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iFire: AI Design Visualisation System
Presented by iCinema Research Centre, The University of New South Wales & Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the University of Melbourne
DETAILS
Free, booking required
Studio 1 (enter via Loading Bay at Gate 3 on Grant Street, located on Dhumba-Dha Storytellers Walk)
VCA Film & Television, Southbank VIC, Australia
DATES
Wed 21 May 10am – 12pmBook now
Sessions run every 30 minutes
Wed 21 May 2 – 4pmBook now
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Thu 22 May 10am – 12pmBook now
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Thu 22 May 2 – 4pmBook now
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Fri 23 May 10am – 12pmBook now
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Fri 23 May 2 – 4pmBook now
Sessions run every 30 minutes
Experience Australia’s first stereoscopic 3D LED Volume Studio at the University of Melbourne, and immerse yourself in hyper-realistic extreme fire scenarios as if you are present in a fire ground, like this year’s Los Angeles wildfires.
This exhibition brings together leading researchers, artists, designers, scientists, and emergency responders to demonstrate how creative and technological innovation are developed into immersive experiences that enable us to understand, anticipate and respond to these escalating fire threats. Visitors can engage with iFire, a tool and training platform, currently being developed and utilised by the world’s foremost emergency services. Audiences can also engage with Penumbra, an internationally exhibited art installation based on iFire, which explores fire-laden pasts and futures from the perspective of the fire itself.
Created by The University of NSW Sydney’s iCinema Centre, led by Dennis Del Favero, that transform complex mathematical models of extreme fire events into life-like cinematic experiences. It redefines the way we engage and take action in a world shaped by climate extremes.
Credits
iFire
Project Director: Dennis Del Favero
Chief Investigators: Michael Ostwald, Yang Song, Jason Sharples, Susanne Thurow
Immersive Systems Engineers: Navin Brohier, Nora Perry, Dylan Shorten
3D Modellers: Lara Clemente, Scott Cotterell
Interaction Designer: Mario Flores Gonzalez
Audio Designers: Linus Ferris, Nagida Helsby-Clark
AI Computer Scientists: Renhao Huang, Frank Wu
Partner Investigators: A/Prof. Ali Asadipour (Royal College of Art), Dr Mahesh Prakash, Richard Hurley (CSIRO/Data61)
Developed in collaboration with Prof. Craig Clements and A/Prof. Adam Kochanski (San José State University) and project Industry Board, including Fire and Rescue NSW, AFAC (Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council) and Pau Costa Foundation.
Penumbra
Project Director, Sound Designer & Writer: Dennis Del Favero
Immersive Systems Engineers: Alex Ong and Navin Brohier
Voice Over Actress: Leeanna Walsman
Composer: Kate Moore
Both projects have been supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Laureate funding scheme (FL200100004)
Participants
Dennis Del Favero
Dennis Del Favero is a research artist and ARC Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor of Digital Innovation, Director of the iCinema Research Centre at the University of New South Wales and Visiting Professor Royal College of Art (UK). He is a former Executive Director of the Australian Research Council | Humanities and Creative Arts. His work has been widely exhibited in major group exhibitions, including Film Cologne, Battle of the Nations War Memorial Leipzig (joint project with Jenny Holzer), SIGGRAPH Asia, ISEA as well as in solo exhibitions in museums such as Sprengel Museum Hannover, Neue Galerie Graz and ZKM Karlsruhe. His work is represented by Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Cologne and Mais Wright Gallery, Sydney.