Starting TONIGHT: "Mapping the Complex" in Santa Fe

Starting tonight -- in like two hours -- the Santa Fe Complex is launching not just a new show, "Mapping the Complex" but a longer term effort to explore and demonstrate the power of ambient computing. Want to get involved?  Check out the info and visit the show!

Calling Technologists & Artists

On June 17-19, the Santa Fe Complex will launch the first stage of a permanent installation demonstrating the power of ambient computing. Following the launch, the Complex is inviting technologists and artists to come work with the Complex team to invent next-generation computer interfaces. The first state of this ambient computing demonstration will feature works from local talent* demonstrating new concepts in digital projection mapping and human/computer interaction. The Complex will be completely mapped in digital projection, and the projections will be monitored by interactive sensors for human interaction and play through the use of Android mobile phones, iPhones/iPads, Wii controllers, and laser pointers.

For more information about working with the Complex on this project, contact Joe Abraham Dean or  Stephen Guerin

Mapping the Complex–Day 1

Mapping the Complex, a partner exhibition in Currents 2010, will show works each evening on June 17, 18, and 19 from local artists demonstrating new concepts in digital projection mapping and human/computer interaction. Presented by the Santa Fe Complex, this exhibition deploys an "ambient computing" environment that completely maps the Complex in digital projection.

The projections will be monitored by interactive sensors for human interaction and play through the use of Android mobile phones, iPhones/iPads, Wii controllers, and laser pointers. New works by Steina Vasulka, Jared Tarbell, Joe Abraham Dean, Rob Shaw, Bjørn Swenson, August Swanson, Cody Smith, Joshua Thorp, Benjamin Lichtner, Paul Bloch, Orlando Leibovitz, Andrew Edwards, James Brody, Stephen Guerin, Tyler White, Cira Crowell, and others will be available for interaction, and some will be featured in the recently constructed LumenScape Dome.

This event will be the first stage of a permanent installation at the Santa Fe Complex. We are inviting technologists and artists to come work with us to invent next-generation interfaces.

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For more information about the Santa Fe Complex and other events, please visit: http://sfcomplex.org/

48HFP Registration ends today - sign up now!!

From Liz Langston at the 48 Hour Film Project:


Albuquerque Filmmakers and Film Fans--

Just a quick reminder... registration for the Albuquerque 48 Hour Film Project has steadily filling up and not many spots remain. The Early Bird registration rate ends today!

Save some dough and register your team now before we run out of room for you.  Go to:
http://www.48hourfilm.com/albuquerque

For more info about the project, read below.

Don't miss out!

-The 48 Hour Film Project Team
http://www.48hourfilm.com/albuquerque
albuquerque@48hourfilm.com

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CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS!

The 48 Hour Film Project, the oldest and biggest time filmmaking competition, is returning to Albuquerque!  In a wild, sleepless weekend, you and a team will make a movie--write, shoot, edit and score it. From scratch.  In 48 hours.  On Friday, July 9, you'll get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in your movie.  By Sunday, July 11th, the movie must be complete. Each completed film is guaranteed a screening at KiMo in the following week.

To be part of the 48HFP, register online at:
http://www.48hourfilm.com/albuquerque

Registration costs $155 per team, unless you register today, in which case it's $135.  Space is limited, so register today!

For more information, contact Liz Langston, Producer of the 48 Hour Film Project at albuquerque@48hourfilm.com or Scott Milder, Deputy Producer, at Scottymilder@gmail.com

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Albuquerque 48 Hour Film Project
http://www.48hourfilm.com/albuquerque

Santa Fe's MIX offers $1300 prize for pilot promoting Santa Fe

MIX TV Challenge - $1300 prize

What TV show would you make about Santa Fe?

Fiction, non-fiction, docu-drama, melodrama, reality show, comedy,
tragedy, discovery – all genres accepted

Submit your 3 minute pilot to MIX by August 11, 2010 the winner will
receive $1300 for production of a 30 minute program to air as a
special event on SFGTV Channel 28. 

www.mixsantafe.com 

Extra credit for:

Using local talent

The surprise factor

Exploring uncharted territory

Young professional relevant content

Economic potential

Sign up at their facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124119817628721) and at 

http://www.mixsantafe.com 

Saturday fundraising event at the SF Complex (see description)

From Ethan Bach of Parallel Flux:

Please join us at Santa Fe Complex this Saturday for Off The Rails, a fundraiser to support the upcoming art show Retrieving Humanity.  It will be a wonderful all-ages event with something for everyone and we would love to see you there. 

