TransISTor 2 focuses on the emerging, specifically computer games related technologies while opening up their creative potential also for non-gaming storytelling domains, including cinema, TV, educational applications and cross-media productions.
Apply now for one or all three of the TransISTor 2006 sessions:
3D virtual environments, game creation and storytelling
13. - 16. June, Prague.
Motion capture techniques for 3D games
03. - 06. July, Karlovy Vary - during the International Film Festival
Simulation in 3D games (Physics, AI and AL)
07. - 10. July, Prague.
Price per session: 400 (freelancer) / 800(corporate)
The price includes training, didactic materials and subsistence. Scholarships are available through the organiser CIANT - International Centre for Art and New Technologies transistor@ciant.cz and the MEDIA desk offices in the participants` home country. In case you need further assistance with the funding, please contact us. We strongly encourage applications from women and members of minority groups.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 20th of May 2006.
Among others:
VIKTOR ANTONOV
Art-director and concept designer for Half-Life 2, the project that according to BBC news has elevated gaming into an art form. Winner of the Visual Effects Society award. Designer for the successful animation feature Renaissance, a futuristic thriller that is winning lots of acclaim and praise in festivals all over the world.
Viktor is currently working on an illustrated novel, The Colony, and is a visiting design instructor at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy.
FRIEDRICH KIRSCHNER
Artist and Creator working with machinima and short moviemaking. Editor of the machinima magazine and a member of the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
JAY DAVID BOLTER
Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, holds the Wesley Chair in New Media and is the Co-Director of the Wesley Center for New Media Research and Education.
Author of internationally acclaimed books on computers, literacy, and culture. His current research focuses on issues of augmented reality and dramatic experiences, digital art and design.
TransISTor is generously supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European
Union. In cooperation with FAMU - Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Contact:
CIANT - International Centre for Art and New Technologies
Kubelíkova 27, 130 00 Prague Czech Republic
Tel.: +42 (0) 296 330 965
Fax: +42 (0) 296 330 964
e-mail: transistor@ciant.cz
URL: transistor.ciant.cz
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