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We’re happy to announce that the venue for our premier speaker event PauseStage has been confirmed! Join us at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on November 10th and listen to some of the brightest minds from the digital industries!
Topic: ‘The transformative force of technology’ by Alexandra Sundqvist (Hyper Island)
Topic: TBC by Jason White (Leviathan)
Topic: ‘Crowdfunding and It’s future’ by Rick Chen (Pozible)
Topic: TBC by David Chontos & Kim Wildenburg (Psyop)
Topic: TBC by Robyn Fawcett (Shock Records)
Topic: ‘How the future dragged me forward by the neck and spiked a filming innovation’ by Christian Fritz (The Marmalade)
Topic: TBC by Jeremy Boxer (Vimeo)
Topic: TBC by Katie Mackin (XYZ Studios)
Moderated by Mark Simpson from Sydney’s Sixty40 studio.
Get your Early Bird ticket here!
This year get intimate with some of the biggest names from the digital industries through four world-class workshops. These intimate sessions will give you all the insider knowledge you need.
ARUP – Mapping People In Space
This workshop will provide an overview of location-based services and tracking systems and an introduction to mesh networking. These include RFID (radio frequency identification), NFC (near field communication) standards, wi-fi and bluetooth hacking as well as sniffing with Arduino. You will be creating a building-wide proximity sensing network with Synapse RF100 and Processing. There will be two components to the workshop, a theoretical session and a practical session.
Media Lab Melbourne – Openframeworks
This workshop will expose participants to the numerous ways in which Kinects can be controlled, using the openFrameworks C++ toolkit for creative coders. Topics such as point cloud manipulation, 3D filmmaking, skeleton and blob tracking will be covered.
Iloura – Pitch, Create, Animate
This special panel takes you behind the scenes of one of the most respected animation and design studios in Melbourne. Step inside the minds that that make up one of the premiere studios in Australia as they dissect their recent work. You’ll also get to watch a showreel of their best work. The panel will be followed by a Q&A session on VFX, design and the animation industry.
Hyper Island – The Transformative Force of Technology
This is a workshop about learning(s) from the Dinosaurs. We are at the very edge of the adaptive range of our industrial world and consequently we are a part of an old economy and system that is faltering. In this workshop you will crowdsource the belief systems of today and tomorrow in a fun and engaging way.
For more information on equipment needed, necessary experience and to buy tickets head to www.pausefest.com.au Don’t miss out, these workshops have limited capacity.
PauseED
Scope out the best international and local graduate and student animation work and see some fresher than fresh talent for a peek at the future of animation.
5.30pm, Saturday 10th November, Hoyts Melb. Central – Lounge 9, Tickets $10 (price includes one free drink)
Future Motion
See the future in motion right before your eyes! These themed motion graphic submissions will give you a glimpse into the perspectives of some of the most talented motion designers from around the world.
5pm, Sunday 11th November, Hoyts Melb. Central – Lounge 9, Tickets $18/$15
The Best of Viewfest
VIEWFest is an international 3D cinema and animation festival from Turin, Italy. View the creme de la creme of their selection in this special screening. Expect animation, world previews and much, much more.
7pm, Sunday 11th November, Rancho Notorious, Tickets $18/$15
If you’re itching for some serious digital action (and can’t wait for the fest) join us at Loop on October 20 for our last Meet & Greet of the year! We’ll be screening a special selection from 7-7.30pm followed by our iPad DJ’s Cade Diehm & Ignatius Gilfedder. Get to meet the team, swap ideas and purchase your festival tickets early. |
I’m going to Pause Stage on the Saturday. Super excited 🙂