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In November ZINE approached SIGGRAPH's Computer Animation Festival (CAF) regarding an interview for ZINE. The person who replied to the request was none other than Paul Debevec, Chairman of the CAF. It turned out he knew the demoscene (check the interview with him here in ZINE 12) and after a while he asked me if I could help them to get demoscene content to SIGGRAPH's CAF in the realtime category. I answered that I'd get in touch with the groups and ask them. This process took several weeks as it also meant that we had to get high-quality movie captures and the approvals from all the people who were part of the creation of each production.
In the end I coordinated a "best of demoscene" list that was proposed to the jury, ranging from 4k's to 64k's and demos. The full list that entered the preselection process was:
Chaos Theory by Conspiracy
Final Audition by Plastic
Micropolis by tbc
Parsec by Frenetic, r0K, Sonic and Muhmac
Deities by MFX
Dead Ringer by Fairlight
Track One by Fairlight
Arise by Stravaganza
Five Finger Discount by Shitfaced Clowns
Aesterozoa by Kewlers
Electric Kool-Aid by Synesthetics
Aeon Flux by Synesthetics
We Cell by Kewlers
Don't Stop by Portal Process
IX by Moppi Productions
Fiat Homo by Traction
Iconoclast by ASD
Animal Attraction by ASD
Resonance by Portal Process
In case you wonder why for example Farbrausch's Debris isn't part of this list, then that's because SIGGRAPH's deadline was before Breakpoint.
In the end the jury picked Chaos Theory as the only entry going into the Computer Animation Festival, catalogue, etc. However, Kewlers' Aesterozoa also was shown in the theater and ASD's Evolution of Vision was specifically tweaked with alternate texts to welcome visitors to the Computer Animation Theater.
So, essentially the partnership between ZINE and SIGGRAPH has been a fruitful one and will continue to be, as we prepare the list of submissions for SIGGRAPH 2008. Thanks go out to Paul, Tomas, Carlye et al for having given us the possibility to present the demoscene to your audience.
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