BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.6.4//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:153@museum.msu.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T190000 DTSTAMP:20260317T174223Z URL:https://museum.msu.edu/events/conversation-music-science-and-video-gam es/ SUMMARY:(SOLD OUT) Conversation: Music\, Science\, and Video Games DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion that explores the intersecti ons of music\, science\, and video games. Featuring composer and techno in novator Carl Craig\, physicist Pablo Giuliani from the Facility for Rare I sotope Beams (FRIB)\, game developer Ryan Thompson\, and musician/producer Chris Vrenna (University of Michigan\, Nine Inch Nails)\, this conversati on dives into creativity\, technology\, and interactive media. Moderator A manda Cote guides the panel through how sound\, science\, and play inform artistic and experiential practice.\n\nThis program is in conjunction with the MSUFCU Arts Power Up Art Residency which brings artists each year t o the MSU campus to work alongside faculty and students at the intersectio ns of arts and sciences. The residency fosters collaboration\, experimenta tion\, and creative research\, culminating in public programs that invite campus and community audiences into the artistic process.\n\nThe MSUFCU Ar ts Power Up Artist Residency is generously supported by an endowed gift fr om the Michigan State University Federal Credit Union.\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\ n\n\nCarl Craig is a prominent figure in the world of Electronic music\, particularly known for his work in the Techno genre. Hailing from Detroit\ , Michigan\, he is considered one of the key artists in the second wave of Detroit techno during the late 1980s and 1990s. Craig has been influentia l in the genre\, both through his own innovative productions and by foster ing the careers of other artists through his record label\, Planet E Commu nications.\nBeyond his direct contributions to music production and DJing\ , Craig has been involved in various collaborations and projects across di fferent genres and mediums. His work often bridges the gap between Electro nic music and other forms of art\, such as performance and installation ar t. Craig’s influence and contributions to the electronic music scene\, p articularly Detroit Techno\, have made him a respected and seminal figure in the industry.\n\nCraig will be in residence as part of the MSUFCU Arts Power Up Artist Residency program from mid-January through April 2026\, wo rking in close collaboration with researchers at the Facility for Rare Iso tope Beams (FRIB)\, a world-unique rare isotope research laboratory. Throu gh this residency\, Craig will engage directly with cutting-edge scientifi c inquiry\, translating complex research environments into new creative an d conceptual forms.\n\n\n\nChris Vrenna is a Grammy-winning musician\, pr oducer\, engineer\, remixer\, and composer. He is best known as a former f ounding member of Nine Inch Nails\, who were inducted into the Rock and R oll Hall of Fame in 2020. Additionally\, he has been the drummer for inter national acts including Gnarls Barkley\, Marilyn Manson\, and Guns N’ Ro ses. He has remixed and/or programmed for numerous artists including U2\, Rob Zombie\, Weezer\, Evanescence\, and Hole.\n\nVrenna is also a well-kno wn video game composer whose credits include American McGee’s Alice\,  Doom 3\, Quake 4\, Call of Duty: ExoZombies\, and Quake: Champions.\n\n Vrenna received his Bachelor’s degree from Kent State University and his Master’s degree in Music Technology from Southern Utah University.\n\n\ n\nPablo Giuliani completed his Bachelors in Physics at Universidad Simón Bolívar\, Venezuela in 2016\, and his PhD at Florida State University in 2020\, under the mentoring of Jorge Piekarewicz. In 2021 he started a pos tdoctoral joint position between the Statistics and Probability Department and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB)\, both at Michigan State U niversity. He is now continuing his efforts in education and research at F RIB as the Nuclear Science and Graduate Student Success Specialist. His ma in research areas involve adapting and developing frameworks from statisti cs and machine learning to enable scientific discoveries in nuclear physic s\, while the education areas focus on conducting activities and developin g materials to propel students to thrive in their academic programs. His d oggie\, Dirac\, is the goodest of boys.\n\n\n\nRyan Thompson is an Assista nt Professor in the Department of Media and Information\, where he serves as the resident musicologist for the game development program\, teaching a nd researching about a variety of issues related to sonic activity in vide o games. He received his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Minnes ota in 2017. He has published on how gameplay is communicated to players v ia audio\, on understanding Final Fantasy VI as opera\, and currently rese arches how games are both scored and re-scored in order to channel a speci fic nostalgia for past generations of musical material and hardware as re- releases\, remasters\, and remakes continue to dominate discussion of popu lar culture. He hosts a weekly Twitch stream alongside Drs. Dana Plank\, J ulianne Grasso\, and Karen Cook that serves as a locus for the greater com munity of scholars pursuing research and teaching in game audio at twitch .tv/bardicknowledge. He has published and presented with the Journal of So und and Music in Games\, the Cambridge Companion to Video Game Music\, at GDC\, GameSoundCon\, and the North American Conference on Video Game Music \, which he hosted at Michigan State University in 2024. He is passionate about public-facing scholarship that builds community relationships betwee n game scholars and game industry professionals. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museum.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 1/MSUM-MusicSciAndVideoGames-Digital-Website-900x600-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Arts Power Up LOCATION:MSU Museum\, 409 West Circle Drive\, East Lansing\, Michigan\, 488 24\, United States GEO:42.731562;-84.48169 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=409 West Circle Drive\, Eas t Lansing\, Michigan\, 48824\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=MS U Museum:geo:42.731562,-84.48169 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR