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SpaceTime Student Competition & ExhibitionCurator Dena Elisabeth Eber Associate

Professor and Chair, Digital Arts, Bowling Green

State University

The SpaceTime competition is an international juried exhibition for currently enrolled students working in computer graphics and digital arts. In this exhibition students have the opportunity to show some of the more creative, innovative, and meaningful artistic uses of new computer graphics technology. It is often the students who are able to see an artistic application of a digital tool that experts discounted as something meant for a completely different purpose. The expressive works on display this year represent students who have taken the computer graphics technology that they have grown up with and have created evocative art as they would with any art tool, be it pastel, paint, or charcoal.

As with years past, the work defines its own slice of time as it captures an essence of an era. This year we are seeing more of a mix of traditional and contemporary media, thus firming the notion of digital tools becoming more a part of contemporary art practice. Whether this is evidenced by specific media, such as pencil in digital works, or by nods to older technologies, such as simulations of two-dimensional animation or scratchy film and audio, the works in this show

represent Lev Manovich’s notion of Deep Remixability. They are indeed representative of the mixing of previously unrelated media, such as traditional and digital art forms, and show how digital environments created by software has facilitated deep remixing to form unique artistic and conceptual ideas.

We continue tradition by presenting the SpaceTime exhibition in Second Life. The exhibition is made possible this year by Bowling Green State University and is located on their island. This is an opportunity to extend the art beyond the confines of the conference and furthers the continuum of art venues and functions.

The SpaceTime exhibition encompasses print, animation, and interactive works. The pieces include commercial and artistic interpretations of digital arts and computer graphics. The print section includes design posters that interpret “Network Your Senses,” the conference theme, and fine art that is an expression of the artist’s vision. The animation division includes creative examples of animation ranging from industrial works

such as character animation and visual effects to the conceptual such as fine arts and traditional abstract works. The interactive division showcases computer-based interactive works that engage the participant in novel ways and includes web based, desktop, and interactive installation works.

Together, the three divisions within the SpaceTime

exhibition capture a moment in time

that embodies the richness of creative expression within the space created by computer graphics software,

thus forming new relationships and

associations that continue the arts.

SpaceTime Student Interactive Competition SpaceTime Interactive Works Curator Tereza

Flaxman

From prehistoric times until today, culture has changed art and art has changed culture. This year students from the US, China, Japan, France and Taiwan demonstrated that interactivity is a new form of art. They’ve created

pieces that expressed their concerns with contemporary issues such as education and the environment. They’ve combined images, sound and interaction to provide novel experiences —stimulating minds and emotions in ways that static art can’t.

SpaceTime Student Animation Competition SpaceTime Animation Curator LiQin Tan Co-

Director/Assoc. Professor of Art Program, Fine

Arts Department, Rutgers Camden, NJ

During the past year, creative students from schools around the world have diligently worked to get their submissions finished and prepared for the 2009 SpaceTime Student Animation Competition. Included were a total of 67 entries from 21 schools in 7 countries. Some of the submissions were narrative with characters, while others were experimental and focused more on concepts and installation. Still others tended to be suited for industry, but were balanced by ones that were more whimsical. For the first time, we chose an animation installation as first place winner in conceptual animation categories. The first round of judging narrowed the entries down to 19, which represents 28% of the total entries received. Of these 19 entries, the top 6 were selected as first, second, and third prizes for the two main categories, Industry and Conceptual.

SpaceTime Student Print Competition SpaceTime Print Curator Shayra Kumar

Like prior years, this student print competition included entries in all the three categories (Print, Poster design by college students, and K-12 works). While the print and K-12 categories were open to themes, the entries in poster design competition address the theme “Network your Senses” (the theme of the conference this year). A panel of jurors, consisting of seven international artists/designers, faced the tough task of selecting works in each of the three categories. The aim was to select works that were great examples of creativity and ingenuity that pushed the boundaries of the digital medium. While many works selected for the exhibition are digital prints, there are many which employed traditional methods (including drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography) in combination with digital tools to create experimental and hybrid works. Keeping in mind that submitted works were produced by students in various disciplines and at different career points, we particularly focused on artists who did not hesitate to go beyond the constraints laid down by class projects or exercises. From the highly competitive pool of works submitted, the jury recommended awards to those works that were both innovative and exploratory, and showcased a high level of clarity in the idea and its expression. ■

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Physical Installation Winner

IkeOto

Kazuhiko Yamamoto

Tokihiko Kaburagi

Kyushu University

Physical Installation Third Place

Mad Evolution

Joshua Chao

Shieh, Ta-Lih. Chang, Tien-Chieh (Jack)

Shih-Chien University

Physical Installation Second Place

Color Plant

Wei-Chieh Tseng

Andrew Hieronymi

Savannah College of Art and Design

AWARDS Physical Installation

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Screen Based Winner

Type Space

Robert Fraher

Dr. Brad Hokanson

University of Minnesota

Screen Based Third Place

Nature Remix

Chun-Ju Hung

Lourdes Livingston

Academy of Art University

Screen Based Second Place

Illinois Route 66 Road Trip

Peter Infelise

Lourdes Livingston

Academy of Art University

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Industry Animation Winner

Without Arms

Alek S. Vacura

Claudia Tait

Pratt Institute

Industry Animation Third Place

Fart In Elevator

Wei Xiu Wang, Min-Chieh Chang

Wei-Chung Chang

National Taiwan University of Arts

Industry Animation Second Place

Employee of the Month

Taylor A. Cook

Rob O’Neill

Pratt Institute

AWARDS Industry Animation

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Conceptual Animation Winner

The Door

Jun Wang, Weidan Lai, Yungen Lu, Qiming Zhu

LiQin Tan

Peking University

Conceptual Animation Third Place

Play Again

Yuan-Chun Lee

BaekMyoung Jin

Shih Chien University

Conceptual Animation Second Place

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BaekMyoung Jin

Seoul National University

AWARDS Conceptual Animation

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College / University Print Competition Winner

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Griffith, Melissa

Dena Eber

Bowling Green State University

College / University Print Competition Third Place

Students Walking to Classes

Burns, Seder

Shaurya Kumar

Bowling Green State University

College / University Print Competition Second Place

Workforce Monotony 3

Koelsch, Christopher

Dena Eber and Shaurya Kumar

Bowling Green State University

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Poster Design Winner

Network Your Senses

Christianson, Ryanna

John Smith

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

Poster Design Third Place

Robot vs. Nature

Takacs, Simone

Jing Zhou

Monmouth University

Poster Design Second Place

Sensing the World

Lee, Po-han

Wei-cnung, Chang

National Taiwan University of Arts

AWARDS College / University Poster Design Competition

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Primary & Secondary Education Winner

The Circuit

Sierzega, Marcela

Miyoung Min

Bergen County Academies

Primary & Secondary Education Third Place

Network Your Senses

Wu, Vivian

Kyle Clark

Plano Senior High School

Primary & Secondary Education Second Place

Nature’s Formula

Gupta, Aditi

Melissa Nagan

The Blake School

AWARDS Primary & Secondary Education Competition

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In addition to the award winners on previous pages,

these works have also been accepted for the 2009

exhibition: College/University Print Competition

Epilepsies Uncertainties Benjamin Eddings Bowling

Green State University • Digital Forensic Mae-Yung

Tang Monmouth University • Workforce Monotony

1 Christopher Koelsch Bowling Green State University

• Fall Through the Floor Danielle Capone Bowling

Green State University • The Unhewn Foundation of

Human Intercourse Derek Yundt Bowling Green State

University • Twenty Su, Yu-Hsin Shih Chien University •

Often Ornamenting the Region Derek Yundt Bowling

Green State University • Locked Ladies Heather Moyer

Bowling Green State University • The Single Blossom

Squandered by Nature Derek Yundt Bowling Green

State University • Watch Out Below! Laura Charvat

Bowling Green State University • The Swamp Jessi

Zabarsky Bowling Green State University • Crossing

Under the Over Ocean Jessi Zabarsky Bowling Green

State University • Oh, My! Laura Charvat Bowling Green

State University • Watering Jessi Zabarsky Bowling

Green State University • Hot Vintage

Keith Pakiz Bowling Green State University • Workforce

Monotony 2 Christopher Koelsch Bowling Green State

University College/University Poster Competition

Unite Julie Sittler University of Wisconsin • Network

Your Senses Chih-wei Liu National Taiwan University of

Art • Network Your Senses Harteau, Anna University

of Wisconsin • For the Record Lee, Yi-No Shih Chien

University • Don’t Let Weakness Decay Your Brain

Wen, Wan-Ting National Taiwan University of Arts •

Senses of The World Chiu, Shih-Chieh National Taiwan

University of Arts • Network Your Senses Reynolds,

Jessica University of Northern Colorado • Network

Your Senses Mattew Jordens University of Wisconsin

• Network Your Senses Amy Kucksdorf University of

Wisconsin • network your senses Fan Jui-ting National

Taiwan University of Arts • network your senses

Chin One National Taiwan University of Art • The

network with power Hsin-Yuan Chang Shih Chien

University • Closer Gary Keeler University of Wisconsin

• Network Your Senses 2 Wen-Ting Lee National

Taiwan University of Art • Network Your Senses

Christina Greene University of Wisconsin • X-ray

Robotics Steven Kass Monmouth University • Face

Off Simone Takacs Monmouth University • network

Matthew Korpal University of Wisconsin • network

your senses Tony Knapton University of Wisconsin

• Sense in Self Sean Prahinsk University of Northern

Colorado Animation Exhibition Works Two Jin Zhi

Seoul National University • Divers Paris Mavroidis

Pratt Institute • Lapse of Memory Anthony Partington

Leeds Metropolitan University • The Door Jun Wang,

Weidan Lai, Yungen Lu, Qiming Zhu Peking University

• Community Service Vadim Kiyaev Pratt Institute •

Without Arms Pratt Institute • Fart in Elevator Wei Xiu

Wang, Min-Chieh Chang National Taiwan University of

Arts • Cooking Wenrui Wang, Guodong Xia, Kui Su, Wei

Kang Peking University • The Sea Wind Ya-Chun Shih,

Pu Fang Wu,, Ya-Chun Shih, Ya Wen Chuang National

Taiwan University of Arts • Employee of the Month

Taylor A. Cook Pratt Institute • Artificial Rainbow Chia-

Yin Chang, Chan-Min Chang, Yi-Ting Chen National

Taiwan University of Arts • Wonder Tree Ying-Chen Lo,

Chun-Yin Cheng, Ching-Wen Hsu, Tzu-Wei Chang, Wei-

Ting Lin, Chih-Hsin Yeh Yuan Ze University • The Lemon

Tree Lin Wei-Da Shih Chien University • Goldilocks,

Redirected Laura Albright Ohio State University • Birth

of Calligraphy Ya-Ting Liang National Taiwan University

of Arts • Birth of Calligraphy Jian Szen Ng, Hsuan

Miao Lin, Wen Hsin Lai National Taiwan University of Arts

• Play Again Yuan-Chun Lee Shih Chien University •

Meros / I Am Where I Live Dylan Moore Pratt Institute

• New Zealand Kevin Kim Pratt Institute ■

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SpaceTime Student Interactive Curator Tereza Flaxman Animator/Part-time Professor,

Harvard University

SpaceTime Student Interactive Jurors Lynn Rawden Creative Director justthrive.com

• Djordje Radovanovic Video Artist • Sholeh

Regna Visual Artist/Part-time Professor, Harvard

Art Museum • Maria Scaglione Visual Artist •

Scott Dunham Director of Creative Community

Development, Creative Energy Lab

SpaceTime Student Print Curator Shayra

Kumar Assistant Professor, Hybrid Media,

Bowling Green State University

SpaceTime Student Print Jurors Sonia

Mehra Chawla Independent Artist, New

Delhi, INDIA • Dena Eber Associate Professor

and Chair, Digital Arts, Bowling Green State

University • Matthew Egan Assistant Professor,

Printmaking, East Carolina University • Rajorshri

Ghosh Assistant Professor, Digital Media, Ohio

University • Rajat Kumar Architect, Rajat Kumar

Architecture Design Studio, New Delhi, INDIA •

Shayra Kumar Assistant Professor, 2D – Digital

Hybrids/Printmaking, Bowling Green State

University • Max Skowinder Assistant Professor,

Printmaking, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan,

POLAND • Saritdikhun Somasa Instructor of

Digital Arts, Bowling Green State University

SpaceTime Student Animation Curator

LiQin Tan Co-Director/Assoc. Professor of

Art Program, Fine Arts Department, Rutgers

Camden, NJ

SpaceTime Student Animation Jurors

Annette Barbier Chair & Professor, Interactive

Media Department, Columbia College of Chicago

• Anna Ursyn Professor, Department of Visual

Arts, University of Northern Colorado • Albert

Lim Deputy Director, School of Interactive &

Digital Media, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore •

Wang Lei Assistant Dean & Associate Professor,

Animation College, Communication University

of China, Beijing • Zhu Hui Associate Professor,

Dept. of Information Art & Design, College of Fine

Art, Tsing Hua University of China, Beijing • Peng

Li Associate Professor, Department of Animation,

School of Arts & Deign, Hubei University of

Technology, Wuhan, China

SpaceTime Catalog Design Director Randy

Livingston, Middle Tennessee State University

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