Festival for interarts and technology tonight

Art, technology and people intersect at the Festival for Interarts and Technology (FIAT), 6-10 p.m. tonight (April 30) at Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.

The free festival, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Program, showcases a variety of student works including performance, 3-D animation, video art, original sound, gallery art and installations. Works will be exhibited throughout Lathrop Hall, and two performances are scheduled in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space.

At 7 p.m., dance and interarts/technology students will collaborate on a performance. “The piece includes original choreography, sound, video, sets and costumes,” says student festival coordinator Mark Lea II, a senior from Lake Mills. “The class brought students together who worked in lots of different art forms. With their combined talents, they created a well-rounded piece that takes from all these forms.”

At 8 p.m., multimedia performance works will be shown.

Students run the festival, Lea says. “We created the works and we’re in charge of exhibiting, installing, performing, producing and promoting them,” he says.

Joe Feng, a junior from Milwaukee who is a student presenter of two 3-D animations in the festival, also helped design the Dance Program’s web site this past year.