New Media Workshop

Fast Forward is an immersive multimedia exploration of how our future lives are being shaped today. This exhibit spotlights some of today’s visionaries working toward a limitless, sustainable future.

From cuisine made by ink-jet printers, to urban high-rise farming, to instant-messaged hugs you can feel, you’ll meet pioneers working on these and other amazing ideas that could change the way we live. Inventors tell us in their own words how they’ve worked to take their ideas from “what if” toward “here’s how.”

Test-drive some of these innovations yourself. Add your own visual ideas to interactive displays. Live Internet news feeds about invention and technology show you the future of innovation as it takes shape, minute by minute. Pushing the boundaries of what we can imagine, the ideas and innovators in Fast Forward may even spark your own “what if.”

57th Street and Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637

Friday 12/5 10:30 to 12:30 in Cobb 310

Ph.D. candidates Matt Hauske (Cinema & Media Studies), Peter Shultz (Music), and James Hodge (English) lead a mini-panel discussion on theories of play, including Caillois, Aarseth, Galloway, and focusing on Giorgio Agamben’s essay, “In Playland: Reflections on History and Play.” The discussion will focus on the relation of history and play.

In addition, we will play Wii and take a tour of the history of tennis in media art, and take a peek at the work of Cory Archangel. Join us for a fun end-of-the-quarter session!