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Seeking UMICH Votes Fellows

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Umich Vote Fellows graphic
Searching for ways to get involved in the next voting cycle? Looking for leadership experience on campus? Be a UMICH Votes Fellow — Help your peers make their voices heard! As a UMICH Votes Fellow you’ll learn how to play a critical role in supporting voter participation on campus. You’ll be part

Accolades Achievement in the Arts Awards

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Photo of Yotonix performance
DESIGN LAB 1 Congratulations! to Accolades Achievement in the Arts Award winners Michigan Animation Club (Outstanding Achievement in Film & Video), Musket (Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater) and Revolution Chinese Yoyo (Outstanding Achievements in Ensemble Dance and Cultural Arts Practice). We’re proud that each used Design Lab 1 for some

Chimera

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Photo from the Chimera video shoot.
RECENT VIDEO SHOOT: Video Studio Chimera is a movement-based, sound-optics-focused performance installation, in collaboration with AAPI (Asian American, Pacific Islander) Performance Collective IS/LAND, which was recorded in the Duderstadt Center’s Video Studio in April 2024. By definition, a chimera is ‘an organism composed of mixed genetic tissues’ and when applied

Sky Eye

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Sky Eye Poster
BEYOND THE DUDERSTADT CENTER Sometimes our resources and expertise are needed beyond the Duderstadt Center. When Stamps School of Art Professor Melanie Manos needed a super projector and a collaborator with unique qualifications for a large-scale projection project, she connected with Converging Technologies Consultant Tom Bray. The resulting project Sky

Residual Artifacts

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Poster for Residual Artifacts
MIDEN As part of her contribution to the “Impressions: 2024 Stamps Senior Exhibition“, Stamps School of Art & Design senior Charlotte Lee presented her art piece in the MIDEN with support from Advanced Visualization Specialist Ted Hall. The sound design was done by Ilan Salomon-Jacob. Utilizing point clouds and LiDAR

EECS 498: XR Showcase

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RECENT EVENT: Visualization Studio April 19, 2024 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Professor Austin Yarger’s EECS 498 students will showcase their virtual and augmented reality projects in the Visualization Studio on April 19th. Students will have VR stations set-up for visitors to experience their projects. Visit the Visualization Studio webpage to

Something Weird

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CCA Student Gallery Opens April 8, 2024 Something Weird will feature work from the Juno Collective, a student arts organization based in the Digital Media Commons. The exhibit will be on view from April 8-30, in the CCA Gallery. Located in the Central Collaboration Area. Contributors: Madison Dennis Hana Ichikawa

We’re Hiring!

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Image of the Duderstadt Center and student projects
The Digital Media Commons (DMC) in the James and Anne Duderstadt Center (DC) at the University of Michigan (U-M) is seeking a qualified Financial and Human Resources Specialist who is intellectually curious, creative, an organized problem solver, and has  experience applying and developing internal controls. This is a full-time regular

Card Making Party

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Vintage Valentines Day Card
Design Lab 1 Tuesday, February 13, 2024 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Just in time for Valentine’s Day… join us and create some festive cards for your sweetie, besties and mom! Tea and card making materials will be provided. Design Lab 1 location

Live Chat Service Now Available 

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Closeup image of the DC Live Chat Button on blue background
The Duderstadt Center (DC) website has launched a new live chat service you can access from any page on our site. It’s both the easiest way to get help and it will connect you with a member of the Digital Media Commons (DMC) staff specific to specialized resources.  Look for

Halloween Sewing Workshop

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Halloween sewing workshop poster
Design Lab 1 October 23, 2023 5:00-8:00 pm Join us on Monday, Oct 23 to get help with sewing basics; tips on making costumes; and tea & treats! Bring your own fabric and ideas, we are here to help. Located in Design Lab 1, first floor of the Duderstadt Center.

DUELGBTQ

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Duelgbtq poster
RECENT EVENT: Stop by Design Lab 2 throughout the month of September to see an interactive installation by Stamps Alumni and winner of the Stamps Big Idea Award, Pheiv Kurtz. With assistance from staff at the DMC, Pheiv developed “Duelgbtq” – a video game about the power of authentic self-expression

After Unica

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Image of performer in After Unica by Malcolm Tulip and Unica Zürn
Recent Event: Thursday, August 31 and Friday, September 1 at 7:30 pmDuderstadt Center Video Studio (overflow seating in Design Lab 2) After Unica is a multi-media solo performance. It is a chimeric non-linear surreal autobiography intertwining Tulip’s family experiences and artist Unica Zürn’s life, art and writings. There are references to

Emerging Technologies and Media & Studio Arts bring Unreal Engine to Virtual Reality Production Platform in the DC.

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image of still frame from "Peace" using DC/DMC Virtual Production immersive 3D VR environment
The DMC’s Emerging Technologies Group and Media & Studio Arts Group have co-developed a powerful new platform, using the powerful rendering capabilities of industry-leading Unreal Engine, enabling students, faculty, and staff to create advanced photo-real 3D virtual environments for a new generation of learning, instructional, and research applications. The two

aZn luv luv t0ur

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AZN Luv Luv Tour Performance Poster
May 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. and May 12, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.  Video Studio, Duderstadt Center. A live, interactive performance, directed and performed by Caroline Yoo and Okyoung Noh*. Free but reservation required – in-theater attendance is limited: https://bit.ly/aznluvluv. This performance “aZn luv luv t0ur” invites audiences to join Noh

Recent Event: Fabric Scraptacular

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Fabric Event Poster
Sunday, April 23, 20233:00-6:00 p.m.Duderstadt Center, Design Lab 1 What can you do with scraps of fabric? We will be holding a workshop in Design Lab 1 to find out. Bring old clothing to make new again, or use our stock of scraps to create fabric art. Bring your creativity