Thu Feb 04, 2010 00:00 - Fri Jan 22, 2010

Canada

Join the Banff New Media Institute and Digital Alberta for this three day, hands-on digital workshop that explores the 3D animation process. We are pleased to announce a host of presenters hailing from Pixar Animation Studios, Club Penguin, Traffik Design Group, and Industrial Light and Magic.

This workshop will start with an evening reception at The Banff Centre Thursday, February 4 and will complete three days later, Sunday, February 7, 2010.

During the 2 1/2 days of this workshop, we will combine studio time in the areas of illustration, sound, 3D animation techniques with classroom presentations on best practices, character and script development, etc.

Apply now, and find out more at: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=1014

Thu Feb 18, 2010 00:00 - Tue Dec 15, 2009

Canada

Program dates: February 18 - February 21, 2010
Registration deadline: January 29, 2010

In(ter)ventions — Literary Practice At The Edge: A Gathering is a conference unlike any held previously in Canada. In a mixture of panels, papers, readings, performances, and more, participants will explore digital literature, interactivity, collaboration, cross-disciplinary work, formal innovation, “uncreative” writing, new modes of dissemination, and literary pedagogy.

The submissions are in, the adjudications are over, and we’ve selected 15 papers to be presented at this conference. If you haven’t had the chance to register for this exploration of the world of literature, now is the time! Join more than 24 invited speakers and presenters for this cutting-edge event and come away with a new understanding of the future of literary practice.

For more info and to apply: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=925

Presenters: Charles Bernstein, Jen Bervin, Christian Bök, J.R. Carpenter, Ram Devineni, Craig Dworkin, Al Filreis, Christopher Funkhouser, Kenneth Goldsmith, D. Kimm, Daphne Marlatt, Nick Montfort, Erin Moure, Lance Olsen, Stephen Osborne, Marjorie Perloff, Kate Pullinger, Stephanie Strickland, Steve Tomasula, Fred Wah

Fri Jan 22, 2010 00:00

Canada

Almost Perfect aims to explore location-based artwork and the repercussions of producing work for place. This annual, concentrated, experimental lab focuses on the creation and context of location. Participants will have the time and space to consider how modern technologies allow us to disconnect from our desktop cells and interact with the world in a whole new way.

We especially welcome project proposals that extend beyond the device out into the environment, be it landscape or datascape.

Update: Kay Burns has been added as a studio fellow and will be on-site for two weeks to provide project guidance and assistance.

Application deadline extended to January 22, 2010. Please visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=926 for more information and to apply.

Fri Nov 27, 2009 00:00

Canada

Accelerate your new media future with industry leaders and new media visionaries. This four-day-day program, presented by the Banff New Media Institute and Telefilm Canada, will give you the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of continual professional mentorship, initial funding, and access to a world of resources.

Agenda includes:
- Discussion on intellectual property rights and licensing issues
- Presentation of best practices for pitching ideas
- A look at the challenges of building a successful business
- Overview of games and interactive entertainment opportunities

Learn from a host of experienced peer advisors. Take advantage of their expertise as you develop a project over the course of three days in the heart of Banff National Park.

There are 15 scholarships available for Canadian independent new media producers and artists. Successful applicants will receive four days of intensive mentorship by staff and guest advisors as well as business plan advice and presentation skills training among other benefits.

For more information, and to apply, visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=971

Sat Dec 05, 2009 00:00

Canada

The Banff New Media Institute’s Almost Perfect Co-production Residency is an annual, concentrated experimental prototyping lab exploring the creation and context of location. This year's residency will be taking place from June 3 - July 3, 2010.

The massive scale of Banff National Park’s Rocky Mountains and the expanse of the Great Plains to the east provide a unique opportunity to un-tether from the usual coordinates of place. Geographies of time, scale, and great disruption lay exposed, lending themselves to the call and response of technology and nature. This four-week residency allows for the time and space to consider how modern pervasive technologies allow us to disconnect from our desktop cells and interact with the world in a whole new way.

Through a combination of dedicated studio time, group discourse, peer critique, design exercise and studio visits, Almost Perfect looks to explore location-based artwork and the repercussions of producing work for place, and in particular in outdoor and non-urban contexts. The residency will be led by established locative media practitioners Jeremy Hight, Fee Plumley, and Laura Silver. Almost Perfect will not only support the open conceptualisation of new works, but also re-visit influential pieces from this emerging medium's history.

Practitioners from all walks of locative and mobile media practice are encouraged to apply. Project proposals that extend beyond the device out into the environment, be it landscape or datascape, are especially encouraged. For general information on on-going locative media research happening at the Banff New Media Institute please visit the BNMI’s ART Mobile Lab website.

For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=926. Application deadline: Dec 5, 2009.