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* Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2010 *
Entry posted on Sep 05 by MasonDixon , tagged Design,Development,Event,Interactive Experience,Mobile,News,Rich Internet Apps,Video

New Motion + New Sound + New Code = http://www.MGFest.com
September 15th through 19th, All Around the City

The Chicago Motion Graphics Festival provides five days of educational, entertainment and networking events featuring artists such as: Herzog & de Meuron, Lucas Arts, N.A.S.A. w/ Tom Waits and Kanye West, Basement Jaxx, Warp Records, Ninja Tune, Royksopp, The Crystal Method, Puma, The Flashbulb, Carl Burgess, The Mill, Dvein, Pleix, Psyop, Max Hattler and many more.

MGFest begins on Wednesday, September 15th at 5pm with "Meetup Massive", a networking flashmob at 1023 South State Street, including over seven different Chicago user groups and collectives dedicated to art and creativity. Later that night, MGFest premiers a Screening Series at Columbia College's Ferguson Center featuring the best of international call for entry submissions as well as selections from Stash's DVD Magazine and Lumen Eclipse's video art exhibits in Boston's Harvard Square. Curated from international talent, the screenings set the tone for MGFest's focus of showcasing innovative local and global artists.

Thursday night, premiering at the Chicago Cultural Center Theater, MGFest presents the MATCH^ showcasing 7 music groups paired with 7 visual acts who'll combine motion, sound and code-based art to ignite a synesthetic performance explosion. Each Audio+Video pair has 7 days to complete a custom-created, 20 minute, audio-visual show to be performed at MATCH^.

On Friday night, attend the Super-String-Social to make connections with some of Chicago's most innovative local artists and creative professionals while checking out the gear that makes it all happen. The Super-String-Social will take place at Leviathan, a new and growing entity within the experimental design community led by storytellers, 3D animators, painters, filmmakers and software developers.

Educational workshops and hands-on intensives take place during the day Wednesday through Sunday. Imagination College Courses include: Maxon's Cinema 4D with Mograph, Programming-based Animation with Adobe Flash ActionScript, plus two special "in the studio" Sound Design Intensives with celebrity sound designers, Benn Jordan (The Flashbulb) and Richard Devine.

MGFest concludes on Sunday, September 19th at Rodan, Chicago's original video bar, with a video installation art showcase set to the contemporary electronic music curated by Living Sundays.

The Motion Graphics Festival is the premier creative conference for motion design, visual effects, sound design and interface technology - presenting a wide array of events including: art showcases, workshops, studio tours, theater screenings, industry mixers, and audio visual showcases.

Full Event Information + Registration >> http://www.MGFest.com/#chicago

MGFest Chicago is sponsored by: Adobe, Maxon, Stash, Leviathan, Columbia College, VidVox, Future Media Concepts, IdN, Netdiver, Sterling Ledet, Gen Arts, Resolume, Boris FX, Livid Instruments, Red Giant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Digieffects, Lumen Eclipse, Toolfarm, Noise Industries, lynda.com, Total Training + more!

Motion Graphics Festival 2010 :: Three Tour Dates Announced, featuring Adobe CS5!
Entry posted on May 11 by MasonDixon , tagged Video,Rich Internet Apps,Mobile,Interactive Experience,Event,Design

MGFest is the premier creative conference for motion design, visual effects, sound design and interface technology.

Atlanta: July 10-11, 2010
Philadelphia: July 24-25, 2010
San Francisco: July 31 – August 1, 2010

Atlanta and Philadelphia include two days of workshops in Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects CS5, Animating with ActionScript 3 and Animating with Javascript. While San Francisco plays host to a two-day conference in motion design and motion code.  

Evening events include screenings in all three cities with artists curated from international talent, such as: Featuring artists such as: The Mill, Dvein, Pleix, Psyop, Herzog & De Meuron, Warp Records, The Crystal Method, Royksopp, Assassin's Creed 2, LucasArts and many more.

Call For Entry
With an artistic lineup of events focused on discovering new talent and providing them an opportunity to showcase their work. The deadline for submissions for Atlanta entry is June 15.

Subscribe to event update here:
http://mgfest.com/connect.php

Full Event Information:
http://MGFest.com/#atlanta
http://MGFest.com/#philly
http://MGFest.com/#sanfran



Adobe Releases CS5!
The Motion Graphics Festival is proud to feature the innovations of Adobe Creative Suite 5
 
ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS CS5: USER REQUESTED!
dozens of user-requested features make everyday tasks easier, including:
 
+ New Compatibility & Performance
+ New Plugins: such as the new version of Color Finesse, the last release Mocha's motion-tracking software, and now, DigiEffects FreeForm.
+ New Tools: like Auto-Keyframe mode, the Refine Matte effect and the stunning New RotoBrush Tool.
+ New Programs: in addition to advancements to Photoshop and Flash, and the addition on a new online program for collaborative script writing and management called Adobe Story.

