centerfordigitalart.com | centerfordigitalart.com http://centerfordigitalart.com Film and Digital Art Resource Center for Southern Vermont Tue, 21 May 2013 17:07:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By Any Means Necessary http://centerfordigitalart.com/by-any-means-necessary/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/by-any-means-necessary/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 18:02:22 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=756 On May 24th, CDA will host By Any Means Necessary, a special exhibition of music videos created by local experimental/DIY artists. The featured musicians in this video installation will be performing inside CDA’s studio and in Sobo Studio, our next-door neighbor. Among them are Burlington-based artist Joey Pizza Slice, Maine-born performance artist IDM Theftable and the Brattleboro-based “pretend pop” bands Blanche Blanche Blanche and Great Valley. Also joining the line-up is Boston experimental punk-rock group Guerilla Toss, and Fat Worm of Error, an avant-garde experimental rock group from Western Massachusetts.

Opening reception begins at 6PM. Performances will begin at 6:30 and continue until 11PM. Admission is by donation. Studio and building are wheelchair accessible.

Shot earlier this year in and around Brattleboro, the video for Great Valley’s “Bleacher Honey” (off of their third full-length LP Continental Lunch) boasts a playful experimental style combining vintage analogue video-mixing effects with digital editing.

Joey Pizza Slice used a VHS channel mixer to create the special effects in the video for “Fat City”

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/by-any-means-necessary/feed/ 0 Dual Enrollment Projects http://centerfordigitalart.com/dual-enrollment-projects-2013/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/dual-enrollment-projects-2013/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 14:56:57 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=739 The Windham Regional Collegiate High School program was formed in 2008 to offer high school students in the Windham Regional Career Center the opportunity to earn college credit by enrolling in intensive dual credit courses. Since 2011, CDA has partnered with WRCHS to offer Dual Enrollment credits to students in our Introductory Filmmaking/Digital Editing Class. Students who choose to enter the Dual Enrollment program at CDA take on more projects as part of an accelerated courseload. Here are the films of the 2013 Dual Enrollment students: Jake Mann, Troy Sargent and Kaelan Selbach.

Troy Sargent’s documentary “Sugaring With Jon”

And a short documentary by Troy on his interest in photography

Kaelan Selbach created this piece on performer/educator Stephen Stearns

And this short documentary about the origins of his interest in filmmaking

Jake Mann made this short piece to showcase the talents of one of his friends

Here Jake speaks about his favorite pastime in “Playing Guitar”

All films produced by CDA/WRCC in 2013.

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Words and Video 2013

ABOUT WORDS AND VIDEO
Since 2010, CDA has collaborated with Write Action and the Brattleboro Literary Festival to present Words & Video, an evening of video art projections that explore the intersection of language/text/poetry and moving images. This year, Words & Video will present new works from image artists and writers, and feature spoken word/movement performances for the first time.

The Words & Video exhibition is scheduled for Thursday October 3rd, 2013, and will be held at the Center for Digital Art’s 3rd floor studio in the Cotton Mill in Brattleboro. The building is wheelchair accessible.

With Words & Video, CDA’s goal is to promote experimental works in digital art, video and literature. If your proposal is accepted, you can have access to our video equipment, green screen, and editing suites with Adobe Premier, After Effects, Max Jitter/MSP Runtime and Ableton Live.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES…
• A submission to Words & Video is a short film or video, or a projection or performance that incorporates video, which is based on, or inspired by, a piece of literature
• Poetry, prose, narrative, essay, biography, letters, myths & folk tales, etc – all forms of literature are welcome
• Submissions cannot exceed 20 minutes in length
• Must be an original work, and cannot contain any copyrighted material without proper authorization

SUBMISSION DEADLINES…
• to present a film/video piece at Words & Video, a DVD or Quicktime movie must be submitted no later than August 30th, 2013
• performances must be submitted for review no later than August 30th, 2013

