ARTS CAFÉ & SYMPOSIUM PRESENTS ART AND TECHNOLOGY—A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN CO-ORGANIZED WITH YORK REGION ARTS COUNCIL - Vaughan

Date: Feb 11, 2012

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Come listen to Toronto-based artist Napoleon Brousseau and technologist Gabe Sawhney describe their collaboration to raise funds through a virtual tree-planting initiative.

Saturday, February 11
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Have you ever thought about art and technology as a match made in heaven? Surprisingly, it can happen when the right people get together to address a just cause that concerns all of us. Come listen to Toronto-based artist Napoleon Brousseau and technologist Gabe Sawhney describe their collaboration to raise funds through a virtual tree-planting initiative. 

They’ve devised the SEED Collective, the “first cell phone-driven interactive installation with the purpose to affect environmental change in the real world”, through which users create and populate a forest together. The interactive SEED Collective project is on view at the gallery. Following the program will be a guided tour of The McMichael Tree Project.

Cost:

general public: $10
McMichael members: Free for McMichael and YRAC members

Reservation: Required

To register, please call York Region Arts Council at 905.726.3278 or online at www.yorkregionartscouncil.com.