On-Campus, Virtual Events Encourage Voting

In the run-up to the Nov. 3 presidential election, Carnegie Mellon University artists and designers are focusing their creative energies to get people out to vote. While Carnegie Mellon's Miller Institute for Contemporary Art is hosting artistic projections on campus, students are designing digital communications and even hosting a music concert controlled by a voting audience. One faculty member also has created an "I Voted" sticker that will be distributed around the country. Here are a few things happing on campus and virtually: - Jenny Holzer's Digital Animation Display - Through Thursday this week, the Miller ICA will project a selection from Jenny Holzer's YOUVOTE campaign on the outside of its building on CMU's campus. The project will be visible from Forbes Avenue off of the university's campus. "The timeliness of the Get Out The Vote: Empowering the Women's Vote exhibition and its outward-facing Jenny Holzer's Digital Animation Display projection are part of a broader effort to expand the Miller ICA's exhibition practices to include public spaces," said Miller ICA Director Elizabeth Chodos.