He merged them and turned the combined business into a mass-volume production platform for what the company's Web site describes as "a low-cost, high-tech, artistic and emotional 'second watch' — the Swatch," as well as for other brands.
UVA, in partnership with sound designers Matthias Kispert and Henrik Ekeus, took over the lighting and sound systems from March 2-6, turning the building into a "high-tech artistic canvas," much like the work that the space will house.
Although the former gold-rush town of Dunedin has a population of just 120,000 people, it does have big-city features, such as the University of Otago (New Zealand's oldest university), a thriving tech scene and artistic communities.
Instead, we'll be reaching out directly to folks in the venture, entrepreneurial, tech, academic, and artistic communities for their thoughts on how finance, science and industry are shaping the world of startups and the world at large.
On its blog Google said that it had chosen Austin because the city was "a mecca for creativity and entrepreneurialism, with thriving artistic and tech communities".
The ambitious augmented architectural installation was considered unique in that it tipped its hat to Miami's burgeoning artistic and tech communities, while acknowledging the dream of Isamu Noguchi, an architect who intended for the Bayfront Park the public space adjacent to the InterContinental to be a communal space and "networking point" for the city.
And, to be blunt about it, the fact that most big clubs and most big festivals are dominated by artists whose Rekordbox crates stretch from techno to house, via tech-house, creates a stagnant artistic environment.
It's a tech challenge as well as an artistic challenge.
Igal Nassima, founder of the Bushwick art and tech space 319 Scholes, has been appointed artistic director for the project.
But much of the world's best music was created in what would be considered poor circumstances today, so don't let the tech get in the way of your artistic expression!
In a decade of research, Mr. Packer said, he was surprised to discover how many engineers had grasped the artistic implications of their high-tech developments.
