Campus Stories - Interdisciplinary Approach

Camille Utterback, center, conducts a critique of a project with her class.
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International interactive artist Camille Utterback delivers public lecture as part of the new Mohr Visiting Artist Program at Stanford

Pioneering artist Camille Utterback’s acclaimed interactive installations and reactive sculptures engage participants in a dynamic process of kinesthetic discovery and play. It is difficult to simply observe her work. It begs investigation and participation. To create her work, Utterback uses video tracking software and other sensors to react and respond to human movement and gesture. Her work…

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CC Chiu, Nia-Amina Minor, IJ Espinoza and Gary Champi rehearse a section from Rooms.
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Stanford Dance reconstructs Anna Sokolow’s signature work Rooms

On February 9 at  7 p.m. and again at 9 p.m., an American dance masterpiece comes to life. Anna Sokolow’s Rooms (1955), featuring music composed by Kenyon Hopkins for a jazz ensemble, is a powerful portrayal of the terrifying loneliness that afflicts even people living in the closest proximity to each other. Dr. Hannah Kosstrin, an assistant professor and…

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It’s all about the space at Stanford’s design school

The spaces within Stanford’s popular d.school are as creative as the furniture and fixtures are inventive, and every aspect of the space impacts behavior. In his foreword for Make Space, David Kelley, the founder of the design school as well as the design firm IDEO, writes, “Regardless of whether it’s a classroom or the offices…

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