“The transreal: artworks that cross boundaries of multiple realities with a nuance for a multiplicity of worlds, using reality as a medium.“
– Micha Cárdenas, Interim Associate Director of Art and Technology for Sixth College, UCSD

Kim Stanley Robinson will be appearing in a panel discussion at the Culture, Art and Technology program of the Sixth College of UC San Diego, California, as part of the opening of the ARTifact art gallery exhibition “Many Worlds, Many Times” (April 6 to June 10, 2011). The exhibition is focusing on “a vision of a multiplicity of worlds and times, on many levels: the science fiction imaginary, phenomenological approaches to time and a world experienced through sound are just a few.“

Friday, April 22nd, 3pm
Panel Discussion, “World Building and Contemporary Art”
Pepper Canyon Hall 257

Featuring Kim Stanley Robinson
Sheldon Brown, Professor of Visual Art
Cauleen Smith, Professor of Visual Art
Christopher Kardambikis, MFA Candidate

The Culture, Art and Technology (CAT) program at the Sixth College of UCSD is proud to present the new ARTifact gallery exhibition for the Spring 2011 quarter, Many Worlds, Many Times, curated by Micha Cárdenas, Interim Associate Director of Art and Technology for Sixth College. The ARTifact gallery exists as a physical gallery in the CAT core offices as well as an online exhibition space at the CAT website, cat.ucsd.edu. The gallery acts as an integrated learning laboratory, transforming the working environment of CAT students, staff and faculty into a hybrid space in which contemporary art can be part of the dialog of interdisciplinary undergraduate learning curriculum in Sixth College.