What's next. It's a question and a statement. We would all love to have "pre-hindsight" about the future. One thing is certain: Digital technologies are transforming the environments in which we live, work, and learn. Directly and indirectly, they will similarly influence visual culture and the arts. Can we actively participate in the construction of these new environments, rather than merely being subject to them?

Frontline researcher-producers Dan Sandin (Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois), Curtis Wong (Next Media Research, Microsoft Research Group), and Mitchel Resnick (MIT Media Lab) tell us about their pioneering work, the innovations their fields are now wrestling with, and what might be next. While they cannot guarantee us such agency, they can provide us the opportunity for dialogue. Join us.

The Walker's New Media Lecture Series presents three of the world's top technology researchers who are helping to invent the future.

All events take place in the Walker Art Center Auditorium.
Tickets:
Series (three lectures) $27
($12 Walker members and students with current ID)
Single lecture: $10 ($5).
To purchase tickets in advance by phone with a credit card, call the box office at 612.375.7622. Patrons with special needs are asked to please call two weeks in advance.

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