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Chicago 2008

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mgFest08 Online

Every year the festival hosts online virtual events
in addition to our physical event schedule.

 

 

mgFest08 Photo Stream

 

Be a part of the festival photo stream by uploading your photos to Flickr and using the tag "mgfest08". Also check out last year's photo stream.

 

Featured Online Artist

 

Hi-ReS! : Online Narrative

 

This internationally renowned London design studio has worked on the web presence of some of the world's most respectable electronic musicians: Autechre, Beck and Massive Attack. Chief among their achievements, the websites created for films are the first and most interesting use of the web for narratives. Such as: Requim for a Dream, Minority Report, and Saw.

 

Featured Online Educator

 

Keith Winstein (MIT) : Introduction to Copyright Law

 

Few topics are more contriversial in contemporary media design. This course is an introduction to copyright law and covers: structure of federal law; basics of legal research; the 1976 Copyright Act; copyright as applied to music, computers, broadcasting, and education; fair use; Napster®, Grokster®, and Peer-to-Peer file-sharing; Library Access to Music Project; The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act; DVDs and encryption; software licensing; the GNU® General Public License and free software.

 

Video Lectures in Real Media and in iTunesU

 


 

All-year Web Channels

 

Lumen Eclipse Gallery

monthly video art showcase

check out the Lumen Eclipse screening

 

 

 

Toolfarm Inspirations

daily motion graphics video feed

check the Toolfarm classes [1] [2] [3]

 

 

 

stashStash Feed

daily motion graphics video feed

check out the Stash screening

 

 

 

Motion Graphics Channel

motion graphics video feed

 

 

 

 

Big Fat Teds

stock motion graphics backgrounds

 

 

 

 

screenScreen Magazine

chicago production news

 

 

 

 

psymbolicPsymbolic--sounds

digital album downloads
music licensing + more