[{"id":2362,"permalink":"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/05\/13\/an-interview-with-hylas-film\/","title":"An interview with Hylas-Film","content":"<a href=\" http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/05\/13\/an-interview-with-hylas-film\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Hylas-Film.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hylas-Film\" width=\"609\" height=\"258\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2359\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt's always interesting to have a feedback for you - and often we are amazed to see the quality of your ideas and their execution. Recently we've got in touch with Phillip Halfmann of German studio Hylas-Film and get to know this collective's work. As our communication developed, we decided to make a short interview that you can read below.\r\nWe hope you'll find it interesting and inspiring (please do comment below) and encourage you to share your works and projects with us.\r\nSo, let's go:\r\n\r\n\u2014 What is Hylas-Film?\r\n\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hylas-film.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hylas-Film<\/a> is a small independent film crew of 5 people (Michael Amstad, Volker Langholz, Benjamin  Lutzow, Dominik Mader and me, Philipp Halfmann) based in Berlin.\r\n\r\n\u2014 How did it come about, that you made a music video for Bonaparte that brought you first general public attention?\r\n\u2014 It started with us and Arish (King Khan) who had smuggled us into a backstage, where we met Tobias (Bonaparte) and his unique voice. We were immediately hooked for having him as one of the voice actors for our animated series \"Circus\". So we kept in contact, and by the time he visited our studio he fell in love with the puppetry world of \"Circus\". So the idea of the video for \"Ma\u00f1ana Forever\" was born.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/63654769?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\u2014 You mentioned \"Circus\". What is it exactly?\r\n\u2014 It's our longterm project, which we originally founded Hylas-Film for.\r\n\"Circus\" is a stop motion animated film series about a travelling circus that gets stranded in a mysterious forest.\r\nThe members of the \"Circus\" live together in a sort of trailer park community. Their efforts to escape this place become more and more desperate, but the forest won't let them out of it`s snagging traps.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/circus.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"circus\" width=\"609\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2357\" \/>\r\n\r\n\u2014 Now I can see that you are German - it sounds like a Brother's Grimm fairy tale. By the way, you had a fundraising going, is it an all independent production?\r\n\u2014 Yes, totally. So far  apart from the fundraising we have financed everything out of our pockets.\r\nWe've got a lot of help from friends and fellow artists we met along the way. Everybody involved is completely dedicated to the project. Some musicians like King Khan, Rummelsnuff and now Bonaparte support us as voice actors for our main characters.\r\nThrough this process many collaborations outside of \"Circus\" happened.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/47112708?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\u2014 Getting back to the \"Ma\u00f1ana Forever\". Technically speaking, how do you get these smooth camera moves?\r\n\u2014 We are using a self-made camera crane our friend Hans Moser helped us to build. He used to be a stop-motion cameraman in former East Germany  (GDR). He is retired now. He gave us some tracks too, where the base of the crane fits on. Nothing is computerised or motion-controlled: its all handcrafted by fine adjustments you can make. The continuous backwards movement wasn't actually achieved by moving the camera, but pushing the floor that the puppet is walking on for one millimetre each frame.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/camera.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"camera\" width=\"609\" height=\"915\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2355\" \/>\r\n\r\n\u2014 Since the video is in one cut, what difficulties came with that?\r\n\u2014 That was in fact very different to what we normally shoot in stop motion. In \"Circus\", the longest shots are about 20 sec. Here we had monster shots of up to 2000 frames. What we did is, shooting each verse in one shot and having invisible cuts to connect them with the chorus. So, in order to time every bit with the lyrics, we had to do a lot of planning and calculating. For example, it was necessary to know when a certain object had to enter the frame in order to be on the right position in time. We felt like mathematicians. here is the link to the preview - hope you'll like it!\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/29790517?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\u2014 Well, you've done a great job. We are looking forward to see \"Circus\" episodes! Please keep us updated!\r\n\u2014 Thank you - we will!\r\n","excerpt":"It&#8217;s always interesting to have a feedback for you &#8211; and often we are amazed to see the quality of your ideas and their execution. Recently we&#8217;ve got in touch with Phillip Halfmann of German studio Hylas-Film and get to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/05\/13\/an-interview-with-hylas-film\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","date":"May 13, 2013 18:02","categories":[{"id":9,"title":"news","slug":"news-en"}],"tags":[]},{"id":2333,"permalink":"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/05\/06\/our-trip-to-prolight-sound-fair\/","title":"Our trip to Prolight + Sound fair","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/05\/06\/our-trip-to-prolight-sound-fair\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/prolight.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"prolight\" width=\"609\" height=\"238\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2329\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWe continue to report about our most interesting international trips. In the beginning of this year our colleagues from Russian Visual Artists team had become official and the only d3 studio in Russia. As our partners from d3 technologies visited Moscow and told us about <a href=\"http:\/\/pls.messefrankfurt.com\/frankfurt\/en\/aussteller\/willkommen.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prolight + Sound<\/a> fair in Frankfurt, we decided that we have to attend this event.