lessons from collaboration david beining director lodestar astronomy center, university of new...
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Lessons from Collaboration
david beiningdirectorLodeStar Astronomy Center,University of New Mexico
Overview of LodeStar Programs & Personas
• As a daily planetarium & museum• Educational Mission • Community Service
• As a UNM academic center • Art, Science & Education • Research
• As a community resource and center • Entertainment• Economic Development• Digital Plaza
LodeStar Mission
• Primary Mission – Expand community’s science literacy through informal
education based in astronomy
• Secondary Mission– Support and augment UNM formal programs
• Core Values– Serve community through available means & needs– Create a culture of “Exploding the Frame”
Dome Theater
• SkyVision/DigitalSkyHD by Sky-Skan• 17M, 25-degree tilt dome• 5.1 audio• 150 seats
L* as a UNM Center
• Digital art courses for students• Computer Science (Maya)• Media Arts (video & digital arts)
• Research for faculty & researchers• Immersive science visualization• Real-time system development• Rendering, data management, etc.
• Art & art education programs– Arts Technology Center
• Artists-in-Residence programs• Lectures, workshops & events
• Show clips by UNM staff“Will animate for food”
As community center
• Productions by local pros & others• Art, Entertainment, and Education• For L*, for self, for export
• Community event center• Student/Community presentations• “Flicks on 66” Digital Film Festival• Rio Grande Chapter of SIGGRAPH
• Economic development in digital arts• ‘Real-world’ production opportunity• Digital Pueblo Project, DAWGStars, etc.
As art house• “The immersive cognitive environment offered
by digital domed theaters offers unprecedented opportunity for artists to expand narrative; break from the expected traditional visual codes of scale, time and ground; and work at the foundation of building a breakthrough aesthetic in a new medium.”
– Danae Zoe Falliers, Assoc. Director Arts Technology Center
Courtesy: Gronk w/ Hue Walker
As art house
• With UNM & Larger Community– UNM faculty, instructors & students
• Danae Falliers, Arts Technology Center• Bryan Konefsky, Mary Tsongias, etc., CFA
– Other universities’ faculty• Santa Fe Institute, • UC-Berkeley, Stanford, Mills College
– Professional artists & media producers• Gronk, Lynette Wallworth, Gregg Stephens, etc.• Michael Stearns, Brad & Andrea Carvey, etc.
Courtesy: Gail Wight, ATC Artist-in-Residence
Starting Collaborations
• Encouragement by IMAX Pros– Ben Shedd & Michael Stearns
• Identifying key supporters– Faculty & Instructors
• Pro producers as lecturers & models• Orientation to technologies
– Processes, vocabulary, specs, etc.
• Events & meetings – Increase dome time
– Class reviews, public show
Building Understanding
• Ben Shedd’s talks & writings• Playtime for key instructors & artists• SkyVision & in-house library• Instructional materials
– Fulldome animation – Production manual
• Student orientations & review sessions
• Talks & screenings
Courtesy: Ben Shedd, Princeton
Working with Students
• Full-Dome projects optional• Encourage experimentation• Theater tour & shows• Techniques & specs • Instructor direction• L* staff support• Little dome-time
during production• Closer to real-world
Courtesy: Mark Nava, UNM
SOP for Collaboration
• Orientation to medium• Screenings• Primer document• Camera Rigs• Folder Sets• Feedback Loops• Spitz’s Glom• www.domefest.org
DomeFest
• A place for sharing & experimenting
• 2003 & 2004 Programs– See tonight @ Sky-Skan Festival
• DomeFest 2005– Submissions 11 Feb 05
• DomeFest 2008– IPS, Chabot?
• www.domefest.org
Standard Thoughts(by Nat Handy)
– Agree on medium’s moniker--needs branding– We’re all in this medium development together– Most standards will evolve through experience– Double-edged digital sword: Flexibility – Story first, distribution second– Redesign part of production budget– Leave legacy (analog) standards behind—now– Collaborative spirit and practice– Support creativity, experimentation & diversity – DomeFest as resource/opportunity
“Arrow to the Sun”
• Gerald McDermott & LodeStar• Character-based• Community-driven• Not for every theater
– Design– Style/Spirit
Links– LodeStar
• www.lodestar.unm.edu
– DomeFest• www.domefest.org
– Fulldome Users Group (coming)• www.fulldome.org
– Arts Technology Center• http://atc.unm.edu/
– Digital Pueblo Project• http://atc.unm.edu/digitalpueblo.html
– Ben Shedd• www.cs.princeton.edu/~benshedd/
– me• [email protected]