MAP member to present at Blender Conference
posted: October 12, 2009
Main Theater at the Blender Conference
The8th Annual Blender Conference will be held this October 23-25 in Amsterdam and Wray Bowling is going to be there to present and represent western North Carolina. Blender is a free open source 3D content creation suite which is available for all operating systems. That's pretty cool, so check out their site for more interesting stuff, including the schedule for the conference.
Wray's talk will be a review of his techniques for digital puppetry using Blender and Open Sound Control. The presentation will run for thirty minutes and in three parts: A short performance, a short lecture on the inner workings, and his projection for the future of Blender & Hardware input devices.
Talks will be happening all weekend, and in the past the conference has been broadcasted live over the internet, as it happens. Expect this to be the case again this year. If you're interested in seeing Wray's talk specifically, you'll have to wake up by 8:00am because of the extreme hour time zone difference (it will be 2:00 in the afternoon in Amsterdam). It looks like they'll post the video to their site after the conference, so don't worry if you miss it.
Re-Viewing Black Mountain College An International Conference
posted: October 1, 2009
October 9-11, 2009 on the UNC Asheville Campus
The legacy of Black Mountain College continues to inform contemporary culture in multiple realms. This conference will investigate its history as well as the multiple paths of influence, actual and possible, identifiable in the contemporary world and beyond.
The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the University of North Carolina Asheville are pleased to announce Re-Viewing Black Mountain College, a three-day international conference October 9-11, 2009 to take place on the UNC Asheville campus. Scholars from all over the United States and as far away as France will gather in Asheville to share their ideas about the history and ongoing influence of the famous progressive college community located just outside of Black Mountain from 1933-1957.
The keynote speaker for the conference is BMC alumna and acclaimed artist Dorothea Rockburne. Her presentation will take place on Saturday, October 10th at 7:00pm at UNCA. Rockburne’s Astronomy Drawings series of paintings is currently on display at BMCM+AC as part of its yearlong celebration of the women of Black Mountain College. A student at BMC in the 1950s, Dorothea Rockburne has been immersed in the contemporary art scene since that time. During the sixties she was involved in Judson Dance Theatre performances with artists such as Oldenburg and Rauschenberg. From 1965 until today she has shown internationally. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a NEA grant, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Department of Art, in 2001 and received the National Academy Museum Artist's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. Selected highlights from the weekend schedule include:
Alone Together: On Merce Cunningham and the Question of Black Mountain College’s Artistic Legacy – Kate Markoski, Johns Hopkins University
What Josef Albers Taught at Black Mountain College, and What Black Mountain College Taught Albers - Frederick A. Horowitz, Washtenaw College
Black Mountain College: Form as the Creator of Content - Mary Emma Harris, Scholar, NY
The Weaver and the Architect: Reconstructing the Modern Shelter - Kirsten Dahlquist, University of South Florida
Aftereffects: Buckminster Fuller and the Legacy of Black Mountain College –Eva Diaz, Pratt Institute
“Like a Girl:” Gendered Sexual Difference at Black Mountain College and the Development of Postmodernism - Jonathan Katz, SUNY Buffalo
Motion Sculpture Movement Installation: Attack Of The Killer Stripey Tubes!!! - Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Cilla Vee Life Arts
Performance of “This Paradise Apart” a play by David Hopes, UNC-Asheville
In addition to over 50 scholarly presentations, the weekend conference will include poetry readings, performances and a clay, color and word workshop. A full conference schedule can be viewed at www.blackmountaincollege.org. Presenters include authors, educators, artists, independent scholars, poets, an architect and an experimental musician. The one thing they all share is a fascination with Black Mountain College and a common belief that it was an extremely significant educational and artistic endeavor that deserves attention, study and discourse. Admission to the conference is $10 per day or $15 for the weekend with free admission for UNCA faculty, staff + students. For advance tickets please call BMCM+AC at 828-350-8484.