\r\n\r\nThis annual exhibition is a key event in the event production industry. Prolight + Sound is the leading international trade fair for the event-technology sector and covers all products, trades and services. A broad spectrum of workshops, product presentations and discussion events are also held in addition to the comprehensive range of products and services. All big vendors demonstrated their latest equipment and solutions; meanwhile distribution companies showcased their new products in the courtyard of the venue. \r\nThe size of the exhibition is very impressive: a straight walk from the main entrance to the last pavilion without stopping took about half-an-hour while the courtyard housed about 20 full-sized concert stages.\r\n\r\nDespite numerous premieres of new products for rigging and scenic equipment, above all, we were interested in various visual solutions for show setup.\r\n\r\nAs an example of an excellent technology demo we had seen, watch this video from PRG. They rented a whole pavilion and set up a huge stage, where they would take guests for a tour and explain how all equipment works and how it was commuted.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K5kkbWTCp1Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nThe show and the content were controlled through d3 servers. We believe that this demonstration perfectly shows the system\u2019s capabilities.\r\n\r\nd3 technologies had a booth, too. They just have announced an update to version R11 software upgrade, already available for d3 2U and d3 4U servers and d3 designer. \r\nThis version features: simultaneous playback of up to 12 HD videos (previously only 6), live update of all changes in a project on all machines in the network, new tools for projector calibration, and projection control from several computers simultaneously. \r\nThe last feature is especially interesting. If you don\u2019t have enough time to configure a complex projection for some reason, then you can connect unlimited number of laptops with d3 designer into the d3 network and each operator can configure his projector. This resulted in time reduction that is directly proportional to the number of the operators. Great move! Currently, no other system in the world allows for this.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/d3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"d3\" width=\"609\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2322\" \/>\r\n\r\nOur partners from Green Hippo have also updated their software to version 3.2. It now supports mapping configuration of imported 3D models (Russian Visual Artists used this feature in beta version for <a href=\"http:\/\/russianvisualartists.ru\/portfolio\/tvshow-stars-of-science\/\" target=\"_blank\">Qatar project<\/a>), has embedded presets for quick access to configured layers, access to layers on other machines in the network, and features other improvements.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/green_hippo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"green_hippo\" width=\"609\" height=\"812\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2323\" \/>\r\n\r\nOne of the pavilions was used for demonstration of light and laser effects' generating devices. It was almost impossible to locate where the beams were coming from, but many booths were equipped with closed demonstration zones where you could see different ways of employing such devices. \r\nThese demonstrations were, probably, the most interesting part for us. As we are not into distribution or rental business, we would not elaborate onto technical details and specs \u2013 this info is available on the event and producers web sites. \r\nWhat we needed to know is how and when to use different devices and what is to be combined in order to achieve the result.\r\n\r\nFor instance, TBF-Pyrotec from Germany introduced a great effect of a burning fountain. The operator can control the height of the fountain, its intensity and RGB lighting. It looked very unusual, though mind safety!\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/48234711?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\nNowadays laser technology offers broad range of creative possibilities, as you could see from a PRG demo video above. At the exhibition, a German company Lasertec-Showlaser has created a zone where laser effects were working not only in the vast space, but on theatrical nets and on water screen as well, which made them seem as 3D images.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lasershow.jpg\" alt=\"Lasertec-Showlaser \" title=\"lasershow\" width=\"609\" height=\"258\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2324\" \/>\r\n\r\nNumerous lighting devices were introduced as well. But as we already mentioned, we are more interested in scenarios of their use rather than the devices themselves. Those could be seen in various demo shows. For example, two artists used two simple LED ticker bars for their performance:\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2DBXFjuireA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nOur visit to Prolight + Sound has resulted in new acquaintances and agreements with leaders from different spheres of A\/V industry, which is very important to us. But that's not all - our future projects will definitely feature solutions and technologies that will surprise and entertain. Prepare to be amazed! - as one of the cartoon characters used to say, and stay tuned for our and Russian Visual Artists' updates!","excerpt":"We continue to report about our most interesting international trips. In the beginning of this year our colleagues from Russian Visual Artists team had become official and the only d3 studio in Russia. As our partners from d3 technologies visited &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/05\/06\/our-trip-to-prolight-sound-fair\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","date":"May 6, 2013 14:21","categories":[{"id":9,"title":"news","slug":"news-en"},{"id":11,"title":"technology","slug":"technology-en"}],"tags":[]},{"id":2285,"permalink":"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/04\/05\/avin-x-resonate-2013\/","title":"AV:in x Resonate 2013","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/04\/05\/avin-x-resonate-2013\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/resonate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"resonate\" width=\"609\" height=\"139\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2270\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nFrom 21 March till 23 March this year Belgrade hosted one of the most interesting and prominent European events in new media arts - Resonate Festival. For 3 days Serbia\u2019s capital was welcoming some of the best known and proactive digital artists, creative programmers, interactive designers, film-makers, musicians, VJs, performers and specialists audiovisual technologies, both local and foreign.