On September 20 + 21, 2012, in association with USC School of Cinematic Arts, the 5D Institute invites you to join in a dynamic discussion of the impetus to build tangible narrative worlds for interactive publishing, transmedia storytelling and virtual architecture - those spaces where ideas of text and place intersect to create vibrant cultures and transcendent new stories.
The City and The Book is a two-evening event with an interdisciplinary group of architects, designers, authors and world builders sharing innovative ideas about building the narrative of the city; the evolving, dynamic development of a multi-authored spatial story; the promise and excitement of a dynamic 'page' where reader becomes user, and the design and engineering of a new genus of disruptive storytelling.
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DAY ONE Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7pm - 10pm
INTRO
Alex McDowell Award-winning production designer, co-founder 5D Institute
Tracy Fullerton - Emmy nominated interactive game designer, author & director of the Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab
1/ HYBRID SPACES FOR THE NEW NARRATIVE
As information is liberated from concrete and paper how does new data and content transform the material from which it came?
Kevin Slavin Transmedia designer and one of the most popular TED speakers (moderator)
Tawny Schlieski Research scientist and member of Intel's groundbreaking "Futurecasting" team
Dr. Lincoln Wallen Head of Research and Development at Dreamworks Animation
Tracy Fullerton Emmy nominated interactive game designer, director of the Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab
Brandon Oldenburg Oscar-winning director, CCO and co-founder of Moonbot Studios
2/ ARCHITECT AS STORYTELLER
Does the multi-authored narrative of the city inform our view into the future of a new kind of storytelling experience?
Eric John Matthies Grammy nominated transmedia documentary producer and director (moderator)
Habib Zargapour BAFTA winning art director and creative director of Microsoft Game Studios
Hernan Diaz Alonso Architect, author, & professor; winner of the 2005 MOMA/PS1 Young Architects Program
Michael Backes Special effects consultant for Steven Spielberg & Sam Raimi
Mark Z Danielewski National Book Award finalist, best selling author (House of Leaves)
DAY TWO Friday September 21, 2012, 7pm - 10pm
INTRO
Scott Fisher Virtual reality pioneer at NASA; Professor & Founding Chair, Interactive Media Division USC
Jen Stein Design researcher at the interdivisional program in Media Arts & Practice USC
3/ NEW DIMENSIONS OF STORY ARCHITECTURE - CHALLENGING AUTHORSHIP
Can the novelist’s command of world building be challenged and enriched by a new dimension that enables multi-authored pathways?
Noah Wardrip-Fruin faculty, computer science, UCSC (moderator)
Mark Z Danielewski National Book Award finalist, best selling author (House of Leaves)
Brandon Oldenburg Oscar-winning director, CCO and co-founder of Moonbot Studios
Greg Lynn Architect, author, & educator; 2008 Venice Biennale of Architecture Golden Lion winner
4/ CREATING STORY SPACES - BEYOND THE BOOK AND THE CITY
In a flow towards virtual architecture and interactive publishing, how will these synthetic worlds of the City and the Book integrate to create new narrative spaces; and who now are the authors of these spaces?
Holly Willis , PhD, - Author and director of Academic programs at the groundbreaking USC Institute for Multimedia Literacy (moderator)
Peter Frankfurt Emmy nominated producer and creative director of Imaginary Force
Geoff Manaugh Acclaimed author and editor of award winning architecture blog BLDGBLOG
Mark Shepard Acclaimed contemporary artist
