Adobe Youth Voices | 01SJ: Visions of the Future Workshops

Date of Workshops: September 6th– 14th (4-7pm weekdays, 11-4 weekends and Labor Day).
Location: South Hall in San Jose California.
Prizes: Video equipment, Adobe software and gift certificates awarded to strong work produced during workshops. Award ceremony will take place on September 17th, 2010 from 4-6 pm at Empire Drive-In.
Price: Free

The proliferation of computing and digital technologies is shaping landscapes, cultural identities, architecture, art and human psychology. The Silicon Valley is the central site where these issues are being forged. The youth in this area have a unique perspective as to how the world will look, and a hand in shaping that world.

In collaboration with Adobe Youth Voices, the Adobe Foundation’s global youth media initiative, free workshops will be held during the 01SJ Biennial from September 6th -14th at computer labs in South Hall as part of “Out of the Garage into the World”, and taught by leading artists and professionals in the field. Using software donated by Adobe Systems Incorporated, participants will envision these new landscapes through story creation, digital manipulation, programming, editing, diorama production, and animation. Students will learn advanced multimedia production. Prizes, including gift certificates, video equipment, and Adobe software, will be awarded for strong work produced during these workshops. Please contact David@zero1.org for more information. Stay connected with us on Facebook.

3 hour workshops*
5-10 students each
Maximum 2 workshops per student.

Brave New World Monday, September 6th, 11-12:30 and 1-2:30pm
“Brave New World” kicks off the Adobe Youth Voices | 01SJ youth program with the question: What will the landscapes of San Jose look like in the future? Participants in these 1 1/2 hour workshops will imagine how the future will shape their homes, neighborhoods, and the landscape of their cities as a basis for the production of a large scale diorama, as they build their own world.
Instructor: Danielle Siembieda
Registration closed

Future Sounds Tuesday, September 7th, 4-7pm
Listen closely… The sounds you hear today are very different from the sounds of a hundred years ago. The clip-clop of horse’s hooves has been replaced by the roar of the internal combustion engine, and the tranquility of nature is disappearing into the hustle and bustle of modern life. What will San Jose sound like a hundred, or a thousand years from now? Will the harsh sounds of cities be transformed into something else? Through the instruction of a sound artist using Adobe Soundbooth, a microphone, and a little imagination, students will create audio tours of San Jose to imagine the sounds of the future
Instructor: Cheryl Leonard
Registration Closed

Futurelogue Wednesday, September 8th, 4-7pm
How do the ecology, architecture and landscapes shape the Silicon Valley? How do we humans impact the landscapes we live in? Participants will create travelogue, from futuristic landscapes created in Photoshop and diorama models; and use special effects software, and a green screen technology to document and create a travelogue, as they explore the future architecture and ecology of the Silicon Valley.
Instructor: David Godshall
register here – 4 seats available

My Avatar: The Game of Life Thursday, September 9th, 4-7pm
The line between video games and reality is continuously made ambiguous by the pervasive nature of avatar culture. In this workshop, we will be creating a simple video game using Adobe Flash software and basic computer programming, to create a video game about the hustle and bustle of daily teenage life.
Instructor: John Bruneau
Registration Closed

First Person Perspective

Six-day workshop

First Person Perspective is presented as part of the Eyebeam Roadshow at 01SJ, and is produced by Eyebeam Art + Technology Center (New York) in collaboration with Adobe Youth Voices | 01SJ.
register here

Fantasmagorical Future! Friday, September 10th, 4-7pm
According to Arthur C Clark, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Magic and fantasy not only play a large part in how we see the future, but in how the future is shaped. Using Adobe Premiere, Flash and After Effects, students will create their own narratives of how they envision the future. One scene will be produced by each student to create a fantasmgorical story about the future.
Instructor: Emile Bokaer
register here – 5 seats available

The News Tonight: 3010 Sunday, September 12th, 11-3pm
Ripped from the headlines! Students will take local and world news events, and use them as a basis for a newscast from the future. How will global warming impact the world? When will flying cars finally come out? Using contemporary news events as seen through the future, and Adobe software, students will collaborate to produce news casts that peek into the future.
Instructor: Gregg Witkin
register here – 4 seats available

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle the Future Monday, September 13th, 4-7pm
For a sustainable future, it is important to reduce/reuse/recycle. For this workshop, we will be reusing and repurposing movie depictions of the future. Beam yourself into Star Trek. Edit laser beams and explosions into Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Create your own future from existing footage using After Effects and your imagination.
Instructor: Julie Henson
Registration Closed

*Except “Brave New World” and “First Person.”

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