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NEWS:
1. ROSE BOND INSTALLATION IN NYC
2. JUMP TO JAPAN ADDS ADULT & TEEN NIGHTS
EXHIBITS:
3. HENRY ART GALLERY: ELLEN GALLAGHER [Seattle, WA]
4. SAM: CHRISTIAN MARCLAY [Seattle, WA]
5. CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: JUMP TO JAPAN [Seattle, WA]
EVENTS:
6. IRISH REELS FILM FESTIVAL [Seattle, WA]
7. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE [Seattle, WA]
8. ASIFA-EAST ANIMATION FEST [Seattle, WA]
9. PUPPET PARTY [Seattle, WA]
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS:
10. AFTER EFFECTS I [Seattle, WA]
11. AFTER EFFECTS II [Seattle, WA]
12. AMAZING ANIMATION @ THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM [Seattle, WA]
13. MESMER 3D ANIMATION COURSES [Seattle, WA]
14. OREGON3D COMPUTER ANIMATION COURSES [Portland, OR]
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NEWS
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1. ROSE BOND INSTALLATION IN NYC
Following the success of her "Illuminations: animated video installation
in an old Portland building, Portland-based animator Rose Bond has been
invited to New York to create an installation for the historic Eldridge
Street Synagogue. The installation will premiere on March 24. Here are the
details: Noted media artist Rose Bond illuminates the facade of the
Eldridge Street Synagogue with an animated film depicting the history of
the National Historic Landmark building and its neighborhood. The film,
projected from the Synagogue's grand front windows, can be viewed by
passersby from the street [much like the Illumination project last year in
the Seaman's Bethel Building in Old Town].
At the intersection of public art and people's histories, Bond's work
presents the history of the Lower East Side community and portrays stories
of the immigrants who founded the Eldridge Street Synagogue and the
following generations who sustained the building. Using still and moving
images, and an accompanying sound track, Bond's animated projections evoke
the layers of memory attached to the building and its gateway
neighborhood."
If any of you plan to be in New York please come by for a viewing. If
you're going to be there for the premiere, let me know so I can put you on
the guest list for the big party, sponsored by the major sponsor:
Bloomberg.
Here's the schedule:
Premiere March 24 at 6pm. Reservations required
March 27 - April 4: Wed, Sat and Sun evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 pm
May 19 - August 1: Wed, Sat and Sun evenings from 9:30 to 10:30 pm
2. JUMP TO JAPAN ADDS ADULT & TEEN NIGHTS
Due to the popularity of Jump to Japan for adult and teen audiences, The
Children's Museum is opening its doors for six nights during the
exhibition for adults and teens. See listing below for dates and times.
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EXHIBITS
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3. HENRY ART GALLERY: ELLEN GALLAGHER [Seattle, WA]
January 17 - April 18, 2004
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11-5, Thursday
11-8 Ellen Gallagher: Preserve/Murmur in the East Gallery >From the moment
of her highly public debut—with the Whitney Biennial of 1995—Ellen
Gallagher has been pushing the edges of pictorial art, both formally and
thematically. In her recent work she continues to confront issues of
racial identity in a lyrically aesthetic way, transforming racist imagery
by multiplication and disjunction into elegant abstract elements.
Ellen Gallagher: Preserve/Murmur comprises three distinct bodies of work
that the artist calls drawings, although they incorporate sculptural
elements, movie film and projectors, Wite-Out, plasticine, pomade, and
stick-on toys, alongside more conventional media. Murmur (2003) is a set
of five animated films made in collaboration with Dutch photographer Edgar
Cleijne. The ethereal large-scale drawings from the Watery Ecstatic series
(2002–2004) include passages literally carved into the thick watercolor
paper. In a group of 20 works on paper entitled Preserve, Gallagher
mutates wig advertisements from Ebony, Black Digest, and other mid-century
African American magazines, highlighting the covert racism that fueled the
market for products like wigs and skin lighteners. Also part of Preserve
is sculptural work that resembles a minimalist jungle gym (which Gallagher
puns as a “Jungle Jim”), the surface of which is covered with low relief
patterns from her familiar lexicon of lips, eyeballs, and wigs.
Admission: $8.00 general, $6.00 seniors (62 and older) , free
Henry Art Gallery Members, UW students, faculty and staff with ID,
High School & college students with ID, Children 13 years and under.
FREE Thursdays 5-8pm for everyone.
