March Swanking - March 13 Photon Ballet featuring Thomas Dolby

[CoasterMatt]

LA ACM SIGGRAPH presents
2nd Tuesday, MARCH 13, 2007 –
The PHOTON BALLET
With Thomas Dolby,
Frank Serafine,
Matt Venuti, and the Venusians
Donna Sternberg, digital artists Michael Masucci & Kate Johnson of EZTV,
Marco Schindelmann, Director of the Synthetic Theatre, “LITTERATI”
and ART INSTALLATIONS... including Mr. Sander Wolff
and the MAXON Paint Artists

At The Music Box Henry Fonda Theater
6126 Hollywood Blvd / Hollywood, CA 90028

http://la.siggraph.org/html/ <=- More details here...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Okay, this might be worth burning some vacation time...

[CoasterMatt]

Forgot to mention

It's $15 for nonmembers, or if you pay $35 at the event and join SIGGRAPH, you can go to all their events for the year...

THREE others in particular have caught my eye -

APRIL 10, 2007 (2nd Tuesday)
(Technical + new CG applications)
Matt Elson and NASA/JPL presents: Star Gazing Mind Trip … … in a LARGE DOME. NASA & JPL are now envisioning galaxies using Scalable Display Technologies
Sounds groovy

MAY 8, 2007 (2nd Tuesday)
John Sterni, and Steve Wright Present: Hip Hip Horray, for the 8th of May, SIGGGRAPH Outdoor Catapult Day! Catapult Monitor-Toss: Competition & Reception. In the 1940’s, birth of Computer Graphics came from displays came that could plot CG. MONITORS launched Computer Graphics; now, we’re launching MONITORS! Monday/Tuesday set up at Burbank field. Bring your expendable computer monitors to LAUNCH and say good bye! Recycle Crew on Wednesday.
Monitor DESTRUCTION!! I'm SO there, I've got a 20" Sony that I'd LOVE to see flying through the air...

and the one that has the pyromaniac in me going ape****
JUNE 12, 2007 (2nd Tuesday)
Steve Kosakura presents: Animating with FIRE using physical yaw-pitch-roll nozzles linked to fuel-mixtures in an array programmed to animate a figure, face, or form with physical FIRE. Enjoy an outdoor reception by the water. Joan will work with City of LA Fire Marshall to find a place for these fire animation sculpture.

[Not Afraid]

What a great find! We'll be in London for the March date, bt others sound interesting.