What
will be happening?
There
will be a wide range of events, including:
FREE Public Events:
TICKETED Public
Events: all at Perth
Town Hall
INDUSTRY Invitation-Only Events:
- Official
Opening - by invitation only
- Closing
Party - also by invitation only (thank-you
to volunteers)
Many events will
be podcast and interviews done by Create
Digital Motion.
You can download
the Byte Me! Festival Program as a printable PDF in two
forms: At
A Glance (double-sided A4) and the Full
Program (A5, 20 pages).
Ticketing Info
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SUMMARY OF EVENTS:
Free Events
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The
Interface:
Sunday 2nd
- Sunday 9th December 10am - 5pm daily
Perth
Town Hall Foyer. Free!
Fun,
interactive activities for people of all ages. There will be
PCs with WA-made computer
games to play, free wallpapers and ringtones
for your mobile
phone and loads of other things to do and see. Info about
study and careers in the digital content fields will also be
available. Some
of our great guest speakers and
representatives from local digital content
community will be hanging our here to chat
with the public. ...more
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Ghost
Town:
Sunday
2nd - Sunday 9th December
Starting
at Perth
Town Hall Foyer. Free!
The
game will run throughout the Byte Me! Festival in various locations
in the Perth CBD. You will need a mobile phone with Bluetooth
to play. Stay tuned for more details on how to participate!. ...more |
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Live
Cinema Event:
Saturday
1st December @ Dusk (around 8.30pm). Free!
VJing grew up, went to school and this is what
it became. Using the same tools and techniques developed in nightclubs,
live video performance has now become a recognised artform. Some
of the very best in the world will be in Perth to collaborate
on this event - a large-scale outdoor video projection performance
unlike anything you've seen here before.
Solu
(Finland/Barcelona), Jean Poole
(Melbourne) and local
practitioners VJzoo will be performing at a secret CBD location
to be announced on the website on the day. ...more
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Heartlands,
Photographers in Perth:
Sunday
2nd - Friday 7th December
KURB
Gallery, William St, Northbridge. Free!
Gallery
opening hours: Sun-Thu: 1-6pm, Fri: 1-8pm
What
are the photographs you have taken that are close to your heart? This was the
question asked for the Heartlands exhibition,
Photographers
in Perth's showcase event for the Festival.
See here for
full version of featured image by PiP member electricnerve aka Mark
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Unravelling
the New Media DNA
Saturday
8th December 1pm - 4pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall. Free, but Registration required
Featuring
Megan Elliott from X|Media|Lab and
other guests TBA.
The
traditional media hyphenates of writer/director, director/producer
et. al. are being changed irrevocably for the benefit of creators,
users and audiences.
This
session highlights the intersections between the creators of
original audiovisual content and advanced social media networking,
next generation blogging, music distribution, Web 2.0, and
video sharing across platforms and across continents.
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BarCampNano
Sunday
9th December 1pm - 4pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall. Free, but Registration required
A
BarCamp is an unconference, where the attendees not only act
as audience members - they act as presenters too. Want to get
up and speak? Then get up and speak - or conduct a discussion,
or a live coding session.
So
what is a BarCampNano? It's a really little BarCamp!
The Australian
Web Industry Association will be conducting BarCampNano
between 1pm-4pm on Sunday 9th of December at the Perth Town
Hall. Want to show the world what you do in 20 minutes or
less? Then come along, and put your name down! Pre-registration
page coming soon.
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SUMMARY OF EVENTS - Ticketed Events
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Get
Reel:
Various
times, Monday 3rd - Sunday 9th Dec
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $8/$5 (booking
fees apply) 
This
is a showcase of Western Australian digital content that covers
a wide spectrum - from animation to ads, from 3D fly-throughs
to spatial mapping.
We're aiming to show you the variety of work being done, the
rich diversity of jobs and the international opportunities
that skills in the digital content fields can open up ....more
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A
Fairlight Fetish:
Friday
30th November 9pm - midnight
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $19/$9.50 (booking
fees apply)
Pre-Party
- A Fairlight Fetish - Retro-Electro
Partytime! Vintage-AV performance
featuring collectors of old audio, video and computer equipment Morph (Syd), Chrism & Fenris (Melb/Per)
and VJzoo (Per).
The
Perth Town Hall is a heritage-listed building and no 'modern
style' dancing is allowed. The seating will be cabaret-style,
with tables and chairs so you can watch and listen in comfort. ...more
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Business
Models for a Digital Landscape
Sunday
2nd December
11am - 3pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $19/$9.50 (booking
fees apply)
AFTRS
Centre for Screen Business ran this excellent seminar
at the recent RevFest and I was so impressed I've asked them
to reprise the seminar so that we can get more people along.
