2007 Meeting Archive
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October 27th 2007
Electronic Sophistication Series 3: Expanding Motion Cinema
7 pm till midnight @ Lake Shore Theater
Five hours of diverse indie film and motion graphics talent; featuring Bands, VJs, Artists and Filmmakers that expand what it is to move an audience. Featuring an audio/visual performance by The Great Mundane that debuts his newest album release "When Falls Arive". Internationally recognized VJs, Psymbolic, perform realtime visuals that includes a beat synched montage capturing the ambiguous flows of the installation artwork of Mara Baker. Early evening audio video performance by the Ontologist.
Content and curation by :
Stash (stashmedia.tv) - Dave Belden & M.T. Cozzola (Split Pillow) - Psymbolic (Chicago's Motion Graphics Festival) - Dominic Johnson (New Millennium Orchestra artistic director) - Scribble TV (university internet internship program) - Nathan Peck (RookTV) - Mason Dixon (SAIC)
When Falls Arive by The Great Mundane
July 25th, 2007
12:30pm - 4:30pm
Power Integration Tour
At the Gene Siskel Film Center
Adobe and Maxon join forces to show motion graphics artists how to bring their vision to life with blockbuster visual effects by demonstrating the combining the power of Adobe's Creative Suite 3 and Maxon's Cinema 4D
This is a four-hour event with over $60,000 in door prizes
Tour sponsors include: Intel, NVIDIA, Verbatim, Artbeats, Gridiron Software, RE: Vision Effects, Digital Anarchy, and Cybermotion.
At the Gene Siskel Film Center, RSVP required:
6:30pm - 8pm
An MGFest 2008 Planning Meeting
@ Dulcenea, 1431 N Milwaukee Ave
Enjoyed last year and have ideas for next year? New to town and want to get involved? Run a studio or related company and want to offer resources? Come to this informal information gathering meeting to help shape MGFest 2008. Bring your ideas, or just come to make snide comments about other people's ideas :-)
8pm - 12am
Electronic Sophistication Musical Feature:
Shudder, Video Janitors & Dojo Twitch
Shudder Inc [live A/V] - MFchicago
Shudder Inc is a live audio / visual artist who's abstract work is best described as multi-genre motion painting synched to electronic music. With a unique ‘sonic’ electro house sound that conjures up accompanying video images through MIDI signaling, Shudder Inc is always working his art into mixable parts. “The live show is my finished product,” as Shudder Inc tries to explain his work. Creating music and video in pieces, the live show is where everything comes together. Using this technique, Shudder Inc creates an a/v show that is different each time he performs.
Video Janitors [live visuals]
In the Summer of Love, Maria Pappas, Matthew Hanson, Edyta Stepien and Chuck Przybyl were born Video Janitor. So, what do a thrift store junkie, television addict, gadget collector, polish princess, and dub master have in common? They all have a burning desire to weave enlightened optic fusion right in front of your eyes. They will take you down a fantastic visual journey improvising with the musicians and environment at play. Video Janitor has been cleaning house all over town.
Dojo Twitch [live music] - Dojo / Twitch
Dojo met the Abominable Twitch one night at a bar in... no, just kidding. A string of initially happenstantial collaborations have become a self-sustaining entity known as Dojo and the Abominable Twitch. Since dugga-dugga met wikki-wikki, they've explored a multitude of styles and instrumentations ranging from improv noise to drum and bass Sesame Street.
Psymbolic presents Onomatopoeia @ Dulcenea ~ the emerging event gallery located in Wicker Park. 1431 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Byob, Live Painting / Motion Graphics / Momentous Music
The music and environment caters to a loungy, laid back and conversational atmosphere leaving you free to delve into the soundscapes, the intricate conversations, or geek-out via Wi-Fi. Expect the music and environment to transition and evolve throughout the night. Some moments have a certain sound.
