I just read an interesting article about a music&design crossover project on a design-site called dexigner.  Recently Parsons the New School for Design and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music took the stage to present visual music works. Among the works presented were an animated ecosystem that changed and grew in response to the musical score; a piece that brought to life children’s dreams as the music moved the animation from the conscious to unconscious state; and another that transformed the live musicians into on-screen avatars, who act out virtual stories through the music performed live onstage.

Read more in the original article here.

…get to know each other on your way to JIMS!

Special service for JIMS-participants!

A lot of people have asked if there is a carpool for people who attend JIMS ‘08…and here it is:

If you are travelling to Salzburg by car and you’d like to have company please post here which route you are going and how many people you could pick up on the way.

If you’d like to find someone who is driving to Salzburg just post where you are situated.

Check this thread regularly and get connected. It’s as easy as that!

(We would recommend not to state contact dates before there is someone showing interest – this is a public blog so anyone is able to see your contact dates.)