Local fans of the TED conference present TEDxAsheville, an independently organized TED event, Sunday, August 30, 7–11 p.m. at The Orange Peel.
Mix your favorite mind-blowing lecture in college with a hot night out at a club, add a few beers, and you've got TEDxAsheville, where smart is sexy and great ideas are the name of the game. Five Asheville visionaries join a sprinkling of all-local performance talent for a night of fun for your head that promises inspiration, excitement and ideas worth spreading.
Confirmed 2009 TEDxAsheville speakers include: Dee Eggers, UNC Asheville professor of environmental science Drew Jones of the Sustainability Institute, creator of interactive climate simulations David McConville of the Elumenati, media artist, entrepreneur, inventor and community activist
Caroline Yongue, Buddhist minister and director of Asheville’s Center for End-of-Life Transitions
Robert Zimmerman, Bug Logic coder, designer and illustrator
This late-summer conference event is FREE, seats will fill QUICKLY. Arrive early if you can.
TEDxAsheville official website: tedxavl.com
TEDTalks sample videos: tedxavl.com/videos
Facebook: search TEDxAsheville
Twitter: follow @TEDxAVL
ABOUT TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED created a program it calls TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxAsheville, where “x” = an independently organized TED event. At TEDxAsheville, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection within the audience.
The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
Join us as leading scientists and digital visualization experts from research, academia, government, and industry meet
in Asheville, NC.
AppliedVis 2006 will be held at the Haynes Conference and Technology Training Center on the AB-Tech,
Enka Campus on Friday, November 10th from 8am until 6:30pm.
Learn more about the symposium at
http://www.appliedvis.org
Asheville is the regional hub for technology, high performance computing, weather and climate
data, GIS expertise, industry, and education, and multi-media arts - forming a strong culture focused on the the growing field of applied
visualization. This is the third annual conference, building on the successes of Quarks to Quasars in 2004 and AppliedVis 2005.
Be a part of this rapidly growing field by joining us for AppliedVis 2006.
Applied visualization is the use of
computer-based technologies that make large amounts of information more understandable by combining the results of data analysis, computing
models, interactive technologies, display technologies, and narrative development. The results provide people from all sectors (including
community planners, scientists, media professionals, engineers, educators, artists, designers, and business people) the ability to communicate
complex ideas in ways that are easily understandable to a wide variety of audiences. Primary applications include weather forecasting,
environmental modeling, urban planning, science communication, financial models and medical analysis.
Be a part of this
rapidly growing field by joining us for AppliedVis 2006.
Asheville, NC- July 21-23, 2006—The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) is returning to Asheville for the city’s second annual competition. Over 34 teams are expected to compete this year beginning on Friday, July 21 and ending Sunday July 23 at Asheville Pizza Company, on Merrimon Ave. In addition to winning prizes at the local level, Asheville’s 2006 winner will battle teams from 36 cities worldwide at the 48HFP Panasonic HD Filmmaker Showdown, giving them the opportunity to win film equipment and a chance for national distribution.
The 48 Hour Film Project is a frenetic race to the finish unlike any other film competition. Teams must write, shoot, and edit their films beginning at 7 PM Friday, July 21, and deliver a finished movie by 7:30 PM Sunday July 23rd. Teams are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue at Friday’s Kick-off Event that must be included in their film. Each filmmaker is responsible for gathering the necessary cast, crew and equipment needed to produce a complete short film in just 48 hours. Whether this is a first effort or the work of professionals, all skill levels are eligible and encouraged to participate in this competition.
This year’s judges are writer/producer, Denise Kiernan, television writer, Brenda Lilly and film guru/owner of Orbit DVD, Mark McCloud. And a huge thanks to our sponsors Asheville Pizza Company- for providing a venue to show our fabulous films; Advantage West- for supporting local filmmakers and our industry; and
Bonesteel films- for being a brilliant production sponsor (they take in all the films and make one master dvd!).
The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is to advance local filmmaking and promote local filmmakers. The competition emphasizes building communities of filmmakers and creative people. It facilitates new connections, showcases skills and celebrates what creativity and teamwork can accomplish in just one weekend.
