Sure. It might encourage me to actually finish the 3D project I started this summer (interactive Telltale Space)!

Exhibitions, conferences, scheduled presentations are, I've found, some of the best ways to reach project milestones! I'd be willing to help figure out how to organize a fall exhibition, if it's appropriate.

We need to set this up as a legacy for DIM. As I've stated in previous talks on the matter, the space across from Starbucks in the UV is open for student exhibits. I'll try to dig up info on the logistics. We need to do this for ourselves and for division exposure!

Yeah, that space would be fine, though I think it would be better to hold the event on-campus or at Zemeckis, if at all possible.

We need a gallery space. Z is a production facility. There is no space to show. Want a another place? Make a suggestion.

logistically, I think an on-campus space would be better, but I remember the tour we got of the space downtown was pretty sweet...wonder how that is coming along.

The reason I recommend exhibiting on-campus is that it calls more attention to our school, as well as the fact that our program is associated with that school. Keyframe, First Look, etc. are all on-campus, and I really think ours needs to be as well. Scott did say once that there are "plenty of spaces available on campus."

Woopdi-friggin do da! Set it up Mike.

I think Zemeckis is out of the question (being a research lab), unless there's crucial equipment that needs to be used by someone. But, I think if there is something immersive, an HMD can be used. If there's something that needs to be surround sound, headphones can be used. I'm sure there's a way to take down the fisheye camera for tracking without too much difficulty...

Depending on the impact it would have on the lab, I think it would be interesting to take down some projectors (I think we have extras as well...) and mount them in a gallery space for things such as games, shockwave, HTML, etc.

As far as mobile stuff goes, I’m sure people can figure out some way of exhibiting. Maybe people can go outside into the immediate area of the gallery and experience a mobile project, and then reconvene in the gallery to look over the data...or, if the space is large, they can roam around that.

I think we need to find a space on or nearby campus, simply because drastically fewer people (especially busy college students) are going to go to an off campus space to see art.

Unless of course we get booth babes: http://www.e3girls.com/

Although it's a bit late, Fisher Gallery is open (according to their schedule) after Oct. 25th.

http://www.usc.edu/org/fishergallery/calendar.shtml

I don't really know about avaialble spaces, but I'd be willing to do leg work if people had suggestions.

Do you suggest anything Scott?

Barring having gone and analyzed the spaces, the UV space I think could be good because:

1. From what I recall, the UV gallery is larger than Fisher (which, I'm guessing, is 12 x 40).
2. You can get a daytime lunch/coffee crowd.
3. It's easy to find.

Yes, the UV gallery, is a gallery, a large gallery, meant for student shows. The space is large white and empty, perfect for installations or projections. We need to move forward on this and make sure it happens before we all get carried away with the school year.

i had suggested using the zml for an informal open house type showcase a few times a semester, treating it as a one-night art opening and getting word out. i could see these types of events (when done with regularity) being quite popular.

i think the fact that the lab is a production area to be a positive, not a negative. i know that a lot of the work i am doing needs specific equipment/software/hardware. using the projectors simplys isnt feasible at other locations and moving the g5s back and forth isnt the best either.

showing games, mods, projections, cam projects etc are all perfect for the zml. i really think it could be a nice, low key type thing.

I think having regular open houses is a great idea, particularly to get user feedback on projects that aren't completed.

But the ZML isn't well suited for showing multiple works at once as part of an exhibition; particularly ones that require space for movement. I'm sure we'll find ways around the logistics of moving equipment in order to have a spring thesis exhibit. I don't think it matters if we figure that out in the fall.

On top of all this, (as MFA candidates) we're not all console game designers, and exhibiting is something that you should cut your teeth on in school.

It is great that we are thinking about showcasing our projects. However, shouldn't there be a discussion of WHAT will be exhibited before we preoccupy ourselves with WHERE? It seems logical that the type of content/installation should inform the choice in location, venue, duration, etc. I would also guess that one venue will not meet the needs of all projects.

I would show a shockwave piece, and possibly use a webcam or hmd. This (and anyone else's shockwave, flash, html, etc.) could be run off of the same system with a projector (or on an additional system and projector).

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