Tisch School of the Arts Asia

STREAMING MUSEUM
Korean moving image 1930s-2009 curated by
Korean Film Archive
Nam June Paik Art Center
Art Center Nabi

The flat screen display located on the 4th floor at Tisch Asia is part of a collaboration between the Animation and Digital Arts MFA Program and the Streaming Museum, a new hybrid museum presenting exhibitions in cyberspace and public space on seven continents. The exhibitions are presented on dedicated screens in public spaces (35 and growing), as well as several websites. Animations, installations and other digital projects created by our students will be featured on the display.

The creator and curator of the Streaming Museum is Nina Colosi. She also serves as curator for the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. Nina curates visual and performing arts exhibitions with work by leading and emerging artists and also showcases outstanding educational programs and students.

More information can be found at http://www.streamingmuseum.org/.

Date: 2nd October 2009, Friday
Time: 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Venue: Black Box Theatre, Level 2

Jean-Charles's Bio:

Jean-Charles Gaudechon is a Producer for Electronic Arts (EA) in Asia. He is in charge of leading the vision and development of major EA game titles and is currently based in the Singapore EA studio. Jean-Charles worked in North America as a producer on leading franchises such as FIFA, NEED FOR SPEED and also on numerous EA IPs. With over 7 years experience as a producer in the interactive gaming industry, Jean-Charles has garnered a track record of creating first class video games.

Live Cinema, Improvisation and Media Design Futures

Date: Friday, 25 September, 2009
Time: 4:15 pm
Venue: Classroom 1, 4th floor

Morgan Barnard's Bio:

Morgan Barnard is a new media designer and lecturer currently living and working in Wellington New Zealand. Throughout the years Morgan has worked as a music video director, documentary filmmaker, video artist, and editor. His current projects range from interactive installations to live cinema as well as creating custom hardware and software for video performance.

Date: 18th September 2009
Time: 2:45 pm
Venue: Classroom 1

Aaron Kim will give a talk about financing new ideas and charitable projects.

Kairos Capital, a hedge fund based in Singapore, supports philanthropic and charitable projects. Aaron Kim, Director of Kairos Capital, is willing to offer a lump sum of SGD 2000 as a reward for a team of 2 or 3 ANDA students who will create a short animation about how socially responsible financial projects can help those in need.

Production will take place during the fall with a final deadline in January 2010.

More about Kairos Capital:

http://www.kairos-capital.com/
http://www.totalalternatives.com/pdf/AIN092908.pdf

Aaron Kim's Bio can be found here.

Date: 18th September 2009
Time: 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Venue: Classroom 1

Presentation Summary:

Interactive 3D is gradually becoming a new communication medium with 3D lifelike experiences. After a short introduction of 3DVIA applications, Dassault Systemes, and a quick live demonstration, we will go through the most typical examples of applications that can be developed with these platforms and see how they are revolutionizing gaming, architecture, city planning, product design, education, and medicine.

Joseph de Bonnafos Bio:

After his graduation from The University of Tokyo with a Master of Science in Distributed Computing, Joseph de Bonnafos, joined the world leader 3D software company Dassault Systemes (www.3ds.com) in 2004 in Tokyo. From 2004 to 2006, his role was to provide pre-sales consulting on ENOVIA product line (data management systems) in Japan. In late 2006, he moved to Singapore and became in charge of developing the business of 3DVIA product line (related to life-like experience) over South Asia-Pacific region.

We look forward to meeting you there.

“Games and the City - Large-Screen Games and Virtual Cities” is a virtual panel discussion organized by Tisch School of the Arts Asia Animation and Digital Arts program and the 3rd IMC (Interactive Multimedia Culture) Exposition in NYC, with panelists talking via video conference between Singapore and New York, on 12 September at 9:30 pm. The panel in Singapore includes Jean-Marc Gauthier, Tisch Asia, Emil Polyak, Tisch Asia, Hugues Ricour, Electronic Arts, and, in New York, Eric Zimmerman, Founder, Gamelab, author, “Rules of Play”, Colleen Macklin, Dept of Communications Design and Technology, Parsons, Chris Romero, Worldwide Biggies (MMOs).

