Arts@Tech set to give technology center stage

Georgia Tech is about to fully embrace technology in its arts programming.

Hologram concerts, dancers wearing 3-D-printed costumes and a video game played to live music are some of the performances slated for the upcoming Arts@Tech season in January. The lineup celebrates the “high tech intersection of art, engineering, science, design and media,” a news release said.

For the first time in 27 seasons, the schedule consists solely of artistic performances featuring new technology. In 2015, for instance, performances included traditional musical acts alongside an artist who dances with robots.

Madison Cario, director of Georgia Tech’s Office of the Arts, joined the university’s Office of the Arts in 2014. She said she believes the school is “unique in the nation in presenting a performing arts season exclusively” where art meets technology.

“Offering these exciting and innovative performances ... is something we hope Georgia Tech students, Atlantans and visitors will share and enjoy,” Cario said in the news release.

The season will take place in the Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Drive NW. The theater space will be freshly refurbished after a fall renovation, which is to include upgrades such as new seating, lighting and carpeting.

Discounted ticket packages and individual tickets will be available in August from the Ferst Center Box Office at 404-894-9600.

The new season includes: