Calling Technologists & Artists
On June 17-19, the Santa Fe Complex launched the first stage of a permanent installation demonstrating the power of ambient computing. Now that the launch is past, the Complex is inviting technologists and artists to come work with the Complex team to invent next-generation computer interfaces. The first state of this ambient computing demonstration featured works demonstrating new concepts in digital projection mapping and human/computer interaction.
The Complex was completely mapped in digital projection, and the projections were monitored by interactive sensors for human interaction and play through the use of Android mobile phones, iPhones/iPads, Wii controllers, and laser pointers. more…
ABQ Journal Reports on WPI Analysis
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students working at the Santa Fe Complex for the past seven weeks made the front page of the Albuquerque Journal North for their analysis of what it might take for Santa Fe to someday operate its own electricity grid.
The Journal reports that one goal behind the idea is “the ability of the city to more quickly meet sustainability goals, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing renewable energy use.” more…
Albuquerque Journal North | April 30, 2010
$100M for Electric Grid
Keira Hay | April 30, 2010
A group of Massachusetts college students offered some insight Thursday into what it might take for Santa Fe to one day operate its own electricity grid.
Money, for one thing. more…
Handmade/Homemade Book Exhibit
The second annual Handmade/Homemade Book Exhibit, which just ended at Pace University in New York, opens in Santa Fe with a reading and exhibit. Hosted by local small press publisher Fact-Simile Editions, this event, which is free to the public, will feature readers Anne Valley-Fox, Nicholas Chiarella, Travis Cebula, and JenMarie Davis and musical guests Adam Perry and Irene Joyce. more…
WPI Students Present Project Results
Students from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will make final presentations to Santa Fe officials on two projects they conducted for the city this spring at the Santa Fe Complex: 1) a feasibility study for a municipally operated electric grid and 2) an analysis of redevelopment possibilities for Saint Michael’s Drive. more…
Ignite New Mexico
The Santa Fe Complex hosts the sixth “Ignite New Mexico,” an event that provides a platform for anyone to share a passion, hobby, or interest. Ignite gives presenters a chance–in five minutes and twenty slides–to share their interests with a group, teaching everyone about something they’re passionate about. Speakers for Ignite #6 have now been selected, and the topics cover a lot of ground! more…
SantaFe.com | April 27, 2010
Santa Fe Complex Hosts the Sixth “Ignite NM”
Event Calendar | April 27, 2010
The Santa Fe Complex hosts the sixth “Ignite New Mexico,” an event that provides a platform for anyone to share a passion, hobby, or interest. Ignite gives presenters a chance-in five minutes and twenty slides-to share their interests with a group, teaching everyone about something they’re passionate about. more…
Santa Fe New Mexican | April 26, 2010
Santa Fe Complex hosts ‘geek fun night’
Ignite NM offers host of titillating topics at high-speed
Staci Matlock | April 26, 2010
Are jocks smarter than geeks? Why does Viagra’s shape matter? And can Gimmick Rallies make you a better person?
Inquiring minds can find out the answer to each of these titillating questions in only five minutes. That’s all the time presenters at the sixth Ignite NM have to explain their topics and show 20 slides. The fun begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Santa Fe Complex. more…
Earth Day in Santa Fe: Dwelling within our Means
Come to an event on Earth Day sponsored by Architecture for Humanity to hear four eight-minute presentations by local professionals who are working to improve Santa Fe’s built environment and our natural surroundings. Following the presentations, stay for informal conversation, food, and beverages. more…
ABQ Journal Headlines WPI Project
A team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students working at the Santa Fe Complex made headlines in the Albuquerque Journal North for their work on the St. Michaels’ Drive redevelopment project.
