BATON ROUGE – LSU's Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research (AVATAR ) Initiative is hosting a series of lectures in the spring and fall semesters, bringing professionals from various areas of digital media to campus to talk with students about what skills they need for careers in video game design, electronic music composition, animation, digital art, scientific visualization, and more.
On Monday, April 19, John Worthington of Worthington Designz will give a lecture on “Digital Media and the Personal Computer – 30 Years and Counting.” Worthington has worked in many areas of film and electronic music production throughout his career, including leading the original development of QuickTime at Apple, developing an online music sales platform for Music Net, and creating professional film effects technology that can be rendered with a regular desktop computer.
In his lecture, Worthington will describe how computational science technology is changing how artists and musicians approach the creative process, and how it affects what people expect from media.
Worthington’s lecture will take place at 3 p.m. in the LSU Center for Computation & Technology Training Room, 338 Johnston Hall. This lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so guests are advised to arrive early.
A reception will follow Holt’s lecture at 4 p.m., and faculty members with the AVATAR Initiative will be available to discuss how students can take classes toward a minor in digital media starting in the Fall 2010 semester.
For more information: www.cct.lsu.edu or http://avatar.lsu.edu.
On Monday, April 19, John Worthington of Worthington Designz will give a lecture on “Digital Media and the Personal Computer – 30 Years and Counting.” Worthington has worked in many areas of film and electronic music production throughout his career, including leading the original development of QuickTime at Apple, developing an online music sales platform for Music Net, and creating professional film effects technology that can be rendered with a regular desktop computer.
In his lecture, Worthington will describe how computational science technology is changing how artists and musicians approach the creative process, and how it affects what people expect from media.
Worthington’s lecture will take place at 3 p.m. in the LSU Center for Computation & Technology Training Room, 338 Johnston Hall. This lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so guests are advised to arrive early.
A reception will follow Holt’s lecture at 4 p.m., and faculty members with the AVATAR Initiative will be available to discuss how students can take classes toward a minor in digital media starting in the Fall 2010 semester.
WHAT: AVATAR Lecture Series
WHO: John Worthington, Worthington Designz
WHEN: Monday, April 19 at 3 p.m.; reception following at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Center for Computation & Technology Training Room, 338 Johnston Hall
Free and open to the public
WHO: John Worthington, Worthington Designz
WHEN: Monday, April 19 at 3 p.m.; reception following at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Center for Computation & Technology Training Room, 338 Johnston Hall
Free and open to the public
For more information: www.cct.lsu.edu or http://avatar.lsu.edu.
Publish Date:
04-15-2010