Get the full story on CS5:
http://mgfest.com/#adobecs5

 

May 5th meeting at Protokulture!
Entry posted on Apr 23 by MasonDixon , tagged Video

Good news everyone!
We will be continuing our tour of Chicago studios this meeting at
Protokulture!

Date:
Wednesday May 5th, 6:30pm

Location:
Protokulture
70 W. Erie on the the 4th floor in the Kerryman building.
Chicago, IL 60602

Please join us at Protokulture for the next user group meeting on
Wednesday May 5th at 6:30. Protokulture is located at 70 W. Erie on
the the 4th floor in the Kerryman building. If you are driving, street
and garage parking is available, but we are also easily reachable via
public transportation.
Designer Nick Hopkins of Protokulture will give a presentation about
non character rigging for commercials graphics and broadcast.
Food and drinks (including alcoholic) will be provided.
Please RSVP to julie@protokulture.com

Protokulture is a design and kinetic media studio focusing on the
creation of high-end artistry and innovative communication serving the
commercial broadcast industry.

www.protokulture.com

MGFest Boston deadline approaching - March 15!
Entry posted on Mar 06 by MasonDixon

The Motion Graphics Festival 

2010 Call for Entry

Send us your finest minutes, your dreams realized, your fictions animated, your adventures recorded, your sweat and passion woven into something of beauty, and we will take it to audiences across the country. Selections will be screened during the 6th annual Motion Graphics Festival tour in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and Washington DC.

The Motion Graphics Festival 2010 presents a year-long, regionally focused program of events in motion design, sound design, and interactivity. 

We are now accepting submissions for 2010!

BOSTON deadline :: March 15th

BOS:MGFest :: April 1st - 5th

ATLANTA deadline :: June 15th

SAN FRANCISCO deadline :: July 15th

CHICAGO deadline : August 15th

AUSTIN deadline : September 15th

WASHINGTON DC deadline : October 15th

Online submissions accepted throughout the year at http://MGFest.com/10/call/

The festival accepts entries from all over the world.

For full information, visit our website: http://MGFest.com/

Next Meeting March 3 at Schawk/Giannini Creative!
Entry posted on Feb 18 by MasonDixon

Our March meeting follows on the the great success of our
last studio visit with another one, this time to Schawk/Giannini
Creative.  Here are the details:

Date:
Wednesday March 3, 6:30pm

Location:
Schawk/Giannini Creative Imaging
1 North Dearborn St, 6th floor
Chicago, IL 60602
Chris Morris, CGI Director


Schawk/Giannini Creative is pleased to be hosting the next
meeting on Wednesday March 3 at 6:30pm.  There will be food, giveaways
and a presentation by one of our CGI artists, Sebastian Szyszka, on
creating the rendering and animation of a Motorola phone that we did
here in our studio.  We are located right in the Loop at Dearborn and
Madison (above Sears).  There is no free parking available at the
building, but there are pay lots nearby and we are close to the CTA.
We hope everyone can join us for a fun time and a lively discussion.
We'd like to have an idea of how many people to expect, so please RSVP
in this thread or via email to Chicagoc4d@gmail.com.

Schawk/Giannini Creative is a creative imaging solutions studio
specializing in work for advertising. We work with ad agencies,
photographers and designers around the country on print, web and
broadcast imagery using digital illustration, photographic retouching,
and 3D imaging and animation.  Our portfolio is available online at
gianninicreative.com.

Somatic Death, Soma Life
Entry posted on Jan 11 by MasonDixon

Lumen Eclipse : Jan - March Showcase

http://LumenEclipse.com

Presented by Lumen Eclipse on two flat panel displays in Harvard Square from January 2010 to March 2010, and 24-hours a day on http://LumenEclipse.com

Curated by Jameson Wallace, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Sponsored by the Motion Graphics Festival. http://MGFest.com

At the moment of separation of the body from the brain, our ability to differentiate thought from prosthetic breaks down.  Our body extends as far as our effect, far beyond our ability to see it happen.  Both the threat and promise of virtualization is that its nature will have a form of dance more appropriate to us than what we now call "human."

Feature Artist:
+ Alan Sondheim, http://alansondheim.org/

Context Artists:
+ Jean-Paul Frenay (Belgium)
+ Shantell Martin (Japan)
+ Addictive TV (UK)
+ Three Legged Legs & N.A.S.A. (US)


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Somatic Death, Soma Life

PermaLink:
http://www.lumeneclipse.com/gallery/indexJan_10.html


Artist Information:

Featured Artist: Alan Sondheim, http://alansondheim.org/

Alan Sondheim was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; he lives with his partner, Azure Carter, in Brooklyn NY. He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Brown University in English. A new-media artist, writer, musician, and theorist, he has exhibited, performed and lectured internationally.