Santa Fe Complex has proven itself to be a multifaceted local venue for science, technology, and the arts. We would like to celebrate this space with an ecclectic mix of performance art, music, and visual effects. You can expect to see circus acts, capoeira, break dancing and live streaming spoken word performance. Three acts will be providing music, with prettylittlepaw offering acousmatronica, J-Kind mixing 90s funk dub, and headliner DJ Dirt Girl combining electro with eclectic mixes of J-Pop/Bollywood/Thai-Pop. The Complex will be alive with video as Ethan Bach mixes wall-to-wall in the main room and Michael Santillanes performs in the video dome.  Off The Rails will be held Saturday, June 12, 7:30 pm to 2 am.  Admission is $5 - $10 sliding scale. 

The funds raised will be used to support the upcoming art show Retrieving Humanity. Retrieving Humanity is a one of a kind interactive performance and installation that will bring live streaming video and audio from around the world to Santa Fe. This new concept of storytelling will allow the audience, by participation, to explore and express connections with their community and the world at large. This event is brought together by the multi-media art group Parallel Flux and will be held at Santa Fe Complex on July 9, 2010. 

Parallel Flux creates immersive art installations through the use of cutting-edge technology including custom-made software, motion sensors, media streaming, computer networking, installation design elements, and DJ and VJ software. Parallel Flux pushes the boundaries of art, technology, and communication and uses their projects as education opportunities for local students to learn about art and technology. Parallel Flux consists of Ethan Bach, Jason Goodyear, Jena Greer, Armohn Jackson, Peter Joseph, and Charles Veasey. 

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Ethan Bach, MFA
www.ethanbach.com
http://www.facebook.com/ethanbach

NM Filmmakers - Pitch Session & Film Tour

From NM Filmmakers Program Director, Trish Lopez:

Dear NM Filmmakers,

 

As you know, this coming Friday and Saturday (June 11-12), we'll be holding our first Film Finance & Distribution Conference (Part I: For Micro and Low Budget Filmmakers).  A summary of the schedule is listed on the homepage www.nmfilm.com.  By tomorrow, the entire schedule along with speakers' bios and specific time frames will be posted on the homepage.  One of the events we'll be conducting on Saturday afternoon is a Pitch Workshop with Producer Suzanne Lyons, which will include a practice "pitch session" with a few local filmmakers.  Those filmmakers will be chosen at random that afternoon.  If you are interested in adding your name to the hat of those who'd like to pitch your project, please reply to this e-mail with the following information:

 

-Your Name

-Title and genre of your project

-E-mail and phone

 

As a filmmaker interested in the opportunity to pitch that day, you will need to:

 

-Be registered for the Conference (see NMFO website for RSVP info);

-Be present for the entire pitch workshop on Saturday (currently scheduled from 4:30-6:30p);

-Present your pitch in two minutes or less;

-Be open to constructive feedback from our panelists.

 

As we'll be conducting the pitch workshop first, you'll learn a great deal of information and helpful tips for pitching prior to the mini-pitch.  We welcome all who are interested to give it a shot.  I think you'll all find this year's entire conference to be a wonderful forum for of information for local filmmakers.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

 

 

Finally, a reminder that the NM Film Office will be conducting FILM TOURS around the state this week and next.  Tobi Ives will be in Jicarilla Pueblo and Taos this week, while I'll be visiting Silver City, Mescalero Apache and Valencia County next week.  Anyone who is interested in learning about film training programs (above and below the line) and various job opportunities in the NM film industry should attend.  All presentations are free and open to the public.  See below for schedule:

NM FILM INDUSTRY – SUMMER TOUR 2010

JICARILLA/DULCE: Tuesday, June 8 – 5pm to 7pm
Dulce Community Center on Hawks Drive - Gym

TAOS PUEBLO: Thursday, June 10 – 4pm to 6pm
Red Willow Education Center – 885 Star Road, Taos 87571

SILVER CITY: Tuesday June 15 – 5pm to 7pm
Grant County Conference Center – 3031 Hwy 180 East, 88061

VALENCIA COUNTY: Thursday, June 17 – 4:30pm to 6:30pm
UNM Valencia Campus – Student Community Center, CSCC-H 108

MESCALERO APACHE: (Tentatively scheduled for June 16^th – Details TBA)

See you all soon!