\r\nWe were among them \u2013 a small team of 3 people from Audiovisual Academy and Dmitri Morozov (::vtol::) whose performance \"An Autonomous Synthesis\" AV:in presented at the festival.\r\n\r\nOur first impression was as warm as the festival organizer\u2019s reception: after Moscow's snow and freezing -10, Belgrade greeted us with sunshine and \"tropical\" +14. \r\nAlas, our weather luck didn\u2019t last long: the next day\u2019s temperature fell nearly to 0, it started to rain heavily and the gloomy sky reminded of a scene from some disaster movie. Fortunately, there were no tornados or falling meteors. Anyway, all the three days of the festival were so packed with events that we stayed at the venue around the clock with the exceptions for partying and sleep.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/resonate4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"resonate4\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2282\" \/>\r\n\r\nThis year, Audiovisual Academy became a proud Silver partner of the event. As a result of this, we were able not only to record lectures and presentations which were presented simultaneously in different halls of Dom Omladine, but also could conveniently set up a little AV:in station, where we could communicate with our friends, lecturers, artists, visitors and journalists\u2026 and there were lots of them at the event! We and Dmitri were giving one interview after another \u2013 to WIRED magazine, an Italian TV channel, a popular local newspaper... We were happy to find out that in most of the cases we didn't have to introduce ourselves: many people would just pop in to shake our hands and thank us for our work. \r\nIt was a great feeling and fantastic feedback \u2013 now it\u2019s official: we don't just broadcast into the void. It\u2019s good to know that you watch us, read us, support us, propose new topics for lessons and share your opinions with us. Thank you very much for all your kind words! \r\nThat\u2019s enough for the starters \u2013 let\u2019s dive into the event itself.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/resonate1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"resonate1\" width=\"609\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2275\" \/>\r\n\r\n<b>Day one.<\/b>\r\n'Chaos rulez!' \u2013 were our first words when we went up to the second floor of Dom Omladine, where the main festival activities were taking place. It was a scene more suitable for a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo's Shibuya, but not a sight for peaceful and calm Belgrade. Crowds \u2013 and we mean crowds - were standing on tiptoes, listening to lecturers, filming the activities, taking pictures on cameras and phones: <a href=\"http:\/\/resonate.io\/2013\/education\/\">16 workshops<\/a> simultaneously taking place in the same space \u2013 it\u2019s not a joke!\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/workshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"workshop\" width=\"609\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2295\" \/>\r\n\r\nBy moving from one group to another, we've learned how to create digital kaleidoscopes (Digital Kaleidoscope - Richard Difford, Anne-Laure Guiot), tried to make an iPhone game (Intro to building iPhone games with openFrameworks - Zach Gage), realized that bamboo can be used not just for planting in the backyard, but as an interactive visual instrument too (Sensing touch: introduction to capacitive and electrical field sensing - Ivan Poupyrev, Jonas Loh) and finally we stopped worrying and loved the drones (How I learnt to stop worrying and love the drones - Memo Akten).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/resonate3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"resonate3\" width=\"609\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2278\" \/>\r\n\r\nAnd of course, we\u2019ve met a great number of friends and new people!\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the main hall held the festival opening with a welcoming speech by no other as a Serbian minister of culture amongst others and featured the screening program of the festival participants. \r\nAt Club, one could watch a series of presentations on data-art, use of Unity engine for non-gaming purposes and a talk by Julia Laub, one of the authors of \"Generative Design\" on creating this wonderful book. Amazing, what a student diploma project can turn into!\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/generative-design.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"generative design\" width=\"609\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2272\" \/>\r\n\r\nAfter a short break, we crossed our fingers \u2013 it was time for our presentation. One of the most interesting Russian media artists and Audiovisual Academy long-time collaborator, Dmitri Morozov aka ::vtol:: came on stage. He spoke about \"An Autonomous Synthesis\", a unique concept which sees synthesis as generation of sounds responsible for new ideas, and autonomy as a modern form of asceticism that in this context stands for energetic and personal ascesis, creativity at any place without need for spectators and in direct connection with the location.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vtol_mitrasonic.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"vtol mitrasonic\" width=\"609\" height=\"280\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2269\" \/>\r\n\r\nIn Dmitri's opinion, the practical idea of 'autonomy' is creation and development of energy-independent DIY-art objects. The underlying concept of this are idea of 'autonomous systems' - in our case, sound, interactive, and energy systems powered by solar power.\r\n\r\nUsing his own works as examples, ::vtol:: spoke about the principles of building autonomous audiovisual instruments and art objects powered by the energy of the Sun and explained how to control them. One of his first experiments in this field was 'Heliosynth' - a sound synthesizer which transforms energy of light into sound. