Seth Thompson
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Works in United States of America

BIO
Seth Thompson is an educator and arts journalist whose work has been exhibited internationally and shown on PBS. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Design at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. In addition, he has written on the arts for such magazines as Afterimage, Art Calendar, Bidoun and Dialogue. Thompson's documentaries, Evolving Traditions: Artists Working in New Media and Outside the Box: New Cinematic Experiences have aired on such television stations as PBS 45 & 49, Northeast, Ohio; KDOL Channel 18, Oakland, California; DUTV, Philadelphia, PA; and Triangle Television, Auckland, New Zealand.

Thompson began his career at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts in New York City where he was the Business Manager and Education Director. In addition to teaching at The University of Akron and Cuyahoga Community College, he was a Contractual Artist/Lecturer with The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Associate Educator at the Akron Art Museum.

Thompson holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Colorado, an MA in Visual Arts Administration from New York University and an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College.

For more information, please visit his site, http://www.seththompson.info .

XT - Performance | Ã1 Kunstradio Webcast




michael mastrototaro:

We cordially invite you to our upcoming event, either as visitor on site or via internet:

ALIEN PRODUCTIONS & MACHFELD - "XT"
Performance and Live-Webcast
as part of the exhibition
CROSSOVER III - photography and media art

Thursday, Jan 11th 2007, 7 pm (CET)
F O T O G A L E R I E W I E N
Währinger Straße 59/WUK, A - 1090 Wien

The process of crosstalking (XT) is the point of departure for the conjoint performance of the artists' collectives alien productions (Martin Breindl, Norbert Math, Andrea Sodomka) and Machfeld (aka Sabine Maier und Michael Mastrototaro).

In telecommunication and telephony, crosstalk is often distinguishable as pieces of speech or leaking from other people's connections - hence the name. The artists will use this - normally unwanted - effect and base their performance exclusively on spoken word. They use their voice to trigger technical devices like sythesizer, vocoder, stylus printers or granular synthesis programs which themselves start to "crosstalk". The original signal will be gated out for listeners and also for the communicating artists. What remains are the sound events, processed in real time.

The performance will be webcasted live on . It also will be used as material for a reworked radio-art version which will be broadcasted on ORF Oe1, Kunstradio-Radiokunst on Jan. 28th, 2007, 11.05 pm (CET)

links:
MACHFELD - http://www.machfeld.net
alien productions - http://alien.mur.at/
kunstradio - http://kunstradio.at
fotogalerie wien - http://fotogalerie-wien.at
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Please announce: Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2007



We are happy to announce:
Motion Graphics Festival 2007
The Premier Midwestern Event catering to 3D and Compositing Effects
January 25-28th 2007, various locations downtown Chicago

This four-day festival pairs daily educational opportunities with nightly industry events.

[ Thr ] Screen Magazine's Star Awards (see the nominees, http://screenmag.tv/feature.aspx?fid=1572 )
[ Fri ] Motion Graphics Interactive Mixer @ Bridges Media Group
[ Sat ] Two Hi-Def Screenings of Festival Winners @ the Chicago Cultural Center
[ Sun ] Forward thinking online event in the virtual worlds of SecondLife.com

The educational conference hosts workshop, lectures, panels and classes on all four days. Check the website below for a complete list of topics and presenters.

Also check out our website below for Festival Badges and individual tickets on sale now!

Also, Join us Wednesday night for our free informational Pre-party and DVD launch on Wed, Jan 24th @ Dulcene, 1431 N. Milwaukee Ave. from 7pm - 12am.

www.MGChicago.com

Also check our website for a poster:
http://www.mgchicago.com/poster.pdf Feel free to post it at work places and message boards.

Thanks for your assistance,

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CFP for MiT5: Creativity, Ownership, Collaboration


The Media in Transition Project at MIT now seeks submissions for MiT5: Creativity, Ownership, and Collaboration in the Digital Age:

(submission deadline: Jan. 5, 2007)

Our understanding of the technical and social processes by which culture is made and reproduced is being challenged and enlarged by digital technologies. An emerging generation of media producers is sampling and remixing existing materials as core ingredients in their own work. Networked culture is enabling both small and large collaborations among artists who may never encounter each other face to face. Readers are actively reshaping media content as they personalize it for their own use or customize it for the needs of grassroots and online communities. Bloggers are appropriating and recontextualizing news stories; fans are rewriting stories from popular culture; and rappers and techno artists are sampling and remixing sounds.

