Season 3
February 7, 2005
 Diane Willow is a multi-modal artist. Working at the intersection of art, science and technology, she experiments with hybrid media to explore the dynamics of nature, technology and community. Her public installations, interactive environments and evocative objects involve media as eclectic as bioluminescent organisms, microcomputers and time-lapsed video. She invites people to engage in multi-sensory explorations as participants and choreographers rather than as viewers. She is interested in exploring the subtle ways that we express empathy with one another, with other life forms and in relation to responsive objects, immersive environments and interactive media.
New to the UMN faculty, Diane looks forward to future collaborations as she presents her current and emerging work. She will also introduce some of the new directions she is developing in her themed-based courses with tangible media within the area of Time and Interactivity in the Department of Art.
 Matt Van Nelson is a senior wrapping up his BFA degree at the University of Minnesota . His mediums include photography as well as video art. His photography work focuses on negative and print manipulation, exploring the full use of the darkroom and the silver process. Matt's video work deals with memory and patience. He has recently been working on video performance and installation pieces. Matt has screened at Barbara Barker Dance Center , Pantages Theater, In Flux and Regis Center for Art.
 Christopher Lange is a senior at the University of Minnesota , pursuing a B.F.A in art and a B.A in Studies in Cinema and Media Culture. Christopher began his studies as a painter and later developed an interest in video work. He is attempting to see how the mediums can be combined by way of mixing studio practices and what he calls “process paintings”. He will show a short video during the presentation, titled Process Unfinished (2003).
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