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Festival Animator 2010

Monday, July 26th, 2010

My film, P.R. was screened at the Festival Animator 2010 in Poznañ, 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”

Skating Still at 60X60 Dance!

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Skating Still presented at Order of Magnitude 60X60 DANCE! at FoFA Gallery, Concordia University Montreal, Québec, Canada

Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts

Friday, May 28th, 2010

UnityScreenSnapz001

in transit, an installation at UICA exploring the landscape and representation from June 11 through August 6. Above is a screen shot of the interactive projection that is part of the installation. The work combines single channel projection animation, 5-channel sound, 3D printed sculptures and original drawings. The concept revolves around explorations of the Colorado landscape and interest in depicting layers of representation to the viewer.

34th Atlanta Film Festival

Sunday, February 28th, 2010


I am very happy to announce that Indistinct Boundaries Movement 4 and Indistinct Boundaries Movement 2 were both selected for the 34th Atlanta Film Festival. This piece was a collaborative piece created for the Jane Franklin Dance performance Indistinct Boundaries.
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34th Atlanta Film Festival

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

I am very happy to announce that Indistinct Boundaries Movement 2 is an official selection of the 34th Atlanta Film Festival. This piece was a collaborative piece animated by Rassamee Ruangsri and produced for Jane Franklin Dance.

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Joan of Arc: a Constellation of Voices

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

a performance work in an immersive environment

Original Score by Carlton Bacon
Conceived and Developed by Laura Cuetara
Art Direction by Bryan Leister
Light Design by Daniel Neafus
Featuring Dan Hiester, Petra Ulrych, and Dylan Hiester
Set Design and Animation by UCD students in Digital Design
Performed at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode Ep. 4

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

nudge_nudge

The New Republic, April 1990

This painting was for the cover of the New Republic and depicts the famous sketch by Monty Python “nudge, nudge, know what I mean?”. As a fan, it was great fun to be commissioned to do this cover. It has recently been included in the documentary series about Monty Python called “Almost the Truth – The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode

Digital Body – Kinetic Sculptures

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This fall students in interactive design will be collaborating with sculpture students on a kinetic sculpture project about the Digital Body. I am very interested in the topic of how we are existing today, whether our online state is significantly different from our off-line. (more…)

Joan of Arc: A Constellation of Voices

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Set Design Comps

Here are the comp proposals submitted by the Digital Design students. We will use this area to comment about the ideas and to decide on the 3 basic set designs to use for the show. Through lighting, textures and animations the environments will be customized for the specific scenes to be performed.
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Alumni Mix

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

My interactive piece hypocenter is included as part of the George Mason University Alumni Mix show at the new School of the Arts gallery in Fairfax, Virginia from October 12 -30. Details and opening information can be found here.