These and related cultural practices have generated heated contention and debate. What constitutes fair use of another’s intellectual property? What ethical issues are posed when sounds, images, and stories move from one culture or subculture to another? Or when materials created by a community or religious or ethnic tradition are appropriated by technologically powerful outsiders? What constitutes creativity and originality in expressive formats based on sampling and remixing? What obligations do artists owe to those who have inspired and informed their work and how much creative freedom should they exercise over their borrowed or shared materials?

One source of answers to such questions lies in the past � in the ways in which traditional printed texts � and films and TV shows as well � invoke, allude to and define themselves against their rivals and ancestors; and � perhaps even more saliently � in the ways in which ...

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DANCE MOViES Commission Launched by EMPAC


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EMPAC - the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – announces the launch of the EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission, a new commissioning program to support the creation of new works in the field of experimental dance for the screen.

Through the DANCE MOViES Commission, EMPAC is specifically targeting artists based in North America and South America to encourage the development of the genre of dance film and video. The DANCE MOViES Commission will fund several projects per year with awards in the range of $8,000 - $50,000.

The deadline to submit artist proposals is February 1, 2007, with applications available on the EMPAC website: www.empac.rpi.edu.

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What are DANCE MOViES?

The works shown in the DANCE MOViES series and supported by the DANCE MOViES Commission are experimental works for the screen which vary widely in content and form, yet are united by the fact that the image on the screen was crafted by, or in collaboration with, a choreographer or movement-based artist.

The works span a large range, include film, video, and other audio-visual formats, and tend to be from 2 minutes to 30 minutes in duration. Some of the works may be narrative-driven, using the conventions of filmic story-telling; some may be abstract works; some may not even feature “dance” as is generally defined, but contain a powerful sense of how movement unfurls in time; some may take advantage of tools such as computer processing, motion capture, simulation, animation, image processing, and post-production technologies; and some may extend the confines of the single screen to multiple screens or projections.

However the artists create or present their work, the defining characteristic of these works remains that they are audio-visual works made by dance artists, with all the richness and potential of that specific medium meeting ...

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The Spoken Days Project



Jerry King Musser:

Twelve international artists were each invited to choose a month in 2007, and to record an audio file of themselves speaking all the days of that month, ie: Monday, January 1st, Tuesday, January 2nd, etc. Those audio files were forwarded to me where I added additional sounds or musical elements in response to what they had submitted. Each artist spoke their days in their native language. The result is a conceptual experiment to achieve a 'verbal' calendar. Each month's audio file (MP3) is available for online listening without charge or registration. A good quality computer sound system or headset is highly recommended. Future 'Spoken Days' years will feature speakers from various commonly-held occupations, beliefs or interests, ie: actors, politicians, blue collar workers, and so on. This project was not motivated by politics, religion, or financial goal. It was independently funded by time spent in the process and by the generosity of the various international participants.

www.spokendays.com

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DISCUSSION

Faculty Positions in Multimedia Design & Visual Communication


American University of Sharjah
School of Architecture and Design
Department of Design
P.O. Box 26666
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
http://www.aus.edu

The School of Architecture and Design (SA&D) anticipates a limited
number of faculty positions for the 2007-2008 academic year. After
establishing a regional reputation and a record of success, the
school seeks highly qualified faculty who are committed to design
education. The school seeks to build upon the strengths of its
programs with the addition of faculty members that have a
demonstrated record of achievement.

The Department of Design offers undergraduate degrees in Design
Management, Multimedia Design, and Visual Communication. The
curriculum for all programs is based on the North American model that
integrates liberal studies with professional education. Design
studios form the core of the Visual Communication and Multimedia
undergraduate programs. Applicants should have previous experience
with the North American model of studio-based design education,
professional experience, a terminal degree appropriate to their field
and show evidence of a commitment to excellence in teaching.
Successful applicants will be expected to teach undergraduate design
studios, lecture/seminar courses and contribute to courses in design,
drawing and digital media in the interdisciplinary Foundations
Program. Other responsibilities include: mentor students through an
established advising process; conduct research, engage in
scholarship/creative practice; participate in service activities on
department, school and university level.

For the calendar year 2007-2008, the School of Architecture and
Design is seeking to fill one permanent position and one visiting
faculty position (all ranks are open). Applicants for the following
positions will be considered:

Faculty Position in Visual Communication

The Department of Design is seeking candidates in printmaking and/or
illustration with abilities that include a strong formal base, and an
understanding of historical and contemporary issues in design. A
strong portfolio would demonstrate broad expertise in the areas of
printmaking and/or illustration and how such practices can be
integrated within the context of a design program. Work and
experience should indicate awareness of social and cultural contexts
of design, and commitment to interdisciplinary and collaborative
approaches to practice. The position requires a demonstrated ability
to convey theoretical and practical aspects of
printmaking/illustration, design as a process, and the ability to
foster the importance of making/investigation in communication.

