Author: Davin Heckman

Winona State University will be host to the International Digital Media and Arts Association’s (iDMAa) Conference and Exhibition on “Wild Media” from June 27-30.  The Conference will feature a keynote by Talan Memmott on the spectacle of “wildness” in digital media, as well as talks and workshops by French scholar and artist Serge Bouchardon (University of Technology of Compiègne), narrative theorist Laura Shackelford (RIT), VR artist Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo (Texas A&M), experimental collaborative storytelling pioneer Rob Wittig (Meanwhile Netprov), and creative director George Berlin (George Berlin Studios). The exhibition, curated by internationally renowned multimedia artist Alinta Krauth (Ephemerlab), features dozens of artists from around the world. (Read the schedule here)

The conference is sponsored by iDMAa, the WSU Foundation, Creative Digital Media Program (WSU), the University of Bergen’s Center for Digital Narrative, TLT (WSU), and the Department of Mass Communication (WSU).

To register for the conference ($150), visit the conference website: https://educate.winona.edu/idmaa/attend/

The exhibition is free and open to the public in WSU’s Laird-Norton Building, 125 W 5th St, Winona, MN 55987:

June 27: Noon-5:00 pm.
June 28: Noon-5:00 pm.
June 29: Noon-5:00 pm, Opening Reception 7:30-9:30 pm.
June 30: Noon-5:00 pm.

https://educate.winona.edu/idmaa/wild-media-exhibition/

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