Steve Anderson

Please join us -- in person or online -- for the final event of the Adobe-sponsored Design | Technology | Theory series on Monday May 19th at 1:00PM in the ZML. As a wrap-up to the series, we will be addressing the topic "Design, Theory, Practice and the Future of Scholarship."

What will the next generation of design scholarship look like? In many circles, the archaic stillness of traditional academic texts has given way to new forms of expression that are computational, visual, sonic, mobile or interactive. Join us for a dynamic roundtable pecha kucha-style showdown. It features five designer-scholars: Julian Bleecker, Kristy Kang, Veronica Paredes, Jen Stein, and Steve Anderson, each of whom is operating at the intersection of theory and practice in their production of artistic and scholarly works.

To register in advance for this event please go to the following link:
http://adobekwbu.acrobat.com/pechakucha/event/registration.html

After registering, please go to the following link at the time of the event and enter your username and password:
http://adobekwbu.acrobat.com/pechakucha/event/login.html

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The Getty Museum is currently hosting “California Video,” a survey of 40 years of video art made in California. To complement this show, the IML’s Anne Bray has curated a stellar program of cutting edge videos from 1980 forward called “Hotbed: Video Cultivation Beside the Getty Gardens"; it will feature 20 videos projected outside on the walls of the Getty in a spectacular and unprecedented display this Friday, May 9 (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.). The show continues on Saturday, but this conflicts with the IMD thesis show opening, so plan accordingly!

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The New Ecology of Things comes to ZML this Friday April 25 1:00-2:30PM!
The New Ecology of Things (NET) is a research initiative to explore emerging forms of interactive communication brought about by pervasive networked technologies. The project began as a studio class run by Art Center's Graduate Media Design Program (MDP) and has evolved into a conceptual model, a forum for discussion, an ongoing series of projects, technological inventions, and new issues for design pedagogy. The NET website, which is part of a transmedia publication that includes a book, a poster, and video content for mobile devices, just launched in March 2008.

Join us for a panel discussion with three of key designers of the NET project from Art Center College of Design, Phil van Allen, Anne Burdick and Nik Hafermaas, who will discuss the project and its multiple approaches to issues of design, technology and theory. This event is part of the iMAP/Adobe Design | Technology | Theory series and will be simulcast live via Adobe Connect. To attend virtually, please register here.

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Please join the USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy for the Honors in Multimedia Scholarship 1st Annual Senior Thesis Showcase, featuring a gala reception and exhibition of student projects. Witness the innovative work produced by students from all corners of the campus, featuring interactive projects related to biology, engineering, international relations, psychology, sociology, cinema, business, theater, and more.


Friday April 18, 2008

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

The event is free and open to the public, but we ask that you RSVP:
imlrsvp@cinema.usc.edu

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Wednesday, April 2, 4:00 - 5:30
Zemeckis Media Lab (RZC 201)

Throughout the Web's short history, creative people have wielded code to make interactive experiences that are delightful, innovative, and fun. This talk, presented in conjunction with USC's Web design contest Webfest, will give a subjective history of the Web and computational design, starting with early hypertext experiments from the mid-1990s to recent media-rich works.

Peter Cho is a Los Angeles-based media artist and designer. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the UCLA Design | Media Arts department, where his work dealt with issues of language, writing, and meaning and a Master of Science degree from the MIT Media Lab, where his design research explored custom models for typography in time-based and reactive media. He has received honors for his work from Ars Electronica, Tokyo Type Directors Club, New York Art Directors Club, ID Magazine, and Print Magazine. His work has been shown at the Telic Gallery, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Ars Electronica, Art Sonje, Seoul Arts Center, the Art Directors Club, and Cooper Union. His interests include issues of electronic textuality, narrative, and mapping.

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Alex Galloway presents Guy Debord's The Game of War
Monday, March 31, 2008: 3:30 - 4:30PM
Taper Hall Room 212

The Institute for Multimedia Literacy is pleased to present Alex Galloway, speaking on "Guy Debord's The Game of War." In this presentation, Galloway explores the contradiction between Debord — a symbol of radical politics and art in 1960s France — and the 19th century Napoleonic campaign game he created. In 1978, Debord designed and fabricated a board game called The Game of War. Thirty years later, Galloway's software collective RSG is resurrecting this largely forgotten game, translating instructions from French to Java and releasing it as an online computer game.

