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DJ Spooky To Discuss Data, Music Connections At Texas A&M Seminar Series

Composer and multimedia artist Paul D. Miller, also known as DJ Spooky, will speak about his unique performances during a visit to the Texas A&M University campus on Feb. 13. The event is presented by the Visceral Intersensory Visualization & Information Design (VIVID) Lab for the Texas A&M Institute of Data…

Creativity Flows Through Art, Research At Inaugural Faculty Symposium

A vast array of artistic exploration took center stage Feb. 10 at the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts’ Research & Creative Works Day. The inaugural symposium at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center showcased discussions of the arts, science and technology through three guest speakers and dozens of short presentations by school faculty. Ann McNamara,…

Chillennium Game Jam Returns To Hildebrand Equine Complex Feb. 24-26

Students from around the state and beyond will converge on Texas A&M University Feb. 24-26 for Chillennium, known as the world’s largest student-run game jam. The event at the Hildebrand Equine Complex, sponsored by the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, challenges students to create a video game in 48 hours with a single prompt.

Chillennium 2023 Draws Aspiring Game Designers From Across The Country For 48 Hours Of Fun

Armed with computers, drawing tablets, mattresses and plenty of snacks, more than 200 students from Aggieland and beyond camped out in Texas A&M’s Hildebrand Equine Complex over the weekend during the seventh annual Chillennium game jam. Organized by Texas A&M students with support from the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, the event gives budding video game…

Design Charrette Brings Students Together For Collaboration, Competition

Grace Callanan was making coffee late on the first night of the weekend-long Harold L. Adams Interdisciplinary Design Charrette when inspiration struck. The concept — which focused on an ampersand — helped Callanan and her teammates earn a first-place prize. The competition, now in its sixth year, was created by Adams, Texas A&M Class of 1961 and an architecture professor who…

Visualization Students’ ‘Build A Mutt’ Game Entertains At Museum Exhibit

When visitors stroll among the interesting items and artifacts at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History’s latest exhibit, they can sit and enjoy a classic pastime — the board game — thanks to graduate students in the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. Visualization students created “Build a Mutt” for the “Dog Tales: The Human Canine…

Texas A&M Esports’ ‘Apex’ Team Finishes Second In Tournament, Earns Prize Money

Texas A&M Esports’ “Apex Legends” team earned its highest finish and biggest cash prize in TSMU’s “Apex Legends” Tournament on Feb. 25. The team took second place, behind only Temple University, and walked away with $6,000 to split among the players. The team members for “Apex Legends” — a hero-based, three-versus-three, battle-royale shooter game — are Jackson “fiddledude” McGlothlin,…

Texas A&M Is Among Top 10 Public Schools For Game Design

Texas A&M University is again in the top 10 among public schools nationally for game design, according to new rankings by Animation Career Review. The university comes in at No. 8. It is the eighth consecutive year that it has been highly rated since the rankings began in 2016. Texas A&M ranks fourth in the Southwest and has been…

Music Showcase To Feature Collaborative Tracks From Performance Studies Class

Ten music tracks created by students in a fall performance studies class will take the spotlight in a listening party on March 22 at 6:30 p.m. The PERF Music Producers’ Showcase in Room 225 of the Liberal Arts and Humanities Building is the first event of its kind for the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine…

‘Bio-Art’ Workshops To Show Creative Process Using Cochineal Insects, Bacteria

The intersection of art and biology is the focus of a workshop series this week on the Texas A&M University campus. The “Bio-Art” collaboration between Texas A&M’s School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts and the Department of Biology includes using cochineal insects for dyeing textiles and using bacteria as paint. Both…