Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washingtons local SIGGRAPH chapter announced a showing of the Electronic Theater 2005, a film and video extravaganza, showcasing dazzling and innovative imagery, on Dec. 5, at 6:30 pm at the Hollywood Theater, located at 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., in the Hollywood District of Portland.
The Electronic Theater 2005 contains a selection of 18 pieces selected by a distinguished jury of computer graphics experts for their extremely high standards of creative and technical excellence. The productions selected for the Electronic Theater 2005 program include:* HELIUM Supinfocom Arles (5:15)* LA MIGRATION BIGOUDENN Gobelins, l'ecole de l'image (2:31)* MODIS GLOBAL DAILY SNOW COVER AND SEA ICE SURFACE TEMPERATURE NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (3:01)* LA DERNIÈRE MINUTE Forêt Bleue (14:37)* THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT Ringling School of Art and Design (2:02)* DICE Kyoto Seika University (1:56)* CUBIC TRAGEDY National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (3:30)* OVERTIME Supinfocom Valenciennes (4:55)* ESPACE LA VIE D'HECTOR Framestore CFC (:60)* FALLEN ART Platige Image (5:41)* LEARN SELF DEFENSE Chris Harding Animation Concern (5:01)* VISUALIZING THE XYZ COLOR SPACE Sony Pictures Imageworks (2:38)* WORKIN´ PROGRESS Supinfocom Valenciennes (4:17)* WORLD OF WARCRAFT Blizzard Ent. (3:10)* EAST END ZOMBIES NCCA Bournemouth University (3:10)* VISUALIZATION OF AN F3 TORNADO WITHIN A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM SIMULATION National Center for Supercomputing Applications (1:15)* IN THE ROUGH Blur Studio (4:50)* A SEMI-LAGRANGIAN CONTOURING METHOD FOR FLUID SIMULATION UC Berkeley (:49)
This and other Cascade SIGGRAPH meetings are free to Cascade Chapter members, with a $5 fee at the door for non-members. Annual local membership can be purchased at the door for $25 ($18 for students). Concession food is available for purchase. For more information on Cascade SIGGRAPH and membership, visit the Cascade SIGGRAPH website at http://cascade.siggraph.org/.
The Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter exists to serve the needs of the Oregon and Southwest Washington computer graphics industry and students. Through meetings, workshops, conferences, and other activities, the Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter works to promote an increased knowledge of and greater interest in the educational, artistic, and scientific aspects and applications of modern technology to graphics. The chapter works to enhance communication between persons in Oregon and Southwest Washington that have an interest in any aspect of computer graphics.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