All completed films will be screened for the public on Tuesday July 25, Wednesday July 26, and Thursday July 27- Showtimes are 5:30pm; 8:00pm and 10:30pm each night! Tickets are $5-
Screenwriter Terry Curtis Fox
posted: March 20, 2005
Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company- Sunday, March 20th, 2005 2pm
Western Carolina University brings Hollywood screenwriter Terry Curtis Fox to Asheville. He will discuss the challenges of writing for series television.
Off the MAP Event: “Finding a Voice” Terry Curtis Fox
Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company-
Sunday, March 20th 2pm
Hollywood screenwriter Terry Curtis Fox, visiting artist in Western Carolina University’s department of English, will discuss the challenges of writing for series television Sunday, March 20, during the third presentation in his semester-long series of lectures, and the first to be held in Asheville.
Fox, a member of the board of directors of the Writers Guild of America who has written for “Diagnosis: Murder,” “Hill Street Blues” and “Stargate SG-1,” will speak on the topic “Finding a Voice” at 2 p.m. at the Asheville Brewing and Pizza Co. on Merrimon Avenue. The program is open to the public free of charge.
“Terry will offer insight into how writers define a series’ characters and how they discover the tone of a new show,” said Jack Sholder, a motion picture director, writer and editor who joined Western’s faculty in September as professor of digital motion pictures and video. “He will explore the interaction between the show’s creators and staff, between writers and directors, and between writers and the star. He’ll discuss what a network and production studio expect when a new series goes on the air, and what makes a show difficult and exciting to write.
“In other words, once you’ve achieved the near-impossible goal of getting a show on the schedule, what then?” said Sholder, who directed “The Hidden,” “Nightmare on Elm Street 2,” “Renegades” and HBO’s “By Dawn’s Early Light,” and who won an Emmy Award for his editing work on “3-2-1 Contact.”
The classes are part of a new motion picture studies concentration and a proposed digital motion picture production major being developed at the university.
The Media Arts Project (MAP):
News about the 48 Hour Film Project
We have added two new screenings! Tuesday and Wednesday will have 4pm screenings. Be sure to buy your screening tickets from Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company (APBC) right away.They are selling fast.
The screenings will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday and can only be purchased in person at APBC. There will also be a Thursday evening screening of the winners.
The Media Arts Project (MAP) had a great success with the workshop for the 48 Hour Film Project at the University of North Carolina Asheville and in cooperation with AB Tech and local media professionals. A special thank you to Paul Bonesteel, Steve Agnew, Kurt Mann, Jonothan Ross, Hal Marienthal, Amanda Edwards and Don Diefenbach.
Multimedia Day Artist's Seminar
posted: October 28, 2004
Thursday, November 4th
10am-4pm
UNCA Highsmith Building
On Thursday, November 4th, the MAP will present Multimedia Day as a part of the The Asheville Area Arts Council's
annual Artists’ Seminar Series. The day of classes will offer a good introduction to multimedia for beginners, but also interest more experienced artists. The seminar at UNCA's Highsmith building
will begin at 10:00 a.m. and run until 4:00 p.m.
David McConville and Craig Hobbs of Black Box Studio
will begin the discussions of multimedia. Brian Jones and Gary Crossey of FastFWD and Heather Malloy of Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance
will follow with discussion ofthe possibilities of multidisciplinary collaboration. During afternoon sessions, Nathan Ebanks of Stratos Digital will offer a workshop in 3D animation; Crossey will lead a Flash workshop; Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood of Mountain Eye Media
will demonstrate video editing; and Lisa Shenouda of Division Zero
will address print design.
Sign up here.
Or, recommend this event to contacts and friends who could benefit from knowing more about multimedia.
