Charles Fairbanks is a graduate student in the University of Minnesota Department of Art.  He holds bachelor degrees in Art and in Science, Technology and Society from Stanford University.  His most recent project harnesses currents of signification created quasi-democratically over the Internet, via Google's image search engine.  With a computer program he created using MAX/Jitter, Fairbanks downloads a set of the top Google Image hits for various trenchant phrases and then averages select images into a visual composite.  The results are often telling portraits of the diversity, fortuity, and de facto hierarchies of the Internet.

http://www.fairbanksphotography.net

J. Anthony Allen is a PhD student in composition. He works  extensively with both electronic and acoustic instruments and  ensembles. More information can be found at www.janthonyallen.com . Description: Real-time audio and video manipulations using wearable sensor  controllers for collaborative improvisation.

Christopher Baker is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts with a concentration in Time & Interactivity at the University of  Minnesota.  With graduate and undergraduate degrees in engineering, Christopher's work seeks to develop new modes of interaction between society, the arts, and emerging technology.  Christopher has recently presented work at the Spark Festival of Electronic Music, the Best Feet Forward Festival at the Southern Theatre, the Weisman Art Museum and the 2005 Minneapolis Fringe Festival.

http://christopherbaker.net

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