The event is open to everyone. Please RSVP to Theeba Rani if you plan to join us for the meal organized before the panel discussion.

IMC Exposition Overview

The 3rd IMC (Interactive Multimedia Culture) Exposition invites to New York City some of the world's leading new media artists, designers, and research institutions - those passionate about the urban screens and mobile technologies that are shaping the future of Digital Out-of-Home media.

The 3rd IMC Exposition explores how our relationships to our cities and to each other are being completely transformed by new media. Focusing on cutting-edge interactive billboards, video art, immersive environments, video games, 3D maps, and mobile technology, the exposition will feature media art and innovative technologies, many of which can be controlled by the audience via body movement, voice, and cell phone. All of these works encourage creativity, enhance communication, and increasingly blur the lines between virtual/real.

The IMC Exposition is at The StudioIMC Lab and Gallery (7th Floor, 95 Morton Street, New York), opening on Thursday, September 10th at 6PM and running through Monday, September 14th.

Anthony Lawrence will give a talk at Tisch Asia and a presentation/workshop about stop motion techniques on September 11, 2009 at 3:30 pm. A 90 minute presentation/workshop about stop motion techniques will take place before the talk starting at 2:00 pm.

Please RSVP for the workshop and/or for the talk by emailing Theeba Rani.

Anthony Lawrence, award-winning animation director, is one of Australia’s foremost stop motion practitioners. Born in Melbourne in 1960, he developed a passion for filmmaking during his teens. In the early 80’s he completed a Bachelor of Education majoring in Media at Melbourne College of Advanced Education, and then began specializing in stop motion animation. In the mid 80’s he created a self funded, half hour puppet animation called HAPPY HATCHDAY TO PLASMO which was purchased for broadcast nationally by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He followed this up with a 13 x 5 minute puppet animation series called PLASMO, which has been shown in 24 countries, and which utilized a wide range of in-camera special effects techniques as well as incorporating computer generated imagery. As the creator, writer, director, co-producer, and one of the animators, Anthony developed a strong sense of the overall animation process. His 2002 film LOOKING FOR HORSES won several awards and received a special distinction at Annecy for “direction and quality of emotion”. In 2008 he worked as one of six animators on Adam Elliot’s feature, MARY AND MAX, co-winner of Annecy 2009 ”Cristal du long métrage”. Although advertising is often the bread and butter for animators, and Anthony has directed a handful of them, his primary goal for animation has always been the creation of original and engaging characters designed for high quality television series production. To this end he continues to develop series concepts as vehicles for new characters he has created including the furthering of his PLASMO concept.

New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia presents "Karma", the inaugural exhibition by the graduate students from the Department of Animation and Digital Arts.

Karma is the concept of “action” and “deed” in ancient Indian religions. It is believed that the effects of all deeds are actively shaping past, present, and future experiences. The seven students, each from a different countries, believe strongly that their creative experiences at Tisch School of the Arts Asia is a consequence of their karma.

Despite putting in additional hours on top of her busy school work, Ilmo Chung, curator of this exhibition said, “I am very happy to be a pioneer of the Animation and Digital Arts program at New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia, honored to be the curator of our first exhibition, destined to be here in Singapore with wonderful classmates from all around the world!”

“Karma is a two day group show highlighting the work of our students. They will share stories with Singaporeans and engage visitors on many levels using digital technologies,” said Jean-Marc Gauthier, director of the Department of Animation and Digital Arts.

The exhibition features an array of animation and digital arts projects in the form of traditional 2D animation, hand drawn animations, state-of-the-art motion capture, 3D animations using leading industry software like Flash, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Maya, and Motion Builder.

"Karma" take place at Tisch School of the Arts Asia on 4-5 May 2009 from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibition is open to the public, and no reservations required. For more information, please call Theeba at (65) 6500 1715.