Scribbled Spaces, a lecture by Floyd Wray April 7

Organized by the Industrial Design programs and faculty, as an extension of the College of Design Leadership Council Mentoring Mania Event.

LECTURE
Scribbled Spaces
Floyd Wray
Tomorrow, Thursday, April 7th, 2011
Burns Auditorium, 6 PM

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it’s also true: a simple, scribed sentence may contain more raw power than a thousand pictures. Whether used in the design of context records, structural-space, or the sheer celebration of dream-space, hybrid-visualization marks a radical new frontier in both the collaborative arts and interactive design. Scribbled Spaces explores, as it demonstrates, the emerging practice of hybridized-narrative — a 21st century language aesthetic with roots that extend to pre-history.

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Floyd Wray (abbreviated bio): Floyd Wray has investigated narrative technology since the late 1960s. As a filmmaker-videographer, Wray provided production services to the Austin tech-industry in the ‘70s and ‘80s. In the mid-80s, he joined the team at Byte by Byte Corporation, during its development of the first raytrace/3D-modeling software for the PC: Sculpt 3D/4D. In the 1990s, Wray was associated with Human Code, a digital media company in Austin, Texas. Working closely with CEO Chipp Walters, Wray’s efforts included media research for The Discovery Channel, the Department of Defense, a presentation on narrative technology at the MIT Media Lab, and a jointly ventured TV-series with Human Code Japan. Since the late 1990s, Wray has written two novels. His novel on Nazi-occult technology, Blood Toys, is soon to be re-released as an enhanced novel for the new Blio, Ebook format.