MIXibition Spring 2024

Join the ASU MIX Center for our Spring 2024 MIXibition! This will be a night to engage the ASU and Mesa communities with work from graduate students and faculty.

Experience a night filled with FREE immersive exhibits and artwork, open for all to enjoy. The exhibit will be held inside the ASU Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center in Downtown Mesa, AZ running from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Featured "MIXibitions" will be:

Professor Jake Pinholster

About: ReMIX is a special class taught once a year by the director of MIX in which the students design interactive and immersive installations or interventions to be installed in the MIX Center itself, essentially treating MIX as a canvas for their creativity. This semester's projects are:

MIXIE

Our resident mascot, the genius loci of the MIX Center, has suddenly appeared in a hidden spot somewhere in the building! Can you find his little nook and ferret out his secrets? This AI-powered imp can be your personal guide to the MIX Center or just chat with you about your day.

The Ancestral Ascent

This sound and light installation on the first floor feature stair combines motion sensing and multi-channel audio as an aesthetic acknowledgement of the indigenous peoples who made it possible for humans to inhabit this Valley and whose cultures are still with us today.

Professor Sven Ortel

About: Studio class which introduces students to the workflows, tools, design and production processes specific to producing 360-degree immersive rich media experiences. The class utilizes the industry-standard tools and emerging creative processes specific to 360-degree rich media experiences to realize a 360-degree production in the Enhanced Immersion Studio at the MIX Center. Featured projects will be:

52Hz - Immersive experience that investigates the genre as a safe place for audiences to acknowledge loneliness & connection
SONGS THAT LINGER - An invitation to answer, "What will you leave us?"
Abandoned Spaces - Multi-sensory exploration of urban decay and nature’s reclamation of human spaces
Warped Reality - Exploration of a neurological disorder through immersive storytelling

Professors Ana Herruzo, Weidi Zhang and Biayna Bogosian

About: Join us for a showcase of immersive experiences created by students in DSC 551: Immersive Experience Design at Dreamscapes Learn. Guided by Professors Ana Herruzo, Weidi Zhang, and Biayna Bogosian, teams have harnessed cutting-edge XR technologies to craft captivating, data-driven stories. Experience the fusion of engaging worldbuilding, innovative audiovisual designs, and pioneering interactive techniques as students unveil their creations, pushing the boundaries of immersive storytelling and data visualization.
In collaboration with Meteor Studio and Dreamscape Learn.

This exhibit will be held at:

Dreamscape Learn
Second Floor, Room 208
ASU Media and Immersive eXperience Center

Professor Ana Herruzo

About: We invite you to join the launch of MEDIAted Membranes, a community-based multiphase project that explores the intersection of public art, technology, and environmental data practices. Funded by Leonardo/ISAST with Arizona State University, this interdisciplinary initiative aims to create innovative, adaptive, and environmentally aware public interfaces that push the boundaries of artistic expression and urban sustainable technology.

MEDIAted Membranes Team:

• MIX Faculty:  Ana Herruzo (Principal Investigator), Biayna Bogosian, Tejaswi Gowda, Nicholas Pilarski
• MIX MediatedX lab RAs: Henry Beach, Faith Popov, Alba Olive, Steven Hernandez, Akshit Nassa
• MIX Staff: Johanna Richards, Ari Huerta-Crummey, Paul Amendola, Ryan Pottle, Michael Armstrong
• Mesa Community: Augie Gastelum, MIX Community Advisory board
• Produced by MediatedX and Funded by Leonardo ISAST

MEDIAted Membranes will debut at 7:00 p.m. outside on the large screen of the ASU MIX Center.