Syndicate: The Big Game Hunters Summit.

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The Big Game Hunters Summit August 22 - 25

Gaming experts plan their next moves in Banff.

Computer games experts from around the world will gather at
The Banff Multimedia Institute for a meeting of the minds
during two special events August 22 - 29. The events will
attract visual artists, musicians, writers, designers,
directors, multimedia producers, and media producers, along
with leading players from the gaming world.

The Big Game Hunters Summit August 22 - 25 is funded by
the Department of Canadian Heritage and is a democratic think tank
that will bring together artists, writers, senior games
designers and leaders from the World Wide Web and
television. The event springs from the successful Banff
Summit at the Summit 97 last summer where participants
agreed on a need to develop a dialogue about making games
smarter, better and not just faster. This event explores
gaming theory, hot new content and new methods of distribution.

Some of the leading participants from the Big Games Hunter
Summit will remain to discuss games theory, the development
and production process, current and future distribution, and
financing and collaboration models with participants. This is an
event created for learners entering the gaming world.

 "New technologies and delivery environments such as the
World Wide Web and DVD present us with an opportunity, to
lower the costs, to combine various environments such as
television programs, toys and on-line-games and to expand
markets. These events are different than the large gaming
conference. At Banff we provide the opportunity for peers to
meet at The Summit and then for learners to work directly
with some of the individuals who have built the context
through the workshop," explains Sara Diamond, Executive
Producer, Television and New Media/Artistic Director, Media
and Visual Arts.

Gamers and writers scheduled to come to Banff include: * Ian
Verchere, Creative Director, Radical Entertainment, Director
of the Sega game Beavis and Butt-head, Designer and Animator
of Mario is Missing, and Designer and Director of The Divide
* Celia Pearce, President and Creative Director, Momentum
Media Group, Author of The Interactive Book and Creative
Director, Interactive Entertainment * David Braben,
President, Frontier Development * Eugene P. Jarvis, Games
Designer, Midway * Peter Molyneaux, President, Lionhead *
Sue Wilcox, Journalist * Joshua Portway, Real World


To register contact:
Office of the Registrar
(tel.) 1-800-565-9989, (fax) 403-762-6345
(Email) Arts_info@banffcentre.ab.ca
Visit our website at http://mmi.banff.org
Media contact: Tim Christison (403) 762-6396

Bunting, Heath L
832 S Schumaker Dr Apt 302, Salisbury, MD 21804-3025
Phone: (410)742-8511 



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The Culture of Interactivity
A Critical Look at the Computer and How We Interrelate Through It

January 17-18, 1998
In New York City at Caspary Auditorium   Rockefeller University

Four Sessions in Two Days
Presenters include: Heinz von Foerster, Marvin Denicoff, Gary Strong,
Monika Fleischmann, Michael Joyce, among others

Conceived and Directed by Regina Cornwell

Produced under the auspices of the Visual Arts Foundation in cooperation
with the MFA Photo and Related Media Program, School of Visual Arts:
A Fiftieth Anniversary Event

With Support from The Rockefeller Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation,
Goethe Institute New York and AT&T
Web site hosted through the generosity of the AALN (American Arts and
Letters Network)

For costs, registration information, AND MORE, visit our Web site at
http://www.interactive-culture.org, e-mail us at interact@aaln.org or phone
212-592-2414.

AND MORE because "The Culture of Interactivity" is a process which includes
our Web site. Visit the site, read the commentaries by presenters, respond
to them, pose questions, offer suggestions in shaping our networking
experiment--New Social Spaces, propose forums and interviews, and then join
us in New York City to continue in-person the dialogues begun on our site.
Join us as we look seriously at interactivity and practice it in the process.

Major changes are being made to the Web site and will be unveiled on
Thursday, December 18,  around 8:00 PM EST.