Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 19, 2000

Volume 28, Number 32

Multimedia projects receive
special grants from the DMCA

Three proposals for multimedia projects have been chosen by the Digital Media Center for the Arts (DMCA) to receive special project grants.

The three were selected from 19 submissions for the grants, which are supported by funds from an anonymous donor and the Office of the Provost. The projects funded by the DMCA grants are: an allegorical love story, an exploration of the architecture of five Yale buildings and an autobiographical account of racial reconciliation in the state of Mississippi.

A brief description of the winning projects follows:

* "Ankle-Diver", described by its creators Matthew Suttor (a faculty member in the music department) and Tim Acito (a student in the playwriting department of the Drama School) as "an allegorical love story, part folktale, part surrealistic fantasy" takes its inspiration from "Japanese ritual theatre, Passion music and oranges." The work consists of a "real-time interactive video installation" which will be projected onto the façade of 149 York Street and a "secular oratorio," performed by a choir, singers, actors and dancers. The two disparate, simultaneous elements of the production will come together when the image of the interactive installation is projected onto the theater where the oratorio is being performed. In this way the video installation will serve as backdrop to the live action.

* Three students in the Class of '01 at the School of Architecture, Scott G. Campbell, Robert Genova and Matthew Seidel, are creating a CD-Rom, titled "Face of the Arts," exploring five Yale art buildings. Their work will consist of a digital video/computer simulation and a database. The video component is a narrative documentary-style study of the Yale Art Gallery, the Art and Architecture Building, the British Art Center and the new School of Art; while the database enables users to access information and images used in the video as well as general data pertaining to the buildings.

* "One Man's Vision" is the work of Christopher Miner, who is graduating this year from the School of Art. In this video, Miner seeks to explore the "relationship of religion and racial reconciliation efforts in Mississippi," largely by focusing on the inspiring work of Randy Skinner within the evangelical church in that state. Miner, who grew up in Mississippi, will incorporate his own personal struggle with these issues into the video.

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