From: jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John F. Whitehead) Subject: MISC: CyberPlex Date: 17 May 93 05:08:26 GMT Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C. I found this posted in our local newsgroup (I know nothing about it but what is found here). Is there anyone in Minnesota that can check this out? Is it the Next Big Thing or just another CAD Institute? ========================================================================= >From: cybrplex@ie1next.me.umn.edu (Cyberplex) >Newsgroups: triangle.general >Subject: CyberPlex >Date: 14 May 93 02:48:48 GMT >Organization: University of Minnesota Announcing the CyberPlex at St. Anthony Main in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA The new regional epicenter for the creative digital media experience For further information contact the CyberPlex at the 24 hour voicemail 612-649-4641 or cybrplex@ie1next.me.umn.edu The CyberPlex is about getting plugged in. . . in a serious way. It's about extending your senses and growing your mind. It's about accelerated velocity and new trajectories. CyberPlex is about helping you to create the future with your own two hands and your brain in overdrive. It's empowerment and inspiration and vision. CyberPlex is access to information you never knew existed. . . creating imagery you never imagined. It's about watching the Big Bang happen, then realizing you're at the epicenter. Now. . . Under one roof. . . for the first time. . . year round. . . an integrated complex that totally and unabashly plunges you into the erupting supernova that is the human-computer creative collaboration. The Creative Center for Advanced Digital Techniques at CyberPlex Classes for the uninitiated to the grizzled digital media veteran. Our faculty represent some of the hottest talent in the region, with more on the way. Plug into sessions on animation, artificial intelligence, interactive multimedia, performance art applications, desktop video, digital music, applications for business, virtual reality, medical and scientific visualization, fine art and more. Multiple platforms. Classes to just explore, or to help you improve the bottom line. The binary universe & your mind merge here. The Gallery for Creative Digital Media at CyberPlex Over 2000 square feet of pixels in rebellion and polygons run amuck. The place to see and be seen. Paintings in a constant state of mutation. Sculpture that can only exist in cyberspace and who knows what else. Work from across the nation and the planet. Multiple mediums. . . and maybe some new ones. Gallery yet to be named. First show in late summer. Time, space & imagination to be bent here on a regular basis. The Vortex Gallery Store at CyberPlex One stop shopping for all that's digitally cool & hip. Magazines, books, videotapes, jewelry, laserdiscs, specialized software, specialized hardware, posters, CD-ROMs, interactive catalogs for your browsing pleasure, digital fine art prints and many hard to find items. The Vortex gallery store opens in late Summer. The latest Fall fashions in datasuits anyone? Seminars, Lectures & Classes at the Creative Center for Advanced Digital Techniques for June 93 Minneapolis, MN USA Overview of desktop video tools for the Macintosh - pt. 1 Tuesday, June 15th, 9-4 p.m. Tuesday, June 22nd, 9-4 p.m. The Art & Science of Interactive Interface Design - pt. 1 Wednesday, June 9th, 8-12 p.m. Saturday, June 19th, 12-4 p.m. A Primer on the Digital Media Revolution- pt. 1 call for dates Plugging Into the Planet: The INTERNET Universe - pt. 1 Tuesday, June 18th, 6-10 p.m. Character Animation with Autodesk 3D Studio - pt. 1 Wednesday, June 16th, 6-10 p.m. Wednesday, June 23rd, 6-10 p.m. Electronic Brochures : A How to Production Guide Thursday, June 17th, 12-4 p.m. Introduction to Interactive Multimedia Thursday, June 10th, 9-4 p.m. Thursday, June 24th, 9-4 p.m. Also electronic cafes starting this summer. contact us with your ideas! To receive a course catalog with class rates contact the CyberPlex at the 24 hour voicemail 612-649-4641 or cybrplex@ie1next.me.umn.edu -- ________________________________________________________________________ | John jfw@neuro.duke.edu Duke University Medical Center | | Whitehead jfw@well.sf.ca.us Department of Neurobiology | |________________________________________ Durham, North Carolina ________|