Editing Museum of Pop Culture (section)

==Exhibits and activities==
[[File:Night Exterior EMP.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nighttime view of MoPOP]]
[[File:Guitar Art at the EMP.jpg|thumb|Guitar sculpture at MoPOP]]
MoPOP is home to numerous exhibits and interactive activity stations as well as [[Sound art|sound sculpture]] and various educational resources:
* A {{convert|140000|sqft|adj=on}} building, designed by [[Frank O. Gehry]], housing several galleries and the Sky Church, which features a Barco C7 black package [[LED display|LED screen]], one of the largest indoor LED screens in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plsn.com/projection-connection/7436-seattles-experience-music-project-equipped-with-high-resolution-led-display-for-sky-church-music-venue.html|title=PLSN - Seattle's EMP Equipped with High-Res LED Display for Sky Church Music Venue|author=Frank Hammel|work=plsn.com|access-date=July 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929173934/http://www.plsn.com/projection-connection/7436-seattles-experience-music-project-equipped-with-high-resolution-led-display-for-sky-church-music-venue.html|archive-date=September 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Exhibits covering pop culture, from the art of [[fantasy]], [[Horror film|horror cinema]], and [[video game]]s to [[Science fiction|science fiction literature]] and costumes from screen and stage.
* Interactive activities are included in galleries like Sound Lab and On Stage where visitors can explore hands-on the tools of rock and roll through instruments, and perform music before a [[virtual audience]].
* IF VI WAS IX, a guitar sculpture consisting of more than 500 [[musical instrument]]s and 30 [[computer]]s conceived by British [[Exhibition designer|exhibit designer]] Neal Potter and developed by sound sculptor [[Trimpin]].<!--24.18.140.58 2013-05-23 00:07 (see TALK#24.18.140.58)--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nealpotterdesign.co.uk/3.html |title=Neal Potter Design - Masterplanning |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020205037/http://nealpotterdesign.co.uk/3.html |archive-date=October 20, 2013 }} During 1997 Neal worked alongside Frank Gehry Architects and the EMP curatorial team to establish a masterplan for the attraction. The detail design was undertaken locally. Originally called "The Collision Sculpture", the point of collision of different genres of music to create rock and roll. A living electronic sculpture as relevant today as it might have been in 1955</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://empmuseum.org/at-the-museum/museum-features/if-vi-was-ix.aspx |title=If Vi Was Ix |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202034826/http://www.empmuseum.org/at-the-museum/museum-features/if-vi-was-ix.aspx |archive-date=February 2, 2016 }} More than 500 musical instruments and 30 computers were used to create IF VI WAS IX. Created by Seattle-based sound sculptor, Trimpin, IF VI WAS IX is equipped with earphones that allow audiences to tune into the various musical permutations performed.</ref>
* The world's largest collection of [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]], [[Manuscript|hand-written]] lyrics, personal instruments, and original photographs celebrating the music and history of Seattle musician [[Jimi Hendrix]] and the band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].
* [[Instructional materials|Educational resources]] including MoPOP's Curriculum Connections in-museum workshops and outreach programs; STAR (Student Training in Artistic Reach); Creativity Camps for Kids; Teen Artist Workshops; Write Out of This World, an annual sci-fi and fantasy short story contest for 3rd to 12th graders; and the Hip-Hop Artist Residency.
* Public programs such as MoPOP's Science Fiction + Fantasy [[Short film|Short Film]] Festival, Pop Conference, the Youth Advisory Board (YAB), and Sound Off!, the [[Pacific Northwest]]'s premier battle-of-the-bands.

MoPOP was also the location of the first [[NIME]] workshop's concert and demo program. This subsequently became the annual International Conference on [[New Interfaces for Musical Expression]], a venue for research on [[music technology]].