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About Us
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MissionSince the days of antiquity, artists and philosophers have asked themselves, “Is it possible to create an art for our eyes that is comparable to music, the art for our ears?” Over the years those artists who accepted this challenge developed new technologies to express their vision, frequently christening each new expression with a new name. Consequently the artistic exploration of abstraction in the moving image has taken on many forms with a wide variety of names such as “Lumia,” “Color Music,” “Mobilcolor,” “MusiColor,” “Absolute Film,” “Video Synthesis,” “Rhythmic Light,” “Abstract Animation,” and more... iota is a public benefit, non-profit arts organization founded in 1994 on the premise that this wide range of techniques and titles share common aesthetic goals which unite them into a single art of light and movement today generally known as “Visual Music.” iota is dedicated to preserving, promoting and uniting the dynamic world of visual music through our various programs: research, publication, preservation, exhibition and distribution. Our programs together celebrate this art form from its earliest appearance through its current expression with the latest technologies. | ||||||||||
Who We AreBoard of Directors Larry Cuba Roberta Friedman Sara Petty Staff
Intern Derek Haugen Alumni Victoria Meng (UCLA) Doug Chaffin Amy Sloper (UCLA) Keren Albala (USC) Derek Leverette(USC) Ryan Lovelace (USC) Dan Racusin (Calarts) Mary Beth Reed (Calarts) Michael Ward (USC) David Wishard (USC) | |||||||||||
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Research Associates Pam Turner Janeann Dill (Radio Interview) The iotaCenter Email Discussion List Established in 1999, the iota email list now has over 400 members. Subscribe to our discussion group list and join the dialogue. Send a blank email to: iotacenter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com You can explore the archive of our discussion group online here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iotacenter/messages | |||||||||||
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Mailing address: The iotaCenter 10401-106 Venice Blvd #330 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Phone: 310 842 8704 Email: info@iotacenter.org | |||||||||||
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Donate to The iotaCenter through Paypal Write or call for more information The iotaCenter is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. |
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Music is the supreme example of movement become pattern. Music is time given sublime shape.
If for no other reason than its universality and its status in the collective
mind, music invites imitation. A visual art should give the same superior
shape to the temporal order that we expect of music.
-John Whitney |
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