Beschreibung:
<jats:p>In 1998, the Schools of Architecture and Humanities at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute initiated a collaborative project between students of both schools to develop a musical performance piece that would be presented in an environment to be designed and built in the Art Gallery of the School of Architecture. Students from both Schools were to work together on developing the content and conceptualizing the built environment. Architects Malcolm Holzman and Nestor Bottino of the firm of HHPA were brought in as advisors to the project, as was Composer Eve Beglarian of Twisted Tutu. Curtis Bahn, Director of the iEAR Studio at RPI, was Academic Coordinator for the project, together with Beth Weinstein, Professor, School of Architecture, and Grethe Holby, who directed the performance. This paper will review the academic raison d’etre for organizing such a program, discuss the history of the project as it developed, and present a video tape of portions of the finished performance.</jats:p>