INA CONRADI + MARK CHAVEZ: MEDIA ART NEXUS NTU SINGAPORE
INA CONRADI + MARK CHAVEZ: MEDIA ART NEXUS NTU SINGAPORE
INA CONRADI + MARK CHAVEZ
Ina and Mark have been collaborating on numerous art and new media projects for the last 20 years. This past February 12th, they received the Advanced Imaging Society’s 2018 Lumiere Award for the Best 3D Short Animation. Their recent ongoing project is Media Art Nexus or MAN NTU Singapore. MAN is a public art project that aims at providing a platform for exhibiting interactive digital art created by the multi-disciplinary community of Nanyang Technological University Singapore and beyond. Their goal is to form an international platform in which scientific and artistic issues, methods and visions are interlinked to merge art, science and technology and break new ground in artistic expression. The talk would focus on some of the interdisciplinary work and exchange as well as on gaining access to new target audiences bringing a new aspect of artistic endeavour created in Singapore to international levels. The project is supported by the NTU Museum Singapore.
Ina is an award-winning new media artist. Ina has presented her works at the Ars Electronica Festival, ZKM, Siggraph Asia Hong Kong, 3D Stereo MEDIA Liège, Women 3D directors Paramount Studios Hollywood, FMX Conference Stuttgart, 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Currently Associate Professor at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University Singapore her recent community-forming project features designing for an expanded media experiences for public space. Ina holds a Master’s of Fine Art from UCLA.
Mark Chavez is an animator, artist, educator and entrepreneur who has developed systems and techniques for animation across various media. He has worked on more than numerous award winning major feature films and innovative interactive titles to his credit at animation studios such as LaserMedia Inc. Los Angeles, Philips Interactive Media, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Japan, Acclaim Entertainment New York, Dreamworks Feature Animation Glendale and Rhythm and Hues Studios Los Angeles. Animation industry veteran and founding faculty at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Art, Design and Media’s Digital Animation area, he is currently based in Singapore and Los Angeles, founder of Giant Monster Pte Ltd. Mark holds a Master’s of Fine Art from UCLA.
Location: UCLA Broad Art Center EDA (First Floor)