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Organizations working to make a better world may soon get help from students with design and technical skills, thanks to a new initiative from Still Water, a lab at the University of Maine dedicated to studying and building creative networks,
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Tags: Android, design, ecology, economy, education, GreenHouse, hardware, iPad, iPhone, Maine, network, New Media, sharing, software, Still Water, sustainability, University of Maine, web
How has the boundary between art and non-art shifted in the Internet age, and what does that mean for design, activism, science, and other creative activities? This question is the subject of a Dario Moalli’s fall 2019 interview with Still Water co-directors Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito in the venerable periodical Hestetika (Aesthetics). The issue has become more relevant during the COVID-19 quarantine, as exhibitions, concerts, and other artforms normally experienced in person have moved online. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: art, design, hacking, interaction, New Media, politics, press, publication, Still Water
Consumers are increasingly eager to eat local produce, but farm-to-table options in the cold season aren’t always easy to find in a northern state like Maine. That could change thanks to a new mobile app designed to help farmers optimize greenhouse conditions in the winter months, from a team led by Still Water co-director Joline Blais.
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Tags: app, data, farming, GreenHouse, Maine, network, New Media, permaculture, press, sharing, Still Water, students, University of Maine
COVID-19 came suddenly and with a wallop, forcing classes to operate remotely, canceling sports events, and leaving campuses empty last spring. Fortunately, New Media faculty and students have already been experimenting with digital tools for collaboration, like e-portfolios, web-based F2F classes, videoconferencing and discussion platforms like Slack. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: app, COVID19, Maine, New Media, publication, sharing, Still Water, story, students
New Media alumna Margaretha Haughwout invited Still Water co-directors Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito to explore the connections between different types of code and how they can be open-sourced, digitally and biologically, in a series of talks and workshops at Colgate University in November 2018.
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Tags: Americas, art, biotechnology, DIY, education, hacking, presentation, sharing, variable media
At Yale’s May 11th symposium “Is This Permanence?”, Still Water’s John Bell and Jon Ippolito help curators and historians plan for a digital future in which “archival material” could be a contradiction in terms.
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Tags: art, indigenous, LongHouse, memory, New Media, New Media and Social Memory, presentation, preservation, Still Water, University of Maine, variable media