blinkBL-NK #13
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Event Details
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Date: Wednesday, April 20
Time: Doors at 7:00 PM, first speaker at 7:30 PM
Place: Brewerkz Riverside Point (Opposite Clarke Quay)
Cost: $5 donation
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Talk Summaries
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Talk 1: Motion Comics, The Next Wave in Visual Storytelling**
by Michael Lim
Description: Are you a fan of comic books or animation films? If so, it might be time for you to explore motion comics before thy explode (“POW!”) as the next wave in visual storytelling. In this presentation, Michael Lim will take us beyond just Marvel and DC to challenge our notions about comics and what they might be like in the future. As Stan Lee would say, “Excelsior!”
Speaker: Michael is the founder of the Singapore Visual Effects and Animation Group. He has been an ardent fan of comics and filmmaking since his teens and has been in the industry for over a decade. Among his credits are a Harry Potter film and directing Jackie Chan, but he is most proud of owning a first print of The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. Motion comics are now his calling and he hopes they will become yours.
Talk 2: Origami, It’s Not Just for Kids
by Ben Ball
Description: Many people know origami as a simple if painstaking children’s craft for churning out cranes and fortune tellers. Far fewer are aware that origami can be combined with sophisticated mathematics to create stunning and complex paper art. In this talk, Ben will provide an insider’s peek into the fascinating sub culture of complex origami, sharing the techniques of mathematical design that underlie it and the methods used by experts to execute their work. In addition to sharing stories, Ben will also show images and examples of amazingly accurate and complex pieces, all folded from just one uncut square of paper.
Speaker: Ben has been studying and folding origami since the age of 6, often to the displeasure of his teachers, who mistrusted (at a number of levels) his habit of constantly fiddling under his desk. While living in Japan and San Francisco he became friends with many at the forefront of complex origami, am avocation he continues to explore to this day.
Talk 3: Don’t Know Much About History
by Ross Dillon
Description: How can we help students get the most out of the dreaded history class? Why do they (and we) prefer watching history on TV? And just what are they supposed to take away from it all? In a nutshell: How should history be taught to meet the needs of today’s students? Answers to all this in more in this talk, as Ross Dillon takes on the question of how to make old stuff seem relevant to people who aren’t that old.
Speaker: Ross teaches international history at a Junior College in Singapore, and has taught world history and humanities in the United States. He has also toiled on an archaeological excavation, worked as a line chef, lived in a Zen monastery, and been a librarian, although not in that order.
