Start:	Jun 17, '08 5:30p
End:	Jun 17, '08 9:00p
Location:	Telstra Experience Lab, 4th floor, 400 George Street, Sydney

Late notice but... if you're in Sydney drop everything and head down to the Telstra Experience Labs in George St to see two of the world's machinima pioneers present their work. I had the chance to meet both of them this morning and any aspiring 'machinimists' could pick up a lot of tips from these masters.

Frank Dellario of the Ill Clan
http://www.illclan.com

Now doing lots of stuff in Second Life including a CSI episode!

http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org/film_details.asp?id=10&fID=585

Burnie Burns
http://www.roosterteeth.com

Still the only Microsoft licensed machinima crew, keeping up with the ever-increasing detail of the Halo universe.

http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org/film_details.asp?id=10&fID=586

It takes two to make a mix... the Powerhouse Museum Sydney joins The US Library of Congress in releasing image collections with no known copyright restrictions onto Flickr.

While the maximum resolution on offer is 1024 pixels wide at the moment, it is great to see more institutions taking advantage of new forms of distribution and opening up their collections.

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices

Start:	Feb 5, '08
End:	Mar 22, '08
Location:	Powerhouse, Sydney

AV-Jam is an application that generates music and video that you can control while it plays.

It is collaborative interactive artwork, enabling its subjects to jointly control the music and video using a network of control surfaces connected to a computer. Clever algorithmic processes generate music and video that shape the result by adjusting parameters on the AV-Jam interface. The user is able to jam just like a musician, but without the need for complex instrumental skills. It is particularly aimed at providing access to novice users. Though the AV-Jam system was designed to promote meaningful engagement with media art for people of all ages, it is specifically designed to encourage collaboration between children by facilitating the creation of media rich experiences that might otherwise require more advanced skills of a DV and VJ.

http://www.creativityandcognition.com/betaspace/