
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, October 20, 1994                   TAG: 9410200057
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: 1   EDITION: NEW RIVER  
SOURCE: JEANNE DUDZIAK RADFORD UNIVERSITY
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TECHNO-ART

IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO BE A STAR TREK CAST MEMBER TRAVERSING THE TERRAIN OF AN ALIEN SET, CHECK OUT THE "CYCLES" ART EXHIBIT AT RADFORD UNIVERSITY'S FLOSSIE MARTIN GALLERY. COMPUTER-CONTROLLED MUSIC DANCES AROUND THE ROOM AS IF THROWN BY AN ELECTRONIC VENTRILOQUIST. METAL COILS HANG FROM THE CEILING. LIGHTING BY DESIGNER JOHN WADE RESPONDS TO PEOPLE, CREATING A CONSTANTLY CHANGING INTERPLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW. THE FELT AND METAL SCULPTURES OF BARBARA CORNETT SEEM LIKE FURRY ANIMALS OR OTHER BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES ENGAGED IN A CYCLICAL STRUGGLE OF LIFE AND DEATH.

"I LIKE WORKING IN FIBER BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO IT," SAYS CORNETT. ARTIST-COMPOSER CHARLES BESTOR'S MUSICAL COMPOSITION BRINGS COMPUTERIZED IMPROVISATION AND A CONTINUAL NEWNESS TO ACCOMPANY A PRECOMPOSED SCORE. THE GALLERY IS OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 10 A.M.-4 P.M., AND SUNDAYS, NOON-4 P.M. THE EXHIBIT RUNS THROUGH NOV. 17. "CYCLES" IS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY'S ART AND TECHNOLOGY MINI-SYMPOSIUM, WHICH INCLUDES MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCES AND A CENTER FOR MUSIC TECHNOLOGY CONCERT TUESDAY AT 8 P.M. IN PRESTON AUDITORIUM. UNIVERSITY.

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