Project Remix one week left!
Just a reminder that there is exactly one week left to complete your submissions to Project Remix. DVDs must be received at the Institute for Multimedia Literacy at 746 W. Adams Blvd by 5:00PM on Monday November 26!
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November 19, 2007
Missing the point
Thanks, Peter, for this moment of zen. It has indeed been a long time since I sat and did nothing and even longer since I sat and watched someone else doing nothing - probably since Andy Warhol's Eat, a 39 minute film of artist Robert Indiana eating a single mushroom. As with your video, about half way into the film, Indiana's cat jumps onto the couch where he is sitting, curls around the artist's neck for a few reels, then moves on. Eliding the important differences between them, the key to durational film and video is settling into a work's internal temporal logic. When the cat enters frame after 15 minutes of Eat, it is as ecstatic as any cinematic experience I have ever had. Something similar happens in James Benning's Sogobi when the helicopter appears after 20 minutes of static shots of unpopulated wilderness. Without 20 minutes of minimalism preceding it, the shot loses its power. Sadly, the days of durational film and video are numbered if not gone altogether - a Google search for Eat returns a YouTube video of a single, decontextualized reel with the cat, which seems to me to be missing the point entirely. And so, in the spirit of perversity, I offer the following remix of your excellent video for those who will not rise to your challenge, distilled to one minute, with a perky score by Bongwater, and converted for handy viewing on the iPod. How's that for missing the point?
November 13, 2007
Design | Technology | Theory Monday 11/19 10:00AM
Join Erik Loyer of Song New Creative, Dmitri Siegel, art director for Urban Outfitters, and Peter Lunenfeld, Art Center College of Design for the first in a series of panel discussions exploring aspects of contemporary design, media and culture. The panel is taking place in the Zemeckis Media Lab (RZC 201) at 10:00AM on Monday November 19th. The discussion, titled "Designing for Convergence" is also being simulcast as an interactive online forum via Adobe Connect. Free and open to the public; follow this link to register online for remote participation. Sponsored by Adobe and iMAP
Description:
The worlds of design and media are in a period of transformation and tumult as industries, technologies and screens converge into increasingly complex, interoperable systems. Some designers and media makers scramble to keep up with these developments, while others flourish in pursuit of new horizons, new media forms, and new opportunities for expression. How do top designers make sure their work rides the wave of convergence, rather than being washed away by it? How does the best contemporary thinking and practice shape the near future of design? Join us for a conversation with three leading figures in the world of design as they discuss the possibilities, problems, and potentials of working in a landscape of shifting design expectations, technologies, and platforms.
When: Monday November 19, 2007, 10:00AM - 11:00 AM PST
Where: Zemeckis Media Lab (RZC 201) and online
Design | Technology | Theory is a series of discussions and workshops co-sponsored by Adobe Systems and the USC School of Cinematic Arts' interdivisional PhD program in Media Arts and Practice (iMAP) http://cinema.usc.edu/imap
November 2, 2007
Blur+Sharpen presents Machinima Artistica
Blur + Sharpen, a screening series sponsored by the Institute for Multimedia Literacy, is pleased to present Machinima Artistica. This program of artist-made machinima focuses on a full range of expression, from the elegiac force of Phil Solomon and Mark Lapore’s haunting Untitled (for David Gatten) to a range of politically motivated critiques of violence and war, explorations of virtual being, and kinetic, abstract pieces that completely transform game worlds into spaces of awe and beauty. This is machinima like you've never seen it before! Curated by Holly Willis.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 : 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Robert Zemeckis Center's Ron Howard Theater
Free and open to the public
November 1, 2007
24/7 A DIY Video Summit registration opens
Registration is now open for:
24/7: A DIY VIDEO SUMMIT
February 8-10, 2008
School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
Conference web site: http://www.video24-7.org
Blog: http://diy.video24-7.org
Spaces are limited for attendance at the academic panels and the workshops. The video screenings are free and open to the public. Please help us spread the word about this event.
24/7: A DIY Video Summit will bring together the many communities that have evolved around do-it-yourself (DIY) video: artists, audiences, technology providers, academics, policy makers and industry executives. The aim is to discover common ground, and to chart the path to a future in which grassroots and mainstream, amateur and professional, artist and audience can all benefit as the medium continues to evolve.
This three-day summit features:
SCREENINGS OF DIY VIDEO
On February 8 and 9, there will be screenings of DIY video that are
open to the public. These will feature curated programs on design
video, activist documentary, youth media, machinima, music video,
political remix and video blogging. The video program will culminate
in an evening program and reception on February 9 that will draw from
all of these video genres.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Registered attendees will have access to the academic program on
February 8 and 9 that features panels on The State of Research, The
State of the Art, DIY Media: The Intellectual Property Dilemma and DIY
Tools and Platforms. Featured speakers include Yochai Benkler, John
Seely Brown, Joi Ito, Henry Jenkins, Lawrence Lessig, and Howard
Rheingold.
WORKSHOPS AND BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER MEETINGS
On February 10, the day will be devoted to practical and hands-on
workshops for registered attendees on topics such as intellectual
property, media creation, distribution and new-media design tools.
Attendees will also have the option of organizing their own birds-of-a-
feather meetings to connect with other attendees