Galloway is an author and programmer who is also a founding member of the software collective RSG and creator of the data surveillance engine Carnivore. Galloway is the author of Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization (MIT, 2004), Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture (Minnesota, 2006) and a new book co-authored with Eugene Thacker called The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (Minnesota, 2007). Galloway teaches at New York University.

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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

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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

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Hold onto your mouse ears! In an unprecedented move, Disney-ABC is inviting students in the USC School of Cinematic Arts to participate in a remix contest using selected materials from Disney-ABC television shows and online content from the website ABC.com. This is not a joke! This is a real challenge with real cash prizes for the best remixes in six categories including Music Videos, Mashups and Remix Trailers. Winners in each category will receive a cash prize and their work will appear on ABC.com. Details are still forthcoming, but a representative from the Digital Media Group at Disney-ABC will be on campus next Wednesday Oct 10th at 5:00PM in the Zemeckis Media Lab (RZC 201) to answer all your (many, many) questions and expressions of incredulity. The times they are a-changin'.

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This Friday beginning at 8:00PM Monumento 872 offers an opportunity to unearth and engage downtown Los Angeles in the night using mobile devices, GPS tracking, and media databases, that become part of a live media collage created by visitors, surrounding communities, and online participants. The evening of culture will explore artistic and historical landscapes of Los Angeles through the expressive potential of emerging mobile media, live music, graph art, artist performances, and an installation of art objects. The event celebrates and takes place in one of Los Angeles' latest "historical cultural monuments", the Juncture Block Building, and at the new Los Angeles State Historic Park.

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On Tuesday, March 27th, USC Free Culture is hosting an important panel titled "Intellectual Property Rights and the Modern University: How to Move Forward."

Just last week, the Recording Industry Association of America sent out its second wave of threats to universities demanding the names of students suspected of downloading music. Some universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison have denounced these bullying tactics, while the University of Nebraska has begun billing the RIAA for each complaint they receive. Come find out exactly how USC's administration has responded and what kind of leadership role our university could take in the future. Panelists will also discuss the movement to reform intellectual property policies within the school of Cinematic Arts and the implications of copyright reform beyond the university.

This event is free and open to the public.
When: March 27, 2007, 5-6 pm.
Where: USC's Taper Hall, Rm 301

Moderator: Geoffrey Cowan - Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication
Panelists: David A. Abel - President, CEO, ABL, Inc.
Publisher/Managing Editor The Planning Report and Metro Investment Report. Chairman, New Schools/ Better Neighborhoods
Lincoln Bandlow - Partner, Fox, Spillane & Shaeffer and Visiting Professor at the Annenberg School of Journalism
Larry Gross - Director, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Michael Renov - Associate Dean, USC School of Cinematic Arts and Professor of Critical Studies
Jen Urban - Director, USC Intellectual Property Clinic and Clinical Associate Professor, USC Gould School of Law

For additional information on these issues, see USC's Free Culture website

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On Friday and Saturday February 9 - 10, the UC Digital Arts Research Network is sponsoring an amazing symposium and series of workshops for open source users, advocates, and developers at the EDA, Broad Art Center at UCLA. The symposium includes a stellar lineup of speakers and workshops on Friday and Saturday, preceded by a talk by Nicolas Negroponte on Thursday February 8th. Complete schedule is here.

Friday Feb 9 Symposium:
Cory Doctorow - USC, Boing Boing
Greg Niemeyer - UC Berkeley
David Cuartielles - Arduino.cc, K3 Malmo
Beatriz da Costa - UC Irvine
Xavier Amatriain - UC Santa Barbara, MATi, CREATE
Michael Zbyszynski - UC Berkeley, CNMAT
Ben Fry - Processing.org, Carnegie Mellon
Robert Nideffer - UC Irvine

Saturday Feb 9 Workshops:
Processing - Ben Fry
Arduino - David Cuartielles
PD - August Black

Admission is free but registration is required

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Today, Tuesday Jan 23rd at 7:00PM, USC's Free Culture group is having its second semester kick off in the Annenberg School West Lobby (opposite Heritage Hall)! Come and find out how you can get involved with various Free Culture projects for the coming semester. Or just come for the FREE PIZZA. Either way you can't lose!  

