Tonight is the official opening of Zoom Raleigh a rich interactive interface that has been installed in the window of the Urban Design Center right on Fayetteville Street. The vision of the prolific Patrick Fitzgerald, a Raleigh artist and professor at the NC State College of Design. Fitzgerald has been developing 3D interfaces for exploring urban spaces for years. This project is the culmination of that work along with the refinement of large touch-screen interfaces.
Along with Lee Cherry, also of the College of Design and design students, Fitzgerald has incorporated multi-media montages, archival materials, historic photos, and interviews with Raleigh leaders like Greg Hatem. The result is a massive interactive screen that sits behind glass that entices passers-by to reach out and play with the interface. Part art, and part technical feat, the work both educates the public and reinforces the technology culture of Raleigh.
Tonight Zoom Raleigh along with Horizon Line and a gallery of the ART-ON-THE-MOVE images at the Fish Market from 6-9. Zoom Raleigh is co-sponsored by the Raleigh City Museum, City of Raleigh Planning Department, American Image Graphics, and Empire Properties.
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