Art used to be defined in most circles as something that hangs on your walls. If we have learned anything since the advent of electricity, it is so much more.
Luckily for you, with the dawn of a technology age, the tools once reserved for the well-off and connected have been democratized across so many platforms, making new works of art possible.
Bring Your Own Beamer, an open-source, one night only, happening of an art event, is a projection-based art exhibition series happening all around the world, and UICA is home to their third outing.
Artists and fans of emerging art pieces are invited to gather at UICA on Friday night to see the freshest experiments in projected art pieces. All an artist needs is a projector, a source unit to run your piece, and a wall or other surface, which UICA will gladly try and accommodate.
Since BYOB is an evolving platform, you can never be sure what exactly you will see at this event. In the past I have witnessed intense artist-driven performance pieces set to light to projection mapping to engaging thought-provoking animated .gifs. (.gifs as an art form have become highly collectable in some circles!)
And while you can just drop in to be a part of the night, if you have any special needs or require additional set up, then you will need to make arrangements with UICA at uica.slideroom.com or contact Ross Berens at
[email protected].
Admission: Free - BYOB is a part of the Avenue for the Arts First Fridays programming
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On March 11 UICA will welcome the 2016 Live Coverage presented by Wolverine Worldwide back to their venue with Rapid Growth's Tommy Allen as their emcee. Tickets on sale now here.