CODAsummit: Art, Technology and Place

In collaboration with BLINK

October 16 - 18, 2024 Memorial Hall, Cincinnati, OH

Agenda

CODAsummit 2024 is being held at Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH. Other locations are marked in YELLOW on the agenda.  

Wednesday, October 16

1:00 - 5:00 pm

Registration

3:00 - 5:00 pm

Public Art Tours

5:30-7:00 pm

Opening Night Reception

Sponsored by SNA Displays

Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St.

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Thursday, October 17

9:00 - 9:15 am

Welcome Remarks

  • • Toni Sikes  –  CEO, CODAworx
  • Andrew Salzbrun - Co-Founder, Creative Director, BLINK

9:15 - 10:00 am

Barbara Tober Opening Keynote Address: Expansive Experience: a Step Beyond Immersion

• Brendan McGetrick, Creative Director, Museum of the Future

Sponsored by The Acronym Fund

Print

10:00 - 11:00 am

Panel: The Impact of Art in Unexpected Places

  • • Moderator: Aaron Myers, Executive Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
  • Sandra Bloodworth, Former Director, MTA Arts & Design
  • Yvonne Monestier, Public Art Program Manager, Waterfront Toronto
  • Stanis Smith, Principal, AIA FRAIC
  • Zolty, Founder, BREAKFAST

11:15 - 11:45 am

Creative Revolutionaries Keynote Address

Maria Finkelmeier, Artist, MF Dynamics

11:45 am - 1:15 pm

CODAawards Celebration Luncheon!

At the Historic Cincinnati Music Hall (next door to Memorial Hall), featuring:

Jeremy Crandall - MASTER OF CEREMONIES - Project Manager, Burning Man’s Man Pavilion

Ilene Shaw - Co-Founder, CODAawards, Executive Director, NYCxDESIGN

  • • Introduction of CODAaward Winners
  • • Multisensory experience provided by Blockhouse Studios
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1:15 - 1:45 pm

Bringing Cities to Life: Urban Revitalization and Public Art

  • Roger Ferris, Former Creative Director, AT&T Discovery District
  • Hyesun Jeong, Co-Director, Simpson Center for the Urban Futures, University of Cincinnati

1:15 - 1:45 pm

Remembrance and Public Art: Anti-Soviet Partisans’ Memorial

• Dr. Andrzej Jerie - Cultural Manager, Director, Remembrance and Future Center, Wroclaw

  • • Konrad Urbanowicz - Artist and Designer, ARCHIGLASS studio
  • • Tomasz Urbanowicz - Artist and Founder, ARCHIGLASS studio

1:45 - 2:45 pm

Creative Industry Presentations

Cinnabar

RBHU 

Tieton Mosaic

Ignition Arts

ART Research Enterprises, Inc

Bollinger Atelier

1:45 - 2:45 pm

Roundtable: Future Frames: Conceptual Shifts in Public Art

  • Jose dos Santos, Head of Design Americas, Signify
  • • Matthew Geller, Artist
  • • Marjorie Guyon, I Was Here
  • Glenn Weiss, Public Art Consultant

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Creative Industry Presentations

Demiurge

Engineered Artworks

FLOAT4

Tecture Inc

900 North

Robb Pope

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Roundtable: Alternative Sources for Public Art Funding

  • • Phil Dunlap, Director, Broward County Cultural Division
  • • Anton R.T. Morton, Principal, KASUM MANIFOLD
  • • Jennifer Seay, Founder & CEO, Art+Artisans
  • • Alejandra Pelinka, Creative Placemaking Director, City of Bloomington

4:00 - 4:45 pm

Panel: The Reimagined Museum

  • • Moderator: Gavin Downey, Product Management, EPSON
  • Darrin Alfred, Curator, Denver Art Museum
  • Amelia Falco, Creative Director, Local Projects
  • Tiffany Thompson, Founding Director, Petrichor Projects

5:30 - 7:00 pm

Networking Reception

Sponsored by EPSON

Featuring the announcement of Emerging Artist Awards

The Transept! 1205 Elm St, Cincinnati

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Friday, October 18

9:00 - 9:45 am

Keynote Address: Infrastructure for the Human Spirit

  • • Mouna Andraos - Co-Founder, Daily tous les jours (photo and bio) photos from their website

    • Melissa Mongiat - Co-Founder, Daily tous les jours

9:45 - 10:45 am

Artist Showcases

15-minute presentations by artists who work with technology in new and innovative ways.  Eight presentations, two tracks running simultaneously.  Featuring:

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9:45 - 10:45 am

Stephen Balik
Becky Ault
Anaisa Franco
Adam Buente

Stephen Balik
Becky Ault
Anaisa Franco
Adam Buente

11:00 - 11:45 am

How We Did It: Let’s Glow SF, A Festival of Lights

  • Brian Duffy, Strategic Account Manager, Panasonic Connect
  • Sean Mason, Chief Creative Officer, A3 Visual 

11:00 - 11:45 am

How We Did It: Employ Artists!

Colleen Houston, CEO and Artistic Director, ArtWorks

11:00 - 11:45 am

How We Did It: Color Process

Josh de Sousa, Co-Founder, Hou de Sousa

11:45 am - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Spotlight: Monuments as Collective Memories

Stephanie Dockery - MODERATOR - Arts Team, Bloomberg Philanthropies

  • Felicia Filer, Director, Los Angeles Public Art Division
  • Gordon Huether, Principal, Gordon Huether Studio
  • Rebeca Mendez, Artist
  • RE:site | Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee

2:00 - 2:45 pm

Closing Keynote Address

Davy & Kristin McGuire, Studio McGuire

A talk about how Davy and Kristin McGuire aim to use digital art and immersive storytelling to transcend mere spectacle. Through a selection of their works they will explain how their site-specific works have ignited profound emotional connections, prompting introspection and empathy, inviting audiences to journey beyond the surface and into the depths of human experience.

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Meet the BLINK! Artists

• George Berlin, Artist

  • • Alan Hayes and Harriet Lumby, This is loop
  • • Gee Horton, Artist
  • • Meredith Winner, Building 180

3:30 - 3:45 pm

Closing Remarks

Ready to be a part of CODAsummit?

Cincinnati, OH  |  October 16 - 18, 2024

CODAsummit is presented by CODAworx, the global online community that celebrates design projects featuring commissioned artworks.