A job talk by Paul Malcolm, candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Conceptual Studies
Mitchell B91
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Paul Malcolm is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles where he is completing his dissertation on the impact of digital technologies on the culture and practice of Hollywood visual effects production. He is also a film critic for the LA Weekly, an Associate programmer for the Los Angeles Film Festival and a Sundance Institute Arts Writer Fellow.
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Colloquia in Conceptual Studies
Toni Dove, Interactive digital video and installation artist
2-5, CRT 175
"Spectropia: Haunting the Movie"
"Dove aims to intensify the cinematographic experience and to link together observer and character in a radically new way."
-- Sabine Himmelsbach - The Cinematic Imaginary after Film,
ZKM/Center for Art and Media, Germany
ZKM/Center for Art and Media, Germany
Toni Dove's Spectropia is both a feature film and an interactive performance. This sci-fi hybrid, in development for the last six years, features time travel, telepathy, elements of film noir and the supernatural. Utilizing gaming technology and experimental theater strategies, performers can interact with the narrative, using motion sensors to control the performance of their on-screen avatars. The audience will be able to see through the character's eyes, hear their interior thoughts, navigate their way through space, and even talk with the characters. Anything can happen.
Toni Dove is an artist/independent producer who works primarily with electronic media, including virtual reality, interactive video installations, performance and DVD ROMs that engage viewers in responsive and immersive narrative environments. Her work has been presented in the United States, Europe and Canada as well as in print and on radio and television. Projects include Archeology of a Mother Tongue, a virtual reality installation with Michael Mackenzie, Banff Centre for the Arts and an interactive cinema installation, Artificial Changelings. Her current project Spectropia previewed as a work in progress at Lincoln Center in Scanners, the New York Video Festival 2006.
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UWM Union Theater
7pm
Student Film & Video Festival
A juried showcase of the best short films and videos from the students of the pioneering UWM Film Department.
Followed by an exhibit of photography work and reception in Union E280.
