ABOUT THE SERIES The fall 2016/spring 2017 VASD Program lecture series will present a variety of perspectives highlighting the extraordinary aspects of the most common element of our humanity: the senses. Sensual experiences are...
About the Event The Office of Student Life and the VASD Program hosted short lectures presented by RMCAD faculty over lunch for Welcome Week. Six RMCAD faculty members offered quick, 5 minute maximum talks inspired by the VASD...
The Senses Lecture Series began with Evasion Yoga by Finishing School. This participatory performance emphasized ways of seeing as we asked ourselves: How does it feel to be under constant surveillance? What postures do we take when we...
This event has ended Watch the recording below! ABOUT THE LECTURE Starlee Kine’s mystery-solving skills are more akin to Columbo than Sherlock Holmes as they originate in human connection and intimate conversation. Whether...
In partnership with Alamo Drafthouse and Clyfford Still Museum. And in collaboration with RMCAD Student Life, Illustration Department, Animation Department, Marketing Department, and Career and Alumni Services. ABOUT THE ARTIST...
This event has ended. Watch the recording below! ABOUT THE LECTURE Games have sometimes been described as the aesthetic form of systems, much as music might be considered the aesthetic form of sound. In a complex world full of natural...
ABOUT THE LECTURE Artist Dario Robleto presented a performative lecture expanding on the artist’s extensive research into the heartbeat. Part storytelling, part original research, and part rare sound archive, this lecture wove...
ABOUT THE LECTURE Institute for New Feeling presented the conceptual framework of their three-person collaboration and how its structure fosters the exploration of new ways of feeling, and ways of feeling new. Presenting a number of...
Neuroscientist Tor Wager presented the first lecture of the VASD Program’s Senses series and was preceded by a performance by magician Shawn Preston. The ideas presented by our two speakers ignited a fascinating conversation...
