New Media Workshop

Interested in viewing Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf, the IMAX 3d Experience, at the Navy Pier Imax? The New Media Workshop will be meeting to discuss the film and issues related to digital film, 3d technology, and photorealism on Sunday, December 9th.   For more information, please contact Lisa Zaher. 

Trailer and official website.

Some reviews:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beowulf/

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/11/what-beowulf-me.html

http://weblogs.variety.com/thompsononhollywood/2007/11/beowulf-reviews.html

http://unlocked-wordhoard.blogspot.com/2007/11/beowulf-review-round-up.html

(The last link contains a list of reviews by Medievalists).

KRISTINE NIELSEN, PH.D. CANDIDATE, ART HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO,
will present her paper “Do ut des: the Value of the Thaelmann Monument,” a chapter from her dissertation in progress, “Secular Iconoclasm: East Berlin’s Political Monuments from the Late SED Regime to Postunified Berlin.”

Date: Monday, November 12, 2007
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Place: Cobb 310

If you plan to attend, please email Lisa Zaher (lmz@uchicago.edu) for a copy of the paper.

—Joint event with the Contemporary Art Workshop.—

Persons with disabilities who believe they may need assistance, please contact Lisa Zaher in advance.