From: Darek Brzeski Subject: EVENT: CYBERCULTURE HOUSTON '93 Schedule Organization: University of Houston CYBERCULTURE HOUSTON '93 INVITES ALL INTERESTED IN THE CREATIVE USE OF COMPUTERS FOR A THREE DAY EXPLORATION OF ART, PERFORMANCES AND DEEP THOUGHTS ON TECHONOLOGY CyberCulture Houston '93 Commerce Street Artist Warehouse & Gallery 2315 Commerce Street December 10-12, 1993 Contact: Melanie Mitchell (713)227-8917 Internet: cyber@fisher.psych.uh.edu CyberCulture Houston 93 is an event featuring the creative potential of emerging computer technology in performance and visual art, the circulation of ideas in an electronic form, and the social and cultural Implications of this interaction. The event will begin of Friday with an opening of the visual art exhibition at 7:30 pm. Physically represented works will be accompanied by a Virtual Art Gallery, designed by the University of Houston Architecture Department, and presented by local virtual reality designers and consultants, CyberSim Virtual Reality Inc. Visitors will be able to put on a headmount and fly through electronically generated fantasy worlds. Flying robotic sculptures, designed and built by the Austin Robot Group, will cavort overhead. Performances will begin at 8:00 pm. Jennifer Bourgaline's dance group will perform an original piece, centered around the effects of technology on humanity. BodySynth, a performance group from San Francisco, will create electronic music through sensors connecting the muscles of the dancer's body to a MIDI system. Human Systems Performance Group, from Austin, will perform "Gabrielle: A Living Hypertext", bringing a close to the first evening. On Saturday, Eyecon Interactive Media will add their exhibit of the Mandala System, a 2D projected virtual reality system, which allows up to four people to create music by bouncing floating orbs of light around the projected virtual world. Demonstrations, presentations, and panel discussions will be held that afternoon on topics raised through the social use of computers, including Life in CyberSpace, Hacking Artificial Life, and Nontraditional 3D Spaces. Some of our speakers will include Brian Parks, the designer of the Flogistron VR Chair, as featured in _Lawnmower Man_, and Ronn Harbin, a premier computer animator. The topic of the last panel discussion of the day will be"Computers as Artistic Media." Several artists from Australia, Norway and across the United States will participate electronically over the Internet.Dissemination Network will begin the evening performances with a performance of electronically altered video/music/dance performance. The BodySynth will then present an audience-interactive performance piece using his MIDI-sensors. Again bringing a close to our evening will be the Human Systems Performance Group. On Sunday, CyberCulture Houston will end on a wilder note. The performance group Burning Man will explode on stage. Houston's Pope Charlie will lead a Church of the Subgenius Devival, Free Virtual Reality Combat simulation games will be provided courtesy of CyberSim, Inc. There is no admission charge for any of the interactive exibits or discussion panels. The price of admission to the performances will be eight dollars which will include the whole evening of preformances. CyberCulture is a nonprofit wing of Electronic Frontiers Houston and the proceeds will be used to cover artists' costs and future events.