Member of Multitouch Barcelona to Speak at the Contemporary Arts Center

Shockingly, Group's First Public Talk in the United States

Where:  ContemporaryArts Center, 44 East 6th Street (@Walnut), Cincinnati, Ohio Map

When:  Saturday, December 19 @4pm

What:  Pol Pla i Conesa, member of Multitouch Barcelona (the group that put the "touch" in multitouch), takes a break from his work at MIT to speak at the Contemporary Arts Center.  He will discuss the group's work and his current research at the MIT Media Lab.

About Multitouch Barcelona: MultitouchBarcelona is a collective of artists who highlight the human aspect of interactive technology. The group has made a huge splash internationally at venues such as Red Bull Music Academy and OFFF.  Almost two years old, Multitouch Barcelona already has won a coveted spot in WIRED magazine's Grand Designers: the World's Best Design Work. One of their most popular projects HI, a real human interface sums up the group's philosophy.  That philosophy has resonated in a special way with the cognoscenti and has taken the technology world by storm (even screened at TED). Multitouch Barcelona describes themselves as "a recently born interaction design group that explores natural communication between people and technology. We design experiences that merge real and digital into a creative environment where people are invited to touch, play, move, feel as they do in the real world."  Recent interviews: Pull the Metal, Plot, FabrikProject

More Information: www.contemporaryartscenter.org 513.345.8400

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