Second annual Digital Salon to be held in April

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries and the Digital Humanities Initiative will host Digital Salon, an exhibition of new media projects from undergraduate and graduate students from April 10-15.

All projects are both artistic and research-based projects are included, with many focused on inspired byation from themes explored in classes acrosson campus.

The second annual Digital Salon will showcase myriad project mediums, including podcasts, videos, animations, graphic novels, essay, websites, blogs, multimedia presentationsinstallations, and posters. Coordinator Sarah McDaniel , Coordinator of the Library and Information Literacy Instruction Program, adds that this year’s exhibition will be merged integrated with other event things happening on campus.

“All of the exhibits will be happening concurrently,” she says.

Digital Salon displays works in the College Library, however this year the committee is selecting pieces to be shown in three locations: a main exhibition in College Library, a Digital Salon exhibition during the one-day at the Undergraduate Symposium on Tuesday, April 12 at the Memorial Union, and projects will also shown at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.

McDaniel says that students create projects in response to assignments in focus on themes explored particular courses, however some projects are created independently. and tend to be more artistic: “A lot of projects are more personal and have a larger slice of personal reflection,” she says.

Last year the Digital Salon had a strong focus on digital arts and humanities, however, this year the exhibition will have a broader focus. With this change, more undergraduate and graduate students can be involved, organizers say.

From April 10-15, work will be on display at College Library. Additionally, there will be an online exhibition here.