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Open to Alfred MFA students working in media, sound, installation, or hybrid practices.

group sponsor: Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA)
group lead: IEA Media and Technology Manager, Bernard Aaron Dolecki, MFA

Spring 2025 Flow: Every Wednesday, 6-9pm

AV Club access to the iea’s Time-based Studio

Upcoming Sessions & Events

March 27 — AV Club: Open Lab & Demo
Drop in with a patch, device, or test case. Focus: video routing and projection mapping basics.

April 10 — Guest Session, Dave Mawer
Visiting educator Dave Mawer will share a live demo on sound-reactive environments and adaptive interfaces. Expect Max, sensors, and conversation.

April 17 — Field Trip: Steina at the AKG
We’ll coordinate travel to the Buffalo AKG to see the Steina Vasulka retrospective — a critical touchstone in video art history. Open to all grads.

A collaborative, low-pressure gathering for grads and media-curious creatives.

A space to test ideas, share projects, troubleshoot gear, and explore experimental workflows in audio, video, and interactive media. Some nights are conversational, some hands-on—all are rooted in reciprocal learning.

Some topics have included:
– Signal flow and analog gear jams
– CRT chaining and VHS capture tests
– Intro patching with Max/MSP/Jitter
– Peer critiques and soft shares
– Media theory and historical context

Bernard building digital assets

Stuio Jam Session

Alumni on Sandin, being fed sequenced audio from an undergrad.

iea Time-based Studio, blue wall

iea Time-based studio, studio workstations

Bernard gives art history undergrads a Sandin demo

Bernard giving demo of 3D scanner

Immersive gallery space for access

Leslie Rollin's giving demo of Immersive to a grad student

Undergrad with special access to make work on the Sandin

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Audio Professor Andrew Deutsch giving Sandin demo

Exploration of a quadraphonic audio setup (4.1)

Get Involved!

Have an idea for a session? Want to share a tool, patch, or technique?
Reach out to Bernard or stop by a Wednesday session. This space grows through whoever shows up.

Bring a project; bring a question; bring a snack—t’s informal on purpose.