B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance

Our Purpose

The ATLAS B2 Center for Media Arts & Performance is a community of radical researchers working at the intersection of art & technology. Part of the ATLAS Institute, B2 encourages collaborations, methodologies and productions that traverse borders and disciplines to build/unbuild the unimagined/re-imagined.

Equipped with an ambisonic sound array, motion capture studios, fully immersive green screens, and so much more, B2 offers research-artists the most innovative playspace in the region.

Partnerships

We value community as the key to what makes the B2 special and strive to build partnerships with likeminded organizations, creative collaborators and patrons.

If you'd like to support the B2 mission, consider donating to the Center For Media, Arts and Performance Gift Fund through the CU Boulder giving portal.

Office Hours

Ask questions, learn about B2 programming, and explore ways to participate.

Joel Swanson, CMAP faculty director, holds weekly walk-in office hours:

1-2pm Mondays | Room 204

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2026 TANK Residency Applications Now Open

B2 Center for Media, Arts & Performance at CU Boulder and the TANK Center for Sonic Arts invite applications for two residencies in Rangely, Colorado as part of the 2026 Connecting Colorado program.

About the Residency

Each residency is a 3-day immersive experience at TANK, a decommissioned 60-foot water storage tank renowned for its extraordinary acoustics (a 30-second reverb). Residents will have access to TANK's recording facilities and a professional recording engineer. Residents will also engage with the Rangely community through a collaborative public-facing project developed in partnership with TANK.

Support

Selected artists or artist groups will receive an honorarium of $2,000 plus up to $1,750 reimbursement to cover, travel, lodging, and meals. Artists are responsible for making their own travel and lodging arrangements, to be paid for out of the reimbursement. Recording engineering (up to 20 hours per residency) is provided.

Eligibility: Open to current CU Boulder students, staff, and faculty

Application Deadline: April 24, 2026

Questions: Email b2@colorado.edu

TANK Residency Application