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NEWS - All Systems Are Go
It's been a busy few weeks for the CoLab team. We are getting ready for the move into the new WG building and the launch of our new website in January, which will include listings and registration for Marker creative workshops, information on the Creative Technologies academic programme, and easy-to-find information about CoLab-supported events, projects, publications and more.
CoLab's Frances Joseph and Rebekah Foote, have been working with John Piper from AUT's Digital Design department and staff from across the faculty in planning an AUT-hosted Animation Symposium scheduled for March 2013. We are delighted to be working with Malcolm Turner, Director of the Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) in developing a five-day event for education and industry that pushes the boundaries of animation and creativity. It's animation, but not as you know it. The five days will include presentations, screenings, workshops, an exhibition, international guests, a high school jury and other side events; all hosted in AUT's WG learning precinct.
Hot on the heels of the Animation Symposium is Doc NZ’s Screen Edge Forum, planned for mid-April 2013, which CoLab is proud to support for the fourth year running. The Screen Edge Forum brings together local and international panelists from film, TV, mobile technologies, production and more to discuss all matters related to working in the screen industry. The Forum is organised as part of the annual Documentary Edge Festival, and we are crossing our fingers to be able to screen some of the films at AUT's new high definition audio-visual display lecture theatres .
More details are to be released soon.
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FUNDING SUCCESS - Free Workshops to Run Alongside Wandering Creatures
We are delighted to announce that the Auckland Council, through its Creative Communities Scheme has given financial support for three public workshops to accompany the interactive exhibition, Wandering Creatures by artist and CoLab member, Kim Newall.
Kim creates imaginative, hybrid, virtual creatures that can have legs like pigs, beaks like birds or trunks like elephants. These creatures are virtual and responsive, developing their identities through audience engagement. The audience is now invited to become more engaged through this process by participating in one of three free public workshops.
The workshops will be held at multiple sites across the Auckland Zoo in early 2013, and will be designed to complement and extend the engagement of diverse audiences in a playful and active way, enabling a new audience to discover and enjoy digital art.
Supported by THE EDGE/Regional Facilities Auckland and CoLab/AUT University, this exhibition will run during the Auckland Fringe from February 15 - March 16, 2013.
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CONNECT - Visit by Joëlle Tilmanne from NUMEDIART, Belgium
CoLab and AUT University are pleased to announce the visit of Joëlle Tilmanne, researcher at NUMEDIART, University of Mons, Belgium.
NUMEDIART work with artists and industrial partners, on projects in the digital art technologies area. They are looking for potential collaborations with new partners, and to exchange ideas with people and labs involved in digital art technologies.
In addition to their institute work, researcher Joëlle Tilmanne will also represent the TWIST cluster, which groups Belgian Walloon-region businesses active in the domains of technologies of image, sound, and text. This cluster aims at developing contacts between its members, but also between its members and abroad societies.
 Joëlle is pursuing a PhD in the field of HMM-based motion synthesis, and is particularly interested in making connections with people and organizations in the field of digital design and motion capture technologies.
There is an afternoon series of talks at AUT on Monday 26th November for staff and selected guests. If you or members of your company or organization would like to attend the presentation or meet with Joëlle while she is in New Zealand (November 26 - 30), please email Rebekah Foote.
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PUBLICATIONS - The Third CoLab Journal is (Almost) Here!
The third edition of CoLab's Journal: Creative Technologies is due to be published next week, comprising of papers based on the theme of 'Interactivity'.
The seven papers that make up this edition have been written by researchers from New Zealand, Australia and The Netherlands, and explore topics such as game design, digital art, and performance. To read the latest issue, live next week, visit: journal.colab.org.nz..
Next month, we will circulate the call for papers for the Journal's fourth edition, which will have a theme of ‘The Expanded Field of Animation'. CoLab management wish to thank the current editor of the Journal, Jenny Watts, for all her work on the first three issues of the online publication. Jenny is stepping down from her role as editor at the end of this year to take up motherhood duties. Jennie has made a huge contribution and we send her our thanks and very best wishes.
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WORKSHOP - Solidworks to 3D Printing
Friday 30th November | 9am - 4pm
AUT City Campus
Regular Fee $100 / Student $65
A one-day workshop for budding inventors and product designers.
