Image of SIGGRAPH Asia 2017's Art Gallery courtesy of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia This post is part of a larger conversation that appeared on CG World Japan. This winter, SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 is to be held at the Tokyo International Forum (Yurakucho) from 4th to 7th December. In...
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Step Into the SIGGRAPH 2019 Studio
11 October 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Design, Interactive Techniques
The Studio is perhaps the SIGGRAPH conference's most playful space, and we sat down with SIGGRAPH 2019 Studio chair Chrissy Cain to learn more about her vision for the program in Los Angeles next summer. SIGGRAPH: Tell us about your volunteer journey with...
25 SIGGRAPH 2018 Stories You May Have Missed
28 August 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Business, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Graphics, Hardware, Industry Leaders, Interactive Techniques, Production, Virtual Reality
photo by Jim Hagarty © 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH Our recent trip to Vancouver yielded a wealth of new ideas, new experiences, and new innovations. ...And plenty of writers were there to capture it! We hope you enjoy this roundup of some of the biggest stories out of SIGGRAPH...
Behind the Mask: Exploring the Origins of the Transformation Mask
17 May 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Industry Leaders
The SIGGRAPH 2018 Art Gallery will fuse technology and art to bridge the gap between the past and the future. The theme for this year’s gallery is “Origins,” which aims to articulate myth and technology, science and art, the deep past, and the computational present....
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 13 – The Making of ‘Loving Vincent’
13 April 2018 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Art, Film, Industry Leaders
ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee member Santiago Echeverry (professor, University of Tampa) sits down with Łukasz Mackiewicz and Francho Melendez, two members of the team behind “Loving Vincent,” the first-ever, fully painted animated feature film, which...
Research Preview: SIGGRAPH 2018 Art Papers
12 April 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Design, Production, Research, Visual Effects
Image credit: "Augmented Fauna and Glass Mutations: A Dialogue Between Material and Technique in Glassblowing and 3D Printing" © 2018 City University of Hong Kong Artists, theorists, historians, and researchers alike submitted their contributions to the SIGGRAPH 2018...
SIGGRAPH Art Papers and Leonardo: Their History, Your Future
30 January 2018 • by Jacquelyn MartinoArt, Conferences, Design, Research
"Visual History with Choson Dynasty Annals" © 2016 Chung-Ang University Imagine. Create. Innovate. Share. These are the words that jump to mind when I think about the artists, scientists, designers, and engineers whose scholarship is at the intersection of research,...
The Studio at SIGGRAPH 2018
25 January 2018 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Design, Interactive Techniques
Nik Aberle is the Studio Chair for SIGGRAPH 2018. Here, he shares his thoughts on his hopes for this interactive and collaborative part of the conference, which will place 12-16 August 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia. If you are interested in being a part of the...
Ernest Edmonds on the History of Art at SIGGRAPH
11 January 2018 • by Ernest EdmondsACM SIGGRAPH, Art, Conferences, Industry Leaders
photo by John Fujii © 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award Chair Sue Gollifer (right) and Ernest Edmonds (left) 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Leonardo, The Journal of the International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology (MIT...
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 10 – SIGGRAPH, Leonardo, and the Future of Art
22 December 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Design, Industry Leaders, Research
To celebrate the “generations” of SIGGRAPH and Leonardo/ISAST, Danielle Siembieda (Managing Director, Leonardo/ISAST) sat down with an expert panel to discuss Leonardo’s history with the SIGGRAPH conference, its upcoming 50th anniversary and where the future of art —...
Behind the Research: Light Field Imaging with Robert Twomey
17 October 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Industry Leaders, Research
This summer, for the first time ever, the North American SIGGRAPH conference awarded a "Best Art Paper" prize to one of the candidates within the Art Papers program. The winning paper was "Transforming the Commonplace through Machine Perception: Light Field Synthesis...
Who’s Who: SIGGRAPH 2017 Award Winners
15 August 2017 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Art, Conferences, Emerging Technologies, Film, Industry Leaders, Real-Time, Research
Image source: Twitter It has been a big, amazing year for art, research, and technology and SIGGRAPH 2017 was there to award it all. Find out who won our top honors and learn more about the projects below. ACM SIGGRAPH Awards The ACM SIGGRAPH Awards program recognizes...