Join us for the CCAM Symposium: “Illuminations” on February 19, 20, and 21!

From 5pm to 9pm each day, we’re bringing together artists, scientists, technologists, and more from CCAM, Yale, New York, and the world to explore the “bringing of light.”

The word “illumination” carries diverse meanings across time, space, and cultures. It evokes images of adorned medieval manuscripts, as well as Walter Benjamin’s critical essays. As an artistic medium and movement, light has shaped the development of many technologies—from fire and lightbulbs to glowing screens. Festivals around the world celebrate divine inspiration, and the concept of intellectual enlightenment has marked historical progress. To illuminate can mean to reveal the unknown—and also inspire us to envision the yet unimagined.

The CCAM Symposium: “Illuminations” will delve into these and other themes, gathering a community around it. In this, we also draw inspiration from Pulsa, a collaborative group of artists who gathered at Yale in the 1960s to explore light, sound, and emerging technologies.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

5pm–5:15pm:
Symposium Opening with the CCAM Team

5:15pm–6:45pm:
“ReVerb Room” with Sarah Oppenheimer, Vic Brooks, and Pam Jordan

7pm–7:15pm:
Byte (short, featured project presentation) by Chaitanya Harshita Nedunuri Kahn

5pm–8pm:
Demo & Discussion of a documentary virtual recreation using Simulcam and stylization with Setareh Samandari and Habib Zargarpour

8pm:
Reception with Queen of Tarts Catering

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

5pm–5:15pm:
Submersible Experience with Alison Sweeney

5:45pm–7pm:
Panel: “Illumination, Darkness, and Non-Human Organisms”
* With: Matthew Suttor (moderator); Theodore Kim, Priya Natarajan, Richard Prum, Alison Sweeney

7:15–7:30pm:
Byte by Joseph Zinter

7:30–8:30pm:
Performances (Film, Video, Projection, Spatial Audio, Music):
* Scattered Light by Joshua Mastel and Nico Cadena
* Solo voice by AZ
* A performance by Konrad Kaczmarek
* A new audiovisual performance by Ross Wightman and Matt Wellins
* Violin solo composed by Matthew Suttor, performed by Keeley Brooks

8:30pm:
Reception with Queen of Tarts Catering

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

5pm–5:15pm:
Byte by Ravi Kumar

5:15pm–7pm:
Panel: “Illuminating the Mysterious and Unexplainable”
* With: Elise Morrison (moderator); Francesco Casetti, Ravi Kumar, Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Al Powers

7pm–7:30pm:
Performance Demo & Discussion with choreographer Jody Sperling and her Time Lapse Dance performers Maki Kitahara and Andrea Trager

7:30pm–7:45pm:
Byte by Balarama Heller

7:45pm–8pm:
Symposium Closing with the CCAM Team & Opening of the Illuminations exhibition at the CCAM ISOVIST Gallery
* Works by: Bohan Chen and Deming Haines, Lauren Dubowski, Dana Karwas, Balarama Heller, Gabriel Winer, Alfred Wong, and more

8pm:
Reception with Queen of Tarts Catering