about us
The Experimental Media and Movement Arts Lab (EMMA) is a joint research project of the Department of Dance and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD). Launched in 2005, with funding from The College of the Arts, the project's first lab space "EMMA@ACCAD" is co-located with ACCAD's Motion Capture Studio.
EMMA is a media-smart teaching space, a lab for experimentation, and an intelligent stage for performance projects. We seek to foster interdisciplinary teaching and innovative performance practices in the College of the Arts by offering students and faculty access to a unique combination of creative research tools including a black box stage space with a sprung wood floor and Marley for dancing, a spiral track with hanging scrims, theater and video lighting, sound equipment, a video rack, multiple projectors, computers, and cameras. The space also includes a Vicon motion capture system, wireless virtual reality, video, and sensor equipment, and access to all of ACCAD's additional computer graphics hardware and software resources.
Research projects in the lab integrate the body and technology in myriad ways including but not limited to: multimedia dance and theater productions, creative media laboratories, performance art installations, experimentation in artist-driven tech tools development, musical recitals exploring the performers' physicality, experimentation with interactive technologies, lecture-demonstrations, courses that require projected media or video conferencing and more. The 2006–2007 academic year saw over a dozen events involving more than 100 students, performing for approximately 1000 attendees.
The EMMA Lab was founded with a three year grant from the College of the Arts and is supported by the Department of Dance and The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design.
Norah Zuniga Shaw
614 247.7379
FAX: 292.0939
Matthew Lewis
614.292.0747
FAX: 292.7776
A project of the Department of Dance and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, the EMMA Lab was made possible by a generous grant from the College of the Arts. The EMMA Lab's mission is to promote intermedia performance and practice-based arts research by student and faculty of the College of the Arts at the Ohio State University and to create new teaching and learning opportunities for interdisciplinary curricula including the Dance and Technology program directed by Professor Norah Zuniga-Shaw.
EMMA @ ACCAD
1224 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212-1154
The EMMA Lab is located in the Motion Capture suite at ACCAD on west campus.
Bus
ACCAD is served by OSU's CABS bus system. Students can travel to ACCAD via the North or South Loop or the North Express.
Driving Directions
From State Route 315, take the Lane Avenue exit and proceed west on Lane Avenue one block to Kenny Road. Turn left on Kenny Road and proceed south one block to Carmack Road. Turn right on Carmack Road and proceed to the four-way stop sign. Turn left. ACCAD is located in the one-story brick building with mirrored windows directly ahead of you. There are parking meters in front of the building as well as OSU-stickered parking spaces.
Links
Important Documents
- EMMA Policies
- Facility usage policies and procedures
- Production Information Sheet
- Dates, names, contact info, special needs
- Technical Questionnaire
- Helpful when preparing for tech week
- Stage Manager Checklist
- Stage, electrics, sound, strike...
- Inventory List
- Available resources for computing, video, sound, light, etc.
- EMMA Equipment User Guide
- Managing curtains, video rack, sound system, lighting
- 2008-2009 Call for Proposals
- Guidelines for research proposals