A compilation of XA Artists in residence projects for the Lowell Astronomy Discovery Theater Summer 2024. Featuring XA student Daniel Chit who was animation mentor for Navajo/Dine artist, Jara Nez, and XA students Zeping Sun and Sijia Zheng who created immersive works for the Universe theater.

XA Graduate student Zeping Sun was responsible for the grand finale in the Universe Theater animating scientific data using the process of sonification - converting data to sound. Zeping is also working on a visualization illustrating how light travels from the sun bounces off the icy surface of Pluto and is then captured by the Lowell Discovery telescope

A compilation of XA Artists in residence projects for the Lowell Astronomy Discovery Theater Summer 2024. Featuring XA student Daniel Chit who was animation mentor for Navajo/Dine artist, Jara Nez, and XA students Zeping Sun and Sijia Zheng who created immersive works for the Universe theater.

XA alum Ros Fiol Lowell summer residency 2022 was responsible for sculptural installation in the Discovery Center lobby see clips above and at left. The installation also featured XA Professor Emeritus Dr Richard Weinberg’s microscopy animations. 

Twenty-two Physics + Astronomy, XA Program, and IMGD Games students and faculty traveled to Arizona. The journey included Lowell Observatory, Grand Canyon, Montezuma's Cave, Sedona and the Meteor Crater as part of the annual USC Research Collaborations Fund Field Trip. 

The students participated in plein-air image making, NeRFs (neural radiance fields) and sonic experiments while enjoying the glorious landscape and nature.

Twenty-two Physics + Astronomy, XA Program, and IMGD Games students and faculty traveled to Arizona. The journey included Lowell Observatory, Grand Canyon, Montezuma's Cave, Sedona and the Meteor Crater as part of the annual USC Research Collaborations Fund Field Trip. 

The students participated in plein-air image making, NeRFs (neural radiance fields) and sonic experiments while enjoying the glorious landscape and nature.

SCA Graduate Student and Alumna Nina Ceklic worked with Dr. Joe Arvai, Director of Wrigley Institute to create a live action and animated science visualization documentary about C02 Capture and recycling technologies

XA Graduate student Sijia Zheng directed and animated the science visualization animation Coral Banking written and narrated by Dr. Anna C. Vinton USC Presidential Sustainability Fellow. With additional advisement and research from Dr. Carly Kenkel and Dr. Hannah R. Koch of the Mote Lab

XA Graduate Student and XA Alumna Dina Garatly became our second artist in residence with Lowell Observatory working on visualizations of Star Trails with Dr. Kyler Kuehn.

XA Graduate Student and XA Alumna Dina Garatly became our second artist in residence with Lowell Observatory working on visualizations of Black Holes with Dr. Kyler Kuehn.

Studies of gesture and emotion in Motion Capture through the uncanny valley by Shengwei Zhou

Studies of gesture and emotion in Motion Capture through the uncanny valley by Shengwei Zhou

Mindful Journey Clip from XA graduate artist Dina Garatly's VR project supported through the Collaborations Grant

Hanyu Su's I'll Wait until the Sea Turns Blue Site specific installation projected onto the wharf during our Collaborations Art + Science weekend at Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

Jess Belamy's Flooding Futures Site specific installation projected onto the pressure chamber during our Collaborations Art + Science weekend at Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies

Hallie Farmer + Ann Xu's Synchronized Swim Site specific installation projected into the water fountain during our Collaborations Art + Science weekend at Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies