Inspired by traditional music as well as illustration and sculpting, Amit Pitaru created Sonic Wire Sculptor, a work using projection, surround sound and Wacom Cintiq in a custom made kiosk.

Knep has exhibited in galleries and museums across Europe, the United States and Korea. Effects and production software that he developed has been used on feature films, such as Jurassic Park and he was awarded two science and technology Academy Awards for his work at Industrial Light & Magic.

Inspired by traditional music as well as illustration and sculpting, Amit Pitaru is showing Sonic Wire Sculptor, a work using projection, surround sound and Wacom Cintiq in a custom made kiosk. The work is time-based with the user creating 3D threads. Pitaru’s interest includes the tools used in traditional artistic disciplines but extends this traditional craft so that the piece “is both the tool and the medium, which is perhaps a unique aspect of using computational media in an interactive manner.”

Lee Arnold’s Here is a time-based piece that continues to explore the themes used in his still images — color, space, abstraction and pattern. With a background in painting and photography, creator Arnold considers digital media, “to be a natural extension of his artistic practice.” He likes to create a dialogue between still and moving images through vibrant paintings that use digital stills as their source and digital animations.

Lee Arnold likes to create a dialogue between still and moving images through vibrant paintings that use digital stills/animation as their source. He will be showing Here at SIGGRAPH.

Born in London, England, Arnold attended undergraduate and graduate school in the United States. He currently teaches at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He has had numerous exhibitions, including ones at the Golaith Visual Space, Gallery Onetwentyeight and Long Island University.

Inspired by cinema and painting, Jonathan Wilkinson uses the medium of interactive video to execute his work. His SIGGRAPH exhibition, Interactive Panoramic Video Sequences, is screen-based art best suited for gallery installations. A multisensory experience, the user navigates the work with a resulting feeling of “immersion and relocation within the scene reinforced by directional soundscapes.” Wilkinson shoots the scenes on location, recapturing feelings and emotions in the studio, “coaching the scenes after they have been shot, adding a character here, deleting a boat there, letting a bird fly into a different time and space.”

Jonny Wilkinson’s Interactive Panoramic Video Sequences, is a multisensory experience.

Wilkinson is a lecturer in video and audio production at Leeds Metropolitan University, who combines teaching with his commercial practice and further research into his chosen specialty, creative technology. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues, including the New York Independent Film Festival and The Numbers Gallery in London. In 2005, he produced and directed a video for the U.K. punk band, Abrasive Wheels.

This is just a sampling of the multi-sensory experiences awaiting attendees of SIGGRAPH 2005. Take the time to stroll through the Gallery and then move on to view the animation storyboards, performance art and short animations, as well as visiting the Electronic Theater and Computer Animation Festival. It’s well worth your time and effort.

Mary Ann Skweres is a filmmaker and freelance writer. She has worked extensively in feature film and documentary post-production with credits as a picture editor and visual effects assistant. She is a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.