25 10, 2008

mixed feelings, Autodesk acquires Softimage.

By |2016-01-12T21:10:51+02:00October 25th, 2008|animation, CGI, Softimage XSI, technology|2 Comments

It has been officially confirmed that Autodesk signed agreement with Avid Technology to Acquire Softimage. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?id=12022457&siteID=123112 Users' feelings are mixed for the future of the Softimage product line. In general the most important questions are: Are they to kill Softimage? Till now Autodesk acquired all major 3D packages. What about competition ? What are the pros and cons of such an acquisition? Some say no, Softimage is not to be killed, and this in a way is probable. Autodesk never killed any of its previous aquisitions, including Maya, Mudbox, Descreete Logic products etc. They still develop these products but evidently the "innovation curve" have changed. It is a truism that we havent seen any major additions to Maya since Autodesk aquired it. We hope this will change in the near feature. In general, the pros and cons that most users identified in various forum discussions are: Pros & Cons Autodesk, [...]

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20 09, 2008

new-media student demoreel 2008

By |2016-01-12T21:11:04+02:00September 20th, 2008|art, design, graphic design, Interaction Design, product design, user experience design (UX)|10 Comments

This is the new-media demoreel that we first presented at the animasyros festival. It includes student projects from the following modules: traditional animation, computer animation, advanced animation, computer games, multimedia design, audiovisual design, virtual reality, as well as some parts from final year theses. [flv width="600" height="320"] http://xylem.aegean.gr/~modestos/mo.blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/aegeansyros-demo-reel-newmedia.flv[/flv] Download: Low Resolution -  High Resolution

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1 07, 2008

Contemporary Aesthetics (2008)

By |2016-01-12T21:11:05+02:00July 1st, 2008|art, philosophy, research|0 Comments

Contemporary Aesthetics encourages inclusive and innovative aesthetic inquiry. Current volume includes: Frederic Will Can We Get Inside the Aesthetic Sensibility of the Archaic Past? Maryvonne Saison "The People Are Missing" Thomas Leddy The Aesthetics of Junkyards and Roadside Clutter Emmanouil Aretoulakis Aesthetic Appreciation, Ethics, and 9/11 Dan Disney Toward a Poeticognosis: Re-reading Plato's The Republic via Wallace Stevens' "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" Jonathan Davis Questioning "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction": A Stroll around the Louvre after Reading Benjamin Grant Tavinor Definition of Videogames SYMPOSIUM: Danto's The Transfiguration of the Commonplace Twenty-Five Years Later Ivan Gaskell The Riddle of a Riddle Thomas E. Wartenberg Not Just Mere Things Cynthia Freeland Danto and Art Criticism Arthur C. Danto Ontology, Criticism, and the Riddle of Art Versus Non-Art in The Transfiguration of the Commonplace

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8 05, 2008

Bestival

By |2016-01-12T21:11:17+02:00May 8th, 2008|art, music|0 Comments

Fri 5 Sep – Sun 7 Sep http://www.bestival.net/ Check out the amazing lineup! Bestival is an award winning 3 day boutique music festival set at Robin Hill - a beautiful leafy country park (a veritable Garden of Eden!) near Downend and Newport in the heart of the Isle of Wight. The wonderful world of Bestival was born out of ten fun years of pioneering music events and record releases from Rob da Bank's Sunday Best empire. The BBC Radio 1 leftfield DJ had a dream to one day create his vision of how the modern day festival should be. Along with Creative Director and wife Josie da Bank and co founders / partners John and Ziggy from Get Involved that dream is now fulfilled. On a mission to change the face of independent festival culture, the fearless foursome are bringing some magic to the shores of the Solent and spreading [...]

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16 02, 2008

το τέλος της τέχνης στον Αντόρνο και τον Ντεμπόρ

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 16th, 2008|art, philosophy, politics|1 Comment

H κριτική της αξίας δεν σχετίστηκε από τη σύλληψή της με τη θεωρία της καταστασιακής διεθνούς (situationists international), δεν υπάρχει λοιπόν κάποια εκ γενετής συγγένεια μεταξύ τους. Όποιος όμως θέλει να αποφύγει τον κίνδυνο η καταστασιακή θεωρία, από εκρηκτικός μηχανισμός στον καιρό της, να υποβιβαστεί σήμερα πλήρως και αμαχητί σε μουσειοποιημένο «πολιτιστικό αγαθό», οφείλει να προσπαθεί, πέρα από τις διάφορες οπισθοδρομικές τελετουργικές χειρονομίες αναβίωσης, να κάνει σήμερα αυτό που οι καταστασιακοί επιχειρούσαν στην εποχή τους: Nα μην θεωρεί τίποτε αυτονόητο και να αναζητά συνεχώς νέες προσεγγίσεις της κριτικής της κοινωνίας. Σε αυτό το πεδίο, η κριτική της αξίας αποτελεί σίγουρα μια από τις λίγες υπάρχουσες συνεισφορές. [anselm-jappe-ebook, http://www.disobey.net/hotel/]

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5 02, 2008

Έκθεση – Α. Καρακατσάνης

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 5th, 2008|art|0 Comments

Την Τετάρτη 6/2/2008 θα γίνουν τα εγκαίνια της ατομικής έκθεσης του Απόστολου Καρακατσάνη στην Γκαλερί Άλφα Δέλτα. Η έκθεση θα διαρκέσει ως τις 15/3/2007. Γκαλερί Άλφα Δέλτα, Παλλάδος 3, 105 54 Αθήνα, τηλ. +30 210 322 87 85, fax +30 210 322 87 85, e-mail: a[at]@otenet.gr www.adgallery.gr apos[at]syros.aegean.gr Μπορείτε να κατεβάσετε το news-letter από εδώ: Μερικά από τα έργα είναι: Μαζί

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8 01, 2008

Bingo The Clown-O, Yes you ARE Bingo!

By |2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 8th, 2008|animation, art, philosophy|5 Comments

(1998, Chris Landreth) Ideal ego and the ego ideal. The image you assume and the symbolic point which give you a place and supplies the point from which you are looked at. A nice example of the interaction of the Lacanian "three registers of human reality": the imaginary, the symbolic and the real. Bingo is based on a short play, Disregard This Play, by Chicago's Neo-Futurist Theater Company. The story is a little ditty of existentialist hell in which the central character, Dave, is told he is a clown. At first he denies, then he argues, then he dispairs, and ultimately, he concedes.

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