Location: The Henry Art Gallery is located on the western edge
of the University of Washington campus at 15th Avenue NE and NE 41st
Street. More info: www.henryart.org
4. SAM: CHRISTIAN MARCLAY [Seattle, WA]
Feb 5, 2004–Apr 25, 2004
The relationship of sound, vision, music, art and performance is the focus
of Christian Marclay. The exhibition, an in-depth retrospective of the
innovative artist and musician, follows Marclay’s work from 1980 to the
present and is on view in SAM’s Gates Gallery on the Second Floor.
Organized by the UCLA Hammer Museum, the exhibition comprises over sixty
works including Tape Fall (1989), the glass piece Drumsticks (2000), The
Beatles (1989), and Recycled Records (1980-1986).
Born in 1955 in California and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, Marclay
studied sculpture at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at
Cooper Union in New York. The range of Marclay’s work encompasses musical
compositions, sculpture, collage, multimedia installations and
photography. As a musician, he was one of the first to use records and
turntables as a medium for performance and improvisation. Marclay has also
recorded extensively with musicians including the Kronos Quartet, Sonic
Youth, Butch Morris, Arto Lindsay, John Zorn and Fred Firth.
“Marclay’s work stretches the definition of sculpture, music and art,” says
Lisa Corrin, SAM’s Deputy Director of Art. “We are thrilled to bring his
work to Seattle. With the artist’s strong focus on experimental music, the
exhibition harmonizes with this region’s history as a laboratory for new
musical currents.”
A central part of the exhibition is the critically acclaimed Video Quartet
(2002). This large, four-screen DVD projection joins hundreds of old
Hollywood film excerpts that feature actors and musicians making sound or
playing instruments. The result is both a moving visual collage and a
musical composition evoking hip-hop riffs, John Cage, and appropriation
art.
“Marclay’s innovative use of visual and audible materials has resulted in
a body of work that is challenging, compelling, witty, and often highly
serious,” said Russell Ferguson, the exhibition’s organizing curator and
chief curator at the UCLA Hammer Museum.
Prior to its presentation in Seattle, the exhibit traveled to the Bard
College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
(Sept. 28-Dec. 19, 2003). After its presentation at SAM, it will travel to
the Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland (June 12-Sept. 6, 2004). Accompanying
the exhibition is a fully illustrated 200-page catalogue, which will be
available in the Museum Store.
Location: Seattle Art Museum, Downtown , 100 University Street ,
Seattle, WA 98101-2902 More info: 206-654-3100
or www.seattleartmuseum.org
5. CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: JUMP TO JAPAN [Seattle, WA]
exhibit open through June 6
Totoro is coming! Totoro is coming! Who is Totoro you ask? He is a
Japanese child's favorite character! Ask any child in Japan, they would
tell you Totoro is a magical animated creature with special powers.
And…children are the only ones who can see him! One of the central
characters in the children's film My Neighbor Totoro, created by the
famous Japanese artist Hayao Miyazaki, Totoro will delight and surprise
your children.
Your children can meet Totoro and all his friends starting January 24th
and running through June 6th in the new exhibit Jump to Japan: Discovering
Culture Through Popular Art.
TCM's brand new national, traveling exhibit will explore the origins of
contemporary animation and manga (comic) characters. Jump to Japan is
designed to introduce Japanese life and culture through arts that children
can quickly relate.
Jump To Japan: Discovering Culture Through Popular Art will immerse
children and adults in popular Japanese art through time: Animation and
Film Making, Manga (comics with a strong visual narrative) and Woodblock
Prints and Scroll Painting. These art forms will serve as Jump To Japan's
principal tools through which children and adults will make connections to
Japanese culture.
Within the exhibit, children and parents will be able to:
Explore the Interactive Magic Cat Bus from My Neighbor Totoro
Create Comic (Manga) Drawings
Build Simple Animation Series
Role Play in a Japanese Manga Shop with Comics Filling Every Shelf
See Important Historical Connections of the Four Represented Art Forms
Visit with Guest Artists Creating Manga and Woodblock Prints
Group tours and educational field trips to experience Jump to Japan are
available by contacting Erika at 206-441-1768.
Jump To Japan is one of seven exhibits being developed as part of The
Association of Children's Museums and The Freeman Foundation's $7 million
Asian Exhibit Initiative. The Initiative's goal is, "to promote better
understanding of Asian cultures through the development of interactive
traveling exhibits and educational outreach in America's children's
museums." The seven exhibits created by the Initiative will travel to
eighty children's museums across the United States in 2004-2008.