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/heliosynth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"heliosynth\" width=\"609\" height=\"401\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2274\" \/>\r\n\r\nDespite the fact that solar energy can be accumulated for use in nighttime, Heliosynth was not equipped with any batteries on purpose in order to create the 'here-and-now' effect. The instrument was first presented at Equilibrium festival workshop in Abrau-Durso as a part of Audiovisual Academy educational program. \r\n \r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ravnovesie-synth-workshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Russia Festival Abrau\" width=\"609\" height=\"407\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1932\" \/>\r\n\r\nThese ideas were later developed in Dmitri's works. At the end of 2012, he constructed a complete setup for a musical performance, which he took to the Judean Desert. While being alone and isolated in the desert for few days, he recorded a musical album and documented this experimental performance on video. Its extended version for indoor areas was later demonstrated at CyberFest in Saint Petersburg. Watch the excerpts from those:\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SzNeeKYCe2g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nThe presentation was warmly perceived: Dmitri spoke in front of the packed audience and was awarded with loud and well-deserved applause. \r\n\r\nIn the evening the main hall featured performances by Valens and Pantha du Prince. Later we moved on to a local club called KGB (of course!) where we stayed till 4 am, talking with friends and meeting new people.\r\n\r\n<b>Day two.<\/b>\r\nTo tell you the truth, it was really hard to get up and the weather was not very comforting either. Only few shots of strong Turkish coffee and understanding that we can miss some interesting talks could get us going. After having some \u0160opsk\u00fd salad and other delicacies of local cuisine, we came right in time for the opening. \r\nThis day was also filled with screenings, panel discussions, meetings and networking. During the break between the morning and afternoon programs, we took some interviews. Some excerpts from our talks with Golan Levin\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nuTifpwpUAc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nand Memo Akten are below.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/owJHWYtIchk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nAll presentations were noteworthy but the most memorable was the closing one by Golan Levin \"Blobs, Glyphs And Other Madeleines\", which received a standing ovation.\r\nBut the festival went on, and after a short cocktail party during which the participants could chat with each other and with organizers as well, we moved back into the Main Hall to watch a performance by a local Serbian acoustic electric band. \r\nIt was really impressive and energetic. But even those few who were still standing before could stay still no longer still after the heroes of the 90'-00\u2019s electronic scene \"Mouse on Mars\" came on stage. Masters of the cynical beat from Cologne lived up to our expectations and proved for all that they are still holding their ground. A charismatic drummer\/vocalist was added to MOM\u2019s traditional duo line-up, with whom their sound gained a new dimension. A mind-blowing performance! Due to roaring requests of the spectators, the band didn\u2019t go without playing few encores.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Mouse-on-Mars.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mouse on Mars\" width=\"609\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2293\" \/>\r\n\r\nThis could have been a wonderful closing of the night if it were not for our new friends from Belgrade who decided to guide us around local trendy clubs \u2013 a trip that definitely added some insights into Belgrade\u2019s nightlife and cultural similarities between Russian and Serbian people, but ended up again in the early morning. Argh!\r\n\r\n<b>Day three<\/b>\r\nApparently, we have already adjusted to this crazy cycle of learning-working-talking-meeting new people-partying, and actually felt fine.\r\nThe only issue we had that morning was - to decide who watches and films what and who stays at our home-away-from-home AV:in booth. It wasn't easy, so we had to do a lucky draw.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Poupyrev.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Poupyrev\" width=\"609\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2292\" \/>\r\n\r\nAnd what would you choose: Cohen Van Balen's lecture \"The Machine Body\" or an amazing presentation \"Computing Reality\" by our compatriot Ivan Poupyrev who these days heads Disney Research Labs in Pittsburgh, U.S.?\r\nWhat we saw there totally changed our vision of the future again (sorry, Golan). It reminded us of the famous scene from The Matrix movie where Neo had to choose between the blue pill and the red one. Would we choose to live in a gloomy post-industrial future where our resources are used up and the reality is augmented with chips implanted into our nervous systems? Rather not. Would we choose to go back into our customary cozy world denying the new knowledge generously shared by Ivan? No way. Watch this man, he is a new Tesla.\r\nBut let's get back to the festival - in the meantime, Club was hosting a panel discussion \"Coding Narratives\" with Evan Boehm, Aurlea Harvey, Michael Samyn under the chairmanship of our good old friend and tireless director of onedotzero festival Shane Walter. \r\nUnfortunately, we could not squeeze in, as the entrance was jammed with people, so we could only stay and listen.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/kluz.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"kluz\" width=\"609\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2291\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe festival was closing by a big party at Kluz club. This place used to be the flagship store of the Yugoslavian clothing brand \u2013 or so we were told. Some traces of its former grandeur still were there, such as oddly looking security (was Obama coming?), escalators, marble walls and a gigantic crystal chandelier to top it all - we haven't seen any other like that one except for the Bolshoi Theatre. Hundreds of visitors and festival participants moved to the music by Jan Nemecek, Dinky, and Monosaccharide around this exotic space while sipping on their beers and chatting with each other. \r\nSomehow we are sure to meet most of this great crowd at Resonate 2014 - no doubts we will come back to the welcoming city of Belgrade next year again!\r\n\r\nWe tried to embrace the impossible and visit all workshops, lectures, and discussions \u2013 and miserably failed. The program was so packed that it was simply out of question.\r\nNevertheless, we coped well and have filmed most of the events and lectures \u2013 which we already have started to publish on our web site!