Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH presents

Light Troupe Developments

Experiential Show with Movement, Light and Sound

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at PCC Cascade Moriarty Arts Auditorium

Registration and networking starts at 6:00 pm; interactive show at 6:30 pm

Light Troupe example: lighttroupe.com

Tickets and registration are available at http://cascadesiggraphmar2011.eventbrite.com

Have fun with Luz Studio and learn about how to use cutting-edge interactive technology in light and sound applications. Attendees will be able to experiment with:

• Microsoft Kinect-based body tracking to create expressive art 
• Behind-the-scenes editing of the tool and how it displays on the screen
• Real-time DMX interior lighting control 
• 3D digital drawing using Wacom Drawing Tablets, Nintendo Wii Remote
• LightTroupe’s Light and Sound Piano
• An Introduction to real-time shader snippet mixing and just-in-time compiling

Event Details

Artists, musicians, performers, and multimedia light-bearers, discover news way to use expressive technology in your work. This will be a laid-back, open forum for people to explore the software, the new art form and the cutting-edge of technology. Come and get involved ― we will be demonstrating several developments from the past year, showing present-day applications and talking about future plans. We will play with: computer vision; skeleton tracking, digital painting; Luz Studio’s new DMX light control, collaborative artwork by laying “living ink” on the digital canvas; adjusting effects with layered, independent shaders, known as shader snippets; and using the light piano to harmonize sound and art.

About the Light Troupe

Light Troupe is a collective of artistic and technical talent projecting its visions through interactive brilliance. Software developer Ian McIntosh, Josh Fitzsimmons and designer Pat Coan reach a common ground and lay a foundation for concepts including an audio-visual vocabulary extending to 5-dimensional experiences. Together they explore the possibilities of collaborative emergence, realizing undeniable beauty in it’s creations.

LightTroupe’s mission is to empower the participants at any event by giving them direct control over the light and sound experience. Through the application of art, design and science, Light Troupe has created a variety of open source tools to encourage the philosophy that every person is an artist.

Having performed and collaborated with international musicians and artists, the Troupe continues to find an inspiring and new experiences through the combination of visual, audio, interactive and social sensations. We invite the community to join us in developing this new art form.

Registration

This and other Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH meetings are free to Cascade Chapter members. Nonmembers and the public will need to pay $5.00 admission. Annual local membership can be purchased at the ticketing site or at the door for $25.00 a year for professionals and $18.00 for students. We accept cash or checks at the door and credit cards online at EventBrite ticketing. Prepayment and registration is available at http://cascadesiggraphmar2011.eventbrite.com/.

Location and Transportation

The Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter would like to acknowledge and thank Portland Community College for their generous support. The event will be held at:

Portland Community College

Cascade Moriarty Arts Building Auditorium

705 North Killingsworth Street

Portland OR 97219-2399.

Carpooling or using mass transit is recommended as limited free street parking is available. You can purchase parking passes at the yellow ticketing stations located in each parking lot. Cost is $3.00 and machines take cash or debit cards. Please see the following for more detailed information on event location and directions: http://www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade.

About Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH

The Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter exists to serve the needs of the Oregon and Southwest Washington computer graphics industry professionals and students. Through meetings, workshops, conferences, and other activities, the Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter works to promote an increased knowledge of and greater interest in the educational, artistic, and scientific aspects and applications of modern technology to graphics, enhancing communication between persons in the field, that have an interest in any aspect of computer graphics. For more information on Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH and membership, visit the Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH website at www.cascade.siggraph.org.

Press contact

Lizzie Bennett, Liaison Inc., Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH PR Director

(503) 796-9822, “lizzie at liaisonpr dot com”

Reader contact

Bev Standish, Vice Chair

“vice chair at cascadesiggraph dot org”

Cascade SIGGRAPH general information

Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH

PO Box 10583

Portland, OR 97296-10583

email address: “info at cascadesiggraph dot org”

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