This exhibit showcases the art of Steambot Studios, featuring the work created for their forthcoming book EXODYSSEY.

Opening party is May 9 at 7 p.m.

"This book is more than just concept art to us. It reflects our achievements in terms of teamwork, quest of identity, and artistic growth. It has been part of our lives for the past three years, along with our daytime jobs, our trips, our girlfriends, family, and friends."

"We bring you a unique and vibrant vision of a world that we hope will appeal to your imagination. We also hope you will enjoy discovering it as much as we have enjoyed creating it."

http://www.steambotstudios.com/

Artists:

Joel dos Reis Viegas
Sebastien Larroude
Barontieri
David Levy
David Giraud
Patrick Desgreniers
Nicolas Ferrand

The Gnomon Gallery
1015 N Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90038
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In NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN, due in theaters everywhere May 22, some of history's most famous figures miraculously come to life at the world's largest museum. But New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple can experience, interact with -- and live -- history weeks before the film's unveiling, via a "Living Window" at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater at Broadway and 68th Street. There, three characters from NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN -- famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart; Sacajawea, who guided explorers Lewis and Clark on their epic exploration of the Western United States; and "Neanderthal Man," the extinct predecessor to homo sapiens -- will come alive May 8-9 and May 15-16. For about six hours each of those Nights, actors wearing the costumes adorned by film's cast members during production, will live inside the theater's window space, facing Broadway. Each will act out tasks specific to his or her historical era, as well as interact with each other -- and with the crowds observing the tableaux. In addition, "Amelia," "Sacajawea," and "Neanderthal Man" will engage in some contemporary rituals, including Twittering, texting, munching on theater concessions, and playing card games. The history-making event will be captured live, via a special webcam streaming on amctheatres.com, allowing people from around the globe to visit the characters, virtually, and interact with them via email. Before the film's characters come alive, they are of course exhibits -- and beginning April 13, the theater's windows became enlivened by actual prop mannequins from the film, displayed as museum exhibits complete with props and character descriptions. It's a new "Night" and "Museum" for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history -- including Amy Adams as famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, Hank Azaria as villainous Egyptian pharaoh Kahmunrah, Christopher Guest as Russian tyrant Ivan the Terrible and Alain Chabat as Napoleon. Owen Wilson is back as cowboy Jedediah, and Robin Williams again rides into history as Teddy Roosevelt. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world's largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Archie Bunker's lounge chair. No major film has ever shot inside the Smithsonian in Washington...until NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN. The "Battle" begins in theaters and IMAX everywhere May 22.

See the impressive performance advantages of real-time 3D workflow and rendering at two sneak peek events in Montreal and Los Angeles this month, both spotlighting MachStudio Pro, StudioGPU's revolutionary new non-linear real-time workspace for 3D professionals. Powered by AMD ATI FireGL V8650 3D graphics workstation accelerator cards, MachStudio Pro keeps creativity moving at the speed of thought. MONTREAL Thursday May 7, 2009 Place: Opus Hotel 10 Sherbrooke Quest Montreal, Quebec H2X 4C9 Who Should Attend: 3D artists, animators, game developers, designers, technical directors Partner: 3Vis -- www.3vis.com Registration: 6:30 p.m. Event: 7:00 p.m. RSVP: http://www.3vis.com/enCA/evenements LOS ANGELES Wednesday May 13, 2009 Place: RFX 748 Seward St. Hollywood, CA 90038 323-962-7400 Who Should Attend: 3D artists, animators, game developers, designers, technical directors Partner: RFX -- www.rfx.com Registration: 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Meet and greet with food and drinks, 7:00pm - 9:00pm: Demo and Q&A with developers of MachStudio Pro RSVP: rsvp@rfx.com For more details about StudioGPU or MachStudio Pro, visit www.studiogpu.com.

The IGC East is for developers of console, flash and casual games who want a leg up on the competition and for the publishers who want to see the hottest games in development by the rising stars of the industry.

To get seen. The IGC Game Demo Night is the place to show your game off to the game publishers is a setting where your game is not one of thousands. By limiting the number of people who can register for the Game Demo Night we make certain that your game is not lost, but has the space to shine.