Sondheim recently ended a solo installation and nine-month residency at the Odyssey exhibition space in the virtual world, Second Life. He has been involved in online avatar performance with Sandy Baldwin for live audiences in Paris, London, Basel, Portland OR, and Providence RI. Sondheim also collaborates with Myk Freedman, lap steel, and Azure Carter, with whom he is opening the season for Dance New Amsterdam in Manhattan this January.

Piece 1: Water Slope, Water Flow, Water Dance, Water Hands

Videography: Alan Sondheim, performer: Azure Carter
Deconstructed dancework from Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch
Mountains, UTAH, 2009

USA - 2009

Piece 2: Two Guys VEL

Created at the Virtual Environments Laboratory, West Virginia University, using altered motion capture equipment. Mocap performers: David Bello, Azure Carter, 2006

USA - 2006

Piece 3: Duet Avatar Grange

Videography: Alan Sondheim, performers: Foofwa d\'Imobilite, Maud Liardon

Human simulation of altered avatar motion capture performance, Alpine Grange in Switzerland, 2006

USA - 2006

Piece 4: noOne

Alan Sondheim: installation, performance, videography
Second life avatar dance/performance in active environment, created for the UMove dance film festival (one of six finalists/winners), 2009

USA - 2009

+ Jean-Paul Frenay, http://www.frenayjp.be/
Artificial Paradise

Artificial Paradise, Inc is an experimental film anticipating a future where a major corporation has developed an unique software, based on organic virtual reality, which holds all the lost memories of humankind. A user connects to this database of the forgotten…what is he searching for?

Production : Condor
Director / editor / compositing : Jean-Paul Frenay
Main 3D artist / compositing : Sandro Paoli
3D artists : Sylvain Jorget and Sébastien Desmet
Additional 3D operators : Otto Heinen and Okke Voerman
Sound Design : Seal Phüric feat. Neptunian8

Belgium - 2009


+ Shantell Martin, http://www.shantellmartin.com/
Hidden Ora

I ask a person to stand in front of a large projector screen for four minutes each, while I capture their moving Hidden Ora. To do this I connect my computer to the projector, open up the drawing software, plug in my Wacom tablet, paint the background black, and then I’m ready to go.

Music soundispatch.com/mmf/
Edited lightrhythmvisuals.com
Location super-deluxe.com
Released on lightrhythmvisuals.com

USA - 2008

+ Addictive TV, http://www.addictive.com/
Sims 3 Remix

Following Addictive TV’s recent Hollywood movie remixes including Slumdog Millionaire, Fast & Furious and the blockbuster movie version of Max Payne, the hugely successful computer game; Electronic Arts, the world’s leading independent developer and publisher of video games, have asked the London based audiovisual artists to remix the much anticipated Sims 3 game for its June 2nd release.

USA - 2009

+ Three Legged Legs & N.A.S.A.
Gifted

N.A.S.A. created an album that, at its core, was about the merging of cultures and collaboration between different peoples. The ultimate goal was to have it be as much about the art it inspired as the music itself. With Three Legged Legs setting the video to the track, “Gifted”, one is taken on a journey through a Martian landscape and psychedelia, featuring Kanye West, Santigold and Lykke Li.

additional_credits:
Record Label: Spectrophonic; Director and Post Production: Three Legged Legs; Production Company: Green Dot Films; Managing Director: Rick Fishbein; Executive Producers: Darren Foldes and Rich Pring; Post Production: Creative Directors: Greg Gunn, Casey Hunt and Reza Rasoli; Design and Animation: Mark Kulakoff, Dylan Spears and Michael Tavarez; Squeak E. Clean Productions Creative Director: Syd Garon; Squeak E. Clean Productions Executive Producer: Susan Applegate.

USA - 2009

Motion Graphics Festival 2009 :: Washington DC Nov 18-22
Entry posted on Nov 06 by MasonDixon

Motion Graphics Festival 2009

New Motion + New Sound + New Code

Washington DC :: Nov 18-22

http://www.MGFest.com/09/WashingtonDC/

The DC Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators including: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more.

MGFest presents a series of audio visual art happenings featuring live performances by: Ghostly's Matthew Dear aka Audion who recently wrapped up a European tour, the multi-talented composer and instrumentalist Benn Jordan widely known as The Flashbulb, and lightrhythm visuals sought after sketch projectionist Shantell Martin from Tokyo, plus many more surprises TBA with nightly eye-opening events happening November 19th through 21st.



