INSOMNIA NEW MEDIA LOUNGE AT THE DUKE CITY SHOOTOUT July 26, 2006

It's ALL FREE.

Immerse yourself in a free form mix of emerging media story writing, games, animations,interactive art, and electronica soundscapes. Connect to create with other artists, live in the lounge.

Plug into the latest in digital technology with session speakers and hands on demos from BitTorrent, Apple and Intel. Hang out and chill. Play.

Open screens for your freestyle ideas, ready to be mashed-up. Bring your laptops, DVD's, hard drives and mini-DV camcorders to share finished works and your ongoing projects. We bring the FireWire, you the binary code. Win toys.

Wednesday July 26th
6 – 10pm MINI-CINI FILMMAKING & EDITING:
Tell your story with your cameras and our edit bays to win an Apple MacBook Pro featuring the Intel® Core Duo™ Processor

3 – 5 pm Visualization & Simulation
Experience the latest in emerging applications of visualization/simulation in business processes, planning, information architecture and design.
with Stephen Guerin (Redfish), Tom Greenbaum (Intel), Tim Castillo (UNM Architecture), Tom Caudell (UNM VisLab)

8pm Monitor-Mega-Monolith Performance by Nick Deamer

8 – 10pm DJ Mateo – Latin & world beats that move your feats

10pm – 2am Brian Botkiller – Melody driven dance music filled with infectious grooves. www.brianbotkiller.com

Thursday July 27th
10 – 8pm MINI-CINI FILMMAKING & EDITING: Tell your story with your cameras and our edit bays to win an Apple MacBook Pro featuring the Intel® Core Duo™ Processor

10am – 11am CinnaFilm: The World's First Real Time Film Effects Tool For Video Demo by President Lance Maurer

11 – 1pm Panasonic’s HD AG-HVX200 Camera Demo

1 – 3pm Bringing it all together with Apple: The latest in Software/Hardware By Bill Hanson

3 – 5pm Panel Discussion: Women in Entertainment Emerge
Join our reception as we celebrate Outstanding Women in Entertainment, with Ellen Sandler, Writer/Producer Everybody Loves Raymond and Coach; Tracy Mercer, VP of Development/Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment; Anne Stirling Documentary Filmmaker, Founder of Friends of Film & Video Association; Mary Lance, documentary filmmaker; and Moderator Christina Julian

5 - 7pm Musical performance during the reception Alma Rosa & Womyn's Fire Presents Sina Soul, Diosa, With Siempre Mujer! Featuring Lisa Lopez on keys, Sharon on trapz & Maud Beenhower on bass.

5 – 7pm Ken Dozier Speaks on the Future of HD Technology: Exec. Dir. USC Engineering Technology Transfer Center (ETTC) and Exec. Dir. NASA Far West RTTC

7 – 8pm Combinatoric Harvest: Graphic Complexity from Simple Code by Jared Tarbell

8 – 9pm David Stout and Cory Metcalf will present a lecture demonstration of their live cinema performance and installation work exploring real-time animation, artificial life and noise art.

9pm – 11pm MegMan: Merging Hip Hop, Ambient, Electro Rock, Dub, Big Beat, Drum & Bass -- MegMan.org.

11pm – 2am Mark Churchhill's Master Bedroom: Soundscapes to Slutty Euro TechnoPop

Friday July 28th
10 – 4pm MINI-CINI FILMMAKING & EDITING: Tell your story with your cameras and our edit bays to win an Apple MacBook Pro featuring the Intel® Core Duo™ Processor

10 – 11:30am Re-writes in the Real World with:
Ellen Sandler (Everybody Loves Raymond - script to broadcast highlights)
James P. Mercurio (Hollywood Script Consultant)
Jason Pila (Warner Bros Writer)
Gene Grant – Writer/Moderator

11:30am – 1pm Indie vs the Studio Hollywood: Who Will Win the Race?
with Dan Netter (CEO Baby Fishmouth Productions, Producer of the Emmy Awards, AFI’s 100 Years), Kevin Curran (Partner, HD Studios LA) and Tracy Mercer (VP of Development Revelations Entertainment)

1 – 3pm State of Animation in New Mexico
with Jonas Diamond – Smiley Guy Studios
Steve Hoban – CopperHeart Entertainment, producer of Academy Award winner "Ryan"
Chris Landreth – Academy Award-winning director of "Ryan"
Chris Kientz – Award-winning writer/director/producer "Raven Tales"
Torin Lucas – CEO – Thunderbird Games
Gerald McDermott – Author and animator of "Arrow to the Sun"
Jeff Hobbs – Animator and rotoshop creator

3 - 5pm Ralph Bakshi Showcase (Director of Wizards, Cool World, American Pop, Fritz the Cat, Spider-Man)

5 – 7 pm Theramin Infused Video Performance by Martin Back

10pm – 12am Bacon with Mindy McGovern

8pm – 2am Soundscapes in Ambient Spaces by I.S.I.G.A and CK Barlow www.ckbarlow.com

Saturday July 29th
10am – 12pm Me to U.com: The Future of Distribution
with Alvir Navin BitTorrent and Tracy Mercer (Revolution Studios)

1 – 3pm Making No Money Look Good
with Sascha Muller Producer: George Washington; IFP West, Film Independent
Dan Mirvish Filmmaker and Co-founder of Slamdance
Joe Conti NM Director: Army of the Dead
Kevin Curran Partner, HD Studios LA

3 – 4 pm National Poetry Slam Champion Albuquerque Slam Team throws down on the lounge before hitting the Austin nationals in August.
Hosted by co-captain: Kenn Rodriguez

4 – 6pm The Latest in Gamer Developments

10:30pm - 12am SerrenDeep featuring DJ Miss Ginger of Santa Fe

12am – 2am Sina Soul & Beat Hive

To get involved email [email protected].

Official Website: http://www.dukecityshootout.org