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June 25, 2019 Open until 5 pm

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Target Studio Incubator Project: Artist in residence

This graduate symposium will explore new cultural and technological approaches to sensory loss, designed and organized by artist in residence Liza Sylvestre and professors Gordon Legge and Peggy Nelson of the Center for Applied and Translational Sensory Science. It is the culmination of their collaborative work about connections between artistic and scientific approaches to sensory research and education, and addresses the lack of societal and institutional awareness of sensory disabilities.

 

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Incubator Project with Liza Sylvestre

INCUBATOR PROJECT | GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ON SENSORY LOSS Liza Sylvestre is an American visual artist born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is known for detailed abstract mixed media paintings and drawings. Her current work explores new media such as installation and video art. Much of her work revolves around our sensory perceptions and misconceptions of the world. Her incubator project engages her own deafness as a condition that is sensory as much as it is cultural and political. Working with professors…

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UMN Medical School | Artists and Researchers

UMN Medical School | Artists and Researchers

Artists by nature are exploring the human condition and experience. Researchers conduct studies to improve human health. At first glance they are seemingly unrelated, however the parallel between scientific curiosity and artistic inquiry is meaningful. In the fall of 2018, artists and researchers embarked on a year-long residence program through a partnership between Boris Oicherman, curator of the Target Studio for Creative Collaboration, and Dr. Timothy Schacker, professor of medicine and director of clinical translational research services. Researchers often work so…

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Incubator Project with Daniel McCarthy Clifford

Incubator Project | The Section of Disapproved Books Daniel McCarthy Clifford, an artist in residence in the Target Studio for Creative Collaboration this fall, collaborated with Betsy Friesen, the director of data management and access at the University of Minnesota Libraries and Connie Lenz, the associate director for research services and collection development at the Law Library. Together they compiled The Section of Disapproved Books, housed in the Target Studio, that includes the titles in the library catalogue that are…

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