Digital Technology and Culture
A blog for students and friends of Washington State University Vancouver's Digital Technology and Culture Program
Name: Dr. Dene Grigar
This blog is maintained by Dr. Dene Grigar, WSUVancouver. Contact me at grigar@vancouver.wsu.edu
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The DTC Artist in Residence Steve Gibson leaves this weekend. He has been at WSUV for the past six weeks teaching DTC 477 "Advanced Multimedia Authoring" and working with me on the OMSI project. From looking at the terrific projects his students have turned out while he has been here, his visit has been very successful. Students learned a lot about video production and digital music, but more importantly, they learned how to apply these art forms in the creation of performance pieces and installations. One of my happiest days since my arrival on campus last fall was this past Monday when I watched the four video pieces my students produced in Steve's class.
On Sunday Samantha Blackmon arrives to take the last of the three residencies. From her students will learn video game development and storyboarding. Though her visit is short, it is cram-packed with workshops, artist talks, and classroom visits.
We are really lucky this semester to also have Sue Thomas passing through town from the UK on the way to Interactive Futures 2007 in Victoria, Canada. I have known Sue for about seven years now, having come in contact with her via the internet when I discovered trAce Online Writing Centre, the program she founded and directed at Nottingham Trace University. It was actually because of Sue that I met Steve Gibson. He performed at her Incubation conference in 2004.
It is a small, circular world. Two degrees of separation in this case.
I should mention that though I have never met Samantha IRL, we have known about each other and ran in the same virtual crowd for the last decade or so. Now, both she and Sue are converging here in Vancouver to teach DTC students and share their knowledge with the Vancouver community.
If you are interested in joining in the field trip to the Interactive Futures 2007 conference to be held in Victoria, Canada from November 15-19, 2007, please let the DTC Club President Mark Oliver or faculty member John Barber know. The current DTC Artist in Resident Steve Gibson is the host of the conference.
Here is the link to the conference: http://cfisrv.finearts.uvic.ca/interactivefutures/IF07/.
Students will need to drive themselves since John and I cannot get the university van for the dates of the conference. Several students are going, so you may be able to carpool with them.
The offical conference hotel is the Empress, but inexpensive rooms are available at Paul's Motor Inn. They run between $64 and $79 Canadian Dollars per night. You can save $5.00 a night by booking online and taking advantage of their AAA/CAA discount. Don't choose rack rates; they are really expensive. You can stay up to 4 to a room and save a lot of money that way.
Here is the link to the hotel's website: http://www.paulsmotorinn.com/weblinks.htm
Student and Non-Student passes are available for Interactive Futures '07 at the link below. $50.00 for students for all events passes; $70 for non-students all events passes. Passes are also available for each day and evening session at a set price per period if you don't want to attend everything. You really want the full pass because it gives you entry to all day and night events.
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This is a great opportunity for DTC students to connect with media artists from outside the area and to broaden their perspectives about media art.
--Dene
How to write one: http://www.artbusiness.com/artstate.html; http://www.ebsqart.com/ArtMagazine/za_400.htm
Examples from LEA: http://leoalmanac.org/gallery/newmediap/index.htm; http://leoalmanac.org/gallery/digiwild/index.htm
Digital Aesthetics: http://leoalmanac.org/gallery/digiwild/index.htm
