CFC Media Lab and MaRS co-presented with Jumpwire Media to launch Cross Media Toronto on July 21st, 2010 at the MaRS Centre. Cross Media Toronto (www.crossmediato.com) featured heavyweight media industry executives who discussed perspectives on how transmedia content will be produced, distributed and consumed in a cross media environment, with a specific look at ways to incorporate cross media into business models.
I recommend taking a few minutes out of your Monday to go YouTubing down the web-stream!
Bombs away!
Congratulations to CFC Media Lab Alumnus, Suyin Looui, a New York Artist/Producer who developed Hey Baby, a provoking online first-person shooter game (available to play for free at heybabygame.com).
…At first (Hey Baby) appears to be a self-consciously ridiculous revenge fantasy for women who have felt oppressed or threatened by sexual attention or commentary from men. Think of “Death Wish” with a woman walking home from work in the role of Charles Bronson.
Yet over several hours my initial alienation and annoyance gave way to a swelling appreciation of Hey Baby, not as a game but as a provocative, important work of interactive art as social commentary. The people who should really play Hey Baby are men, even if you have never said a word to a woman you didn’t know on the street.
The CFC Media Lab invites you to join us for our TELUS IAEP Spring 2010 Prototype Preview, exhibiting the talents of Dawn Buie, Orla Garriques, Conor Holler, Cathy Chen, David Goorevitch, Liz Gallo, and Dee Balkissoon.
“Voicings”
Created by: Dawn Buie, David Goorevitch, and Liz Gallo
Listen in on a journey of discovery and creation, revealing the human passions and motivations that drive the process of innovation. From the everyday to the truly profound, hear a symphony of voices offering insights into the personalities driving innovation at MaRS. Voicings mines these people’s words for elemental phrases about how they act in the world and what they say they believe. Where Voicings differs from documentary is by revealing the playful aspects of these personalities through associative word play and in doing so finds unanticipated resonances.
“DruMeBa”
Created by: Orla Garriques, Conor Holler, Cathy Chen, and Dee Balkissoon
DruMeBa is a customizable drumming experience promoting collaboration among children with Autism. By combing the communicative and collaborative power of drumming, DruMeBa brings music therapy into the 21st Century. At one of four drumming station, each player hears the rhythms she or he creates while DruMeBa’s central table displays dynamic visuals. These provide players with immediate, whimsical, and easy-to-understand information regarding how hard they are hitting the drums, how much they are collaborating, and whether or not they are in-time with one another.
Congratulations are in order for Rose Bianchini (rosebianchini.com) CFC Media Lab Alumnus from the Telus Interactive Art & Entertainment Program, Fall 2009!
Rose is now a Senior Writer at GANZ in the Interactive Department.
Whether you’re a strategic collector of railroads or would rather invest in hotels on Mediterranean and Baltic, here is your official invitation and reminder to come out and play award-winning Gentrification: The Game! developed by Atmosphere Industries (www.atmosphereindustries.com)comprised of CFC Media Lab Alumnus and Guest Faculty Member, Kate Raynes-Goldie, with Luke Walker, David Fono and Alex Raynes-Goldie.
Gentrification: The Game! is a game*! But not your usual kind of game.
It’s a game that happens on the street, with sidewalk chalk, parades, and even a mobile web app if you feel like it. It’s called a Big Game by festivals like Come Out and Play in NYC, who awarded us Best in Fest and Best Use of Technology this summer, out of 40 other games from organizations like Disney Imagineering and NYU. Ditto for the Hide & Seek Festival in London, who are flying team across the pond this month for an ultra-exclusive edition of Gentrification: The Game: The British Expansion Pack.
*Gentrification in a nutshell: 30 people, divided into teams of developers and locals, fight to collect real-life properties, build chain coffee shops, form BIAs, and bend the neighbourhood to their will. They’ll craft slick advertising campaigns, deliver impassioned speeches, and probably run around a bit. It’s part Monopoly, part public space hacking, and part something else entirely.
CMTO 2010 features an all-star line-up of industry executives and technology experts. Our goal is to bridge the gap between the different media sectors in order share information and find new opportunities. We want the gaming people to meet the TV people, the publishing people to meet the web video people, and everyone to meet the advertising people but let’s be honest, in the end, it’s all about the money.
