I’ve put two new pieces into the Projects area of my site, a Data Visualization that I am working on and a real-time motion piece that I did for a Dance company.
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Students from the University of Colorado Denver have created full dome animation for a live play being staged at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Galileo.the father of modern science explores selected events and incidents from the career and personal life of Galileo Galilei, the renowned astronomer-mathematician-physicist-philosopher famous for the invention of the telescope and the creation of modern scientific methodology.
Details and reservations for the Jan. 19th and 20th performances are here.
The Mouse of Amherst
adapted from the book by Elizabeth Spires
A performance for children
Theatre on the Run, Arlington
Dec 4 at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm, Dec 5 at 1:00 pm
From the Jane Franklin Dance Company:
After a successful premier weekend in October, the show repeats featuring Bryan Leister?s gaming technology projections and original music by Paul Musso, Mark Sylvester and Steve Rogers. An unlikely friendship develops between Emily Dickinson and a lively mouse. Children learn that everyone can write about their feelings and even a mouse can create poetry. Adapted from the book by Elizabeth Spires, this engaging new work will the spark imagination and delight children and adults.
A pop-up children’s book that I illustrated with Nancy Willard is mentioned in a new book by Joseph A. Dane – Out of Sorts: Typography and Print Culture about the history and assumptions about typography that is illustrated in my children’s book.
A piece that I recently completed for the Jane Franklin Dance company. Click on the image for a web version of the game with instructions for navigating through the piece. Using game engine technology I have created set animations and scenes, commonly referred to as ‘cut-scenes’. These are not pre-recorded animations, but are real-time motions where the outcome will never be the same twice.
I chose a stylized visual approach to blend with the dancers motions. A video is available from a recent Kennedy Center Millenium Stage performance.
An augmented reality game for the iPhone/iPad played by moving through the Denver Botanical Gardens Moore exhibition. To play you will move around the gardens and position yourself near the artwork, triggering events in the game world. The game connected users to a GoogleMap which had the locations of the Henry Moore Sculptures entered in as GPS coordinates. As the player moved through the gardens, the relative location of their body would trigger and animate the totems located within the application.
Amazing demo scene that shows what you can do in realtime, with enough time! If you don’t know what a demoscene is, check out the wiki, it’s pretty cool that this is just done for fun. It’s not promoting or selling anything other then the skills of the artists.
My film, P.R. was invited to be screened at the Festival Animator 2010 in Poznan, Poland as part of the Black Maria compilation reel.
“Since the first Animator we have tried to present animated film in all of its diversity, neither neglecting narratives nor “ballets of light”, nor anything in between. Lovers of large productions based on verbal stories will find in this year’s program, among other works, the beautiful fable by Michael Ocelota “Azur and Asmar”. From the other end of the spectrum we will view the latest works of American independent artists – including George Griffin, Joanna Priestley and Emy Kravitz—who often experiment with methods of narration and means of expression. …”
Marcin Gizycki
Artistic Director of the festival”
We have posted our new instructor position in Digital Design:
https://www.jobsatcu.com/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=231058
The deadline for applying is pretty quick, July 27th. This is a full-time position and we are looking for someone to teach here at the University of Colorado Denver in Digital Design. We are a screen-based design program, so are looking for someone to teach both professional design skills and interactive, motion. You can apply online only, and I would imagine we will make a decision pretty quickly after the 27th.
Posting Description
The Digital Design program integrates aesthetic, creative, and critical thought with expertise in advanced electronic media. Configured as an interdisciplinary arts and design laboratory, Digital Design offers a hands-on education combining new art technologies and design concepts within a concentrated theoretical framework that promotes an understanding of the cultural impact and uses of digital technologies. Through this interdisciplinary approach, combining arts and communication, Digital Design strives to produce artists and designers who will use technology in innovative ways both in commercial and artistic spheres.
Required Education/Experience/Skills (Minimum Qualifications)
- 1. 2-3 years professional design experience
2. Expertise in Typography and Interactie Design
3. Expertise in Design Fundamentals as applied to one or more of the following aread of specialization: graphic/multimedia/Web design, interactive design and motion graphics
4. Active engagement in Design theory, history and criticism
5.Knowledge of conceptual and design-based principles as applied to professional practice and experimental design
6. Working knowledge of applications as applied to raster/vector media and motion graphics
7. An ability to teach and work with a diverse student body
Desired qualifications
- 1. 2-3 years teaching experience
2. Scholarly or creative research focused on the design field, including: Informatiojn Design, Publication Design, Professional Practices, Design History, Environmental Design, Social Design, etc.
3. Knowledge in human-centered information, experience and interactivity design
Special Instructions to Applicants
Electronic Portfolio of Design work, including web site addresses if applicable is required of the applicant.
Electronic address to send portfolio: brian.delevie@ucdenver.edu
Salary is commensurate with skills and experience. The University of Colorado offers a full benefits package. Information on University benefits programs, including eligibility, is located at http://www.cu.edu/pbs/.
Deadline to apply is July 27, 2010.
Applications are accepted electronically at www.jobsatcu.com, refer to job posting #810818.
Just got back from a visit to WET design, they are a water and fire-focused design company, famous for projects such as the Bellagio fountains in Vegas and other amazing water shows. Really cool studios and a wonderful, friendly staff that showed us through the entire facility. Very inspiring!