Calendar of Events 2018

Presentations

  • Fri 19th Jan, – An (Autobiographical) History of Intimacy and Its Relationship to Creative Practice, Heartbeat Symposium & Game Jam, The Space, Byron Bay

.[photo by Justine Colla/ @pastasauce]

  • Thurs 15th March – Cross-Media Writing & Design Workshop, Centre of Excellence in Film & Interactive Media Arts, Norwegian Film School, Norway
  • Thurs 26th April – GOMA TALKS PATRICIA PICCININI: RISE OF THE MACHINES, Gallery of Modern Art.

Other Events

  • Mon 12th – Weds 14th March – Artistic Research Spring Forum, Centre of Excellence in Film & Interactive Media Arts, Norwegian Film School, held at Holmsbu, Norway

Publications

Podcasts

  • Magic Mike XXL“, DICE Hard, 8th Feb, 2018 (we do a live boardgame adaptation of the movie Magic Mike XXL!)

Interviews

My Events

  • Extended Experiences Lab, in partnership with the West End Film Festival, sponsored by Screen Queensland, Brisbane, AUS, May-June, 2018

  • Forward Slash Story, sponsored by Columbia University’s Digital Storytelling Lab, Kenya, August, 2018

Juror

2017 Appearances, Releases, Publications, etc…

(This page will be updated as the year progresses with forthcoming and archived links)

Events

[Photo by Billie Wilcox]

(Event art by Marigold Bartlett)

[F/S workshop, photo by Topaz Adizes]

[Playtest of a game we made over dinner in Singapore, F/S, photo by Simon Staffans]

(Photo of the sold out Write Night panel, AWG, by Olga Nowicka)

  • Board meeting, Games & Interactive Committee, Australian Writers’ Guild, Sydney, May 1st. (see photo below)

(Photo of the Games & Interactive Committee at the AWG Headquarters, photo by Olga Nowicka)

(Christy, Iain and Aaron, pre-panel pic, photo by Jacob Duniam)

  • Keynote & Colab Facilitator, “F**k Storyworlds!: A Mischievous Guide of the Latest in Cross Media Design”, Emergence Creative Festival, Margaret River, Western Australia, 29th March-1st Feb. I spoke about my not-yet-published-omg-it-is-coming-book!

(Photo of Christy at Emergence, by Martine Perret)

[At the Emergence Creative Festival, Fairfax Dinner]

  • Moderator, “Immersed in the Story“, VR Plus, Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), ACMI, Sunday 5th March, 2017. Panelists include Navid Khonsari (iNK Stories), Lynette Wallworth (Collisions) and Oscar Raby (VRTOV). (see photo below)

  • Panelist, “Making Games on the Side“, Game Development Brisbane, The Glasshouse, QUT, Sunday 5th Feb, 2017. Panelists include James Bowling, John Passfield, Jason Kristy, and Richard Eastes. Moderated by Lee May. (see photo below)

[Making Games on the Side panel, photo by Ashley Davis]

Teaching

  • CIM401 Graduate Studio 2, Master of Creative Industries, SAE Creative Media Institute – national online interdisciplinary studio module – written & run by me, 17T3
  • Guest Lecture, Transmedia Storytelling, CMN105 Introduction to Film and Television Studies, University of Sunshine Coast, October, 2017, Coordinated by Dr Lisa Hill.
  • CIM400 Graduate Studio 1, Master of Creative Industries, SAE Creative Media Institute – national online interdisciplinary studio module – written & run by me, 17T2, 17T3
  • 2720GFS Interactive Storytelling, Lecturer & Tutor, Griffith University, 17T2.
  • CIU111 Overview of Industry, Tutor, SAE Creative Media Institute, 17T1
  • Student Excursion, CIU111 Overview of Industry, visit to local co-working space “GameSpace”, and coffees afterwards with Dan Vogt and Zander Hulme.

(Photo of students at the local cafe with Dan Vogt and Zander Hulme, photo by Joshua Bidwell)

  • Guest Lecture, “What I Really Do,” SAE Creative Media Institute, Perth, March 28th.
  • Facilitator, “Summer Series – Game Development,” SAE Creative Media Institute, Brisbane, Jan 13th-15th. I designed and ran the design side, and Dr Iain McManus did the scripting side. The teenagers created a hybrid digital-board game in 3 days. I took them through player interviewing, play research, speed ideation sessions, and prototyping.

Publications

  • Curator, Contributor (2017) Forward Slash Story Alumni Remote Show #2, 31st Jan. This is a regular publication by alumni who participated in the residential lab I co-run with Lance Weiler. The illustration (below) is by my regular artist Marigold Bartlett.

  • Contributor (2017) One Year in Now Media Vol IV, Simon Staffans, 3rd Jan, 2017. Other contributors include Mike Monello, Jeff Gomez,Asta Wellejus, Angela Natividad, Lee-Sean Huang, Maya Zuckerman, Andrea Phillips and Steve Peters.

Peer Reviews, Publisher Assessments, Funding Assessments

  • Austrian Science Fund
  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • DiGRAA
  • International Journal of Transmedia Literacy
  • Macquarie University (Masters assessment)

Peer Award Judging

  • Australian Writers’ Guild, ‘Interactive Writing’ AWGIES, 2017.

Press/Interviews

  • Interviewee (2017) “Creative Practice and the Law”, Intellectual Property and Innovation Law Research Group, Law School, QUT. 18th Jan. Principal Researcher: Dr Kylie Pappalardo
  • Interviewee (2017) “Episode 77: Interview with Christy Dena,” Pixel Sift, Twitch

Professional Development