Headline speakers include:
Lisa Charters – SVP Director Digital for Random House of Canada
Sabrina Geremia – Head of Agency Relations for Google Canada
Pete Watson – Senior Business Development Manager for RIM
Steve Pratt – CBC’s Director of Digital Music
Other special guests include:
Dr. Siobhan O’Flynn – Transmedia Consultant and CFC Media Lab Faculty Member
Created in 1997, the CFC Media Lab provides a unique training, research and production think-tank environment for emerging new media content developers, practitioners and companies. An internationally acclaimed and award-winning facility, graduates of the CFC Media Lab emerge as leaders in the world of interactive media, produce innovative projects and start up 21st century companies. CFC Media Lab has graduated more than 150 professionals through its various programs and services including Interactive Art & Entertainment Programme (IAEP), Interactive Project Lab (IPL), Interactive Narrative Feature Program (INFP), and NBC Universal Multiplatform Matchmaking Program (MMP). Over 100 interactive new media content products have been developed and delivered in a variety of platforms. Companies formed by the CFC Media Lab participants include Smiley Guy Studios (smileyguy.com); Trapeze Media Ltd (trapeze.com); and Xenophile Media (xenophile.ca).
nextMEDIA+Banff2010 will be chock-full of inspiring conversations and exciting keynotes!
Still trying to decide when to be where and where to be when? Check out the CFC Media Lab’s top picks!
On.Fire (onfire2010.ca) is the national media arts conference and festival of the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA), a non-profit organization representing over 80 artist-run media arts centres serving more than 12,000 artists and cultural workers across Canada.
On.Fire 2010 will run June 15-19, 2010. Highlights include Opening Keynote with Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller on June 15th at 6:30pm, and Closing Keynote with Rafael Lozano Hemmer on June 19th at 6:30pm.
Congratulations to CFC Media Lab Alumnus, Suyin Looui, a New York Artist/Producer who developed Hey Baby, a provoking online first-person shooter game (available to play for free at heybabygame.com). …At first (Hey Baby) appears to be a self-consciously ridiculous revenge fantasy for women who have felt oppressed or threatened by sexual attention or commentary from [...]
The CFC Media Lab invites you to join us for our TELUS IAEP Spring 2010 Prototype Preview, exhibiting the talents of Dawn Buie, Orla Garriques, Conor Holler, Cathy Chen, David Goorevitch, Liz Gallo, and Dee Balkissoon. “Voicings” Created by: Dawn Buie, David Goorevitch, and Liz Gallo Listen in on a journey of discovery and creation, [...]
Congratulations are in order for Rose Bianchini (rosebianchini.com) CFC Media Lab Alumnus from the Telus Interactive Art & Entertainment Program, Fall 2009! Rose is now a Senior Writer at GANZ in the Interactive Department. Way to go girl! Keep us in the loop! We love to promote our Alumni, so let us know what you’re up [...]
Whether you’re a strategic collector of railroads or would rather invest in hotels on Mediterranean and Baltic, here is your official invitation and reminder to come out and play award-winning Gentrification: The Game! developed by Atmosphere Industries (www.atmosphereindustries.com) comprised of CFC Media Lab Alumnus and Guest Faculty Member, Kate Raynes-Goldie, with Luke Walker, David Fono and [...]
THE WHAT: Cross Media TO 2010 THE WHEN: 6 – 9:30pm, July 21, 2010 THE WHERE: MaRS Centre, 101 College St. Toronto CMTO 2010 features an all-star line-up of industry executives and technology experts. Our goal is to bridge the gap between the different media sectors in order share information and find new opportunities. We [...]
The application deadline for the Telus Interactive Art & Entertainment Program’s Fall 2010 session has been extended to June 21, 2010! To download the application package, click here: telusiaep_apppack_fall2010 Or visit: www.cfccreates.com/what_we_do/cfc_media_lab/telus_interactive_art_and_entertainment_program/apply All application inquiries can be directed to medialab@cfcmedialab.com About the CFC Media Lab Created in 1997, the CFC Media Lab provides a unique [...]
nextMEDIA+Banff2010 will be chock-full of inspiring conversations and exciting keynotes! Still trying to decide when to be where and where to be when? Check out the CFC Media Lab’s top picks! SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010 ROOKIES IN THE ROCKIES WHEN: 3-4pm Location: Sir Edward Beatty In Partnership with: Calgary Economic Development To kick-off the Banff [...]
On.Fire (onfire2010.ca) is the national media arts conference and festival of the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA), a non-profit organization representing over 80 artist-run media arts centres serving more than 12,000 artists and cultural workers across Canada. On.Fire 2010 will run June 15-19, 2010. Highlights include Opening Keynote with Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller [...]
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