\r\nFinally, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the festival organizers Filip Visnjic, Eduard Prats Molner and Marija Manojlovic from Resonate and Creative Applications collectives and all event team members for their wonderful support and organizing such a fantastic event.\r\nKudos and see you next year!\r\n\r\n<i> Photography - Audiovisual Academy and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/resonateio\/collections\/72157633082068164\/\">Resonate (Luka Kne\u017eevi\u0107-Strika\/Milovan Milenkovi\u0107\/Nemanja Kne\u017eevi\u0107)<\/a><\/i>","excerpt":"From 21 March till 23 March this year Belgrade hosted one of the most interesting and prominent European events in new media arts &#8211; Resonate Festival. For 3 days Serbia\u2019s capital was welcoming some of the best known and proactive &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/04\/05\/avin-x-resonate-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","date":"April 5, 2013 10:53","categories":[{"id":9,"title":"news","slug":"news-en"}],"tags":[]},{"id":2247,"permalink":"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/03\/07\/the-spirit-of-weimar\/","title":"The Spirit of Weimar","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/03\/07\/the-spirit-of-weimar\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weimar.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"weimar\" width=\"606\" height=\"282\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2221\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWeimar is a little city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. Despite its population of just about 65 000 people, the cities' cultural heritage is vast and the history can be traced back to 889. In the 18-19th centuries it was an important cultural centre of Europe and has been home to  Goethe, Schiller, Liszt and Bach. Bauhaus School and movement were established in Weimar in 1919. \r\nNow, a new videomapping event takes place here and looks beyond the mere geometry of objects to explore the possibilities of reflecting the spirt of the place.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.genius-loci-weimar.org\">Genius Loci Weimar<\/a> is an exciting international festival for multimedia facade projections and site-specific audiovisual performances. Unlike erratic claptrap, Genius Loci Weimar approach focuses on an intensive analysis of history, habitat and the architectonical composition of the place. \r\nThis focus is easy to explain: the festival founders Stefan Kraus and Hendrik Wendler are addicted to video and architecture and like the mix of history and possibilities of projection mapping to tell new stories in such cultural context.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/54329674?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\nStefan Kraus is a media artist and together with Baha Hamdemir they form a VJ art group \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mxzehn.com\">MXZEHN<\/a> - 25 Masterpieces per second\" since more then 10 years. With Genius Loci Weimar he wanted to create a festival, where he really would love to play and create art of projection without commercial pressure. Hendrik Wendler is the creator of \"<a href=\"http:\/\/mxwendler.net\">MXWendler FXServer and Stage Designer<\/a>\". Since 2004 his software makes amazing and impressing projection setups possible in theaters, clubs and - of course - on facades. They met at Bauhaus University in Weimar, where they studied architecture in the 90s and have created Genius Loci Weimar as a festival, where international projection artists could tell the story of the place on site and meet other VJ and projection artists. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weimar2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"weimar2\" width=\"606\" height=\"368\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2243\" \/>\r\n\r\nStefan and Hendrik organize Genius Loci Weimar 2013 together with 4 team members experienced in theatre, architecture, media and urban design, culture management and urban culture. The events' symposium and the Genius Loci Club are curated in cooperation with local partners like Bauhaus University and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GaswerkWeimar\">Gaswerk<\/a> - a trendy subcultural cultural spot in the classical city.\r\n\r\nThe festival was launched in 2012 and became an immediate success. The artists come in touch with the festival via the competition. Together with the local cultural network Genius Loci Weimar offered a nice cultural mix between Goethe\u00b4s classic and contemporary art. The first projection location was F\u00fcrstenhaus, which houses the main building of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. \r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nerdworking.org\/works-under-an-alias.html\">Nerdworking's<\/a> international team consisted of nearly 20 artists and created an incredible historical fairytale \"Under an Alias\" that shows the multicultural setting of Weimar's spirit in the past and in the presence. It won the last year's competition.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/51209455?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\nBesides the work of the award winners, other works of well-known international projection artists such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vjfader.com\">VJ Fader<\/a> (USA), <a href=\"http:\/\/dirkrauscher.de\">Dirk Rauscher<\/a> (G), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rdvcollectif.com\">RDV Collectif<\/a> (FR) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mxzehn.com\">MXZEHN<\/a> (G) were presented together with talented musicians and local artists at the building and later in the Genius Loci Club. The local feedback from the inhabitants, Weimar's mayor and the media was great and this year the festival is embedded officially in a touristic campaign called \"Weimarer Sommer\" and many tourists and spectators coming specifically for the event are expected.\r\n\r\n2013 will mark the expansion of Genius Loci Weimar in time and space: three historic facades will be animated. The festival is being expanded to include a program with competition, symposium, workshops and exhibition in cooperation with the Bauhaus University Weimar, \"Weimarer Sommer\" and MXWendler.\r\n\r\nAudiovisual Academy is proud to be selected as one of the festival's partners and we will be covering this year's competition and event in our blog and in social networks.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/weimar3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"weimar3\" width=\"606\" height=\"358\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2242\" \/>\r\n\r\n<b>The competition 2013<\/b>\r\nGenius Loci Weimar seeks for innovative ideas for the facade-projection festival held from 5th-11th August 2013.