Join us for Day 3 of the CCAM Symposium: “Illuminations!”

The events take place at CCAM (149 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511) in the Leeds Studio, unless otherwise noted.

5:00pm–5:15pm:
Byte by Ravi Kumar Kopparapu, Planetary Scientist, Planetary Environments Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

5:15pm–6:30pm:
Panel: “Illuminating the Mysterious and Unexplainable”
* Elise Morrison, Assistant Professor, Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, Yale University
* Francesco Casetti, Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media Studies, Yale University
* Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Assistant Dean and Professor, Yale School of Architecture
* Al Powers, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine

6:45pm–7:20pm:
“Time Lapse Illuminations”: A Performance Demo & Discussion
* Jody Sperling, Choreographer and Founder/Artistic Director, Time Lapse Dance
* Maki Kitahara, Performer, Time Lapse Dance
* Andrea Trager, Performer, Time Lapse Dance

NYC-based dancer-choreographer Jody Sperling creates new work in the idiom of the early 20th-century dancer, designer, and technologist Loïe Fuller—who, among other unique contributions, pioneered new approaches to theatrical lighting. This event features Sperling with Maki Kitahara and Andrea Trager, two dancers from her company, Time Lapse Dance. After a brief introduction to Jody’s practice, the three will present a movement exploration swirling expansive silk costumes into dynamic screens for projection.

Using kinesphere-expanding costumes, Sperling’s work explores the body’s relationship to the larger environment. It has taken her around the world, including on a polar science mission as the first choreographer-in-residence aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, where she danced on Arctic sea ice. Sperling is currently developing her practice of “ecokinetics,” which cultivates the relationship between the moving body and environmental systems while providing strategies for climate-engaged artmaking.

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

7:45pm–8:00pm:
Symposium Closing with the CCAM Team & Opening of the “Illuminations” Exhibition at the CCAM ISOVIST Gallery, with works by:
* Bohan Chen and Deming Haines, M.Arch Students, Yale School of Architecture
* Lauren Dubowski, CCAM Interim Director
* Balarama Heller, Artist
* Dana Karwas, CCAM Director and Critic, Yale School of Architecture
* Jacqui Kenny, Artist
* Zach Lieberman and Iskra Velitchkova, Artists
* Pulsa Group (1966–1973)
* Gabriel Winer, Artist and CCAM Machine as Medium Fellow
* Alfred Wong, CCAM Ultra Space Research Fellow

8:00pm–8:30pm (CCAM Lobby):
Reception by Queen of Tarts Catering