Quick links, including email links, office hours, and lab hours, are all available from the “Instructors” tab above in the course menubar.
What follows is a more detailed introduction to the people delivering this class to you this semester. We are a team, and will be working together to deliver this experience to you.
Tina is an adjunct professor and recent MFA graduate of SVMA that specializes in immersive interactive experiences; including Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality development and design. As we look at TouchDesigner, she will serve to guide in its similarities to other interactive development environments.
kristina.mahagamage@umconnect.umt.edu
Bio
As an immersive interactive artist who specializes in acquiring advanced skills through various high-end software, I create works that invoke empathic or emotional experiences for participants. My work consists of a collection of interactive experiences that examine different modalities of interactivity and experiential design.
My expertise is on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality development and design including CG asset creation and creative coding. I am a recent graduate of the Media Arts MFA program with years of teaching design and development under my belt. I completed my undergrad at Otis College of Art and Desing in Digital Media with a minor in creative writing and storytelling.
We will have a Teaching Assistant to assist you throughout this semester.
If you are unable to solve problems on your own or through the course “issues forum” (available through Moodle), you should e-mail our TA for help.
Charlie is an MFA student in his second year of study with the department. Charlie is a musician also focused in how interactive technologies and art can augment music. He will serve particularly well for students having technical problems with TouchDesigner, needing feedback on sound/audio, and with interactive issues.
Bio
Charlie Apple is a multimedia artist, music producer and designer based in Missoula, MT. While earning his BA in Media Arts at the University of Montana, he produced multiple albums and experiential live shows along with providing original scores for dance and theatre. His current research is focused on data visualization, Experimental Film and virtual live performance.
Michael Musick, Ph.D. developed this course. For questions about this course or other courses you may want to take, please send him a note.
Bio
Michael Musick is a sonic artist, interactive artist, composer, performer and improviser. His current practice and research explores interactive music systems, creative improvisation, installation art, soundscape / acoustic-ecology, and interactive theory. As a performer, he uses a computer as his instrument to understand, process, amplify, and play with any sounds occurring within the performance space. Much of Michael’s work is part of his larger Sonic Spaces Project, which explores the creation of ecosystems of sound and music. This work, including performances, installations, recordings, and lectures, has been presented throughout the US and internationally.
Michael is currently at the University of Montana as an Associate Professor in the College of the Arts and Media. There he leads the Sonic Arts program, is deeply involved within interactive art, and works with the media art MFA program. The courses he teaches focus on preparing students to use sound as a medium, to consider how interaction is art, and to utilize technology as creative extensions for their own artistic voices and ideas.
Prior to Montana, Michael was at New York University, where he earned a PhD in Music Technology. There, he was part of the Computer Music Group within NYU’s Music and Audio Research Lab (MARL) and the Citygram research group. Prior to NYU, he earned an M.A. in Media Arts from the University of Michigan, where he began his work with performance systems while continuing his studies in creative improvisation and multi-media performance. Michael also has a background in tuba performance and recording arts; holding performance degrees from The University of Southern California (M.Mus ’09) and The University of Colorado, Boulder (B.Mus ’07). Originally from the Denver, Colorado area, Michael is a lover of the mountains, snow, and wandering among trees.
For more information please visit his personal site at michaelmusick.com.