Arts & Humanities
The increased involvement of music schools, conservatories, and museums in Internet2-related activities is an indication of the growing role of high-performance networking throughout the arts and humanities community. Using high-bandwidth networks to stage master classes has now become a routine practice for Internet2 member schools of music. Live performance events with multiple remote collaborators continue to set new benchmarks for what can be achieved in the performance arena.
and our collaborators hoped to provide a proof-of-concept for a live performance—in a theater setting—that blends live onstage and remote performers into one integrated performance. One of our goals was to also provide an educational component that would assist our member institutions in producing similar events. As a result, we have shared the lessons learned in the form of a best practices guide, production script, technical diagrams, and several educational events.
Uncompressed Video and Audio
Super High Definition Digital Video
NTT Network Innovation Laboratories University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dancers Chih-Chun Huang and Cho-Yin Tsai, presented by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.evl.uic.edu/
Flight to the Milky Way Core represents a convergence of art and science. This aesthetic virtual flight through space was constructed based on astrophysical data and Unfolding Universe, Produced by Thomas galactic center images. In Lucas Productions for Discovery Channel order to give viewers the 3D cinematic sensation of “flying” through the galaxy, the camera choreography was performed in a CAVE® virtual reality environment. Attendees at the Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting were treated to a Super High Definition (SHD) digital video presentation of Flight to the Milky Way Core. SHD has four times the resolution of HDTV and 24 times the resolution of standard video. The 3840 x 2048 SHD video was streamed from an NTT content server in Chicago over the Internet2 Abilene backbone for display on a large screen to an audience at the University of Southern California campus. These visualizations bring a creative approach to the presentation and understanding of mathematical models; the artists who work in this genre are sometimes called “space artists.”
Live Performance Uncompressed Video and Audio Distance Education
Live Performance
Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age
Internet2 University of Southern California Manhattan School of Music
http://arts.internet2.edu/fall2002-perfevent.html
On 29 October 2002, Internet2 presented a music and dance performance event that highlighted the capabilities of high performance networking-enabled collaborations and the talents of performers from our member institutions. Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age used interactive audio and video streamed live from six remote sites around the country to present a showcase of dance and music to an audience at the Bing Theater on the University of Southern California campus. In addition to high-bandwidth, low latency audio and video, many other innovative technologies were used in creating this performance, including motion tracking * CAVE is a registered trademark of the Board of Trustees of the and 10.2 immersive sound. In hosting this event, Internet2 University of Illinois.
Remote Media Immersion
University of Southern California New World Symphony
Mass Communication and Campaign Strategy
Northwestern University
http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/ http://imsc.usc.edu/news/symphony.html
Attendees at the Fall 2002 Internet2 Member Meeting experienced a 10.2 multichannel immersive audio presentation of a perforPhoto by Yi-Shin Chen mance by the New World Symphony. Researchers at USC’s Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) transmitted the synchronized picture and sound streams from an IMSC dynamic media server located in Arlington, Virginia to the audience in Los Angeles using IMSC’s breakthrough Internet technology called Remote Media Immersion (RMI). The 24bit, 48-kHz audio was transmitted using 16 uncompressed channels encapsulated in a 32 bit carrier at a rate of 24.5 Mbps. The video was 720 (progressive) 60 frames-per-second HDTV at 45 Mbps for a total combined audio/video stream of 69.5 Mbps. This demonstration provided a proof-of-concept that the technology required to achieve this level of remote immersion can run on commercially available hardware and be ported to the real world today. Instead of resorting to printed course pack case studies for discussion and analysis in the classroom, students in a political camImage courtesy of the Distributed Learning paign strategy course had Center, Northwestern University the opportunity to interact with the candidate, campaign manager, and other professionals involved in a real political campaign. This School of Communication course at Northwestern University was structured as a case study of the 2002 gubernatorial race in Iowa. Students were able to engage in interactive discussions with Democratic and Republican campaign consultants and benefit from their expertise in areas such as opposition research, polling, paid and earned media, debates, scheduling, and voter contact. For presenters who were not able to appear in person, videoconferencing over Internet2 high-performance networks was used to bring them to the classroom—for example, a discussion was hosted via videoconference between the elected candidate Governor Tom Vilsack, from the Iowa state capitol in Des Moines, and Northwestern students.
Distance learning over Internet2 networks has the potential to extend outreach for museums beyond collection and exhibition access.
Distance Education
Visual Thinking Strategies
University of California, Los Angeles
Broadway Local
Manhattan School of Music University of Oklahoma Columbia University
http://www.hammer.ucla.edu/education_vts.htm
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) provides a learnercentered approach to art education for both school and museum-based art Image courtesy of UCLA-ATS instruction. Students look together at a work of art and voice ideas and responses to it, while the teacher/facilitator paraphrases comments, asks for evidence, and links thoughts. Utilizing Internet2 high-performance networks, the Hammer Museum on the campus of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) launched a pilot program in collaboration with an elementary school and academic technology research units at both MIT and UCLA. During VTS training, elementary teachers participated in lively discussions with a distant VTS mentor as they refined their understanding and techniques. Work with the teachers was so successful that museum educators in the project hope VTS and the high-speed network can soon be used together with elementary students as well to foster active engagement with images and distant partners.
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/networks/ advanced/broadway_local/
Broadway Local — Exploring The Nitty-Gritty of a Musical Theater Career and the Auditions It Takes to Have One was multicast live from the Photo by R. Andrew Lepley Columbia University campus on 29 January 2002. Carolyn Marlow, Manhattan School of Music (MSM) faculty member, used both performance and master class elements in presenting this interactive virtual session, which was streamed live to students and faculty at the University of Oklahoma. Ms. Marlow’s students opened the event with a brief performance, followed by a master class session conducted by Ms. Marlow for students from the University of Oklahoma and MSM. The session concluded with Q & A about the audition process for Broadway/Musical Theater. The program showcased the use of Internet2 high-performance networking for streaming high-fidelity stereo audio and broadcast-quality video required by a musical genre that demands equal emphasis on both visual and audio aspects due to its musical and dramatic elements.
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