Fiction & Entertainment 2018 Screening and Panel

How we perceive the cultures and spaces around us is largely determined by mediums of fiction and entertainment. SCI-Arc’s Fiction and Entertainment Masters Program engages the techniques of film, animation and gaming to imagine and visualize alternative worlds and tell new kinds of stories about the emerging conditions of the twenty-first century. At 7pm on August 31st join the graduates of 17/18 for the premiere screening and exhibition of their work and a panel discussion featuring luminaries from LA’s entertainment industry discussing principles of worldbuilding and visual storytelling.

Panelists include Ane Crabtree, costume designer for Hulu’s groundbreaking series Handmaid’s Tale, Alex Macdowell, worldbuilder and production designer for films such as Fight Club and Minority Report, Claire Evans artist and lead singer of the band Yacht, Jamin Warren, cofounder of videogame arts and culture company Kill Screen, Brain Merchant, author and editor at Motherboard, VICE's science and technology outlet, Patti Podesta, Production designer for film and the recent series American Gods, Keely Colcleugh director of creative visual agency Kilograpgh, Andrew Thomas Huang, artist and director know for his Bjork music videos and Timothy Williams, designer and animator for games and film.

Coordinated by Liam Young and Alexey Marfin.