CompSAt, MISA,
           The Department of Information Systems and Computer Science
                                       and
                            The Ateneo Art Gallery

                                     present

                       An IT Forum and Digital ArtSpeak on

                                THE NEW NEW THING :
                      INTERACTIVE MEDIA, INTERACTION DESIGN
                                       and
                               PHYSICAL INTERFACES

                          A FREE and PUBLIC Lecture by

                                   JAMES CLAR
                               of EYEBEAM ATELIER

                          Straight from New York, USA!

                                       on

                                     Friday
                                30 January 2004
                                  4:30-6:00PM
                    CTC 313, Convergent Technologies Center
                           Ateneo de Manila University
                           Loyola Heights, Quezon City


James Clar is an American born Filipino raised in Wisconsin, living in New York
City for the past 6 years.

James Clar received his undergraduate degree from
                  NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS,
studying film with a concentration in 3D animation, and graduated as a honors
scholar. Freelancing, he taught corporate web design classes at United Digital
Artists. He continued his studies at
         NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S INTERACTIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM.

James Clar's physical installation work has focused on using light to display
information in a physical space, and to create dynamic light sculptures.
Recently, his 3D animation "The Kut Kut Special" was selected to be screened at
Siggraph MetroCAF, he was a finals judge for the 6th Annual Philippine Web
Awards (www.philippinewebawards.com), and his "3D Display Cube" was chosen to
be shown at the New Museum of Contemporary Arts' "Fresh" exhibition. Graduated
from ITP, James Clar has recently started a yearlong residency at Eyebeam's
Moving Image Division (www.eyebeam.org).

Among the things found in his portfolio are Information Design for NikeRunning,
3D animation work for NTT DoCoMo, modelling and animation for the television
channel ABC Sports, among others. Further, he is one of the few who hold a
certification in Alias|Wavefront Maya.

We would like to invite you to take this unique opportunity to listen and
participate in this lecture that promises to open your mind to further
possibilities and future media technologies.

The IT Forum as well as ArtSpeak are a continuing series of lectures given by
invited leaders in their field.

THE LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

If you need further information, please contact

Martin Gomez / martin at decode.ateneo.edu
Cha Gascon / cha at compsat.org
Ramon E.S. Lerma / rlerma at ateneo.edu

E-Mail from Martin Gomez