Installation view of Reframing Nature Series – Photo: Michelle Graves

Interdisciplinary Arts & Media Program Director Jeanine Mellinger and artist John Manning produced the inaugural video installation for the lobby of Columbia College-Chicago’s new Media Production Center for the opening gala.

The video is part of her Reframing Nature Series.

“The workaday urban environment we share reflects the pragmatic requirements of commerce, shelter, and interaction. It has largely supplanted the natural setting upon which it is built. Streams and creeks on slices of LED video screens are magnified and reframed to restore balance between nature and the built environment.”

Jeanine’s Space and Place class visiting her installation. From left to right: Nic Ruley, Jenny Garnett, Michael St. John and Jeanine Mellinger – Photo: Michelle Graves

With the Media Production Center (MPC), Columbia College now has a professional quality media teaching facility that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among students and faculty. The curricular advances and flexibility made possible by the MPC will keep our media arts programs at the cutting edge of their industries for generations to come.

Under President Carter, Columbia has become a recognized leader in creative education throughout the country and around the world.