Publishers can find the next big game at the Game Demo Night where independent developers bring their skills and commitment to the show.

The sessions at the IGC focus on the business of being an independent developer as well as the technical demands of game development. With our three track approach the IGC is the place to be no matter what stage of development your company has reached.

The business track will give you a leg up on the completion with information on how best to leverage your IP.

The technical track focuses on the latest technology and how to take your game to the next level.

The IGC has helped publishers spot the next hot game or game developer and game companies get their name out to the publishers. The IGC has lead to successfully brokered deals in the Southern United States for the past two years and now we are bringing our proven success to the East Coast.

NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group is teaming once again with Propworx to offer hundreds of items from the SCI FI Channel's award-winning series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA in a live auction weekend, May 8, 9 and 10. This is the last chance that fans and collectors will have to own a piece of the show, which concluded its series run on Friday, March 20, 2009. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit United Way. More than 900 items will be included in this final auction including "Lee Adama's" (Jamie Bamber) bomber jacket, which was worn in the "Daybreak" flashback scene, the painting that Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) paints in her apartment on Caprica before the Cylon attacks, the Galactica Podium, Admiral Adama's (Edward James Olmos) desk chair, a full size Viper Mark II ship and a full size Blackbird Stealth ship. Two items that were very popular in the first auction, the red dress worn by Number Six (Tricia Helfer) and a Starbuck flight suit will also be offered in this auction. The auction will be held at the Pasadena Convention Center on May 8, 9, and 10 (a full schedule is below). A public preview day will be held on Thursday, May 7 during which the public can view the impressive collection of props and memorabilia and get a truly up-close-and-personal look at the full-size spacecraft. In addition, the auction will stream live at the Auction Network site, www.auctionnetwork.com so that fans and collectors can watch and bid in real time. The first live auction event for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (January 17 and 18, 2009) drew a record number of online bidders at Auction Network, resulting in over 2,000 online bidders from around the world during the two day event. Thousands were raised for charities including United Way and several charities designated by the show's actors. The original infamous red dress worn by Helfer's Number Six sold for an astonishing $13,000, which was distributed to several organizations that Helfer designated. Schedule of Events for the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA live auction event at the Pasadena Convention Center (www.pasadenacenter.com) Thursday, May 7 -- Auction Preview Day 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Friday, May 8 -- Auction Day: Doors open at 9:00 a.m. -- Auction begins at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9 -- Auction Day: Doors open at 9:00 a.m. -- Auction begins at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, May 10 -- Auction Day: Doors open at 9:00 a.m. -- Auction begins at 10:00 a.m. For more information and to view the auction catalog, visit www.battlestarprops.com.