May 9th
MGChicago Mixer
Onomatopoeia at Dulcenea, 1431 N Milwaukee Ave
8 - 10pm, Byob, Live Painting & Stop Motion Visuals
Discussion: Database Video, Game Industry, Mograph Wiki
Raffle: 2 Free Plugins of your choice, Sponsored by Automatic Duck
Screens: Stash 31
Music by e.l.f Arrow - SpaceDUB - [Colorado]
Procures the methods of Shamanic undulance, articulating webs of resonant pulses. Beginning a DJ career in 1987, Avery Runner has become known for intelligent electronic DJ sets of Psytrance and Global Dub that surpass standard American styles with a breath of worldly finesse. e.l.f has been a guiding force of the Chakra Festivals in Colorado's Mountain Highs since forming Space Dub Vibrations in 1994 along with VJ's Pixylight and Archetype.
April 11th, 2007
MGChicago Mixer
Onomatopoeia at Dulcenea, 1431 N Milwaukee Ave
8pm - Midnight, Byob, Live Painting & Stop Motion Visuals
Featuring Searchl1te [Part Time Suckers / WNUR 89.3 FM]
Actively part of the PTS crew which is dedicated to bringing you the very best in break beat-centric music, life and culture. Tune into Part Time Sucker Radio on Thursdays from 9:30 - 11:00 pm CST via WNUR 89.3 FM and/or Saturdays from 7:00 - 10:00 pm CST via DnB Radio. Searchl1te will be performing a tweaked dubstep and downtempo set with lots of his own material. He'll also be incorporating a few live instruments, namely the birimbau.
March 14th, 2007
Camera Party
Onomatopoeia at Dulcenea, 8-10pm
music by The Abominable Twitch
Bring a camera, or just a dv tape. We will record some ink splaters and water stains and look at how to convert them into usable mattes for special effects. Special invites to the UIC Webcast team and Chicago Video Bloggers.
Feb 14th, 2007
Motion Graphics Mixer
Dulcenea, 8-10pm
featuring Divine Balance Records and Radio Hiro
Divine Balance Devi and Radiohiro are 110/220. DBDevi’s Eastern background and Radiohiro’s western background comprise a fusion of organic psychedelic spirituality and complex rhythmic beats, which ranges from Psybreaks, Drum n Bass, and GoaTrance to Hindustani and Western classical ambient soundscapes. Having teamed up in early 2006, 110/220’s style has landed them gigs producing complete feature film soundtracks, airplay on BBC’s Radio One, remix work for Six Degrees Records and headlining gigs globally. 110/220 will be performing their music with Ableton Live.
Jan 10th, 2007
MGChicago Meeting & CMGF07 Fest Teaser
at the North Michigan Apple Store from 6.30pm - 8pm
We will premier the CMGF07 Festival Screening Intro designed by LIFT studios with audio by Secret Frequency, unveil some updates to the members section of the MGChicago website, and discuss the future of the MGChicago users group.
Tutorial: Adding Flash movies to your website with Dreamweaver.
Tutorial: Building CMGF title cards; Colorama, creating reflections, CC Radial Blur, and Trapcode's Lux plugin.
Give-aways: STASH 15 & 17 + more
MGChicago Cocktail Reception, 9pm
at Dulcenea, 1431 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
DJ Tyrel Williams - Gramaphone Records [Chicago]
Sharing his passion for trip hop and jazzy downtempo beats since 99, Tyrel is currently on the path to become a sound designer. In the meantime working at Gramaphone Records keeps his tastes fresh and diverse.
The Great Mundane [live] - Belladonna Records - [Chicago]
Jeffrey Acciaioli has had 7 years of training in classical piano, started playing the bass at 13, and then later joined the Walled Lake Western Symphony. "It is one of the few things that I strive for perfection in. To be able to create something that is so visually and emotionally stimulating, and not actually be able to physically see or feel... [music is] a voice with out speaking." His unique blend of hip hop and electronic music appeals to a wide range of listeners, and his background in jazz and classic music creates a pleasing movement of sound.
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