams in Haiti. Laura Hosman and Bruce Baikie discuss leading, proposing and deploying development projects in developing nations and in underserved and impoverished regions.
Issues discussed may include -
- Team-building and promoting initiative and accountability in students.
- Building project-based courses.
- Fundraising, grant writing & publicity.
- Opportunities to lead vs. facilitate.
- Planning for project sustainability, travel and deployment.
- Administrative and ethical challenges.
Laura Hosman is assistant professor of political science in the department of social sciences at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Bruce Baikie currently heads Green WiFi, a solar powered WiFi network technology company, and was a long-term member of Sun Microsystems' Telecom & NEP industry team.
ATLAS Speaker Series: One Laptop Per Child (video)

5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, ATLAS Cofrin Auditorium, room 100, ground floor; enter through lobby
Presented as part of the ATLAS Speaker Series, made possible by a generous donation by Idit Harel Caperton & Anat Harel.

Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema

This film and dance event is a niche film festival specializing in dance cinema as an art form and incorporating live performance. With an expansive definition of dance and an appreciation for experimental and interdisciplinary forms, this unique festival presents a wide variety of film and video in a wide range of venues, plus performance. Visit http://sanssoucifest.org/.
7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 - 17, Friday - Saturday, ATLAS Black Box theater

Concert: Andy Hill and Renée Safier

7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9 in the ATLAS Black Box Studio
Folk/rock artists Andy Hill and Renée Safier, founders of the L.A.- based band Hard Rain, perform more than 200 concerts a year. Their 11 independent CD releases have won them numerous awards including "Best Duo/Group" from the International Acoustic Music Awards.

In Colorado, Safier's prodigious blues and jazz vocals won the acoustic blues competition at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2005.
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They will perform at ATLAS with E-town bassist Chris Engleman, Bruce Springsteen-sideman Marty Rifkin on pedal steel and electric guitar and Denver's Mike Marlier on drums.

Get more details and reserve your seats here.
Visit their website: http://www.andyandrenee.com/.

What have reviewers said about Andy Hill and Renée Safier?
"America's best kept secret." - B. Noel Barr, Random Lengths
"Andy Hill is rapidly becoming a songwriter to watch..."
- Michael Sullivan, Here, There and Everywhere E-Zine
"Safier's voice... drips with an aching sensitivity filtered through delicate beauty and a fragility that would break and disappear in less capable hands..." - Mark S. Tucker, Folk Music Exchange

Note: Views of the performance may be occasionally obstructed by a camera crew taping the concert. Also, it is possible that faces of audience members may be captured on video and/or in photography taken during the concert.

Your attendance at the concert shall imply your permission to have your image captured in video and/or photography by ATLAS staff and/or their agents, and used in ATLAS Institute or University or third party print and/or video materials. Such images may be viewed on the web, in other media and elsewhere.

7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
June 3-4
ATLAS Black Box
Tyrannosaurus Sex (and other truths) takes the audience on a journey that begins millions of years ago and arrives at the present day. We follow a lead character from a time of reptiles to the various stages of growth that brings us to adulthood–all on a path marked by chaos, passion and growing consciousness.

With drama, humor and song, the production recalls the joyful, light moments of early childhood mixed with darker scenes of sadness, confusion and loss. We watch the lead character confront those day-to-day events that shape us, take away our innocence and confound our best intentions. And see emerging growth and self-acceptance as well.

Live music from an ensemble of musicians will amplify and illuminate this coming-of-age story. A few of the original songs are jazz/blues oriented. Music accompanies the spoken dramatic scenes, heightening mood and emotion. Colorful, changing multimedia images will fill an entire wall of the theater and provide further context and content.

“The production attempts to depict our universal desires, passions or life energy– those ever-changing forces shared by all life through all of time. It’s the energy that pushes green shoots out of the ground, gets us out of bed every morning and keeps the adrenaline flowing,” writer, director and producer Ira Liss explained.

Commenting on the title of the production, Liss continued, “It’s fun to open the show with a tyrannosaurus character. The idea of a giant reptile brings something monumental or mythic to the stage.” He added with a smile, “Also, you don’t see a lot of eloquent, passionate dinosaurs speaking onstage that often. It could be memorable.”

Admission is Seating is limited. Reservations recommended. Reserve your seats: http://othertruths.eventbrite.com/.

About the artist/producer:
For more than 20 years, Ira Liss has performed solo concerts and musical comedy one-man shows in NYC, Arizona and Colorado – including the Boulder International Fringe Festival where he won an audience-choice award. He has performed at various venues around Boulder, Denver and NYC and is a member of Boulder Playback Theater.

Carnivals and Snowstorms

7 p.m. Friday, April 29
7 & 9 p.m. Saturday, April 30, ATLAS Black Box
Carnivals and Snowstorms, an interdisciplinary theater production, explores the nature of dreams, memory and the afterlife.
The production is designed to evoke an otherworldly atmosphere of haunting nostalgia and beauty.

To achieve this, it uses an all encompassing projection screen that immerses the audience in film and graphics of another time and place, a set design derived from vintage carnival booths, the elegance of 1930s-inspired costumes and retro-inspired choreography.

The production will utilize projected images that contribute to the ambience and mood of the piece, novel and experimental video surfaces, and direct interaction between live performers and film.

Vinitski concluded, "Carnivals and Snowstorms aims to demonstrate a new voice in multimedia that successfully merges theater and technology in a unique style."

Admission is Seating is limited.
Get more details and reserve your seats here.

Film: The Survivor and the Translator

7:00 - 8:30 p.m. May 1, Sunday, ATLAS Black Box
See a free screening and discussion of Leeny Sack's solo theater piece, "The Survivor and The Translator." The piece is about not having experienced the Holocaust, by a daughter of concentration camp survivors, in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day. A question and answer session with the artist will follow the screening.

About the artist: Leeny Sack was a member of Richard Schechner's seminal Performance Group."The Survivor and The Translator" came out of the Performance Group, and was subsequently produced nationally and internationally, including at the first World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in Jerusalem in 1981. The piece is published in several anthologies of Holocaust theatre works and women's solo performance. Get more details here.

Note: The ATLAS Black Box is located downstairs, lowest basement level B2. Cofrin Auditorium (room 100) is on the ground floor; enter from the lobby.

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