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Facilities
Academic faculty and graduate students at DXARTS are surrounded with a continuously expanding pool of cutting-edge tools and facilities needed to foster the invention of new forms of digital and experimental arts. From our own 5,000 sq. ft. off-campus fabrication lab in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, to on-campus facilities enabling advances in 3D audio, digital fabrication, digital video, performance, science, and engineering, members of the DXARTS community are uniquely positioned to embrace an expansive range of arts practice, theory, and research across multiple disciplines.
In Winter 2013, DXARTS was chosen as the inaugural recipient of the Bergstrom Award from the College of Arts & Sciences to create the Art + Brain Lab. The Bergstrom Award for Art and Science was established for the purpose of supporting projects or activities at the UW that enhance the student experience and bridge the intersection between art and science. The Art + Brain Lab enables students and faculty, from both arts and sciences, to conduct hands-on research, fostering artistic... read more
The DXARTS Computing Lab is located in 129 Raitt Hall on the University of Washington's Seattle campus. It primarily supports students working on both class-based and independent artistic works. The lab has an extensive array of hardware and software tools for 3D animation, 3D video, multi-channel audio, video post-production and mastering. The computer equipment in the lab has been recently upgraded to fully support a 4K video production workflow.
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In addition to a traditional wood shop and metal shop, the Fab Lab features several industrial quality digital fabrication tools.
3D / Fabrication Tools
Universal Laser Cutter 36” x 24” cutting surface
LPKF Protomat S100 Circuit Board Prototyping Machine
Dremel 3D45 3D Printer
Creaform Go Scan 50 White Light Portable 3D Scanner
DynaCNC Router Table
The DynaCNC 3 axis CNC table has a 5 foot by 10 foot bed, and a robotic gantry to position a cutter head. It can cut/mill wood, plastics and a... read more
The DXARTS Gallery is a 1000 square foot space located in the basement of McMahon Hall, adjacent to the graduate studios and fabrication labs. Well-equipped with video, sound, and lighting hardware, the gallery hosts student, faculty, and visiting artist projects throughout the year. Envisioned as a space for exhibition as well as experimentation, prototyping, and documentation, the gallery supports a variety of installation and performance formats.
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Located in McMahon Hall, the DXARTS Fab Lab is a facility with a variety of resources and uses. The lab includes a wood shop, metal shop, electronics lab, CAD workstations, 3D printers and laser cutters, as well as a classroom and workspaces for graduate students.
The lab provides advanced computer aided design, manufacturing and prototyping machines as well as traditional power tools and hand tools. Workspaces are limited and available on a... read more
The DXARTS Media Lab is a a dynamic, multi-use space for experimentation, research, performance, and instruction. The Lab features an open floor plan with a 19.2-channel "dome" of speakers and a large HD cinema projection system. Like the Sound Lab, the audio playback system uses high quality audio hardware and allows users to easily reconfigure the speaker routing and decoding system to suit the needs of each new project, whether it is stereo sound or fifth-order ambisonics. The Media Lab ... read more
The metal shop offers a small but versatile set of stationary and hand tools for milling, drilling and cutting metal and plastic.
Equipment List - Metal Shop
TRAK DPM Manual /3-axis CNC Bed Mill
Clausing Metosa C1440S Lathe
Delta 8” Industrial Grinder
Delta 16 ½” Variable Speed Drill Press
Delta 6” Belt/9” Disc Sander
Wilton 14” Vertical Band Saw
Jet 7” Horizontal-Vertical Band Saw
DeWalt 14” Chop Saw
Raitt Hall houses student and faculty laboratories, classrooms, as well as faculty, graduate, and administrative offices. Here you will find labs dedicated to 3D sound and video research and production along with powerful computer labs and media production suites.
The DXARTS Sound Lab hosts advanced software and hardware for the reproduction of 3-D audio at high fidelity. A 24.4-channel speaker array in a full spherical layout projects sound from around, above and below listeners and is suitable for use in a variety of soundfield synthesis techniques. The Lab serves as a resource for playback, artistic experimentation, and performance as well as ongoing research in the fields of spatial audio, acoustics, and psychoacoustics. A neighboring studio... read more
The wood shop offers a wide variety of stationary and hand tools for milling, drilling and cutting wood and plastic.
Equipment List - Wood Shop
Sawstop Cabinet Table Saw with Router
Delta 16 ½” Variable Speed Drill Press
Dyna CNC Router 5’x8’ bed
Rigid 13” Thickness Planer
Rigid 6 1/8” Jointer/Planer
Delta 14” Vertical Band Saw
Delta 6” Belt/9” Disc Sander
Makita 10” Slide Compound Chop Saw
Safety Speed Vertical Panel Saw – 74” max crosscut
Grizzly 1” x 30” Belt/5” Disc Combo Sander
DeWalt 20”... read more