New at Hybrid Arts Lab
Dear Friends,
Autumn semester is well underway, and, despite challenges to our usual ways of connecting, we find moments of excitement, creativity, flexibility, strength and opportunity. We celebrate these opportunities to share experimental and collaborative arts programs with our community in new and unexpected ways.
On August 24, we kicked-off Hybrid Arts Lab with week one of classes in our outdoor venue, Stillman Hall Tent. Throughout the autumn semester, Hybrid Arts Lab will support 25 arts classes and over 500 students across Stillman Hall Tent, Hopkins Hall Gallery and online at UAS from Home—and continues to receive new programming proposals from units across the College including Art, AAEP, ACCAD, Dance, Design, Music and Theatre.
And this is just a small slice of what we are doing and creating together. August 29 was dedicated to 24 Hour Drama, a one-day, multi-venue exhibition presented by the Department of Art’s 2nd year MFA cohort (read more below). This week, Hybrid Arts Lab features Rapid Fire Text, an exhibition and improvisational ink workshop facilitated by Lori Esposito (AAEP), in collaboration with her class “Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity & Social Justice” on view at Hopkins Hall Gallery September 8-11 and online at UAS from Home September 14-25.
Mark your calendars! On September 10 at 4:30 PM, we will be hosting a conversation with Matt Greenberg and Erin Parsons (Theatre), to discuss Tappyness, which will be performed live in Stillman Hall Tent for a small audience later this week. A recording of this performance will be featured online @ UAS from Home September 21-October 2.
Stay tuned for more Hybrid Arts Lab throughout the semester and watch our amazing students, faculty and staff deliver new arts programming and possibilities.
24-Hour Drama Livestream
Esther Pittinger, Writing Intern, Urban Arts Space & Hopkins Hall Gallery
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On Saturday, August 29th, the Department of Art’s 2nd year MFA cohort prepared to exhibit their work in a way that they never had before: both in-person and online, and both indoors and outdoors.
24-Hour Drama, a culmination of the twelve artists’ work during an unpredictable summer, was an experiment in more ways than one. The exhibition spanned three in-person venues: Hopkins Hall Gallery, Hopkins Hall Courtyard and the Stillman Hall Tent—one of many tents installed on Ohio State’s campus to host open-air classes and present creative activity outdoors.
In addition to the physical venues, there was one more venue to exhibit the work: online.
Knowing that limitations on in-person gatherings and the circumstances of the world would make it difficult for many to see the exhibition live, Hybrid Arts Lab livestreamed three walk-throughs of the exhibition through the lens of an iPad. Merijn van der Heijden, director, and Emily Oilar, operations manager, walked viewers through the exhibit, filming and showing the artists’ work onscreen. They expected these livestreams to be relatively quiet. However, they learned that as they walked through the exhibition, viewers began to ask questions about the art. Through this interaction, these walk-throughs became an intimate experience for the viewers and streamers alike.
This experiment in showing the exhibition outdoors and online allowed not only for the creativity of the artists to shine, but also for many more people to see their work. Family and friends that may not have been able to see their work in the past could “walk through” their exhibition, and others that were unable to travel to campus could do the same.
Urban Arts Space plans to host many more exhibitions in-person and online through Hybrid Arts Lab, and is exploring the possibility of additional livestreamed walkthroughs in the future. If you are interested in viewing a walkthrough of 24-Hour Drama, visit our online programming venue, UAS From Home, here.
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