MINT: A Platform for Research in New Media Arts

Rama Hoetzlein, Eric Newman, Alex Norman, Lance Putnam, Wesley Smith and Graham Wakefield

Media Arts and Technology Program

UC Santa Barbara

Date: Friday, February 9, 2007
Place: Buchanan 1930
Time: 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm


Abstract:

IGERT and MAT graduates Rama Hoetzlein, Eric Newman, Alex Norman, Lance Putnam, Wesley Smith and Graham Wakefield present the MINT project: a proposal for interactive digital media research.

Interactive Digital Media research demands collaboration between skilled practitioners of different media art, technology and scientific fields and likewise demands tools that are capable across many areas and potential applications. Building upon existing expertise, the MINT research group are investigating the underlying requirements of digital media research, current and potential solutions, and the benefits of open-ended development. The knowledge resulting from these investigations is being practically embodied as a new software framework (MINT), a platform for general research applicable to the continuum of new media arts, interactive multimedia, digital performances and scientific research.