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* Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2010 *
Entry posted on Sep 05 by MasonDixon

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!

** Join the Motion **
Year-long Call for Entry Guidelines + Entry Form >> http://www.MGFest.com/10/call/#4entry

Motion Graphics Festival on Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Motion-Graphics-Festival/54045413933
Chicago MGFest 2010 on Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138477246188884
MGFest 2010 Tour on Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138741362805080
Meetup Massive on Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105151709543934

Flicker Tag >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mgfest10/
on YouTube >> http://www.youtube.com/user/mgfest
on Twitter >> http://www.twitter.com/mgfest
on Ning >> http://www.chicagonewmediasummit.ning.com/group/motiongraphics
RSS Video Feed >> http://www.feeds.feedburner.com/MotionGraphicsChicago

Contact MGFest >> http://www.MGFest.com/#connect
Organized by >> http://www.Psymbolic.com/visual/communications.html

.: 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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// Motion Graphics Festival
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:: A History of Tomorrow's Interfaces :: a talk by Mason Dixon
Entry posted on Feb 09 by MasonDixon

The Chicago Convergence just published Motion Graphics Festival Director, Mason Dixon's presentation on the Future of User Interface Design.

http://chicagonewmediasummit.ning.com/video/future-in-motion-a-history-of

Free online account signup required.

and while your there, join the Motion Graphics group:

http://chicagonewmediasummit.ning.com/group/motiongraphics

CHICAGO FILM AND TECH CONVERGE
Entry posted on Dec 16 by MasonDixon

(Chicago, IL, December 15, 2008) – The “city of Big Shoulders” is about to assert business leadership again, as a center for technology. Coming up this January, the 2009 Chicago Motion Graphics Festival and the Chicago Convergence produces seven days of events about the mergers of technology, entertainment, advertising, media, and more.

“The frontier of motion pictures has shifted from films and television towards ipods, computer games and personal technology,” said Mason Dixon, founder of the six-year-old festival. “If you look at film as just being Hollywood, then of course California and New York have a lot to offer, but when you include games, music, advertising and Internet technology, Chicago really outshines other cities.” 

Earlier this year, The Chicago Convergence, began its efforts to pioneer Chicago as the New Media Capital, presenting the 2016 Olympics as the New Media Olympics, and Chicago as the best home for it.  The Chicago Convergence will be run a day of panels and presentations as the Technology portion of the Chicago Motion Graphics Festival in 2009.

“Chicago had the ‘Chicago School of Television’, and led the way in network radio and data transmission. Chicago continues to play a leading role amid a seismic shift in entertainment options.  This festival is an essential part of the town’s leadership in this field,” said Dixon.

Computer based games have overtaken conventional movies in revenue and sales, and Chicago is home to 3 of the 10 largest advertising companies in the world, Leo Burnett, DraftFCB and DDB. Many claim Obama’s online efforts played a significant role in his campaigns fund-raising and Get Out The Vote operations.  The Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau for the first time integrated live video projection and new media elements into their annual Burnham Bash by working with the audio/visual event engineers known as Psymbolic. After Obama’s election, one of the Tourism Bureau’s newest ventures, ExploreChicago.org, will be expecting a lot of new visitors.

The Chicago Motion Graphics Festival runs from Monday, January 20th to Sunday January 25th in various locations across downtown Chicago.

Chicago Convergence
http://ChicagoConvergence.com

Chicago Motion Graphics Festival
http://MGFest.com

Festival Sponsors : Stash, The Chicago Convergence, Columbia College, Toolfarm, School of the Art Insitute of Chicago, Bridges Media Group, Future Media Concepts,  DigiEffects, Resolume, Livid Instruments, Ableton, Boris FX, All City Technology, Lumen Eclipse and Sterling Ledet

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

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

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/

MGFest Releases NASA'S "MONEY"!
Entry posted on Apr 18 by MasonDixon

See Co-Director of "Money," Paul Griswold, speak at the Chicago Motion Design Conference.

http://MGFest.com/09/Chicago/screenings/paulgriswold.php

Director/animators Syd Garon and Paul Griswold, recently co-directed a music video for the band NASA (North America South America). The song, titled Money, features Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe winning singer/songwriter David Byrne and Chuck D, leader of the rap group Public Enemy. The music video features artwork by contemporary artist and designer Shepard Fairey, who recently gained national notoriety for his design of the Barack Obama “Hope” campaign poster.

MGFest Update: 6 Workshops Added: Adobe 3D, Maxon, Processing, Final Cut Server, Digital Sound &...
Entry posted on Jan 08 by MasonDixon

http://mgfest.com/09/Chicago/workshops.php

Tuesday, Jan 20th
Adobe 3D with Photoshop & After Effects
Presented by Mason Dixon @ Columbia College
 
Wednesday, Jan 21st
Maxon Cinema 4D R11 + Mograph
@ Columbia College
 
Field Audio and Introduction to Digital Sound
Presented by Alan Strathman @ SAIC
 
Saturday, Jan 24th
Introduction to Digidesign's ProTools
Andrew Twiss, Harold Washington College
 
Post-production Workflows with Final Cut Server
Kevin Shea @ MacSpecialist
 
Visual Programming with Processing
Peter Kirn @ Columbia College

http://mgfest.com/09/Chicago/workshops.php

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

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