Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington's local SIGGRAPH chapter, has announced that it will host a special uncut screening of the 2007 Electronic Theatre, a film and video extravaganza featuring incredible technical imagery. Shown each year during SIGGRAPH, an international conference of computer graphics and interactive techniques, the Electronic Theater is a highly-acclaimed showcase of the best computer graphics and special effects shorts from around the world, offering insight on future trends in films and commercials.
The 2007 Electronic Theater collection was curated by one of the founding fathers of High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI), Paul Debevec. This year's collection contains 34 shorts selected from more than 900 submissions. Winners were chosen for their extremely high standards of creativity and technical excellence. With show categories ranging from animation to research, this year's Computer Animation Festival submissions originate from countries across the globe including France, Germany, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, the U.K. and New Zealand.
The SIGGRAPH 2007 Electronic Theater screening will take place at the PCC Cascade Campus, in the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building Auditorium (room 104), located at 705 N. Killingsworth Street. Directions and a map can be found on the web at http://www.pcc.edu/pcc/dma/cascademap.htm. Social hour will begin at 6:00 pm in the lobby, with the screening starting at 6:30 pm.
Attendees are requested to RSVP via email to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com(link sends e-mail). Free parking passes will be available only to respondents that RSVP and request a parking pass by noon, Oct. 11, 2007.
This and other Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH meetings are free to Cascade SIGGRAPH chapter members. Non-members will need to pay a $5 admissions fee at the door. New members who sign up on site and pay the $35 annual membership fee do not have to pay the $5. Sorry, checks or cash only; no credit cards accepted. For more information on Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH and membership registration, visit www.cascadesiggraph.org.