BONUS! Adult and Teen Nights
Due to the popularity of Jump to Japan for adult and teen audiences, TCM
is opening its doors for six nights during the exhibition for adults and
teens. Adult Nights Wednesday, March 10, 2004, 6-8pm Wednesday, May 12,
2004, 6-8pm
Teen Nights
Friday, March 12, 2004, 6-8pm
Friday, April 23, 2004, 6-8pm
Friday May 14, 2004 6-8pm
Location: Seattle Children's Museum, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle Center
More info: 206-441-1768; www.thechildrensmuseum.org
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EVENTS
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6. IRISH REELS FILM FESTIVAL [Seattle, WA]
March 4-14th 2004
Mark your calendars for the forthcoming 7th annual Irish Reels Film
Festival - showcasing the best in contemporary Irish cinema. The 2004
festival will run from March 4-7th at the following locations; Harvard
Exit, 911 Media Arts Center and the Seattle Art Museum. Then on March
13-14th, there will be FREE screenings of documentaries & shorts at the
Seattle Center during Irish Week. On Wednesday, February 18th at 8pm, join
us for a festival kick-off party at Conor Byrne's Pub in Ballard.
Musicians, Guinness and raffle prizes galore! Suggested donation is $10 at
the door in support of the festival. A highlight of the four day festival
is a Special Tribute to Dublin-born writer/director Neil Jordan featuring
a retrospective of his early work, including "Company of Wolves", "Mona
Lisa", and "The Crying Game". In addition the opening night presentation
at Harvard Exit will feature the US Premiere of Mr. Jordan's latest
production, "Intermission" starring Colm Meaney, Cillian Murphy and Colin
Farrell.
For program and ticket information go to www.irishreels.com or
call 206-722-2184 Irish Reels is sponsored in part by 911 Media Arts
Center and the Irish Heritage Club. Community support is provided by
Fado's Irish Pub, Scarecrow Video and The Warren Report.
7. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE [Seattle, WA]
Daily @ 4:40 7:00 9:15 plus Sat and Sun matinee @ 2:30
Preceded by the Academy Award nominated short animated film, Destino,
conceived by Salvador Dali for the Walt Disney Co. France/Canada/Belgium
2003. Don't miss the theatrical run of the first feature film from Sylvain
Chomet, director of the acclaimed animated short "The Old Lady and the
Pigeons" from a few years back. "The Triplets of Belleville" is a visually
exquisite and curious film that has a special appeal to animators, with
gorgeous 2-D animation that is the best blend of digital and traditional
animation I have seen (unlike most digital 2D today you CAN see the
artist's delicious pencil line in the finished product). But don't just
take it from me; read the reviews, which have been good to this film, with
some critics even predicting an Oscar.
Location: Harvard Exit Theater, 807
E. Roy St., Seattle More info: 206-781-5755
8. ASIFA-EAST ANIMATION FEST [Seattle, WA]
Thursday, March 25 @ 8:00 p.m.
For 34 years, the New York chapter of the Internation Animated Film
Association, ASIFA-East, has been putting on an animation festival full of
local work, from independent animated shorts and student films to the
latest cutting-edge animated commercials. The winning films are then
compiled and screened for other chapters.
This year's program includes 31 pieces:
Rabbit Becomes Restless by Mike Mayfield,
Ark City by Christi Bertelsen,
Little Moon Monster by Cynthia Mazur,
Dreamscapes by Sean McBride,
Samurai Jack commercial by Curious Pictures,
Bigmouth US Woman commercial by Acme Filmworks,
Pioneer Car Stereo commercial by Mike Overbeck,
Charmin commercials by Acme Filmworks,
Please Baby Please by Jennifer Oxley,
Religetables by Wachtenheim/Marianetti Animation,
Midterm Elections by JJ Sedelmaier Productions,
Condom Skills Building by GMK Animation,
Blue's Clues 100th episode celebration by Nickelodeon,
Linny the Guinea Pig by Little Airplane Productions,
Turn Turn by Magik Studios,
The Box Factory by Fran Krause,
The Man With the Smallest Penis in Existence by Augenblick Studios,
The Stone of Folly by NFBC/Sjaak Meilink,
Current Events by David Ehrlich,
Delivery by Blend Films,
Roof Sex by PES,
Sieviete by Rija Films/Signe Bauman,
Imagine by Majik Studios,
Stiltwalkers by NFBC/Sjaak Meilink,
Flashbacks from my Past: Starry Night by Irra Verbitsky,
Bathtime in Clerkenwell by Alex Budovsky.
Plus a sneak preview of "Avoid Eye Contact," from NYC Independent Animators.
Admission: FREE for members of ASIFA; $2 donation
for non-members Location: 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N.
