Shivers Down the Spine: IMAX and Immersive Visual Entertainment
(Adrienne already sent an announcement to the general IMD list, but I just want to make sure that everyone is aware of it - if you are seriously interested in the future of interactive and/or immersive entertainment you will not want to miss this.)
Shivers Down the Spine: IMAX and Immersive Visual Entertainment
Visions and Voices
Thursday, September 4, 2008 : 7:30pm
IMAX Theater, California Science Center
Exposition Park, 39th Street and Figueroa Street
Located across the street from USC. Parking will be available for $8 at Exposition Park.
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
Explore the power of immersive visual experiences with a screening of the 3-D IMAX movie Mummies 3-D: Secrets of the Pharaohs. The screening will be followed by a discussion with film scholar Alison Griffiths, associate professor of communication studies at Baruch College, City University of New York, and author of Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View. The discussion will examine the ways that spectacular entertainments shape our bodily and cultural sensibilities. The event will also look at why these attractions maintain such an enduring appeal for a wide variety of audiences, as they bring together science, sensation and virtuality. The event will introduce attendees to the growing academic field of visual studies and to USC’s visual studies program. A reception will follow.