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The USC Free Culture club and Cinematheque 108 present a special screening of This Film Is Not Yet Rated tonight at 7:00 in Lucas 108. Director Kirby Dick will be present to discuss his controversial and important new film, which dares to take on the MPAA's double-secret ratings system and the shadowy figures who decide (when they're not filing lawsuits or sending cease-and-desist letters) what is safe for us to watch. Don't miss this rare opportunity! Free and open to the public. Read more...

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The Remix Weekend continues this afternoon and evening at the Annenberg Center! At 2:00 we will screen the winners of the Night of the Living Dead remix contest (good luck, Mike!), followed at 3:30 by a panel discussion on the Roots and Future of Remix. At 5:00, IMD's own Perry Hoberman will perform a live, algorithmic remix of a Laurie Anderson talk, followed by our closing keynote address by Joi Ito at 5:30. A reception and Blur+Sharpen remix video program follows and then the weekend concludes with the mind-altering antics of the TV Sheriff at 7:30PM. You don't want to miss this!

Complete schedule is here.

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Don't miss the start of Remix Weekend at the Annenberg Center this Saturday November 4! This 2-day extravaganza begins at 12:30 with a series of hands-on remix workshops, including Barbara Lattanzi's Optical De-dramatization Engine and the low-tech magic of Animal Charm. At 6:30PM archivist, artist and activist, Rick Prelinger will deliver our first keynote presentation/collage/call to arms in the copyright wars, followed by a VJ performance and file-sharing party hosted by Rene Garcia and Leonardo Bondani: bring your DVDs and put on your own VJ show! And at 9:30, we are very proud to host the world premiere of Anne McGuire's Adventure Poseidon, The (The Unsinking of My Ship), a cinematic spectacle unlike anything you have ever experienced! Complete schedule is here.

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Halloween may be over but the horror continues with an entire show of spine-tingling, experimental digital shorts and music videos tonight at 8:00PM in the Ron Howard Theater. Where else can you see Hieronymus Bosch images brought to life by the sounds of Buckethead and bikini-clad girls performing amputations with dull instruments?

Blur+Sharpen screenings take place in the Ron Howard Theater at the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts (3131 S. Figueroa St. across from the Shrine Auditorium). Free and open to the public. More Information

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Blur + Sharpen returns with a show of text-based videos that showcase the power of designed typography. Highlights include Dutch graphic artist Mieke Gerritzen’s acclaimed Beautiful World, a confrontational exploration of visual signs, codes and slogans that questions globalization and consumer identity in a fast-paced moving graphics extravaganza. We’ll also screen a pair of jazzy, Web-based pieces by the Korean collective Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, the ASCII vision of Beck by Associates in Science and other shorts and music videos. Complete program is here.

The show will begin immediately after Simon Penny's 511 presentation on September 27 at 8:00PM in the Ron Howard Screening Room, Zemeckis Center, 3131 South Figueroa - Free and open to the public!

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In case you missed Cory Doctorow's notice on BoingBoing, the first meeting of USC's newly formed Free Culture group is taking place this Monday 9/11 at 6:30PM in the lobby of the Annenberg School building (not the Annenberg Center). The meeting is open to graduate and undergraduate students and faculty who are interested in the current battles over copyright and control of the public domain, as well as USC's own intellectual property policies. Cory Doctorow will speak briefly and there will be free pizza -come ready to fight for your right to participate in media culture.

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The Annenberg Center's Networked Publics group is sponsoring a talk by Howard Rheingold on Monday April 3, 2:00-4:00 at ACC. The talk is titled "Technologies of Cooperation: A New Story About How Humans Get Things Done"

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