Send DVDs to
Center for Digital Art
74 Cotton Mill Hill
Brattleboro, VT 05301

To send us a link to your work or inquire about sharing through Dropbox, email us at vidart@sover.net

To propose an on-site performance for Words and Video inside our studio, please write to vidart@sover.net to schedule a review

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/2013-words-and-video-call-for-submissions/feed/ 0 The Rube Goldberg Effect http://centerfordigitalart.com/the-rube-goldberg-effect/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/the-rube-goldberg-effect/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:15:35 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=721 The Rube Goldberg Effect is the final project from the 2008 Advanced Filmmaking Class at CDA, it tells the story of two high school friends who race against time to finish a Rube Goldberg Machine for a science project. But just like those ridiculous contraptions for which the film is named (think marble rolling down a ramp, knocking over a row of dominoes which sets off a catapult, which spills a beaker of water, etc) cause and effect set off a hilarious chain of events which prolong the girls from achieving one very simple task: buying the last piece of their project at the hardware store.

Made by CDA/WRCC students in the 2008 Advanced Filmmaking Class at the Center for Digital Art. Produced by Center for Digital Art/Windham Regional Career Center

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/the-rube-goldberg-effect/feed/ 0 Collie Rotweiler & the Hangaround Kid http://centerfordigitalart.com/collie-rotweiler-the-hangaround-kid/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/collie-rotweiler-the-hangaround-kid/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:31:29 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=615 Collie Rotweiler & the Hangaround Kid is a feature-length film completed by the first Advanced Filmmaking Class at the Center for Digital Art in 2005. The film follows a young man who returns home with hopes to find his father, but the path of his search changes direction when he befriends a teenage drifter and a curious young woman with big city dreams.

Written by Roland Boyden, Directed by Emily Anne Strattner. Produced by the Center for Digital Art/Windham Regional Career Center.

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/collie-rotweiler-the-hangaround-kid/feed/ 0 Retreating Petting Farm Public Service Announcement http://centerfordigitalart.com/559/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/559/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:12:44 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=559 Many CDA students turn their lenses toward local nonprofit organizations to shoot a short promotional piece. This is a public service announcement for the Retreat Petting Farm in Brattleboro, a part of the Windham Foundation.

Produced by the Center for Digital Art/Windham Regional Career Center

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/559/feed/ 0 Climate Protection Public Service Announcement http://centerfordigitalart.com/climate-protection-public-service-announcement/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/climate-protection-public-service-announcement/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:01:17 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=553 Many CDA students turn their lenses toward local organizations to shoot a short promotional piece. This is a public service announcement for the Cities for Climate Protection. Directed by CDA student Josh Tilsdon in 2001.

Produced by the Center for Digital Art/Windham Regional Career Center

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/climate-protection-public-service-announcement/feed/ 0 Violet Life http://centerfordigitalart.com/violet-life/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/violet-life/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:30:26 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=542 A female figure is born is this short clay animation piece made by CDA students Joey Sawyer-Shaw & Ryan Burch in 2011.

Produced by the Center For Digital Art/Windham Regional Career Center.

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/violet-life/feed/ 0 Climbing High Mountains http://centerfordigitalart.com/climbing-high-mountains/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/climbing-high-mountains/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:10:17 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=539 A short film written and directed by CDA student Clark Glennon in 2011, the story follows a young woman who, after a break-up, ponders her place in life.

Produced by the Center For Digital Art/Windham Regional Career Center

]]> http://centerfordigitalart.com/climbing-high-mountains/feed/ 0 Delusion http://centerfordigitalart.com/delusion/ http://centerfordigitalart.com/delusion/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:26:38 +0000 Ian http://centerfordigitalart.com/?p=565 The creation of the 2006 Advanced Filmmaking Class at the Center for Digital Art, Delusion is the story of an anxious young professional whose life turned upside down when his search for answers in the suicide of a mysterious and secretive coworker uncovers a conspiracy at work.

Written & Directed by Ian McPherson. Produced by the Center for Digital Art/Windham Regional Career Center

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