EXHIBITION HOURS
May 6-11 / 12-8pm
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OPENING RECEPTION
May 6, 2006 4-8pm

ARTIST TALKS
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BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
May 12, 2006

Robert Zemeckis Center
for the Digital Arts
3131 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90089
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The USC School of Cinema-Television Interactive Media Division proudly presents dimension 9, an exhibition of graduate thesis projects from our three-year MFA program. These nine unique projects range from mobile media to games to immersive installations, from playful fantasies to harsh realities, and from live performance to intimate interaction. Taken together, they exemplify the promise of interactive media - glimpses of digital futures, visions of new aesthetics, and multiplicities of dimensions - all worthy of exploration.

FEATURED WORKS

I Am More Than My Thumb
by KELLEE SANTIAGO
A body-based interface experiment seeking to engage the entire body, using the game ‘Cloud’.
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Technophiles Anonymous
by ANDREW SACHER
An interactive confessional booth inspired by the recent deluge of personal technological devices saturating our world. 
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Darfur: Play your Part
by SUSANA RUIZ
A multiplayer online game that thematically explores the current crisis in the Darfur region of the Sudan and seeks to incite social change.
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Ah-Satan
by ASHLEY YORK
An immersive live cinema performance that explores the incarceration of six Kentucky teenagers.
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SECT: Share, Engage, Connect with Television
by JULIE DILLON
A program that aims to replicate the social dynamics of watching television in an online environment and create a shared community (http://sect.tv/)
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Flow in Games
by JENOVA CHEN
A methodology for realizing player-centric dynamic experience adjustment in video games.
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Communio
by BRAD NEWMAN
An interactive game installation focused on cooperation in its content, controls, and presentation environment.
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Telmahre
by MICHAEL STEFFEN
The tragic tale of Tobias Rosseau told through interactive cinematics.
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Journey of Jin
by STEPHEN ERIN DINEHART
An episodic mobile phone game that invites the user to join a tribal warrior on his quest to help his people.
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