9. PUPPET PARTY [Seattle, WA]
Friday, May 21 @ 8:00 p.m.
Mark your calendars! Coming in May: PUPPET PARTY! Join the members of The
ASIFA-Northwest Animation Association, The local Puppeteer's Guild and 911
in celebrating the intersections of puppetry, animation and media arts.
The screening will include Peter Jackson's rarely-seen pre-LOTR short film
"Meet the Feebles," Wladyslaw Starevitch's bizarre and beautiful
stop-motion puppet animation and something new from Screen Novelties, the
creators of the Slamdance-award winning short puppet film, "Graveyard
Jamboree."
Yummy snacks and post-film mingling! Free for members of ASIFA,
Puppet Guild or 911. Open to the public; $3 admission for non-members.
Location: 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N.
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CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
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10. AFTER EFFECTS I [Seattle, WA]
3 Tue., Mar. 9, 16 & 23, 6-9:30pm
Instructor - James Culbertson
Adobe After Effects enables you to produce professional-quality motion
graphics, special effects, title sequences, and animation for integration
into your projects. In these workshops, you will learn to combine video,
audio, still-images, and animations, into simple or complex layered
compositions that can then be output to any film, video, multimedia, or
internet resolution. The skills learned in these classes will help you
take your work to new creative levels. Media will be provided. Class
participants will complete a series of short, simple After Effects tasks
and tutorials. We will cover basic manipulation and animation of transform
controls, masks, basic filter effects, and fully explore spatial and
temporal keyframe control over these animating properties (including speed
and acceleration, bezier curves, keyframe velocity and influence, and
keyframe assistants). Other topics include: media import and render output
methods and options, media editing, interface switches and controls,
efficient working strategies, layer mattes and layer modes, and key
commands.
Class limit: 4. Cost: member cost - $ 240, non member cost - $
265(Receive a 10% discount on both classes if you sign up for After
Effects I & II.) Course fee includes a total of 6 hours of independent lab
time. The format of this class combines lecture with hands-on. Students
will need to share use of computers.
Prerequisites: basic computer skills and video editing experience
Location: 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N, Seattle, WA
More info: www.911media.org
11. AFTER EFFECTS II [Seattle, WA]
3 Tue., Apr. 13, 20 & 27, 6-9:30pm
Instructor - James Culbertson
Adobe After Effects enables you to produce professional-quality motion
graphics, special effects, title sequences, and animation for integration
into your projects. In these workshops, you will learn to combine video,
audio, still-images, and animations, into simple or complex layered
compositions that can then be output to any film, video, multimedia, or
internet resolution. The skills learned in these classes will help you
take your work to new creative levels. Media will be provided. Class
participants will complete a series of short, simple After Effects tasks
and tutorials. In this class we will build upon the basics learned in the
first After Effects class, as well as, explore After Effects 3D
capabilities, expanded filter usage, expressions (FX scripting), motion
effects, motion tracking/stabilization, parent-child interactions, and
time remapping. After Effects 1 or permission of instructor required.
Class limit: 4. Cost: member cost - $ 240, non member cost - $ 265 (Receive
a 10% discount on both classes if you sign up for After Effects I &
II.) Course fee includes a total of 6 hours of independent lab time. The
format of this class combines lecture with hands-on. Students will need to
share use of computers.
Prerequisites: basic computer skills and video editing experience
Location: 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N, Seattle, WA
More info: www.911media.org
12. AMAZING ANIMATION @ THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM [Seattle, WA]
April 5-9, 10am-1pm
Instructor: Wendy Jackson Hall
(drop-off/pick-up option offered)
Ages: 7-10 years old
Cost: $150 per child (all art supplies, snack)
Move over, Totoro... Make way for kid-toons! In this intense hands-on
workshop, kids will make their own cartoon movies using clay, drawings and
cut paper. Filming with professional animation equipment, students will
animate, or "breathe life" into original characters and stories from their
imaginations, frame by frame on digital video. After the workshop, each
student will keep their artwork and get a copy of the video (in a box they
design) featuring all of the films made in the class.
More info: www.thechildrensmuseum.org
13. MESMER 3D ANIMATION COURSES [Seattle, WA]
Ongoing courses in Softimage XSI, Maya and 3D Studio Max.
More info: www.mesmer.com
14. OREGON3D COMPUTER ANIMATION COURSES [Portland, OR]
Ongoing courses in 3D Studio Max, Flint, Flame, Maya, Combustion and other
3D computer animation and visual effects programs.
More info: www.oregon3d.com
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