MGFest Sponsors include: Maxon, Netdiver, SXSW, IdN, Stash DVD Magazine, Future Media Concepts, Lumen Eclipse, Sterling Ledet, 88DC, RE:Vision Effects, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, RHED Pixel, Create Digital Motion, Livid Instruments, All City Technology, UnScene, DigiEffects, Resolume, GarageCUBE, Lift Motion Design, VidVox, Boris FX, Toolfarm, Ableton, Michael Wiese Productions, fxphd, Wondertouch, and Clif Bar.

Silent Auction for over $30,000 in software, DVDs and training materials.

.: Motion Graphics Festival :: http://www.MGFest.com

Lift lauches new 2009 Reel
Entry posted on Oct 09 by MasonDixon

:: Immaculate art direction, nothing like it in this city! ::

http://www.LiftMotion.com

also, vote for it on Daily Motion Graphics:

http://mgfest.com/09/Online/?link=537

Vote for Motion Graphics at SXSW :: 5 panel proposals :: http://mgfest.com/spread_the_word/
Entry posted on Aug 20 by MasonDixon

Vote for Motion Graphics at SXSW :: 5 panel proposals
http://mgfest.com/spread_the_word/

Motion Graphics Panel Proposals at SXSW need your vote to become a reality:

+ Artware and the Future of Soul
Visualization leads software design, yet the tools for visualization are primarily designed by engineers for business purpose. How can Artist’s re-envision ways of creating with computers that are more appropriate to their practice? How can technology help us to preserve those things that make us human?

+ Motion Design’s Most Wanted
Motion Graphics incorporates visual effects (vfx) and special effects techniques, but uses them, less as reconstruction of fictions made to look real, and more as a exploration of how our minds perceive repetitive imagery as objects in motion. Five top motion designers show their style and discuss their techniques.

+ Motion User Interface : Design Strategies
New interface technologies like Flash, Ajax and Microsoft Surface enable a new breed of rich-applications that merge animation with interactivity. This panel considers from two angles: technically, what can be done with this new software, and how should we re-think traditional UI and HCI design theories because of them.

+ Online Events and Ubiquitous Computing
Obama’s inauguration was the biggest test to the infrastructure of the internet and the websites that broadcasted the event. MMO campaigns, tweetups, flashmobs, virtual dance parties, and physical events with interactive online components, the synchronization of online and offline experiences is the front lines of ubiquitous computing.

+ Visual Music and Realtime Interactive Performance
Computers are finally fast enough to be used for high-resolution realtime audio-visual performance. This panel explores how to engage audiences, foster collaboration, remix, mashup, create opportunities for dynamic improvisation, and prepare for tomorrow’s advances in live performance.

Attend MGFest in Washington DC, Nov 18-22 to win a SXSW 2010 Gold Badge
Annual festival showcasing creative motion-picture design. ( Design | Sound | Code ) .: in motion.
http://MGFest.com

.: MGFest09 :: Atlanta Georgia :: July 11-12 :: New Motion + New Sound + New Code
Entry posted on Jun 18 by MasonDixon

Motion Graphics Festival 2009
New Motion + New Sound + New Code
Atlanta, GA :: July 11-12
http://www.MGFest.com

On July 11th and 12th the Atlanta Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators. Artists being showcased include: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pictures, Animal Logic, Post Panic, Dvein, David Lobser and more.

The ATL-MGFest will be hosting workshops and lectures about the shift in motion-picture audiences and explores the new technologies that motion designers will need on the video internet frontier. Motion design, sound design and interactivity, are all featured during July 11th and 12th, with daytime workshops at Atlanta's Adobe Certified Training Facility, Sterling Ledet. Evening screenings and live performances will be hosted at Atlanta's Internationally-renowned portfolio school, Creative Circus.

This festival in the fast moving field of design technology has opened it's Art & Entertainment events for only $7. Rather than charging the typical $500-$1500 conference fee, the Motion Graphics Festival encourages participants to stop complaining about the economy, and spend their money on something that will upgrade their tools, technique and aesthetics. Software, DVDs and music will be available at a discount rate throughout the festival week.

MGFest Sponsors include: Maxon, IdN, Livid Instruments, Lumen Eclipse, SXSW Interactive, Stash DVD Magazine, Create Digital Motion, All City Technology, Future Media Concepts, DigiEffects, VidVox, Sterling Ledet, Creative Circus, Boris FX, Resolume, Toolfarm, UnScene, GarageCUBE, Lift Motion Design, RE:Vision Effects, Ableton, Wondertouch & Clif Bar.

Silent Auction for over $18,000 in software, DVDs and training materials.

.: MGFest Schedule + Registration :: http://www.MGFest.com

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