IMAGING the future 2010
Imaging the Future porte un regard inédit sur les images de synthèse et les médias numériques, en réunissant des créateurs d’effets visuels, concepteurs de jeux vidéo, artistes, futurologues…
Au programme cette année: le design et l’animation d’Avatar et de District 9, la création suisse en images de synthèse, les jeux «sérieux», la production des effets visuels numériques, le futur du cinéma et la présence exceptionnelle de Douglas Trumbull et Bruce Shelley.
07-08 Juillet / Passage 2 / entrée libre
PROGRAM Wednesday July 7
10.00 : Serious Game Session – in the context of "GameCulture", Pro Helvetia Swiss cultural foundation program (www.prohelvetia.ch)
Gabarello - Game based rehabilitation for Lokomat: Serious Game Design at the Zurich University of the Arts
Ulrich Goetz, director Game Design department ZHdK, CH
Leveling Up Serious Games: The Gamification of Life, the Universe and Everything
Steffen P. Walz, game designer & chief design dude, sreee GbR & editor of «Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism: The Next Level », GER Urbanism : The Next Level », G
Games as Research: Measurements in the Field of Possibilities
Greg Niemeyer, new media associate professor (UC Berkeley), CH/USA
The Uncanny Ambiguity of Ludic Processes: Games History and Anthropology Until the Digital Era
Thierry Wendling, anthropologist CNRS (LAHIC), F
14.00 : Real Time Strategy Games – in the context of "GameCulture", Pro Helvetia Swiss cultural foundation program (www.prohelvetia.ch)
30 Years in Games: Then, Now, and Next
Bruce Shelley, game designer, USA
15.15 : The Future of Cinema & Film
Gerd Leonhard, media futurist & author, G
16.30 : Zombie Pataphysics & Digital Imagining
Brian Reffin Smith, writer, artist, performer & teacher, UK
17.30 : Swiss Computer Video Art Program
Patrick Tschudi “Hollow street” (2009)
Alexander Hahn “Capturing Natural Sounds in the age of the vintage 78 records and other thoughts on traveling between different realities” (2005)
Collectif_fact “Reliefs” (2005)
Yves Netzhammer “Die Möglichkeit nicht mehr haben” (2003)
Peter Aerschmann “Checkpoint” (2010)
Marion Tampon-Lajariette “Camera 1, Plan 8” (2008)
Swann Thommen “Event” (2010)
PROGRAM Thursday July 8
09.45 : The WETA Touch: Designing Avatar and District 9
Stereo Compositing on Avatar
Robin Hollander, lead compositor, CH/NZ
Creating an alternate reality: in depth look at the computer generated characters of Avatar
Andy Jones, animation director, NZ
Won a BAFTA, Oscar and Visual Effects Society Awards for his Work on Avatar
Design philosophy for films at Weta Workshop and the creation of the science-fiction world
Greg Broadmore, artist and designer, NZ
www.thebattery.co.nz
11.30 : The New Art of Virtual Moviemaking
Nick Manning, Autodesk industry marketing manager, UK
13.30 : VFX production and supervision – in collaboration with FOCAL (www.focal.ch)
Cargo - Building a VFX-Pipeline in Switzerland
Michael Scialpi, VFX creator and supervisor, EgliFilm AG, CH
VFX Production: Various Procedures
Pascal Giroux, VFX producer, Mikros Image, F
Pascal Giroux, VFX producer, Mikros Image, F
Invisible effects : creating atmosphere
Sean Wheelan, VFX producer, Filmgate, SV
Inside the Black Box : A Look at the VFX Pipeline
Philippe Leprince, CG pipeline supervisor, Double Negative, UK
Moderation: Xavier Grin, producer, PS Productions
16.30 : Meet Douglas Trumbull, pioneer VFX director (2001 : A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Silent Running…), USA
17.45 : SwissMade VFX Presentation
Miklos Kosary, compositing supervisor, Elefant Studios, Zürich
Jean Deppierraz, compositing supervisor, Sapristi Studios, Lausanne
18.00 : Swiss VFX and Computer Animation Showcase/ A selection of works from Swiss VFX and animation producers
Say What/ www.saywhat.ch
Horsform/ www.horsform.com
Moka Studio/ www.mokastudio.tv
Boutiq AG/ www.boutiq.ch
Pixelfarm/ www.pixelfarm.ch
Chemical Box/ www.chemicalbox.com
Floid/ www.floidmotion.ch
Sapristi Studio/ www.sapristi.ch
Avenue Digital Media/ www.admsarl.com
Le Mob/ www.lemob.ch
Elefant Studios/ www.elefantstudios.ch
OneStep MDA/ www.onestepmda.ch
Gimber.ch/ www.gimber.ch
Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 July
Installation « knodes »
(by Cyrille Henry & Jonathan Froidevaux)
Presented by the Haute Ecole - Arc d’ingénierie