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News Release (February 27, 1974) Five major computer filmmakers and films to be featured in the First International Computer Film Festival at TESC
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27 February 1974
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NEWS
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
For Immediate Release
February 27, 1974
Five major computer
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filmmakers and more than 80 films
from throughout the
United States and Europe will be featured in the First International Computer Film
Festival at The Evergreen State College March 7, 8 and 9.
The festival, open to the public free of charge, is attracting participants
from major universities, research centers and industries throughout the nation, according to Richard Speer, program director.
"The evening films and the daytime lectures and discussions should be of great
interest to everyone," Speer said.
"The festival is not designed just for the computer
expert or the graphics enthusiast, but for everyone who is interested in visual
media modes of the future and in the impact of technology on communications".
Speer said the evening films shown in Lecture Hall One, '~ill offer entertainment
as well as enlightenment
for audiences of all ages".
Of special interest at the festival will be afternoon talks in the College
Activities Building 110 by five major computer film making pioneers, including John
Whitney, Lillian Schwartz, Dr. Kenneth Knowlton, William Fetter and Ron Resch.
"Whitney is THE pioneer of the artistic computer," Speer said.
A "classic"
computer filmmaker, Whitney is currently teaching at the California Institute of
Technology.
He founded his own computer graphics corporation in 1961 and was
selected as the first artist-in-residence
at IBM in 1966.
The internationally-
known artist will discuss itASearch for Form" March 8, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Lillian Schwartz, scheduled March 8 from 10 a.m. to noon, is artist-in-residence
at Bell Telephone Laboratdries in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
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A Master of Fine Arts,
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Ms. Schwartz has exhibited works in plastic and pictorial art in major international
galleries including New York Museum of Modern Art, Toronto University and the London
Institute of Contemporary Art.
She has been involved in computer graphics for the
past five years and has made at least 15 films.
Working in collaboration with Ms. Schwartz and a number of other computer
artists, Dr. Kenneth Knowlton has been instrumental in computer graphics at universities
and major industries since 1964.
March 7 from 1 to 3 p.m.
He will discuss "Computer Languages for Film Graphics,"
"It is impossible to overestimate the impact Knowlton
has had on the field on computer graphics," Speer said.
"He has participated in
every major computer conference, written articles for numerous professional and
technical publications, and completed more than 25 computer films".
A former Boeing computer engineer, William Fetter, will discuss "Computer
Graphics in Technical Communications," March 7 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Fetter developed
computer graphics teams, philosophies and facilities at Boeing from 1961 to 1968,
and is currently Chairman of the Design Department and head of Computer Graphics
Laboratory at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
He has made at least ten
computer films and has worked primarily on the use of computer graphics as an aid
to engineers and technical designers.
The final major speaker is Ron Resch, a staff member of the Computer Center of
the University of Utah, a major center for development of computer graphics.
Resch,
also a Master in Fine Arts, has been a computer filmmaker since 1967.
The schedule for the conference, in brief, is as follows:
THURSDAY, MARCH 7
---Opening panel discussion on "Future of Computer Film" featuring each of
the five major speakers and Richard Speer as moderator, 10 a.m. to noon,
College Activities Building, Room 110.
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THURSDAY,MARCH7 (cont)
---Dr.
Kenneth Knowlton,
"Computer Languages
for Film Graphics,"
1 to 3 p.m.,
CAB 110.
---William
Fetter,
"Computer Graphics
in Technical
Communications,"
3 to 5 p.m.,
CAB 110.
---Educational
computer films shown from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Lecture Hall One.
FRIDAY, MARCH 8
---Lillian Schwartz, 10 a.m. to noon, CAB 110.
---John Whitney, "A Search for Form," 1 to 3 p ,m., CAB 110.
---Ron Resch, "Computer Aided Design to Geometric Forms," 3 to 5 p.m., CAB 110.
---Artist computer films shown from 7 to 10 p.m., Lecture Hall One.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9
---Video tapes of each speaker's presentations
shown for those unable to attend
the weekday sessions, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lecture Halls Three and Five.
---Technical and scientific computer films shown from 7 to 10 p.m., Lecture
Hall One.
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NEWS
The Evergreen
Olympia.Washington
For Immediate Release
February 27, 1974
State College
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For More Information:
Judy Annis, 866-6128
KCTS TO AIR
COMPUTER FILMS
Selected film highlights from the First International Computer Film Festival
at The Evergreen State College March 7, 8, and 9 will be the subject for a 30-minute
presentation on KCTS Educational Television March 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Entitled "Selected Computer Films From the First Internationa~ Film Festiva~'
the program will feature short selections from the more than 80 artistic. educational,
scientific/technical
films submitted to the Evergreen-sponsored
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