Cascade SIGGRAPH Presents

The 2006 Electronic Theater

A Special Uncut Showcase of the Best Computer Graphics Shorts from Around the World

Join us for a great 2006–2007 season start with the Electronic Theater, a film and video extravaganza featuring incredible technical imagery. A must-see, the Electronic Theater is a highly-acclaimed showcase of amazing computer graphics and special effects shorts from around the world that offers insight on future trends in films, commercials and scientific visualization.

What A SIGGRAPH meeting and showing of the best computer graphics of 2006

Where Close to downtown, at the PCC Cascade Campus Auditorium, Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building, 705 N. Killingsworth (and Albina), Portland, OR 97217; Free parking pass available if you email your request by midnight September 19 — see below. Link to map: http://www.pcc.edu/pcc/dma/cascademap.htm

When Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 6:30 PM with registration at 6:00 PM

Why View the best CG of 2006; network with those in your field; hear chapter announcements

Who Cascade SIGGRAPH members and nonmembers

RSVP Please RSVP to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com as soon as you know you are coming so that we can plan for attendance and parking passes. If you RSVP by September 19 at 11:59 pm, we will email you a free parking pass for the event.

Cost Free to Cascade SIGGRAPH Chapter members; $5.00 to nonmembers; complimentary pizza will be available

About The Show

The collection of 37 shorts were selected from over 600 submissions and juried at the recent International SIGGRAPH conference. The show takes us on a remarkable journey that combines trends in art and science with the best computer graphics depicting comedy, drama, romance, action, adventure, fantasy, science fiction and science fact. The following productions are included:

· 458nm — Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

· A Great Big Robot From Outer Space Ate My Homework — Vancouver Film School (Canada)

· Brush — Boumermouth University (United Kingdom)

· Bubble Girl — PSYOP, Inc. (USA)

· The Building — Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image (France)

· Carlitopolis — ENSAD (France)

· Dairy Crest “Cityside” — Framestore CFC (United Kingdom)

· Discord: metal and meat — North Michigan University (USA)

· Doll Face — (USA)

· “Everyone’s Hero” — IDT Entertainment (USA)

· Flow — Scanline Production (Germany)

· Foster’s Australia “Big Ad” — Animal Logic (Australia)

· Growth by Aggregation 2 (the Utah variation) – (USA)

· Guinness “noitulovE” — Framestore CFC (United Kingdom)

· ILM 2006 — Industrial Light & Magic (USA)

· The Inner Life of the Cell (excerpt) — XVIVO LLC (USA)

· Insanely Twisted Shadow Puppets – 12 Interstitials — Gagné International Inc. LLC, Viacom Inc. (USA)

· Into Pieces — (Brazil)

· King Kong — Weta Digital Ltd (New Zealand)

· King Kong: “In a New York Minute” — Weta Digital Ltd (New Zealand)

· Monster Farm 5 Circus Caravan — Digital Media Lab. Inc. (Japan)

· Monster House: There Goes the Neighborhood — Sony Pictures Imageworks (USA)

· Monster Samurai — Sprite Animation Studios (USA)

· My Date From Hell — Institute of Animation, Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg (Germany)

· Noggin — Brigham Young University (USA)

· One Man Band — Pixar Animation Studios (USA)

· One Rat Short (Best of Show) — Charlex, Inc. (USA)

· Open Season, Separating the Trees From the Forest — Sony Picture Imageworks (USA)

· Racing Beats — Institute of Animation, Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg (Germany)

· Rexona “Go Wild” — Framestore CFC (United Kingdom)

· Robin Hood Flour — Giving – Red Rover Studios (Canada)

· Toohey’s “War of the Appliances” — Animal Logic (Australia)

· Toyota “Meteor” — Method (USA)

· Tread Softly — Camegie Mellon University (USA)

· Vodafone “Mayfly” — Passion Pictures (United Kingdom)

· Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Intro Cinematic – Digic Pictures (Hungary)

· Wojna — Institute of Animation, Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg (Germany)

Location and Registration

The night will start with registration and pizza for attendees in the lobby of the PCC Cascade Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building (http://www.pcc.edu/pcc/dma/cascademap.htm) at 6 p.m., then chapter announcements and the show at 6:30 p.m.

Those wishing to attend are asked to RSVP to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com for planning purposes. Volunteers are needed. If you can help, please call Demetra Gilmore Arnett by midnight on Tuesday September 19, at 503.367.1522 or include it in your RSVP.

This and other Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH meetings are free to Cascade Chapter members. Nonmembers will need to pay a $5.00 admission fee at the door. Annual local membership can be purchased at the door for $25.00 ($18.00 for students). Light appetizers will be available to attendees. For more information on Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH and membership registration, visit the Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH website at www.cascade.siggraph.org/.

Parking and Directions

The campus is close-in to downtown Portland and there is ample parking across the street in the PCC parking lot for a fee. However, those that RSVP by the deadline will be emailed a free e-parking pass that can be printed once. For directions, visit www.pcc.edu/about/locations/cascade/.

Sponsors

The Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter is grateful to PCC for the use of their facilities.

About Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH

The Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter exists to serve the needs of the Oregon and Southwest Washington computer graphics industry 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 Oregon and Southwest Washington that have an interest in any aspect of computer graphics.

Press contact

Kerry Tescher, Liaison Inc., Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH PR Director

(503) 796-9822, kerry@liaisonpr.com

Reader contact

Demetra Gilmore Arnett, Vice Chair

(503) 367-1522, cascadesiggraph@gmail.com

Cascade SIGGRAPH general information

Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH

PO Box 10583
Portland, OR 97296 -10583

email address: info@cascadesiggraph.org

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