\r\nUntil the 15th of April, participants apply with a 30 sec videoclip explaining the main design concept for one of the facades of the historical buildings: Wittumspalais, City Castle Courtyard, Main-Building Bauhaus University. The three winning artists will be awarded a totaling prize money of 45 000 Euros to create a 10-15 min long high-resolution audio-visual production, which can be presented in the form of video mapping on the respective facades on the evenings of 9th-11th August.\r\n\r\nThe most important requirements for the Genius Loci Weimar competition are:\r\n\u2022 An innovative design in the form of an audio-visual video mapping, with particular observance paid to the Genius Loci.\r\n\u2022 An individual, original and sophisticated handling of the spirit of the location with respect to the history and architecture.\r\n\u2022 The deliberate omission of erratic gimmickry and showmanship, intrusive clich\u00e9s, and careless historical retelling.\r\n\r\nRead all about the competition and this year's festival, here:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.genius-loci-weimar.org\/program\/\">http:\/\/www.genius-loci-weimar.org\/program\/<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.genius-loci-weimar.org\/competition\/\">http:\/\/www.genius-loci-weimar.org\/competition\/\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nGet in touch:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/geniuslociweimar\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/fb.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"fb\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2222\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Genius_Loci_We\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/twitter.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"twitter\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2223\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/geniuslociweimar\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/vimeo.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"vimeo\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2224\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nStay tuned!\r\n<i>We would like to thank Maxi Kretzschmar, one of the Genius Loci Weimar 2013 committee members for the contribution of this article and all her invaluable help.<\/i>","excerpt":"Weimar is a little city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. Despite its population of just about 65 000 people, the cities&#8217; cultural heritage is vast and the history can be traced back to 889. In the 18-19th centuries &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/03\/07\/the-spirit-of-weimar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","date":"March 7, 2013 16:52","categories":[{"id":9,"title":"news","slug":"news-en"}],"tags":[]},{"id":2198,"permalink":"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/03\/01\/audio-visual-digest-13\/","title":"AUDIO VISUAL DIGEST #13","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/03\/01\/audio-visual-digest-13\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avd_13.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"avd_13\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2194\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<i>Our selection of videos on the web that we liked.<\/i>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/57927567?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<i>Jamie Lidell, You Naked - Flat-e<\/i>\r\n\r\nA new video for the latest Lidell's track 'You Naked'. A mix of funk, soul and electro with broken beats that remind us of Prince and David Bowie and amazing light design combined with video mapping - although it\u2019s used quite often these days, it looks very fresh here. Back to the Future - that says it all!\r\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flat-e.com\/\">flat-e.com<\/a><\/center>\r\n<p><center>***<\/center><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/58626695?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<i>Stardust - PostPanic<\/i>\r\n\r\nA new CG film by PostPanic studio about 'Voyager-1', which was launched by NASA back in 1977 to do research in the remote parts of the Solar System.\r\nIt has it all - fantastic space views, a planet dying out, the feel of loneliness\u2026 A truly beautiful work with a deep philosophical concept by a Dutch studio was created in memory of their colleague who recently lost his fight with cancer.\r\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postpanic.com\/\">postpanic.com<\/a><\/center>\r\n<p><center>***<\/center><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/57812088?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<i>The Future - Alex Goddard<\/i>\r\n\r\nHow do you imagine the future? When we think about it, we naturally come up with flying devices, skateboards and robots. But even the boldest of futurologists wouldn't be able to make this up... Imagine flying Lara Croft, toilet, socks, and even a toast with Jesus's portrait. A humorous future envisioned by a young British animator and movie director Alex Goddard.\r\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/goddardmakes\">vimeo.com\/goddardmakes<\/a><\/center>\r\n<p><center>***<\/center><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59653641?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<i>Kenzo - Electric Jungle<\/i>\r\n\r\nFor the promo of his latest stunning Resort collection Kenzo have chosen as an art director a movie director and artist from London Mat Maitland - a prominent specialist in creating audiovisual eclectic, who previously collaborated with Beck and Michael Jackson. Will you pass the acid test?\r\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/matmaitland.com\">matmaitland.com<\/a><\/center>\r\n<p><center>***<\/center><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/58729480?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<i>Pariah, Signal Loss - V.A.<\/i>\r\n\r\nA very interesting and technically advanced video project was created by students from K\u00f6ln International School of Design and, in our opinion, lays the foundation for new aesthetics.\r\nThis work employed a Kinect camera coupled with ReconstructMe to scan the human body. Later on, a character from the video was simulated with MoCap-Data. \r\nDespite this, the video itself looks very simple, stylized in lo-fi so much that it hard to believe that it took one week of render on 8 powerful computers for the final project.