fmx is the primary European meeting of the digital community. Presenting cutting edge digital entertainment, the conference addresses the interests of professionals in creation, production and distribution from all corners of the industry. Innovative approaches in the animation, visual effects and gaming industries create a focus for discussions about the convergence and future of digital entertainment. Meet top names in the industry as they present their latest achievements, interview with recruiters searching for new talent and test hard- and software innovations directly with developers -- all in an open atmosphere of qualified discussion and informal encounter. The level of knowledge and experience and the openness with which it is shared has made fmx a set date for CG professionals all around the world. The four days of fmx (May 5-8 in Stuttgart, Germany) are packed with events and screenings. Chris Defaria (Exec VP Digital Production, Animation and Visual Effects at Warner Bros.) will talk about his work on WATCHMEN and other projects in dialogue with Eric Roth (Executive Director of the Visual Effects Society). Defaria was responsible for films such as HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX and 300 and has received three Emmy Awards and two NAPTE Iris Awards for his TV work. Further reasons to pen these days into your calendar: Bob Osher (President of the Digital Production Division Sony Pictures Ent.) and Hannah Minghella (President of Production Sony Pictures Animation) will be sharing their wealth of experience. Also this year, renowned companies will be present and provide for an enthralling display at fmx/forum. Autodesk is pulling all the stops to make fmx/09 a unique experience for the cg community. Autodesk will not only offer master classes and workshops for 3D Max, Maya, Softimage and Toxic but they will also showcase their latest systems and software at fmx/expo and reach out to cg artists with an education summit. To top it off, industry experts Sebastian Sylwan (Senior Industry Manager Film) and Mary-Beth Haggerty (Senior Industry Manager Games) are taking part in the fmx/conference program. Keep up with new developments on www.fmx.de and fmx/09 updates, including the growing list of partners. Online tickets will be available very soon. Promising youngsters and curious veterans mingle at fmx/talents. Visitors can get an overview of educational institutions at the first-ever fmx/09 School Campus: schools give potential students a one-on-one glimpse into curriculum, school life and student projects. Selected film and animation schools present student work in the fmx/09 School Offerings. Want to be a part of the campus? Download education packages from the website and book a desk. Participating campus students qualify for discount tickets. Stereoscopic 3-D will play a major role this year, presented in state-of the art quality at the Metropol movie theater, located between fmx/09 and the Festival of Animated Film. Don't miss Disney's feature BOLT and short film GLAGO'S GUEST. Director Chris Williams will talk about storytelling and directing, while Robert Neuman will discuss technical aspects. Also, Paul Felix and Adolph Lusinsky will describe how art direction deals with look and lighting in an animated film. Previs will be another hot topic. Ron Frankel, founder of the premiere previs organization Proof and co-founder of the 5D Conference, will illuminate his working methods in fmx/talks. Ron introduced Steven Spielberg and Darren Aronofsky to the idea of using previsualization as a tool for creating epic shots. The Visual Effects Society is once again on board and once again has a hand on the wheel. Besides Chris Defaria (Executive Vice President Digital Production, Animation and Visual Effects at Warner), there is a lot more VES to see at fmx/09. Eric Roth (Executive Director, VES) will host a hand-selected series of industry specialists: Harrison Ellenshaw, for example, the very first visual effects supervisor ever credited in a film (TRON) and one of the best matte painters of our time. Harrison is a pioneer of the industry, well known for his work on STAR WARS: EPISODE IV -- THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and many Disney masterpieces. With Richard Edlund, another STAR WARS veteran will take the stage.

A handful of top-class artists who have been greatly influenced by the animated film genre will be present at the Galerienhaus during the upcoming 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (May 5-10, 2009). In addition to specially chosen multimedia artists from the region, the Japanese designer Keiichi Tanaami and the internationally popular German-Japanese Kota Ezawa will be presenting their works. German-Japanese Kota Ezawa (born 1969) is considered a shooting star in the contemporary multimedia art scene. In 2006/2007 his works were shown in the exhibition "Out of Time: Contemporary Art from the Collection" at the MoMA -- The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Further recent highlights were the exhibition "Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960" in 2008 in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and in the same year "The Geopolitics of Animations" at the MARCO -- Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo in Spain. Ezawa draws on well-known elements and source material from art, culture, science and media which he reworks and stylizes on a computer. According to the 14-1 Galerie in Stuttgart "The result is reminiscent of old-fashioned comics shown as digital projections, film, slide shows or etchings". The gallery will be showing his animated 16 mm short film BRAWL from May 3 onwards, throughout the Festival of Animated Film. The film is an original interpretation of a brawl involving fans and players during a basketball game between the US teams Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers in November 2004. At the same time the 14-1 Galerie will be presenting the newest animated music film by Rock & Bluse under the title "wenn der rock brennt" ("When Rock Burns"). Well-known throughout the region, Rock & Bluse is a group of experimental artists, (Anke Bauer, Julia Finkbeiner, Pia Maria Martin and Monika Nuber) who animate felt-tip drawings with abstract and figured elements and combine images and sound to create a new musical entity. A further highlight in the artistic supporting program at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film '09 is the Japanese design doyen Keiichi Tanaami (born 1936), who in expert circles is looked upon as a creator of the experimental animated film. During 40 years of creativity, Tanaami, who amongst other things was employed as the first Art Director at the Japanese branch of the PLAYBOY, has created almost 60 films and continues to regularly produce films and pictures. An important characteristic of this visual artist's work -- who also produces sculptures and performance events -- is the speed with which he visualizes his ideas and thoughts on paper. The Galerie Merkle also located in the Galerienhaus will not only be showing Taanami's psychedelic-touched animated drawings but also his silk screen prints and sketches. At the same time as the works by Ezawa, Rock & Bluse and Tanaami are on show, the Galerie Naumann, the third gallery located in the Galerienhaus, will be showing creations from five contemporary international animation artists under the title PARTITUREN FUR ZEICHERINNEN UND ZEICHNER (Scores for Artists). Works by Sarah Jane Lapp (USA, born 1972) and Eva Koberstein (Munich, born 1969) will be shown as well as works by Jorg Mandernach (born 1963), Kirsten Lampert (born 1959), and Andreas Opiolka (born 1962), all three of whom are from Stuttgart. All of the exhibitions will open May 3, at 11 o'clock in the Galerienhaus Stuttgart (www.galerienhaus-stuttgart.de) as part of the supporting program of the 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film '09.