Faculty Position in Multimedia Design

The Department of Design is seeking candidates with abilities in
time-based media (including animation and motion graphics). Knowledge
of history of computer graphics in technology and design, 2D/3D
animation with an emphasis on problem solving processes is expected.
Competencies might include hybrid environments; typographic structure
and expression; planning and production of motion graphics for
interactive media, web, and film. Work should indicate awareness of
social and cultural contexts of multimedia design as well as a
commitment to interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to
practice.

To Apply

Applicants should submit the following by e-mail in a digital PDF
format: a letter of application including a statement of artistic,
research and teaching philosophies; visual documentation of current
work (e.g.: a maximum of 10 images and/or URL); detailed CV; and
three names of reference. The application should be submitted to:
DesSearch@aus.edu

Application material must be packaged in a single PDF file and/or URL
clearly labeled with the applicant's name. The Search Committee will
begin reviewing applications November 25, 2006. Only digital files
via e-mail will be accepted.
Positions are open until filled.

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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net

DISCUSSION

Wigged Productions presents "Extrapolations", an online exhibition


Wigged productions is pleased to announce the opening of its online
exhibit Extrapolations. Curated by Humberto Ramirez, the show
includes work by Lana Lin, The Yes Men, Arzu Ozkal Telhan, Deva
Eveland, eteam, Jason Nelson, Jody Zelen and Peiyun Lee. The
curatorial project focuses on works situated outside of mainstream
visual strategies using anachronism, simulacra, radical denial,
historical revision, humor etc. The idea of critique as an oblique
activity, tangential and tactical is central to this project. The
show will run through June 15, 2007.

Please click on the link below to access the curatorial essay and exhibit.

http://www.wiggedproductions.com/html/extrap/curatorial.html

--
Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net

DISCUSSION

Wigged Productions presents "Extrapolations", an online exhibition


Wigged productions is pleased to announce the opening of its online
exhibit Extrapolations. Curated by Humberto Ramirez, the show
includes work by Lana Lin, The Yes Men, Arzu Ozkal Telhan, Deva
Eveland, eteam, Jason Nelson, Jody Zelen and Peiyun Lee. The
curatorial project focuses on works situated outside of mainstream
visual strategies using anachronism, simulacra, radical denial,
historical revision, humor etc. The idea of critique as an oblique
activity, tangential and tactical is central to this project. The
show will run through June 15, 2007.

Please click on the link below to access the curatorial essay and exhibit.

http://www.wiggedproductions.com/html/extrap/curatorial.html

--
Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net

DISCUSSION

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Wigged productions is pleased to announce the opening of its online
exhibit Extrapolations. Curated by Humberto Ramirez, the show
includes work by Lana Lin, The Yes Men, Arzu Ozkal Telhan, Deva
Eveland, eteam, Jason Nelson, Jody Zelen and Peiyun Lee. The
curatorial project focuses on works situated outside of mainstream
visual strategies using anachronism, simulacra, radical denial,
historical revision, humor etc. The idea of critique as an oblique
activity, tangential and tactical is central to this project. The
show will run through June 15, 2007.

Please click on the link below to access the curatorial essay and exhibit.

http://www.wiggedproductions.com/html/extrap/curatorial.html

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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net
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DISCUSSION

WIGGED.NET: Call for Works


Wigged Productions in collaboration with curator Humberto Ramirez is
seeking Web-based artists working in video, animation and netart to
contribute projects for an online exhibition addressing the concept
of "EXTRAPOLATIONS" We are particularly interested in works situated
outside of mainstream visual strategies, using anachronism, simulacra,
radical denial, historical revision, nonlinear narratives, humor etc. The
idea of critique as an oblique activity, tangential and tactical is
central to this project.

In order to submit your work for consideration, please provide your
name, title of project, short synopsis and URL address by email to
extrapolations@hotmail.com, or alternatively send DVD with QuickTime
movie or miniDV by May 25, 2006 with requested information to:

EXTRAPOLATIONS
P.O BOX 1637
BRATTLEBORO, VT 05302-1637

The online exhibition will run from July 1, 2006 through June 15,
2007 and the deadline for submissions is May 20, 2006.
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Seth Thompson
Wigged Productions
seththompson@wigged.net
http://www.wigged.net