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Dreams, 2008
Experimental Animation/ running time 4:37, DVD plays in HD Resolution, Colour
Full Stereo version 2010
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“Dreams” is combining digital paintings and experimental
animation -part of the current research at School of Art Design and Media, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, into an innovative approach toward image creation methodologies, researching and integrating emotive and subjective abstract imagery in digital, traditional and non-traditional forms.
A kaleidoscopic journey into a cross-cultural exploration of imagery and sound, “Dreams” is a dematerialization of objective reality and rules governed by that reality into an expression of emotive experience and abstraction. The piece was inspired after collaborative work titled “Boundaries” by acclaimed Indian choreographer and dancer Raka Maitra and musician Philip Tan performed at the Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore as part of Xposition 'O' on August 17th 2007.
“Dreams”, is the winner of the Prize of Effort for the Singapore Regional Award of the "10th DigiCon6" contest hosted by TBS, Tokyo Broadcasting System, INC. Digicon 10 Singapore, Computer Graphic Animation Competition in October 2008. It was also screened at IMI / ADM Demo-Graphics ISEA Conference /IMI NTU, Nanyang Technological University School of Art, Design and Media on 27 July 2008.
It is currently part of an international juried show PIXELPOPS! 2008 exhibition at Krannert Art Museum University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (4 November 2008 - 4 January 2009).
Stereo version of the film was selected and screened at the Dimension 3 International S-3D
and New Images Forum Festival, Seine-Saint –Denis, France 1-3rd June, 2010.
All 19 scenes of Dreams were edited for stereo ( separate render for left and right projection) in May 2010 and submitted as Independent Production for festival in Frnace. The required submission was in the DCP JPEG 2000 format, in order to be projected on the auditorium’s large screen by a digital server (viewed with active glasses). DCP format was unfeasible for us, as it requires specialized hard/software and expertise to encode for digital cinema equipment. The final film was encoded in VC-1 WMV.
Credits:
Director: Ina Conradi Chavez
Co-Director and producer: Mark Chavez
Creative Consultant: Raka Maitra
Music: Philip Tan
Vocal: Bhagya Murthy
Animation & Editing:
Tan Cheng Quan, Lam Yaocheng, Lim Yuan Wen
Stereography : Tan Cheng Quan
IT Support: Teo Cheng Lim
Mark Chavez (USA): Animator/ CG Artist
Mark is an animation industry professional that has joined academia to experiment with new media technologies. His professional work spans many years with the first being executed in 1980, a motion billboard displayed on the Playboy Building in Hollywood, California. It encompassed the creation of animated characters projected in laser light. Among other early work, executed in 1983 and still on display are the historic leaders of the Old South charging into fading Glory. It encompasses laser light projected onto huge carvings on the side of the granite mountain at Stone Mountain State Park, Georgia. It has been credited in the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest laser animated projection in the world. Other experimental laser animated work was shown at rock concerts, theme parks, corporate presentations and during the 1984 Summer Olympics on the side of the Federal Building in Westwood, California. His professional experience includes work for interactive medias, broadcast television and console games and feature films including seven years of production work integrating 3-D with 2-D animation for Dreamworks Feature Animation. While at Rhythm and Hues he created photorealistic visual effects for many major feature films; the most recent project being the academy award for special effects nominated film, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Mark's academic research encompasses animation theory and practice. The scope of his work includes the creation of virtual and physical animated artifacts resulting in films and interactive experiences.
Tan Cheng Quan (Singapore): is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation in School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University and working as research assistant. He is interested in exploring various kinds of animation, video and other new media projects.
Raka Maitra (Singapore / India): Coreographer / Dancer
Raka Maitra explores different dimensions of Indian contemporary dance, the creation of movements from Odissi and Chhua under the mentorship of Sardon W. Kusumo, as well as research on how the different martial art forms in India developed into stylized dance forms. She also continues her Odissi training under Smt. Madhavi Mudgal and Daksha Mashruwala. Raka received the Shringarmai, a national level award, for Odissi from the Sur Shringar Sampad in Mumbai in 1999, and has been featured in many important festivals around the world, such as the “Mystique Of India” festival in Washington, the “2nd International Odissi festival” in Washington, “Nrityanjali” in Kiev, the “India Festival” at Salamanca, the “Jhankar Festival” in Virginia, the “Cahaya Sutra” in Kuala Lumpur, and the “India Festival” in Sao Paolo.
Philip Tan (Singapore): Composer / Arranger / Keyboardist / Percussionist
Philip Tan, a critically acclaimed musician/composer/performer/educator/music-consultant, has been dedicated to his craft for the last decade. Philip defies pigeon-holing (classical symphony, percussion, fusion, ethnic, electronic, jazz), creating works that are aesthetically adventurous and entertaining. He pushes the boundaries of 'live music' to new heights with his powerful on-stage antics that fuse theatre, drama, dance, performance-art and even sculpture (with his eco-friendly home-made 'instruments').
His collaborations with film and art-installation are showcased internationally in film festivals and biennales. His works have been performed and presented with great credits in many parts of Europe, USA, and Asia. In 2003 and 2005, Philip received the Life! Theatre’s Best Sound Award for his contribution to theatre music composition. He is currently the Composer-in-residence of the Singapore Wind Symphony Percussion Ensemble.
Bhagya Murthy (Singapore / India): Vocalist
Born in India to a traditional musicians’ family, Bhagya Murthy began to study Karnatic Music at a very early age and graduated from Bangalore University Faculty of Arts. Bhagya furthered her advance training under the eminent teacher Sri. M.Prabhakar and became an artiste of All India Radio.Bhagya has sung for various forms of dances, dance dramas and music concerts in Singapore and has become popular in Singapore Radio & Television. To date, she has performed as the main vocalist in more than 150 Bharathanatyam dance debuts with her melodious voice.
Digital Pre-Visualisation for IMI / ADM Demo-Graphics ISEA Conference /IMI NTU, Nanyang Technological University School of Art, Design and Media 27-July, 2008. T.C.Quang
Still from the movie: Digital Pre-Visualisation for IMI / ADM Demo-Graphics ISEA Conference /IMI NTU, Nanyang Technological University School of Art, Design and Media 27-July, 2008. T.C.Quang