Off the MAP: Non-Symbolic Animation
posted: March 31, 2005
Non-Symbolic Animation Presentation by Chris McKee
Thursday, March 31, 2005 7-9 pm
BMCM+AC, 56 Broadway Avenue
$5 donation
Join The Media Arts Project and the BMCM+AC for another event in the monthly Off the MAP series. Artist and curator, Chris McKee will present at the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center located at 56 Broadway Avenue in downtown Asheville.
Chris Mckee will screen collected animations, followed by a discussion about the works and related topics.
The animations are an exploration into the world of non-symbolic animation. The foundation of the animations are based on basic design concepts and the following question: What will happen when a visual environment is created based on compositional theory that consists of unfamiliar imagery?
The primary objective of the animations was to create a world without symbols that is depicted through shape, color, and form.
The concepts involving shape, color, and form are personally constructed and firmly grounded in mathematics and science.
The discussion will cover:
1) shape
2) color in relation to shape
3) sound
4) editing
The event will run from 7-9pm on Thursday, March 31st. Five dollar donations will be accepted at the door. Proceeds will go to the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and the Media Arts Project.
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.
