Children play with light sensor

Explorations in sound and light

March 20, 2016

Ever wanted to step inside an instrument and play it? With Jiffer Harriman’s Solarophone you can.

Image from a music visualizer featuring lines and circles

T9 Hacks highlights

March 10, 2016

So what did those busy hackers get up to during their 24-hour creation binge?

Photo of students coding together at T9Hacks

ATLAS hosts CU’s first-ever women’s hackathon

Feb. 16, 2016

In February, ATLAS hosted the University of Colorado Boulder's first-ever women's hackathon, an event intended to promote gender diversity in technology and creative industries.

Photo of Theodore's art machine exhibit

Michael Theodore’s art machine is as smart as you are

Feb. 15, 2016

Michael Theodore, director of the ATLAS Center for Media Art and Performance, has created an installation,"Supraliminal," that senses its viewers.

Photo of Trimpin

Musical revolutionary Trimpin comes to CU Boulder

Dec. 5, 2015

When instruments are re-purposed so their sounds aren't reproducible by human hands, you experience the work of Trimpin.

The performance artist Michelle Ellsworth's “Clytigation: State of Exception” at the Chocolate Factory in Queens.

High praise from The New York Times for Michelle Ellsworth’s “Clytigation: State of Exception”

Nov. 15, 2015

Effusive praise from The New York Times for Michelle Ellsworth's "Clytigation: State of Exception," which runs Nov 11–15 at The Chocolate Factory Theater in Queens, NY.

Two men working together on their workshop project

Whiz Bang! Sparking creative play

July 20, 2015

"... bringing art and technology together in a creative application helps people engage with one another, play, have fun, be creative and collaborate."

Michelle Ellsworth

Michelle Ellsworth wins $80,000 Doris Duke Award

July 3, 2015

Michelle Ellsworth, associate director of ATLAS Institute’s Center for Media, Arts and Performance (CMAP) and associate professor at CU’s department of Theatre and Dance wins $80,000 Doris Duke Impact Award.

Outside of the Roser ATLAS building

ATLAS hires new tenure-track faculty

July 2, 2015

The ATLAS Institute hires three new tenure-track faculty members, reflecting an increased emphasis on research. “We are cultivating a vibrant community of creative technologists and artists,” says Gross.

Bobby Schabel in a navy blue suit with a blue shirt and red tie

Founding ATLAS director Bobby Schnabel named CEO of ACM

July 1, 2015

Bobby Schnabel, the founding executive director of ATLAS and a valued member of its advisory board, has been named CEO of the Association for Computing Machinery. “Without Bobby, there would be no ATLAS,” said Mark Gross, director of the ATLAS Institute. “We’re delighted by this news."

Pages