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Lev Manovich:
Soft Cinema
UCSD Visual Arts Department
lev at manovich dot net
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Soft Cinema project mines the creative possibilities at the intersection of software culture, cinema, and architecture. Its manifestations include films , dynamic visualizations , computer-driven installations , architectural designs , print catalogs , and DVDs . At the same time, the project investigates how the new representational techniques of soft(ware) cinema can be deployed to address the new dimensions of our time, such as the rise of mega-cities, the "new" Europe, and the effects of information technologies on subjectivity.
At the heart of the project is custom software and media databases. The software edits movies in real time by choosing the elements from the database using the systems of rules defined by the authors.
For more information:
http://www.softcinema.net
Biography
Lev Manovich (www.manovich.net) is an Associate Professor in the Visual Arts Department, University of California, San Diego where he teaches courses in new media art and theory. He is the author of The Language of New Media (The MIT Press, 2001), Tekstura: Russian Essays on Visual Culture (Chicago University Press, 1993) as well as many articles which have been published in 28 countries. Manovich is in demand to lecture on new media; since 1999 he delivered over 180 lectures in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. His awards include Mellon Fellowship and Guggenheim Fellowship (2002-2003).
http://manovich.net/
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