arts and humanities applications

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Kentucky Higher Education Computing Conference September 29-30, 2005 Ann Doyle, Internet2 Arts & Humanities Initiatives

Overview: 

Overview The Arts and Humanities initiative has focused on outreach enabling collaborative live performances, master classes, and remote auditions in the performing arts. Outreach is ongoing to the museum and library collections communities, language instruction centers, history and film departments to foster initiatives utilizing Internet2.

Constituents: 

Constituents University Member Departments – Music, Dance, Art, English, History etc. Affiliate Members – New World Symphony, Cleveland Museum of Art, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Cleveland Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music Corporate Members –Warner Brothers, Proquest, VBrick, Polycom, RIAA, MPAA

Streaming Media/Collections: 

Streaming Media/Collections

Variations – Indiana University: 

Variations – Indiana University

 Visual History Foundation: 

Visual History Foundation A 180 terabyte multimedia archive of Holocaust testimonies Currently being accessed by University of Southern California Rice University Yale University University of Michigan

Master Classes: 

Master Classes

New World Symphony: 

New World Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas photo by R. Andrew Lepley

Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music and CANARIE Inc.: 

Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music and CANARIE Inc. Pinchas Zukerman

WSU/FSU Telematic Dance Coaching Session: 

WSU/FSU Telematic Dance Coaching Session Internet2 advanced networking technologies applied to distance learning for dance Enabling schools to collaborate and share resources Providing students with access to experts Incorporating Technology into the teaching and performing arenas http://www.dance.wayne.edu/

Live Performance Events: 

Live Performance Events

Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age: 

Cultivating Communities: Dance in the Digital Age Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Institute of Music: The Bing Theater, University of Southern California, Oct 2002

Transcontinental Poetry:  A Tribute to Kenneth Koch: 

Transcontinental Poetry: A Tribute to Kenneth Koch Live transcontinental reading of Kenneth Koch's "Twenty Poems" Seven Internet2 campuses provided videoconferencing Poet Anne Waldman

The Miró Quartet:  Live & Virtual: 

The Miró Quartet: Live & Virtual University of Texas at Austin Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California

New Communities: 

New Communities

Ongoing Outreach: 

Ongoing Outreach Museum Community Education Conservation Foreign Language Instruction Less commonly taught languages Archaeology Shared project planning Shared imaging Fall 2005 MM SIG Kickoff

Technologies Utilized: 

Technologies Utilized

Most frequently used: 

Most frequently used Options: H.323 ~= 384 – 768 kbps Mpeg2 ~= 4 – 16 mbps DV ~= 30 mbps HDTV ~= 19.2 – 270 mbps For the following purposes: One way (streaming, broadcast) Two way (interactive voice & video) Many way (more than 2 end points)

MPEG2 Production Cart: 

MPEG2 Production Cart MPEG2 codec:  approx $8000 - $10,000 10/100 Switch: approx $150 or Gigabit Switch: approx $450 Camera: example; Sony PTZ (EVID30) -- approx $1000 Video switcher: approx $900 - $1500 Display monitor: approx $650 Video production monitor pair: $1000 - $1600 for pair Audio mixer: example; Mackie 14 channel Mic/line Mixer -- $530 Speaker pair: example JBL 10” BIAMPED -- $1000 for pair Directional Mic (two required): i.e.; Shure SM57-LC Cardioid -- $80 - $150 UPS (un-interruptable power supply): approx $550   

DVTS: An emerging technology scenario: 

DVTS: An emerging technology scenario Latency – compression introduced latency Cost – codecs are expensive Bandwidth – 60 Mbps stream

Best Practices and Guides: 

Best Practices and Guides http://arts.internet2.edu/files/Bing-Best-Practices.pdf http://arts.internet2.edu/files/performance-capture(v09).pdf http://arts.internet2.edu/files/digital-asset-management(v09).pdf   

More Info ...: 

More Info ... www.internet2.edu arts.internet2.edu adoyle@internet2.edu (734) 352-7011