A Cool, Busy Week

This is the time of the semester when my calendar fills up with events, meetings, and activities. In some years, this has been a relentless drag from meeting to meeting. This year, however, there are some really cool things going on. So, here’s a inducement to check out the activities this week.

First, the Department of Art and Design (and others!) are hosting their Arts and Culture Conference on campus. The theme is: Politics and the Graphic Image.

The headliners of this conference are the members of the WW3 collective. The group, founded by Peter Kuper and Sethe Tobocman, has produced a politically charged comic World War 3 Illustrated since 1978.  The conference includes discussions with these two artists as well as fellow contributor Sabrina Jones. They have gallery shows at both the Hughes Fine Arts center and at the Third Street Gallery (downtown). The WW3 folks will talk about their work in a round table format Tuesday at 3 in the Ballroom of the Union!

Tuesday, October 25 Seth Tobocman – Artist’s Lecture 9:30am, Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 227

Sabrina Jones – Artist’s Lecture 12:30pm, Gillette Hall Room 303

WW3 Panel featuring Peter Kuper, Seth Tobocman and Sabrina Jones 3:00pm, UND Memorial Union, River Valley Room

Wednesday, October 26 Peter Kuper – Artist Lecture 11:30am – Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 227

2002 Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Clay Bennet In Conversation, 3:00pm, Hughes Fine Arts Center Josephine Campbell Recital Hall

This Wednesday at noon, the Working Group in Digital and New will host working group member, Mike Wittgraf, who will talk about Music and Computer/Human Interaction: Interface and Improvisation in the Working Group lab. Mike is an international master of computer mediated music of all kinds. He’s going to present some of his work on our fabulous sound system and talk about the technology and theory behind the next wave of music and computer/human interaction.

Be sure to check out the Music Department’s trumpet recital on Thursday night where Mike will premier his work Gold Digger (for four trumpets and a computer).