Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia
Mission and History
Program in
Experimental Intermedia Arts
Metropolitan
State University
Mission
Studio 677 eXperimental
interMedia is the home of Metropolitan State University's Program in
Experimental Music and Intermedia Arts. It offers academic programs and
classes, produces arts events and recordings and presents projects by
intermedia artists and students who explore the emerging materials, methods and
practices of experimental art making in diverse cultural settings. In addition
to the Strange Attractors Festivals of Experimental Intermedia Arts (April and
November), the Studio provides academic courswork in Studio Arts, Experimental
Music and Intermedia Arts for Metropolitan State University's Department of Communications,
Writing and Arts, and First College's Interdisciplinary Conversations in the
Arts, Culture and Society.
History
The Nobles eXperimental interMedia Studio is home to Metro State’s
Program in Experimental Intermedia Arts, offering the only Minor in
Experimental Intermedia Arts in Minnesota.
The Studio presents concerts, exhibitions, installations, performances,
lectures, workshops and festivals for the university and public while providing
instruction, academic support and class space for the curriculum and programs
in the First College and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Media and Fine Arts
Department.
Studio 677 began as the Nobles
eXperimental interMedia Studio.
Originally built in the 1930s as manufacturing space for Nobles
Industries, the 12,000 square foot Nobles facility provided a flexible, urban
arts environment suitable for a wide range of experimental intermedia
activities. Since its acquisition by the University in 1995, it had provided
temporary administrative office space and central storage during renovation of
adjacent office spaces. The Media and Fine Arts Department operated classes and
public arts events in the former manufacturing area from the spring of 1996 to
the summer of 2002. That summer the
Nobles building was demolished to make way for Metropolitan State’s new
library, and the Intermedia Arts
program moved into the building on the corner of 7th and Maria. Originally the Mueller Mortuary and morgue
for St. John’s Hospital, it became “Studio 677 eXperimental interMedia”, and
houses Metropolitan State’s programs in Studio Arts, Experimental Music and
Intermedia Arts.
Classes
Beginning Drawing (Arts 106) Joseph Flores
Intermediate Drawing (Arts 306) - Erica Rasmussen
Painting (Arts 307) - Erica Rasmussen
Intermedia Arts (Imda 340) – David Means
Creativity (Imda 352) - David Means
Experimental Music (Musc 330) - David Means and David Revill
Topics in Music (Musc 322) – David Means and John O’Brien
Collaboration (Imda 430)- David Means and David Revill
Intermedia Capstone Project (Imda 499) – David Means with David
Revill
Selected Public Activities
September, 1997 "Bosch
tapped the gas pedal and the caprice moved forward", an electro-acoustic
performance opera composed and performed by Jeffrey Kowalkowski(Chicago) and
Marco Cicilliani (Amsterdam)
Fall, 1997 Open rehearsals and
recording session, Carei Thomas and "Sound Windows"
Strange Attractors I
(Spring, 1998) featured David Revill (England), Cinnamon Sphere (Toronto),
Mario Van Horrik and Petra Dubach (Holland), Johnny Rodriguez (San Antonio),
and the Electric Arts Duo (Ohio), with new works by the Nobles experimental
interMedia Group.
Strange
Attractors Il (Spring, 1999) featured Paul Higham
(England), Ursula Scherer (Switzerland), Michael
Schumacher (New York City), Ron George (Los Angeles), Blood Magnet
(Minnesota); T.E.O.T.W.A.W.K.l. Consort (Minnesota) with Anthony Cox and the
Nobles experimental interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors III
(Fall, 1999) featured Dan Senn (Tacoma), Linda Dusman (Boston). Johnny Rodriguez
(San Antonio), Georgia Stephens (Minnesota), Harold Fortuin (Minnesota) and
Benderflaus (Minnesota), with Georgia Stephens and the Nobles experimental
interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors IV
(Spring, 2000) featured local artists and groups Burnt House, Spud Wells and
his New Rhythm Ranch Hands, Steve Carlino and "Cafe Hemingway" by the
Nobles interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors V
(Fall, 2000) featured Warren Burt (AUS), David Revill (GB), Susan Rawcliffe
(LA), Audiofiction (MN), Gary Schulte (MN), Dixie Treichel (MN) and the Nobles
eXperimental interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors VI
(Spring, 2001) featured Fred Ho (NYC), John Spayde (MN), Bill LePage (NYC),
WingDingWammyJam (MN, Deep Narrative Band (MN), and Georgia Stephens’ “HoopLa”
featuring the Nobles eXperimental interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors VII
(Fall, 2001) featured Johnny Rodriguez (San Antonio), Morphos (MN), Deep
Narratives Video Band (MN), Heidi Arneson (MN), Psick Slutz (MN) and David
Revill (GB) with the Nobles eXperimental interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors VIII
(Spring, 2002) featuring Fred Ho (NYC), Ron George (LA), Georgia Stephens (MN),
Wade Kolada (MN), and the Nobles eXperimental interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors IX (Fall, 2002)
featured Thinmen, Chaotix, Fred Ho (NYC), George Cartwright, Wade Kolata and
the Nobles eXperimental interMedia Group.
Strange Attractors X (Spring, 2003)
featured Andrew Lafkas, Georgia Stephens, Mike Croswell, George Cartwright,
Wade Kolata and the Nobles experimental interMedia Group.