\r\nCombined with the beautiful melancholic track by Pariah, it creates an experiment very pleasant to viewers' eyes and ears.\r\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/hanneshummel\">vimeo.com\/hanneshummel<\/a><\/center>\r\n<p><center>***<\/center><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/60169112?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<i>Lego Dance - Annette Jung<\/i>\r\n\r\nThe clip lasts only 29 seconds, but it worth every second of it. A great example of stop-motion animation by Annette Jung of Berlin studio Talking Animals.\r\nCuriously, the studio was founded and maintained by the people who went to the same school class.\r\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/talkinganimals\">vimeo.com\/talkinganimals<\/a><\/center>\r\n<p><center>***<\/center><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/58449984?portrait=0&amp;\" width=\"606\" height=\"341\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<i>New York Biotopes - Lena Steink\u00fchler<\/i>\r\n\r\nAnother student work by Lena Steink\u00fchler which explores the idea of a possible parallel reality in which New York undergoes metamorphoses with help of 'biotopes' (abstract plants and animals), intelligent mechanisms evolving through mimicry in urban environment.\r\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/square-design.net\">square-design.net<\/a><\/center>\r\n<p><center>***<\/center><\/p>","excerpt":"Our selection of videos on the web that we liked. Jamie Lidell, You Naked &#8211; Flat-e A new video for the latest Lidell&#8217;s track &#8216;You Naked&#8217;. A mix of funk, soul and electro with broken beats that remind us of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2013\/03\/01\/audio-visual-digest-13\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","date":"March 1, 2013 16:31","categories":[{"id":9,"title":"news","slug":"news-en"}],"tags":[]},{"id":2103,"permalink":"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/12\/29\/festival-of-light-in-lyon\/","title":"Festival of light in Lyon","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/12\/29\/festival-of-light-in-lyon\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lyon.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lyon\" width=\"609\" height=\"297\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2096\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt all started in 1852 when the city clergy installed the statue of St. Mary to protect the city from the plague. In celebration on the 8th December, all citizens lit their lampions, put them out the windows, and everyone walked around enchanted by lights. This tradition still lives after 160 years. A huge international 4-day festival named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fetedeslumieres.lyon.fr\/\">Festival of Lights<\/a> (F\u00eate des lumi\u00e8res) takes place in Lyon every year.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lyon-lights.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lyon lights\" width=\"609\" height=\"297\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2097\" \/>\r\n\r\nDuring this festival the city hosts video mapping performances and interactive installations at some of the most popular and not so popular places. Although \u2018not so popular\u2019 is not the right phrase here as the streets are filled with millions of tourists. The most memorable projects were placed on main city buildings. But the most amazing video mapping performance was set in the Old City on Saint Jean Cathedral which kept all spectators amazed for 11 minutes. \r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/51G-Ewf4B2M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nIf you walk away from the square you could see paintings of such legendary artists as Picasso, Mir\u00f3, and Mondrian projected on buildings on the waterfront. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lyon-mondrian.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lyon mondrian\" width=\"609\" height=\"393\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2100\" \/>\r\n\r\nWe are already used to seeing large-scale shows on Terreaux Square. This year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skertzo.fr\/\">Skertzo<\/a> team demonstrated really special and unforgettable project with dancers called Highlights.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_odBEdPGWnE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nAlthough most of the events were held in the downtown, but during this festival the main idea was to use all remarkable buildings and districts of the city. So, Crayon and Oxygen towers in Par-Dieu district were colored with lights. Crayon Tower is still keeping all its lighting even after the end of the festival.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/lyon-crayon-tower.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lyon crayon tower\" width=\"609\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2098\" \/>\r\n\r\nMagic Cube was another interesting project presented by Gilbert Moity on Place Bellecour, the largest square in Europe. 30 bicycles were placed around the monument. Its peculiarity was that the spectators had to pedal those bicycles in order for the interactive installation to start working.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VmMnDRr93xg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nIn conclusion, it's necessary to mention that this year the festival featured at least 100 projects. Lyon is deservedly the birth city of cinematography since the Lumi\u00e8re brothers showed their movie here for the first time in history in 1895. In English their last name means \u2018Light\u2019. And for the 160th time Lyon has proven to be titled the French City of Light.\r\n\r\n<i>article by Camille Guitteau <\/i>","excerpt":"It all started in 1852 when the city clergy installed the statue of St. Mary to protect the city from the plague. In celebration on the 8th December, all citizens lit their lampions, put them out the windows, and everyone &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/12\/29\/festival-of-light-in-lyon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","date":"December 29, 2012 00:39","categories":[{"id":9,"title":"news","slug":"news-en"}],"tags":[]},{"id":1980,"permalink":"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/10\/30\/audiovisual-academy-visits-hong-kong\/","title":"Audiovisual Academy visits Hong Kong","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/10\/30\/audiovisual-academy-visits-hong-kong\"><img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rrshaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rrshaw\" width=\"609\" height=\"314\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1970\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIn the middle of October Audiovisual Academy was invited to visit Run Run Shaw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scm.cityu.edu.hk\/\">School of Creative Media<\/a> (SCM), a centre for media studies of the City University of Hong Kong. