The festival takes place at Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, Georgia on January 21-31. This year the Telfair’s Technology and Art Week is growing and becomes a festival with programs exploring topics from video art and electronics to robotics. The programs include a lecture by artist Elizabeth King, whose exhibition at the Jepson Center includes meticulously crafted figurative sculptures and stop-frame film animations.
New installations will also be on display in the Jepson Center’s TAG and Morrison Galleries. Artist YoungHyun Chung’s Digital Wheel Art gives people in wheelchairs the opportunity to make virtual paintings on a large video screen. There is also a sound installation in the Eckburg Atrium by Matthew Akers, an presentation of a sculptural video installation by Allesandro Imperato and Kelley McClung, and video installations by Chito Lapena and Kenneth Huff. The festival also presents a unusual  duet between a human and a robotic musician presented by the group LEMUR (the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots).
The festival ends with a Family Day with demonstrations by  guest artists and a musical performance by Beatrix JAR. The group will lead a workshop and present a concert using “circuit bent” electronic toys.
PULSE: Art and Technology Festival events are offered free of charge, with funding provided by the City of Savannah. All programs take place at the Jepson Center for the Arts unless otherwise indicated. Reservations for workshops are required; call 790-8821.
For more information, visit www.telfair.org