Trish

 

SIGGRAPH in Santa Fe Next Saturday

The re-emergence of New Mexico's SIGGRAPH Chapter is a real welcome addition, helping connect digital media makers statewide.  If you'd like to meet and get to know more (including a healthy contingent from the Las Cruces area), please join us next Saturday at the Santa Fe Complex in Santa Fe.  You really don't want to miss this :)


Summer in Santa Fe SIGGRAPH Party!
Hosted by the Rio Grande Chapter

Saturday, June 12th @ 11:30am
(please note slight change to the start time due to Rail Runner schedule)
Make your reservation TODAY at: http://summersantafe.eventbrite.com/

Come up to the Santa Fe Complex (http://sfcomplex.org/) for a great interactive arts & science experience and the opportunity to network face-to-face with other folks you usually see on a video screen. Lunch, snacks and beverages will be provided for $7.50 in advance, $10 the day of and at the door. Please be sure to buy a ticket that specifies your lunch choice of: chicken, beef, or veggie.

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Travel:
Take the Rail Runner!!! - - http://www.nmrailrunner.com/
If you want to start the party early, we'll be meeting at the Downtown Abq station at 9:15am.
The train arrives at the Santa Fe Depot just after 11am.
Tickets can be bought at a discount online, or you can buy your ticket for $8 RT at the station or even on the train!
Many folks from Las Cruces will be coming in to Abq on Friday so they can ride the train too!

For those in Las Cruces or other places outside the Abq/Santa Fe area who are interested in hotel accommodations, please contact our Vice-Chair Matt Byrnes for more info. mbyrnes@nmsu.edu

See you on the 12th!

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Contacts:
For info on the Event or Hotel:
Email:mbyrnes@nmsu.edu
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For info on the Santa Fe Complex:
Phone: 505-216-7562
Email: info@sfcomplex.org
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For info on the RailRunner:
Phone: 1-866-795-RAIL

Infrared Light + Computer Vision Workshop this Wednesday

Infrared Light + Computer Vision Workshop in Processing & openFrameworks

Date Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Time 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location ARTSLab, MSC04 2570 131 Pine Street, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131

Description

For the first XD Group workshop, hosted graciously by the ARTSLab, we will focus on integrating Computer Vision (CV) + Infrared (IR) Light setups in Processing and openFrameworks for Experiential Art and Design projects. The 1st hour will focus on how  to get CV + IR working in Processing, with a 10 minute presentation at the beginning of the hour. The 2nd hour will focus on how to do the same within openFrameworks. 

Joe Dean from Lumenscapes (http://lumenscapes.com/) will be helping with the IR lighting setup.

This is a free event that is open to the public. To get the most out of the workshop, bring a laptop with Processing (http://processing.org/) and / or openFrameworks (http://www.openframeworks.cc/) installed.

For more info http://j.mp/cK9CT2

The XD Group

The XD Group was formed by Dr. Woohoo (http://www.drwoohoo.com) with the need to either disseminate or create innovative and open-source approaches that solve challenges within the realm of Experiential Art + Design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_design) in a format that is conducive to learning. The group meets on a monthly basis where each workshop begins with a 10 min presentation by the expert outlining the current challenge and solution, if applicable, followed by a collaborative workshop where the audience learns how to resolve the challenge with the help of the expert and/or participates in solving the problem at hand. Taking an agnostic approach to the development tools & frameworks, the XD Group embraces open-source frameworks (openFrameworks, Cinder, processing, HYPE, RhinoScript, etc.) that can be leveraged over time and across multiple mediums, platforms, surfaces and machines. 

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Dr. Woohoo!

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skype: drwoohoo

twitter: http://twitter.com/drwoohoo