Chris Joseph

Europe’s first ever Machinima Festival begins at DMU tomorrow, runs until Sunday, and should be a fascinating event. The festival website is at www.machinimaeurope.co.uk, and has details on all the things taking place over the three days, as well as explanations of what Machinima is and how to make it.

The poster above is from the Festival’s presence in Second Life (naturally!) - so if you aren’t able to attend the real festival you can still experience it virtually. If you are a Second Lifer visit HatHead II (245, 159, 313).

The main presentations and panel discussions (see the pdf programme for details) will also be streamed live at www.ioct.dmu.ac.uk/machinima.html .

You can also get involved via the Facebook group ‘machinima festival Europe 07’, or view event photos on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/machinimaeurope/.

Hope to see you there!

Digital Broadway Artist Talk with Nicky Peacock

Broadway, Studio

Nicky Peacock will hold a presentation about her work and her commission for Digital Broadway’s Bar Screen.

GOINGS ON

BAR SCREEN
MON 1 – WED 31 OCT

Goings On is a study of uncanny, curious and downright sinister occurrences affecting ordinary people in ordinary homes.

The investigation, conducted by a mythical housewife, sets out to document evidence of the playful poltergeists, possessed pre-teens and provincial witches inhabiting England’s green and pleasant land.

Nicky Peacock is a story teller; part hermit, part suburban explorer.

Digital Broadway have commissioned Nicky to produce a collection of photographic images to haunt the Bar Screen throughout the month of October.

Nicky is a visual artist and writer with a background in punk rock and chronic tonsillitis. Nicky’s photography work has been exhibited and published nationwide.

She is currently working as a designer on an animated feature film, producing an illustrated journal and is the artist-in-residence for implausibly dreamy fashion magazine Lula.

ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art, an international biannual dvd publication, is currently accepting submissions of work best documented in a time-based format for Volume 12: Vital. This issue will explore that which is essential, grave, indispensable, and/or critical to existence.

In addition to seeking artists, the staff of ASPECT is asking curators, art critics, and members of the contemporary art community to help assemble and comment on works for the next issue by submitting a work of art on which they wish to provide audio commentary. Due to the format of the publication, the criteria for selection will include both the qualifications of the commentator and the quality of the work submitted. Audio recordings of the commentary will be assembled after the submissions have been selected.

Submissions should include:
- Video documentation of a work or small group of works by a single artist (5-10 minutes)
- A brief (100 word) statement regarding the submitted work
- Resume of the artist
- Contact information for the commentator and artist
- Resume of the commentator
- Brief notes outlining the contents of the proposed commentary

Submissions must be received by March 26, 2008 and sent to:
ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art
46 Waltham Street, suite 103
Boston, MA 02118
617.695.0500

All artists will be contacted via email regarding their submission no later than April 28, 2008

For more information see our FAQ:
http://www.aspectdvd.com/contact/faq.cfm