This is a hands-on workshop where you’ll start with an introduction to 3D computer-aided design before using Solidworks to create a photo-realistic rendering of your idea.
Once your object has been designed, you'll move out of the computer lab and into AUT’s Rapid Prototyping Lab for a demonstration of the printing process of a plastic object using an UP 3D printer.
In addition, you’ll also go on a tour of the Product Design studios at AUT, and your own object will be printed and ready for pick-up later the following week.
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INTERACTIVE ART - New Digital Art Live Exhibition features work by AUT Students
Emerging Pixels #2
By AUT Students
Friday 9 November, 2012 – Tuesday 5 February, 2013
Digital Art Live, Level 2, Aotea Centre
Digital Art Live offers the opportunity for young digital and interactive artists to present their works, with Emerging Pixels #2 showcasing emerging talent from the Bachelor of Creative Technology programme at AUT.
The first exhibition is Emergent Forest by Tom Tyer-Drake and Jenna Gavin. Emergent Forest creates a sense of wonder and fascination with the fractal nature of trees. With a specific device, viewers can manipulate the wind and growth of this virtual forest influencing the shapes and patterns of the trees as they grow. Watch as an unusual forest of your own emerges.
Emergent Forest runs until December 3, 2012, after which A Painting, by Lucy Tang will be on the screen, ready for you to interact with.
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FILM COMPETITION - Uni Shorts 2013
Great prizes and an exciting programme have been lined up for Uni Shorts 2013 which will be held at the Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland on April 13-14, 2013.
All submitted film work must be no longer than 20 minutes in duration and entirely student-made between March 2011 - November 2012 as part of a course of study.
Deadline for submissions is Friday 30th November, 2012. Accepted genres include: narrative (fiction); non-fiction (documentary); animation and non-narrative (experimental).
Uni Shorts is the only tertiary film festival of its type in Australasia. Enter now online at unishorts.unitec.ac.nz.
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WORKSHOP – Two Day T-Shirt Challenge
Thurs 22 & Fri 23 November | 9am - 4pm
AUT City Campus
Regular Fee $350 / Student $280
Calling all designers, creatives and T-shirt wearers, this course is for you!
You'll learn to develop your creative ideas and design skills using Adobe Illustrator, and increase your knowledge of screen-printing, from design to production.
The course starts in the computer lab where you will use Illustrator to develop digital artworks that will later be applied to your T-shirt during the screen-printing session.
You will then follow the production pathway by preparing film work, screens, exposures and inks before printing your own designs onto your own customised T-shirt.
Workshop taught by Robert Wriesnik, Lecturer in Textile Design, AUT University.
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VOLUNTEER - The Interactive Art Project, Snake the Planet, Needs You!
Digital Art Live will present the interactive experience, Snake the Planet, by the Australian collective MPU as part of the Auckland Fringe, February 15 – March 10, 2013.
MPU will take the classic video game, Snake, and project it on downtown walls, doors and passing pedestrians who will become part of the action. Armed with just a bicycle, camera, projector, computer and portable battery, the artists will travel across the city to surprise audiences with this multiplayer game.
Check out the concept here: http://vimeo.com/37637793.
Even if you can just help out for one night with the installation, that will be a huge help. Volunteers will work in a team and will be directed by MPU.
To register your interest as volunteer, please email NolwennH@the-edge.co.nz or phone, 09 307 5446 before Friday 16th November. |
EVENT - AnimfxNZ Conference
AnimfxNZ is an Animation, Games and Visual Effects conference held annually in one of the world's leading cities for Digital Media creation: Wellington, New Zealand.
Now in its seventh year, AnimfxNZ 2012 brings together a mix of international speakers, including animation feature directors, vfx supervisors, digital artists and game developers, to present, share and interact with attendees from all over the world. Check out the 2012 speakers.
AnimfxNZ is organised by the NZ GAV Trust, a group of digital media professionals dedicated to advancing the Games, Animation and VFX industries in New Zealand. This year's theme is 'Create Locally, Grow Globally'.
The conference is held at Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand from November 15 - 17, 2012.
Registration is through the the AnimfxNZ website.
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