The Journal reports that the student group is “spending two months this spring collecting information and creating tools for a long-term municipal project aimed at turning St. Mike’s into a ‘boulevard’ reminiscent of those seen in Europe’s greatest cities.” more…
Solar Power: Take Control of Your Energy Future
Rusty Schmit, founder and CEO of Cleanswitch, a solar design and installation company, will discuss solar power and its role in taking control of our energy future. Rusty has thirty years of experience in the solar energy sector–in solar technology development at Motorola and Texas Instruments; as CEO of Photowatt, a French solar manufacturer; and with New Mexico-based Advent Solar, a solar technology design and engineering firm. more…
Albuquerque Journal North | April 15, 2010
Students Aid St. Mike’s Plan
Kiera Hay | April 15, 2010
The city of Santa Fe, in a far-reaching quest to revamp St. Michael’s Drive, once mailed residents a survey asking them to share their thoughts on the car-clogged thoroughfare. more…
Café Scientifique
Café Scientifique reaches out to teens in Santa Fe to engage them in science relevant to their lives. At this meeting of the group, they consider the following scenario: It is a late Fall afternoon and two hikers are enjoying a brisk walk in the mountains. They are miles from the nearest the town and miles from the nearest person. They go around a curve in the trail when suddenly they stumble across human remains. Who is this person? How did they get here? How did they die? more…
We will miss you, James
James Brody 1941-2010: Composer and Friend
April 12, 2010: We learned the tragic news that James Brody was killed yesterday in an auto accident (news article). We have lost a good friend. James was a composer of electronic music for more than 40 years and would generously share his deep knowledge and talents with anyone fortunate enough to spend time with him. You can listen to some of James’s work on his myspace page or through his website. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. Take care, James.
Cinema Unbound: Experiments in Cinema
Cinema Unbound presents a second night of screenings from “Experiments in Cinema,” Bryan Konefsky’s Albuquerque-based international avant-garde film festival. “Experiments in Cinema” has grown in popularity over the years and has become integral to helping independent and experimental voices in the moving image blossom in New Mexico. more…
Cinema Unbound: Experiments in Cinema
Cinema Unbound presents two nights of screenings from “Experiments in Cinema,” Bryan Konefsky’s Albuquerque-based international avant-garde film festival. “Experiments in Cinema” has grown in popularity over the years and has become integral to helping independent and experimental voices in the moving image blossom in New Mexico. more…
Café Scientifique
Café Scientifique reaches out to teens in Santa Fe to engage them in science relevant to their lives. At this meeting of the group, they consider the following scenario:
Crime Scene Investigation. The glitz, the glam. Solving cases in an hour. Driving a Hummer and processing crime scenes in high heels . . . um, well, not quite. If your belief in the forensic world revolves around those images and ideals, and you don’t want those images/ideals to change, please stop reading now. But, if you would like to know the truth, come to this cafe. more…
Wed Tech Talk: Noise in the Cellular Environment
Join us at this week’s Tech Talk when Brian Munsky, from the Center for NonLinear Studies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, discusses listening to noise in the cellular environment and explores how random fluctuations reveal gene network parameters. The cellular environment is abuzz with noise originating from the inherent random motion of reacting molecules in the living cell. more…
New Mexican Profiles WPI Projects
The April 5, 2010, Santa Fe New Mexican profiles the work of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) teams working for seven weeks this spring at the Santa Fe Complex. The article cites their projects as work that “might one day benefit the city of Santa Fe, which is considering a couple of long-range ideas for revamping St. Michael’s Drive and creating a municipal-owned power utility.” For the full article, click here.
Santa Fe New Mexican | April 4, 2010
Massachusetts Undergrads Team up with Middle Schoolers to Rethink Traffic Corridor
Staci Matlock | April 4, 2010
East met West earlier this week in more ways than one when several DeVargas Middle School students took time out of class to learn some real-world techniques for data collection from eight Massachusetts college students. more…
Cinema Unbound: Lecture #1
In this lecture on Paracinema and the Ephemeral Image, Cinema Unbound takes an in-depth look at and discussion of the experimental film movement coined “paracinema” by avant-garde pioneers Ken Jacobs and Bradley Eros. This movement presents performances that foreground the act of projection and the ephemeral film strip itself, often deconstructing the given meaning of what a film projection experience is all about. more…
Manipulated Image #12: “memory” and “identity”
Manipulated Image/Santa Fe and VideoChannel Cologne proudly present an inter- continental collaboration. As part of the 10th year celebrations of NewMediaArtProject Network based in Cologne, Alysse Stepanian (curator of Manipulated Image) was invited by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne to curate a one hour compilation of experimental short videos by US artists titled “memory” and “identity.” This one-hour compilation will become part of the collection of VideoChannel Cologne and its online screenings. more…
Meet Early-Stage Investor Brad Feld
Join entrepreneur and early-stage investor Brad Feld at the Complex for “Beers with Brad.” Feld authors the popular blog Feld Thoughts and is the managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder-based venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage information technology companies. Feld will share his views on entrepreneurship and early-stage companies in today’s environment. more…
Complex Board of Directors Meeting
The Board of Directors meets at the Complex.
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes from fall meeting
3. Chair’s report
4. Executive Director’s report
5. Discussion of mission
6. Discussion of present and future projects
7. Recruitment of new board members
8. Expansion of Advisory Board
9. Other topics