JAWS documentary THE SHARK IS STILL WORKING will debut as part of the Los Angeles United Film Festival on May 2.

The documentary features appearances by Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Kevin Smith, Bryan Singer and M. Night Shyamalan and is narrated by Roy Scheider.

Screenings are at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, May 2 and midnight on Sunday, May 3 at the Los Feliz 3 Cinemas (1822 Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027).

Click here to purchase tickets.

VIZ Pictures is teaming with NCM FATHOM to present DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD, a live-action two-night, multi-city event on April 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. local time. By popular demand, a subtitled version will be presented on April 29 and an English-dubbed version on April 30 with L's voice played by Alessandro Juliani from the anime series. Tickets for this event are available at presenting theatre box offices and online. For a complete list of theatre locations and prices, visit www.FathomEvents.com (theaters are subject to change). Advance tickets will be available to SHONEN JUMP e-subscribers beginning March 20 (sign-up is available at www.shonenjump.com) and tickets to the general public go on sale on March 23. DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD is inspired by the immensely popular DEATH NOTE features, which are based on the best-selling supernatural action manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, but this spin-off follows a new original storyline. DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD was directed by Hideo Nakata, who also directed the U.S. #1 hit horror movie THE RING 2, which was remade from his own smash hit Japanese horror trilogy, RINGU. DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD introduces the unwritten chapter of DEATH NOTE and reveals how the legendary detective "L" (Kenichi Matsuyama) spends the final 23 days of his life. The story begins as L takes on the "Kira" case, in which countless criminals are dying under mysterious circumstances. L successfully solves the case and stops Kira, but only after sacrificing his life, leaving himself with only 23 days left to live. For his final case L faces down a bio-terrorist group trying to wipe out humanity with a deadly virus ten times more potent than Ebola. As L tries to formulate an antidote with a scientist, he must also save the lives of two children who have no one else to turn to. DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD features what happened before and after the two earlier DEATH NOTE events and shows DEATH NOTE fans the more human side of L that could not be seen previously.

Sci-Fi-London is the U.K.'s leading genre event and an internationally recognized launch pad for genre movies. At each festival there are at least a dozen U.K. premieres and in the last few years had the first public screening (ahead of the U.S.) of 28 WEEKS LATER and the world premiere of Bruce (Iron Maiden) Dickinson's CHEMICAL WEDDING. The festival is now in its eighth year and will take place Wednesday, April 29 through Monday, May 4, 2009 at several London venues including The Apollo West End Cinema, London's most luxurious cinema. Alongside our regular film programming (which includes shorts, features, documentaries and world premieres) we shall be featuring a series of talks and debates on genre literature, film and TV. There is also a new 'Science Fact' stream with demonstrations, lectures and debate. The festival will screen films over six days and also have a full daytime program over the bank holiday weekend, aimed at the whole family. The festival expects around 4,500 visitors in April and 1,000 in October. SCI-FI-LONDON once again throws down the gauntlet to filmmakers to produce some challenging short films with our second 48 hour film challenge. In April 2008 around 1,200 people take part and 70 films completed. Several of these films have been featured at other festivals and screened on the Sci Fi Channel in the U.K., U.S., Netherlands and Japan. Film director Marc Caro (DELICATESSEN, CITY OF THE LOST CHILDREN) will be on the jury.