Current & Upcoming Events – The James and Anne Duderstadt Center

Award-Winning M.I.D.E.N Project Featured at Stamps Gallery

Posted on 2026-02-11 (2026-02-11) by shujunli

A girl with VR glasses and controller in a space featuring 3D motion.

Fluid Frequencies—a virtual reality project developed by Stamps student Ava Muntner—has been selected for the 2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition running from January 30 to February 21 and received an award. Created at M.I.D.E.N (Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus), the project takes advantage of the space’s immersive, location-tracking technology, which adapts

Planting Disabled Futures: A Virtual Reality Community Performance in Detroit

Posted on 2026-02-11 (2026-02-11) by shujunli

Three photos on a purple background: the tree inside the Virtual Reality world, Claudia Alick making music with a palm tree and their cane, Petra Kuppers sitting with a participant wearing a headset and holding a moth plushie in a lush garden. Publicity language: The Olimpias present: Planting Disabled Futures, a virtual reality/community performance experience. The Planting Disabled Futures project uses live performance approaches and virtual reality technologies to share environmental connection and energy, creaturely liveliness and ongoingness, crip joy and experiences of pain. Play with Plant Elders. https://www.petrakuppers.com/planting-disabled-futures

From February 16–18, Planting Disabled Futures,a virtual reality and community performance experience created by the DC Emergent Technologies team, will open in Detroit. Developed under the leadership of DC staff Daniel Vincenz and directed by U-M Professor Petra Kuppers, the project blends live performance, immersive VR, and environmental storytelling to

Poster Design Workshop

Posted on 2026-02-03 (2026-02-03) by kreister

Photo of scattered posters on a grey background.

February 16, 5:00-7:00 pm Design Lab 1 Want to try out graphic design, especially for music related/live entertainment events? Attend this workshop to learn some basic principles and how to improve your workflow. In collaboration with the Michigan Electronic Music Collective.

Material Conversations

Posted on 2025-10-16 (2025-12-10) by kreister

photo of the materials collection with walls of samples.

Materials Collection Duderstadt Center, 2nd floor Noon-1:00 pm On the fourth Tuesday of each month (Nov-Dec and Jan-Mar) the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library (AAEL) hosts Material Conversations, a series to highlight materials research at the University of Michigan. Three times each semester we invite a materials expert to speak about