Blurring the Boundaries
Thursday, 05 Mar 2015 at 7:00 pm – 2019 Morrill Hall
Dan Corson is an award-winning public artist from Seattle who uses his background in art and theatrical design to create installations filled with drama, light and engaging viewer interactions. Corson will discuss several of his past, present and upcoming projects.Dan Corson's projects have ranged from complex rail stations and busy public intersections to quiet interpretive buildings, meditation chambers and galleries. Corson's work is infused with drama, passion, layered meanings and often he engages the public as co-creators within his environments. He is particularly interested in green design and new technologies and how these tools can help frame and amplify the natural word and our shifting relationship to it.
Cosponsored By:
- College of Engineering
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- University Museums
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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