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Michael Wright
interviewed 08 August 2003 by Jessica
Fernandes
Michael Wright is the
SIGGRAPH 2003 Art Gallery Chair, has formally served on the
ACM Siggraph Art Gallery & Education Committees as a juror,
and is currently an associate professor in the Digital Media
and Liberal Studies Programs at Otis College of Art and Design
in Los Angeles.
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| What first
drew you to computer graphics? |
An interest in expanding my image making possibilities.
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| Do you have
any favorite computer graphics mentors? |
My mentors are artists whose work I'm drawn
too.
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| What was the
first time you contributed to SIGGRAPH? |
My first contribution to SIGGRAPH was as
a juror for the student show.
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| What year/city
was your first SIGGRAPH? Which was most intense? Why? |
Anaheim in the early 90s. They have all
been intense and this year has been over the top due to the
nature of the involvement.
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| What contributions
to SIGGRAPH are you most proud of? |
This years Art Gallery and Art Gallery program.
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| What's your
favorite thing at this year or last year's SIGGRAPH? |
The Gallery, the Studio, Emerging technologies,
Electronic theatre, not necessarily in that order.
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| What
near/intermediate developments in CG do you look forward to? |
Stronger integration of the interface with
the creative process and of course more speed. "Think
it have it"
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