Animated Travels: SIGGRAPH

Become a SIGGRAPH 2012 Student Volunteer

EventsEditor — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:34:34 -0800

Are you science? Are you art? Do you daydream of computations or calculate in creativity? Are you a student? If so, you will find yourself right at home at SIGGRAPH 2012. Science and art will come together in one outstanding international conference to explore computer graphics and interactive techniques from both points of view, and YOU can be a part of it!

Please Touch at the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery

EventsEditor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:21:25 -0700

The 2010 SIGGRAPH Art Gallery has done away with the old phrase “look but don’t touch.” The 14 juried pieces exhibited this year absolutely require human interaction with a focus on haptics (touch). Richard Elaver from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne has taken the cross disciplinary theme of Leonardo and applied it to the selection process for the exhibits on display. Leonardo is a journal that has a philosophy of combining science, technology and art. Leonardo can be explored at www.leonardo.info.

Highlights from the SIGGRAPH 2010 Electronic Theatre

EventsEditor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:05:57 -0700

At the end of the two hour presentation my viewing partner kept muttering to me about “sensory overload” as we shuffled out the door. It’s one of the dangers of today’s world. The big Hollywood movie was well represented by The Last Airbender, Iron Man 2, Alice in Wonderland, 2012 and Avatar. The digital work on these films is, of course, excellent but overwrought compared to the smaller films and shorts. Simple stories told using the computer took the day.

Emerging from SIGGRAPH's Emerging Technology

EventsEditor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:11:54 -0700

Preston Smith began with SIGGRAPH as a volunteer 15 years ago and is the current Chair of the Emerging Technologies section. Preston is a network administrator. When he graduated from college, he thought seriously about getting involved in CG. The more he watched what the kids in this industry were doing with technology, the more he became interested in supporting that technology. Today, Preston is the Linux administrator at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research. He supports the fMRI, or function Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine.

Pixar's Jim Morris Keynotes SIGGRAPH 2010

EventsEditor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:02:32 -0700

Jim Morris, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Production at Pixar Animation Studios has over 23 years experience as a producer and production executive in the motion picture industry. He came to the 37th Annual SIGGRAPH, his 20th time in attendance, with a message. Jim posed the rhetorical question, “Who comes to SIGGRAPH?” It is the people who, at some point early in life, watched a movie that lit a spark in them. For Jim, it was stop animation in some of the older movies like Jason and the Argonauts.

SIGGRAPH 2010 Day 1 –Tron Looks Awesome

EventsEditor — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:29:19 -0700

My SIGGRAPH Day 1 was actually the 3rd day of the entire event, the first day of the main exhibits. Either I’m getting old (which I am) or it’s just getting harder and harder to focus and keep track of people I’ve met, sessions I’ve attended, screenings I’ve sat through. Despite 20 pages of notes and a handful of photos, I’m still trying to make proper account of my day before starting all over again today. Here goes nothing…

Desowitz at SIGGRAPH 2009: Day 5

EventsEditor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:14:50 -0700

AWN's Editor in Chief Bill Desowitz walks us through Day 5 of his SIGGRAPH 09 adventure.The key word is 3-D

Desowitz at SIGGRAPH 2009: Day 4

EventsEditor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:23:55 -0700

Press reports have attendance at about 10,000, which is extremely low, of course. But, as I previously noted, it's resulted in a very appropriate quaintness. You can tell that the people who have come here are very passionate.

Evening Theater’s Festival Chair’s Reel

EventsEditor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:25:17 -0700

A look at some of the short films from the Evening Theater’s Festival Chair’s Reel.

Evening Theater’s Jury Chair’s Reel

EventsEditor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:12:42 -0700

A breakdown of the Evening Theater’s Jury Chair’s Reel, which included the following shorts.