{"670012":{"#nid":"670012","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Creative Disorientation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJoin \u003Cspan\u003EStuart Romm, Professor of the Practice in the School of Architecture, and Mark Wentzel, Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist, as they present an exploration of creativity, public art, and the Georgia Tech Library\u0027s Media Bridge.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis event will take place Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Library\u2019s second floor classroom, located in Crosland Tower. The Creative Disorientation presentation will kick off at 2 p.m., followed by a hands-on creativity workshop at 3 p.m. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECreative Disorientation is presented by the Interdisciplinary Media Arts Center in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Library. Contact the Public Engagement Librarian, Charlie Bennett, at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:charlie.bennett@library.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Echarlie.bennett@library.gatech.edu\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan\u003Efor more information.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the participants\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.markwentzel.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMark Wentzel\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a visual artist based in Atlanta who works in sculpture, drawing, large-scale installations, and public art projects. Wentzel has presented work at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Artprize in Grand Rapids, Michigan, SCOPE NY, the 2018 Venice Architectural Biennale, the V\u0026amp;A Museum \u2013London Design Week and the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. His \u003Cem\u003EXLounge\u003C\/em\u003E series was shown at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s David J. Sencer Museum, which began a decade of working with CDC as an artist, visual consultant, and designer. He has done large-scale public works in Atlanta for Flux Projects, Freedom Park Conservancy, and the Goat Farm. Wentzel\u2019s creative and academic work focuses on how ideas emerge and how art objects and images function aesthetically, psychologically, and socially over time.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStuart Romm\u003C\/strong\u003E is a Professor of the Practice, having taught both graduate and undergraduate architectural design studios, plus a range of practice courses, in the College of Design for 25 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERomm is a founding principal in the Atlanta architectural firms of Praxis3 and Romm + Pearsall, both multi-disciplinary practices focused on civic and educational buildings, advanced automotive facilities, and urban social housing. In these roles, he has developed special expertise in confronting the emerging intersections between media technologies and public space, as foregrounded in the current Georgia Tech Library Renewal Project (in collaboration with BNIM), and competition projects for the Center for Civil and Human Rights and CNN headquarters (in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro, NY). He has also held a special interest in the challenges of affordable housing, beginning with Romm + Pearsall\u2019s award-winning entry to the Progressive Architecture \u2018Affordable Housing Initiative\u2019, and in Praxis3\u2019s Renaissance Walk project on historic Auburn Avenue that won a South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award in 2009.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStuart Romm, Professor of the Practice in the School of Architecture, and Mark Wentzel, Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist, join to present an exploration of creativity, public art, and the Georgia Tech Library\u0027s Media Bridge.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Stuart Romm, Professor of the Practice in the School of Architecture, and Mark Wentzel, Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist, join to present an exploration of creativity, public art, and the Georgia Tech Library\u0027s Media Bridge."}],"uid":"28817","created_gmt":"2023-09-28 18:52:50","changed_gmt":"2023-10-02 14:28:36","author":"Jason Wright","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-10-18T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2023-10-18T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-10-18T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-10-18 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-10-18 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-10-18 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Second Floor Classroom, Crosland Tower","extras":[],"hg_media":{"671889":{"id":"671889","type":"image","title":"creative disorientation.png","body":null,"created":"1695928498","gmt_created":"2023-09-28 19:14:58","changed":"1695928498","gmt_changed":"2023-09-28 19:14:58","alt":"Creative Disorientation","file":{"fid":"255035","name":"creative disorientation.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/28\/creative%20disorientation.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/09\/28\/creative%20disorientation.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1210257,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/09\/28\/creative%20disorientation.png?itok=kVBcWo7s"}}},"media_ids":["671889"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/creative-disorientation-tickets-728477274137?aff=oddtdtcreator","title":"Register"}],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3824","name":"event"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}