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Welcome to “the Radar,” our event calendar.  Now we’re cookin’ with technology!  The functionality is in place below to view the upcoming VFX & Animation events – or better yet, you can try the subscription system (still in beta!) and automatically have listings added to your personal calendar.  Subscription links:
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Submit new or missing event listings (or any errors) to J Bills.

Jun
9
Fri
New Social Entanglements: Mixed Realities Tech Summit @ University of Oregon's White Stag Block
Jun 9 all-day

What is the current state of reality? Virtual, augmented, merged, and mixed realities are all hyped in recent announcements promoting new devices, prototypes, platforms and startups. Artist, designers, and technologists are just beginning to tackle the challenge of being social with technologies that in their current form tend toward bulky face, eye and ear covering gear. Questions about the importance of our sense of embodiment and kinesthesia also arise in relationship to these new experience machines. What is it about our cultural moment that accounts for this blossoming in the field of immersive technologies? Has the technology simply matured enough for a wider market, is there an escapist cultural element? What are the other factors at play?

This summit explores the social ramifications, opportunities, and trajectories of these new immersive technologies through the lens of art, research, and design. It brings together artists, technologists, designers, and social thinkers for a day of talks, demonstrations, and experiences. It is intended to break open the conversation and tease out distinctions amongst these various realities and how these intersect and mesh with the body social.

Agenda
9:30-10:30a Coffee + pastries + demos
10:30-11:45a session 1
– Tawny Schlieski – Challenge + Importance of Diversity in VR
– Stephanie Mendoza Shapeshifter Culture
– Donna Davis Diversity Access Gaps and Benefits for Work
– Jamie Sherman VR for diversity: working with NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism
11:45-1:00p lunch (independent recommend Pine St Mkt – nearby food court)
1:00-2:15p session 2
– Matt Henderson – VR social experiments and the emerging Metafesto
– Jeremy Rotsztain Mantissa: an historic cinema project
– David Reuter Site specific VR 3d worlds and headsets
– Theo Downes-LeGuin exhibition design for new technologies
2:30-4:00p session 3
– Amy Hillman Creating Shared Holographic Experiences
– John Sherry – Intel Research on immersive experiences
– Reese Bowes – Conscilience: presence and affordance in art
– U of O Art and Technology: advanced student projects
4:00-5:30p demos, hors doeuvres, and schmoozing
5:30-6:30p interactive performance – harmonic laboratory (http://harmoniclab.org/intermedia/)

PSU Portfolio Show @ Lincoln Hall
Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Come see and hear work produced by the PSU Film students at the conclusion of another successful year!  Friday June 9th.

Portfolio show – 4:00pm to 6:00pm, room 315

Experimental Media Installations – 4:00pm to 6:00pm, rooms 211 and 331

Catered Reception – 5:30pm to 6:45pm, Lobby, Park Blocks entrance

Showcase and Awards – 7:00pm, Recital Hall room 75

Portland State Film Program
Lincoln Hall
1620 SW Park
Portland, OR 97207

 

 

 

Jun
16
Fri
Art Institute – Spring Portfolio Show @ Art Institute
Jun 16 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Our upcoming portfolio show that will be taking place this coming Friday, June 16th.  The show will be held on campus this quarter and will run from 12-2pm.  We have around 80 graduates this quarter, so there will be plenty of amazing pieces to look at!  These students have worked so hard on perfecting their portfolios and are eagar to show them off.  I have copied a link to RSVP below if you wouldn’t mind taking a moment to do that.  We certainly hope you can make it and look forward to having you!!

 

Jun
21
Wed
Davinci Resolve 14 Workshop @ Art Institute of Portland
Jun 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Part of our continuing workshop series aimed at keeping Portland up to date on the latest and greatest when it comes to post production, we bring you a special evening with Davinci Resolve 14. Dave Jahns (Joint) and Blackmagic Design bring you a hands-on look at what’s new with Davinci Resolve 14.

Blackmagic continues to expand and innovate the Davinci Resolve toolset, and with version 14 comes a major step forward via an extensive set of audio tools, facial tracking and correction, and reduced Studio level pricing to compliment the robust free version.  Resolve has never been more real and relevant, and whether you’re a seasoned colorist or a student just starting to look into editing and color tools, you’ll stand to get a heavy dose of the workflow and capabilities inherent to Davinci Resolve 14 in one tightly packed evening, with both our hometown presenters as well as a pair of  Blackmagic Product Specialists (Shawn Carlson and Rony Soussan) up from LA.

We will be giving away a license of Davinci Resolve 14 Studio as well as a license of Fusion 8 Studio at the end of the workshop.  You must be present to win.

Speakers to include:


Dave Jahns – Lead Colorist, W+K’s Joint Editorialheadlining project demo, workflows, and breakdowns.

                                                                 

Shawn Carlson and Rony Soussan – Product Specialists, Blackmagic Design v14 highlights and new features: Fairlight audio tools, Fusion/Fusion connect, and collaborative editing/grading workflows.


J Bills – Compositor/Lead Colorist, Sprocketshipbrief introduction and user group overview + demo project files.

This all takes place the evening of Wednesday, June 21st, from 6pm-9pm, graciously hosted & sponsored by the Art Institute, in their capable PC lab.  Space is very limited (20 workstations in the lab + about 10 extra non-workstation seats) and we expect this to fill up quickly, so reserve your spot now here:

https://resolveworkshoppdx.eventbrite.com

And please be courteous and cancel your ticket if your availability changes and you can’t attend so we can fill your seat.  This is absolutely free (extra special thanks to Dave and the Blackmagic artists for donating the time).  Also, be sure to check out and register separately for the Blackmagic Road Show happening the next day (Thurs, June 22) at OMSI from 1pm-5pm.  Details here.   See you at the workshop!

VFX/PDX Davinci Resolve 14 Workshop
Wednesday, June 21st, 6pm-9pm
The Art Institute of Portland
1122 Northwest Davis Street
Room 308
Portland, OR 97209

Jun
22
Thu
Blackmagic Design Roadshow @ OMSI
Jun 22 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

NAB 2017 Roadshow

Come and see the latest Blackmagic Design solutions for video, television and film production at the Blackmagic Design NAB 2017 Roadshow! We will be visiting 8 cities over 9 weeks, between May and July. Don’t miss the opportunity for hands on demonstrations of the newly released DaVinci Resolve 14, ATEM Television Studio Pro HD, Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro as well as our other latest products.

More details:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/usatour-2017
and click Portland.