The School of Architecture will present a symposium and exhibition, SEE-ING: The Environmental Consciousness Project<\/em>, on October 15 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. The multi-dimensional program, curated by Assistant Professor of Architecture Catty Dan Zhang, includes distinguished guest speakers, a dance performance, and an immersive installation\/exhibition that features work by a dozen artists and designers from across the globe.<\/p>\n The rapid evolution of technology \u2013 imaging techniques, virtual and augmented reality, sophisticated display systems, cameras at everyone\u2019s fingertips \u2013 is profoundly changing our experience of “vision,” “visual,” or “the visible.” The SEE-ING<\/em> project both questions and celebrates the presence of technological facts and the profound joy of experiencing their effects. Bringing together a diverse group of architects, artists, designers, and theorists, the project explores the effects of this transformation on creative practices. \u201cSeeing,\u201d in this sense, is not limited to the typical concept of visualization, but instead refers to a range of multilayered interfaces between people and their environment.<\/p>\n The symposium begins at 1:00 pm in Storrs Hall and features two distinguished lecturers. Dr. Sandra Rodriguez (speaking at 1:45 pm) is Creative Director of the Creative Reality Lab at EyeSteelFilm and a visiting scholar in the Comparative Media Studies Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Dr. Mark B.N. Hansen (speaking at 4:00 pm) is the James B. Duke Professor of Literature at Duke University.<\/p>\n