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/avin-team.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"avin team\" width=\"608\" height=\"371\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1971\" \/><i><small>Audiovisual Academy team with Dr. Olli Tapio Leino (first on the right) at the City University of Hong Kong<\/small><\/i>\r\n\r\nThe school is housed in a purpose-built building by a famous architect <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daniel_Libeskind\">Daniel Libeskind<\/a>, best known for his Jewish Museum in Berlin as well as master-planning the World Trade Center site, currently under construction in New York. \r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/run-run-shaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"run run shaw\" width=\"609\" height=\"406\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1969\" \/>\r\n\r\nAs the result, SCM has well-equipped laboratories, theaters, and classrooms for the school\u2019s departments of computer engineering and media technology. Apart of computer labs and classrooms for production and research, lecture rooms, work and exhibition spaces, it also features state-of-the-art equipped 2 THX screening rooms, sound recording studio, virtual reality immersive research lab and even a multipurpose theater.\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/classroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"classroom\" width=\"609\" height=\"456\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1975\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe School itself already has gained a reputation of the best in Asia to offer the highest level of education and training in the creative media fields, and as we could see, it lives up to the expectations. It aims to create \"context for a trans-disciplinary confluence of learning and research and the envisioning of an art to come\".\r\nIt also does attract may prospective students - as a matter of fact, the school receives 3000 to 8 000 applications every year for around 120 places available, which enables it to scout for the best talents.\r\n\r\nThe program of studies that SCM offers is unique not only for the region, but also globally, as it provides comprehensive and up-to-date courses on Media \/ Film History and Aesthetic Theory, Screen \/ Script Writing, Photography & Visual Arts, Directing, Producing & Editing Animation & Visual Effects, Real Time Interactive Computer Graphics, Sound Design & Production in Multimedia, Virtual Reality and Immersive Visualization, Embodied and Performative Media, Networked and Distributed Experiences, Electronic Arts & Installations, On-line Game Design & Development, Film, Documentary & Digital Broadcasting and offers undergraduate, master and research degrees in such fields, as Bachelor of Arts in Creative Media (BACM), Bachelor of Science in Creative Media (BScCM), Bachelor of Arts and Science in New Media (BAS), Master of Arts in Media Cultures (MAMC), Master of Fine Arts in Creative Media (MFACM) and Master of Philosophy \/ Doctor of Philosophy.\r\n\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/classroom2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"classroom2\" width=\"609\" height=\"455\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1977\" \/>\r\n\r\nApart of that, SCM is also active in research and operates Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualization and Embodiment (ALiVE) and Centre for Applied Computing and Interactive Media (ACIM).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/360screen.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"360screen\" width=\"609\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1976\" \/><i><small><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumsandtheweb.com\/mw2011\/papers\/cultural_data_sculpting_omni_spatial_visualiza\">The worlds' first 360-degree stereoscopic visualization environment (Advanced Visualization and Interaction Environment \u2013 AVIE) at ALiVE<\/a><\/i><\/small>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BMYHj1-rvEo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><i><small>An excerpt from a TV report dedicated to ALiVE launch<\/small><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\nThe school's success was envisioned by it's dean, <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/avin\/en\/contributors\/jeffrey-shaw\/\">Jeffrey Shaw<\/a>, a well-known artist, researcher and one of the media art pioneers, who also has <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/avin\/en\/careeroutcomes\/round-table-jeffrey-shaw-transdisciplinary-education\/\">contributed<\/a> to the AV-in course, as he was invited by us and participated at Platforma festival in May this year.\r\nIt was a very interesting and fruitful meeting, on which the possibilities of closer collaboration between SCM and Audiovisual Academy were discussed.\r\n\r\nAs the outcome, we are planning exchange programs with SCM and a few weeks summer intensive course in Moscow with the lectors invited by Audiovisual Academy and tutors of the School of Creative Media.Please keep an eye on announcement if you would like to participate, as not only Russian students, but foreigners too will be welcome to apply.\r\n\r\n<p><iframe width=\"606\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RUUjC92MiAw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><i><small>Hong Kong: award-winning video by one of the SCM students, Lam Ho-tak<\/small><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\nFinally, we would like to thank personally Prof. Jeffrey Shaw, Prof. Sarah Kenderdine, Prof. Christian Wagner, Dr. Olli Tapio Leino, Dr. Damien Charrieras, Dr. David Jhave Johnston and Dr. Daniel Howe for their time, hospitality and a fantastic tour around amazing Hong Kong.","excerpt":"In the middle of October Audiovisual Academy was invited to visit Run Run Shaw School of Creative Media (SCM), a centre for media studies of the City University of Hong Kong. Audiovisual Academy team with Dr. Olli Tapio Leino (first &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/audiovisualacademy.com\/blog\/en\/2012\/10\/30\/audiovisual-academy-visits-hong-kong\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a>","date":"October 30, 2012 12:30","categories":[{"id":9,"title":"news","slug":"news-en"}],"tags":[]}]