When he isn’t traveling as a soloist, performing with Mono/Poly, or commissioning new works by up and coming young composers, Deibel is a member of the critically acclaimed h2 quartet, first prize winners at the Fischoff Competition as well as recent recipients of an Aaron Copland Fund Recording Grant. Deibel is currently teaching at the University of Florida as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Music.

The other half of this dynamic music duo, Nate Bliton, is a recent Composition graduate from Michigan State University’s College of Music and a multi-instrumentalist adept at playing the Viola, Violin, Piano, Accordion, Mandola, Guitar, Bass, Drums, as well as handmade electronic instruments. His compositions have been played at conferences in Georgia and Mississippi, and he was recently recognized as a featured artist on the Drake University New Music Series. Outside of his instrumental abilities, Bliton is extremely interested in the exploration of electronics and computer programming, making Mono/Poly the perfect outlet for his varied talents and interests.

Season Three Finale

“AH, YES! : Arts & Humanities in the Digital Age”

Thursday, April 26, 2012 @ 7:30 PM EST
*Live Studio Audience in the Digital Worlds REVE Auditorium*

LVTV Season 3 host Mandy Hill interviews a series of compelling guests and explores how the vitality of human creativity is being supported and inspired by new innovations, tools, and technologies in the Digital Age. Join Season Three host Mandy Hill as she explores the ever-evolving and exciting role of the Arts and Humanities in the digital age with innovative and inspirational artists, humanists, and researchers.

Featured Guests:

Electro-acoustic ensemble MONO/POLY, with Geoff Deibel and Nate Bliton

The “Digital Epigraphy Toolbox” project, with Dr. Angelos Barmpoutis, Eleni Bozia and Robert Wagman

Acclaimed Sequential Artist, Tom Hart

Musician, Emcee, Spoken word Artist, Adaeze

With Live Vibe Season 3 Host Mandy Hill!

Professor Barmpoutis is a leading expert in the fields of Machine Vision and Applications, Virtual Reality in Medicine, Biomedical Image Processing and Data Visualization, Facial Recognition and Expression Analysis, and Human Motion Capture and Analysis. Other fields of interest include Algorithms and Theory, Signal and Systems, Differential Geometry, Artificial Life and Intelligence, and Parallel Computation. Prior to joining the Digital Worlds Institute, Prof. Barmpoutis received his BS in Computer Science from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, his MS in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Glasgow and lastly, earned his PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. He has co-authored over 40 journal articles, conference publications, and book chapters on his various areas of expertise. Prof. Barmpoutis has been the recipient of several awards and honors including the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from the College of Engineering at the University of Florida, the CIEGL Bursary from the University of Oxford, as well as the University of Florida Alumni Fellowship.

Comics/Sequential Art and the concept of ideas being presented in a sequence are at the core of almost every dramatic and persuasive art. The merging of images with words has become the dominant means of creative communication within modern culture. SAW recognizes that this integration of multi-media resources and art forms have become the center of advertising, film, video, and video games.  SAW offers to its students a core grasp of comics/sequential art that will provide to them a means to navigate the growing complexities of the modern world of media, to participate in it where desirable, and to decode it where necessary. Hart and SAW do not attempt to teach a particular artistic style but instead hope to guide their students in how to become unique, diverse, and flexible storytellers allowing them to explore and develop creatively and adeptly for the rest of their lives. Hart’s next book is Daddy Lightening set for release in March 2012 from Retrofit, and Let’s Get Furious, a 380-page new Hutch Owen collection, also slated for public distribution in March 2012, from Top Shelf.

Dance for Life (AIM)

The Dance for Life program provides therapeutic and recreational movement opportunities for people with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and their significant others. The program is designed to help patients improve their quality of life through enhanced overall physical well-being, social interaction, creative expression, and targeted improvements in Parkinson’s symptoms including balance, strength, and mobility. The program is led by professional and student dancers from the University of Florida and Shands Arts in Medicine, and combines elements of both modern dance and social dance. Click here for more about Dance For Life.

Dancer & Choreographer

Raised in Tasmania, Australia, Kelly Drummond Cawthon joined the faculty of the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance in 1999. As an associate professor, she teaches modern dance technique, composition and repertory, collaborates with the Digital Worlds Institute, and is the artistic director of the professional training company, the Florida MOD Project.  Appearing in performances on five continents, in seven nations and most of the 50 states, Cawthon’s professional career spans over two decades in performance, choreography and teaching. She has been honored to work as a performer and rehearsal director for Shapiro & Smith Dance since 1993.  Click here for an expanded biography.

Arts and Health Care

Jill Sonke is Director of the Center for the Arts in Healthcare Research and Education (CAHRE) at the University of Florida, is on the faculty of the School of Theatre and Dance and is Assistant Director and Artist in Residence with Shands Arts in Medicine (AIM). She is active in research, curriculum and program development at UF, serves as president on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, and is a frequent presenter, consultant, and guest artist at universities, conferences, hospitals, and festivals throughout the United States and abroad. Click here for an expanded biography.

Performed LIVE from KOREA by Gayageum Soloist Hyunjin Ma, Dancer Sujeong Oh and Korean Drummer Gicheol Choice, produced by Boncheol Goo

Dancer.Sujeong Oh
Drum.Gicheol Choice
String instrument. Hyunjin Ma

Producer.  Boncheol Goo
Commentator. Daham Park
Camera operator. Joonhyun Lee
Technical Support. Seongtaek Lim

Gigabit Network KREONET is supported by KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information).

Praise Dance Ministry

Founded in November 2009 by Mrs. Cynthia Mingo at the Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville, the “Fullness of Joy” Praise Dance Ministry is a group of adult women who desire to praise God through movement.  The ministry takes its name from Psalm 16:11, which explains that David did not just dance; he danced with all his might because he recognized he was in the presence of the Great I Am and in His presence there is fullness of joy.

The motto for “Fullness of Joy” is: “Through Prayer, Praise, and Practice, we will gain Power, Peace, and Perfection.”  The women of “Fullness of Joy” come together every Tuesday evening to study scriptures from the Bible that inspires them in their dance selections. Each dancer seeks to do the very best possible to that God will be glorified and magnified as His spirit flows and moves through their bodies.

FULLNESS OF JOY dancers are:
Marjorie Belcher, Sylvia Brown, Sharon Causey, Lisa Darling, Willet Gandes, Rosemary Green, Cynthia Mingo,
Ruby Mosley, and Edwina Smith

Pastor – Rev. Mandella P. Smith