On Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 I traveled from the bright side of the Bay to the capital of Silicon Valley to present 3 talks and 3 Lightning Talks
9:30–11am; Creative Responses to Catastrophe,
California College of the Arts, OaklandCourse: Creative Responses to Catastrophe, Instructor: Anita AmirRezvani
45 min. presentation of my projects related to the course topic followed by Q & A from the 15 enrolled students.
Projects Presented:
1. Personal catastrophe, Bani Adam. 1989-2000
2. Sociopolitical catastrophe The Cat and the Coup, 2011, 2012
3–4:30pm; on Collaboration,
San Jose State University, Collge of Humanities and the Arts
Projects Presented:
1. The Night Journey, 2007 – Game Innovation Lab collaboration with media-artists at Bill Viola Studios.
2. The Cat and the Coup, 2011, 2012 – collaboration with videogame designer Peter Brinson.
3. The Body Scrub device, 2013 – created for Animation students interested in Interactive Installation
Sponsored by the Design department’s program in Animation/Illustration and the Game Development Club of the Digital Media Arts program in the department of Art and Art History. Special thanks to Game Development Club faculty adviser James Morgan for installing the Body Scrub device at SJSU in advance of my talk.
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Decoding The Cat and the Coup; On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup in Iran, which overthrew democratically-elected Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, I walk through the narrative architecture of The Cat and the Coup, print edition (2012.) My collaborator, USC Assistant Professor of Practice of Cinematic Arts Peter Brinson describes, via pre-recorded video, the allegorical mechanics of the video game (2011). After an introduction by program organizer and the Director of SJSU Persian Studies Dr. Persis Karim, SJSU History Professor Dr. George Vasquez provides context by describing world events and the political environment surrounding the 1953 coup d’état.
Sponsored by Persian Studies at SJSU; made possible by a grant from the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. Co-Sponsored by the SJSU Department of History, Middle East Studies and Global Studies
1. The Night Journey, 2007 – Game Innovation Lab collaboration with media-artists at Bill Viola Studios.
2. The Cat and the Coup, 2011, 2012 – collaboration with videogame designer Peter Brinson.
3. The Body Scrub device, 2013 – created for Animation students interested in Interactive Installation
Sponsored by the Design department’s program in Animation/Illustration and the Game Development Club of the Digital Media Arts program in the department of Art and Art History. Special thanks to Game Development Club faculty adviser James Morgan for installing the Body Scrub device at SJSU in advance of my talk.
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7-8:30pm; Decoding The Cat and the Coup
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library on the campus of San Jose State UniversityDecoding The Cat and the Coup; On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup in Iran, which overthrew democratically-elected Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, I walk through the narrative architecture of The Cat and the Coup, print edition (2012.) My collaborator, USC Assistant Professor of Practice of Cinematic Arts Peter Brinson describes, via pre-recorded video, the allegorical mechanics of the video game (2011). After an introduction by program organizer and the Director of SJSU Persian Studies Dr. Persis Karim, SJSU History Professor Dr. George Vasquez provides context by describing world events and the political environment surrounding the 1953 coup d’état.
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Sponsored by Persian Studies at SJSU; made possible by a grant from the Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. Co-Sponsored by the SJSU Department of History, Middle East Studies and Global Studies