While the title may sound a bit yawnworthy, this is SO worth
your attending if you produce any type of digital content,
or are interested in using online tools to market pretty
much any product or service. ...more
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An
Animated Life:
Sunday
2nd December 3.30pm - 5.30pm
Perth
Town Hall Main
Hall, $19/$9.50 (booking
fees apply)
Melanie
Beisswenger (Germany) will share her experiences
as an animator on a wide range of projects, from animating
on TV commercials
in smaller studios to work on large feature film productions such
as Happy Feet.
Randall
Lynton from Liquid Amber Design (Perth) will discuss his work
as the award-winning animator of Ransis and Alee and Suicidal
Balloon. ...more |
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Figwit
(Frodo Is Great, Who Is That?) (NZ)
Australian
Premiere Screening, with Film-maker Q+A
Monday
3rd December 6pm - 9pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $19/$9.50 (booking
fees apply)
How
did a non-speaking extra in Lord of the Rings become a cult
star in his own right? If you've heard the story of Figwit (Frodo
is Great... Who Is That?), now you can see the documentary
and hear from the film-maker Stan
Alley in this tongue-in-cheek exploration of online fandom. ...more
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Music,
Video, Art:
Wednesday
5th December, 6pm - 9pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $8/$5 (booking
fees apply)
With
the Perth music scene getting so much attention, it’s time
for the film and art scene to step into the same limelight. ‘Music
Video Art’ will be a night of screenings and discussion
into the collaboration between Perth artists from different fields,
and creating large scale projects that break new ground. ...more
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Far, Far Away:
Thurs
6th December 6pm - 9pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $19/$9.50 (booking
fees apply)
Big-screen
Show 'n Tell by people in the Industry. Some of these talks
will be a bit technical, but they'll all be aimed at a
non-geek audience. Think of it like the 'Making Of'
extras on a DVD,
except - you get to ask questions! ....more
- Sue
Erokan, Dreamworks Animation, worked on Shrek
movies (USA)
- Martin
Davidson from animatED publishing company FinnCragg
(Perth)
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Plug
n Play Showcase:
Thursday
6th December 9pm - midnight
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $8/$5 (booking
fees apply)
Plug n Play
started in Melbourne,
and spread to Perth and
then Sydney.
It's a regular, hands-on audiovisual jam session where VJ's,
electronic musicians, AV acts and other audiovisual geeks come
along and show off their skills, style and equipment to each
other. ...more
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From
Dubai to Skull Island: Visual FX Revealed
Saturday
8th December, 6pm - 9pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $19/$9.50 (booking
fees apply)
Creating Fantasy Worlds, from Digital to Analogue.
Perth-based
3D graphics studio Last Pixel will take you behind the scenes
on some recent international projects, then Weta Workshop's
Paul Van Ommen will discuss his role as Head of Miniatures
on
King Kong and his work other projects such as Lord
of the Rings. ...more
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She
Got Game (He Got TV)
Sunday
9th December 6pm - -9pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, $19/$9.50 (booking
fees apply)
Robin
Hunicke is the Lead Game Designer on MySims at
EA’s Sims Division. In her copious spare time,
she’s finishing a PhD in Computer Science at Northwestern
University, studying Artificial Intelligence and Video
Games.
Robin
will be joined by Perth animator Stephen
Grant who will talk about his work on the animated
TV series Dogstar, shortly to commence airing on the
Nine Network, and a range of other Australian and international
projects. ...more
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INVITATION-ONLY EVENTS
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Official
Opening:
Sunday
2nd
December 6-9pm
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, Invitation Only - Industry, VIPs,
& Media
The
Festival will be officially opened by The Right Honourable
The Lord Mayor, Lisa Scaffidi and The Honourable Francis
M Logan BA (Hons) MLA Minister for Energy, Resources, Industry
and Enterprise.
Keynote
Speech of the Festival will be delivered by Megan
Elliott,
director of X|Media|Lab and all round dynamo. There
will be a screening of the Get Reel to
show you the great digital content being created here in
WA.
Seating
will be cabaret style, but we encourage you to move around
and swap tables in between talks and screenings.
Drinks and canapes will be served - the amount and quality
will depend
on sponsorship
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Closing
Party
Saturday
8th December, 9pm - midnight
Perth
Town Hall Main Hall, Invitation Only - Industry, Community
Bodies, Sponsors, Speakers etc etc
Almost
over - and a chance to let our hair down. Behind closed doors,
guest performers will play for the entertainment of all the wonderful
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Festival
Lounge:
Sunday
2nd - Sunday 9th December 10am - 6pm daily and other times when
Festival events are on.
Perth
Town Hall Supper Room, Invitation Only
Want somewhere
quiet to meet and greet with people you've met through the
Festival?
In town for
the Festival, and want to update your blog without schlepping
back to your hotel?
We
will be aiming to provide wifi access, printing facilities,
Fair Trade tea and coffee and other
necessaries for guest speakers and VIPs who are in town for
the Festival.
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Kat also ran
a BM!F style workshop at the ICTWA 2007 Conference called The
Social Web is Serious Business - the resources are still
online, you may find them useful.
Hopefully that
should cover something for everyone!
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