From Quark to Quasars Symposium
posted: April 23, 2004
Asheville's Media Arts Project hosted a two-day symposium at UNC-Asheville on April 23 and April 24, 2004. The event, From Quark to Quasars: The Art and Technology of Visualizing Science, was a huge success with over 200 participants attending. Our goal was to provide educational outreach to and demonstration for the local community about ways in which multimedia can be used as public interfaces for scientific research.
The event included two days of free-of-charge educational opportunities for
media artists, scientists, students of all ages and the interested public.
The public sessions were free and open to the public on a first-come first-serve
basis. There was no advanced ticketing or registration, so early arrival is
recommended. All events took place at UNCA's Lipinsky
Auditorium.Here is the description of events with bios of our special guests:
Plenary Session
Friday April 23 2PM –
4:30PM
From visualizations of DNA replication to models of nebula at the outer
reaches of the universe, scientists are relying on 3D animation, multimedia
productions and immersive displays to present their ideas to each other and the
public. You are invited to two free presentations from nationally acclaimed
science visualizers from NASA and the Hayden Planetarium. Experience vizualized
views of outer space flight into Asheville from the Symposium Auditorium during
the NASA/NOAA Earth Science Electronic Theater presentation. Journey to the Red
Planet visualized in sweeping Martian landscapes created by one of the top
astro-visualization artist in the country.
Join Dr. Hasler for a special high-definition presentation and discussion of
Earth science observations and visualizations from NASA and NOAA. Dr. Hasler’s
40-year professional career includes work with NASA/Goddard and terms at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder and the Laboratoire de
Meteorologie Dynamique in Paris. He is the recipient of numerous honors and
awards including the NASA/GSFC Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA
Exceptional Service Medal and Excellence in Outreach Award. He is currently the
Chairman of the NASA/NOAA/AMS Earth Science Electronic Theater
3:30PM
Mr. Carter Emmart Hayden Planetarium, Rose
Center for Earth and Space (New York, NY)
Join Mr. Emmart for an interactive fly-through of the Digital
Universe, a three-dimensional digital atlas of all celestial objects from
our solar neighborhood to the outer reaches the universe. Mr. Emmart is the
Director of the Astrovisualization at Hayden Planetarium's Rose Center for Earth
and Space and has worked with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, NASA
and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. He has received awards
from the Environmental Protection Agency and the American Geophysical
Union.
Panel Session Saturday April 24 10AM – 1PM
Hear from regional
experts about the increasing commonality between media art and science
presentation/education. From the outer limits of technological tools like High
Definition Television (HDTV) projection, immersive 3D visual “caves,” and
interactive gaming engines, our two panels will explore a variety of techniques
and case studies.
“The Outer limits of Art for Science Visualization”
Moderated by David McConville, Black Box Studio Lorraine Walsh, UNCA
Multimedia Arts & Science Department John Payne, Wedge Gallery Carter
Emmart, Rose Center of Earth and Space
11:30AM
“Science and Media Art – Creative Commonalities”
Moderated by Dr. Ned Gardiner, Science Bulletins, American Museum of Natural
History Dr. Fritz Hasler, NASA E-Theater, Goddard Space Center Stewart Dickson,
Oak Ridge National Laboratories Craig Hobbs, Black Box Studio
Hosted by UNC-Asheville and the Media Arts Project. Sponsored by Blue Ridge
Entrepreneurial Council, an initiative of AdvantageWest, RBC Centura, and the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce. With special thanks to the Haywood Park Hotel,
Flying Frog Café, and Sweetmonkey Bakery.
Join us as leading scientists and digital visualization experts from research, academia, government, and industry meet
in Asheville, NC.
Asheville, NC- July 21-23, 2006—The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) is returning to Asheville for the city’s second annual competition. Over 34 teams are expected to compete this year beginning on Friday, July 21 and ending Sunday July 23 at Asheville Pizza Company, on Merrimon Ave. In addition to winning prizes at the local level, Asheville’s 2006 winner will battle teams from 36 cities worldwide at the 48HFP Panasonic HD Filmmaker Showdown, giving them the opportunity to win film equipment and a chance for national distribution.
