View in Web browser | Add pressoffice@guggenheim.org to your address book press releases      press images      faq for media      exhibitions     calendar & events LISTINGS ALERT The Universe Resounds: Kandinsky, Synesthesia, and Art Symposium JAN 12, 2010 In conjunction with the final days of Kandinsky, on view through January 13, the Sackler Center for Arts Education at the Guggenheim Museum presents an interdisciplinary examination of painting, synesthesia, and abstraction from modern to contemporary times, including perspectives from art history, science, music, film, and performance. Symposium Schedule 2 pm Introductions Tracey Bashkoff, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 2:15 pm Kandinsky's Synesthetic Vision: Color/Sound/Word/Image Magdalena Dabrowski, Special Consultant, Department of Ninteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2:45 pm Notes on Kandinsky and Schönberg James Leggio, Head of Publications, Brooklyn Museum, New York 3:15 pm Kandinsky's Legacy in Film and Popular Culture Kerry Brougher, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. 3:45 pm Coffee Break Sackler Center for Arts Education 4:15 pm Film Screening: Nonobjective Films Courtesy the Center for Visual Music, Los Angeles 4:45 pm Neuroscience and Music David Soldier, Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pharmacology, Columbia University Medical School, New York, with Brad Garton, Director of the Columbia Computer Music Studio, Columbia University, New York 5:15 pm Hypermusic Prologue Matthew Ritchie, artist, New York 6 pm Discussion Moderated by Caroline Jones, Professor of Art History and Director, History Theory Criticism Section, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston 6:30 pm Questions and Answers 7 pm Reception Rotunda Tickets: $10, $7 members, students. Box Office: 212 423 3587 or boxoffice@guggenheim.org Eyetracking Forum JAN 13, 2010 In this session for art and science professionals, held at both the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and at the Guggenheim Museum, the science of eyetracking will be looked at from many perspectives, including those of filmmaking, interface technology, psychology, and data visualization, and will conclude with an exhibition walkthrough and discussion. Eyetracking Forum Schedule Martin Segal Theatre The City University of New York Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave (at 34th Street) 9 am Introductions 9:15 am Kandinsky: A Close Look Eyetracking Part II of a three-part film by Grahame Weinbren 9:30 am Presentations by: Kenneth Cuifredda, O.D., Ph.D., former Chairman of the Department of Vision Sciences at SUNY State College of Optometry, New York Isaac Dimitrovsky, New York—based programmer Bruce Homer, Associate Professor for the Ph.D. Program in Educational Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center Ken Perlin, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at New York University, directing the NYU Games for Learning Institute John F. Simon, Jr., new media artist who works with LCD screens and computer programming George Zikos, O.D., M.S., directs the Manhattan Vision Associates/Institute Vision Research, New York Moderators: Adrienne Klein, Co-Director of Science & the Arts at the CUNY Graduate Center and Grahame Weinbren, interactive filmmaker and graduate faculty member of the School of Visual Arts, New York 12 pm Kandinsky: A Close Look Essay, Eyetracking, and Synesthesia Parts I, II, and III of a three-part film by Grahame Weinbren Lunch Break Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Ave (at 89th Street) 2 pm Exhibition viewing, Kandinsky 3 pm Discussion Groups, Sackler Center for Arts Education With: Rebecca Shulman Herz, Senior Education Manager of the Learning Through Art program at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Paula Stuttman, artist, independent art lecturer, and part-time Assistant Professor at the New School, New York Co-sponsored by Science & the Arts at CUNY Graduate Center Admission: Free. Space is limited, RSVP required: publicprograms@guggenheim.org All information subject to change. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Lauren Van Natten, Senior Publicist Claire Laporte, Publicist 212 423 3840 E-mail: pressoffice@guggenheim.org For publicity images, visit guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/press-images User ID = photoservice Password = presspass IMAGES Above: Several Circles (Einige Kreise), January–February 1926. Oil on canvas, 140.3 x 140.7 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift 41.283 © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Below: Grahame Weinbren, Kandinsky: A Close Look, 2009. High-resolution color video, with sound, 11 min., 50 sec. Courtesy the artist   FORWARD    JOIN THE PRESS LIST    CONTACT US    UNSUBSCRIBE    PRIVACY POLICY Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave at 89th St, New York, NY 10128 212 423 3500 | guggenheim.org