PRESENT PROJECTS'Speech-interactive avatars' by Al Razutis 2009 - 2010:
This project combines real-time video with speaking/interacting avatar female 'host' and continues Razutis' interests in speech-driven content for delivery on multiple platforms and speech enabled browsers. His original work in SR and avatars dates back to 2000-2001 when Razutis was animation, 3D and virtual reality department head for the Mission Corporation, Bellevue, Washington. Under Razutis' designs this department produced working demos integrating real-time viewer speech-interaction with animated humanoids in 3D space. Razutis' multi-media background, which includes extensive experience in film, video, 3D, virtual reality, and user interfaces for web media is utilized in the design and development of these next-generation user interfaces and content. > More information on speech-interactive UI < |
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On display: 'Stress Topography' , a classic suite of 1983-1985 interferograms as art by Al Razutis, was featured on the cover of the book 'Basics of Interferometry' (2nd edition 2006) by P. Hariharan, published by Academic Press. |
'SCAT!' , a 3D Interactive Film and PC - console video game, based on a paradoxes of physics and original concept, design and screenplay by Al Razutis, is in pre-development. This multi-player RPG game and LF stereoscopic 3D film features an adventure science - surreality theme, and is directed / designed by Al Razutis.
Co-production and investment partnerships are currently being sought in production, distribution, exhibition and marketing. Contact the Producer, Al Razutis for development information and offerings.
Visit Surreality for more information on this project.
A three-volume DVD on West-Coast Holographic Art, produced and directed by Al Razutis, is in post-production. This unique document of artists and their works does not 'historicize' or 'curate' holographic art. Rather, it presents the artists and their works directly addressing creative expression in holographic art on the U.S. and Canada west-coasts in the 90's.
The DVD series was created by a past publisher-editor-writer on the arts of holography (Razutis), who is also an accomplished holographer and 3D video artist himself.
> Videotapes - DVDs of this project <
Part Three - recorded entirely with stereoscopic 3D video techniques - all videography and editing / post fx by Al Razutis, and was mastered at Paxton Holographics and with the assistance of the owner/laboratory head Chuck Paxton. Financial assistance was provided by The Shearwater Foundation administered by Posey Jackson and Dr. Andrew Pepper
The multi-volume 3D DVD presents holography in true stereoscopic 3D, where the holographic works, people, labs, exhibitions are spatially represented and where holographic images 'float in space' in front of the viewer's video screen (as they should).
The DVDs feature the work of four holographic artists: Fred Unterseher, Melissa Crenshaw, Sharon McCormack, and Al Razutis, and two display holography entrepreneurs and technical innovators and directors: Chuck Paxton and Gary Cullen. This volume presents the holographic works and studios of the subjects in full 3D quality and is now completed and was previously exhibited in 2004 at SeNef (Seoul Net and Film Festival), Ilmin Art Museum - Samsung Media Lounge, in Seoul, Korea as a the four-monitor installation titled 'West-Coast Artists in Light'.
Please visit West-Coast Artists in Light page for additional background on this project and image selections of the artist works in this video and DVD
Production support for this project has been provided by the Shearwater Foundation.
SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONSSeNef (Seoul Net and Film Festival) 2004 - Seoul, Korea:
OTHER SELECTED FILM - VIDEO EXHIBITIONS:AMERIKA excerpts - screening in London, U.K., 2004:Three short films from 'AMERIKA' were screened on August 7, 2004 at FILM - SPOOL - 3 as part of curated thematic film presentations: The Wildwest Show (program: 'Cinematic and Televisual Interruptions'), A Message from our Sponsor (program: 'Oh! Poor Lacan!!'), and Photo Spot (program: 'To Make or Not to Make'). The show was curated in part by Saul Novella.
AMERIKA - screening in Madison, Wisconsin, 2004:AMERIKA by Al Razutis was presented by Starlight Cinema in Madison, Wisconsin on February 5, 2004 in three-screen format from DVD discs. The screening was organized by Stuart Zehner, the Starlight Cinema Coordinator. AMERIKA 'classics' in Germany 2003:Two classic films, 'Vortex' and '98.3KHz: (Bridge at Electrical Storm', which were independently released as shorts from AMERIKA by Al Razutis were presented by Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst in Oldenburg, Germany in September and November , 2003. These classic films from the early 70's represent works bridging experimental film with analog video (a 'heresy' in those days for most 'experimental' filmmakers). They were featured in a retrospective program, 'Tour de Force' of notable historical U.S. and international experimental films; program curated by Ralf Sausmikat of the European Media Arts Festival (EMAF). VISUAL ESSAYS in the U.K. 2003:Two component films from VISUAL ESSAYS by Al Razutis. 'Ghost : Image' and 'For Artaud' were presented by The Spool - Pool in London, England on August 30th, 2003. The films were featured in a program of collage - montage (U.S. and international) experimental films; program curated by Saulius Uzpelkis of The SPOOL - POOL. AMERIKA in France 2003:A three-screen presentation of AMERIKA by Al Razutis was presented by MIRE in Nantes, France on April 19th, 2003. 
Vancouver, Canada 2002:>A three-screen presentation of AMERIKA
by Al Razutis was presented at The BLINDING LIGHT!! -
Vancouver, B.C. Canada on October 19th, 2002. The show was
organized and curated by Alex MacKenzie and the screening was
only the
second time
ever in North America that this film was presented in 3-screens (a typical
format in Europe and elsewhere). Filmmaker
was in attendance to introduce the film and related topics.
Revue by Bryan Zandberg (2003) - Amerika....Amerika 2002 Germany:
Featured film works by Razutis included Amerika (3-screens) and Visual Essays by Al Razutis, as well as a program of 3D Video Selections and digital web-works (with performance) by Razutis. EMAF Razutis Retrospective Catalog -- EMAF 2002 Complete TEXTS with PHOTOS / April, 2002 (746 K .PDF file) " The European Media Arts Festival is one of the largest and best known festivals for experimental film, video-art and new media work in the world, and gains the highest reputation with the yearly exhibition presenting sculptural and interactive film, video and computer-installations." 
Additional screenings of Razutis' works in Germany were held at
Kinemathek Karlsruhe> in Karlsruhe (May 3rd) - curated by Alfred Meyer, and Kommunales Kino, in Frieburg (May 4th) - curated by Wolfgang Lahmann.
These exhibtions were hosted by dedicated and exceptional staff (both administrative and technical), who are a credit to the active avant-garde and cultural scenes in Germany.
Filmmaker's notes on this retrospective is posted at
Also in 2002, Visual Essays was presented at Six-Pack Film Festival and Symposium on Early Cinema and the Avant-Garde Film (March 8- 13, 2002) in the Stadtkino Wien / Vienna / Austria.
Essay
by Bruce Jenkins on Razutis' Bridge
at Electrical Storm
Bridge at Electrical Storm and Ghosts in the Machine were exhibited as part of the Media Art Bienalle, Wroclaw, Poland in April, 1999. Media history was made in Canada
when 3D video art by Al
Razutis was presented at the Pacific Cinematheque
Pacifique, Vancouver, Canada, on September
18 and 19th, 1998.
A 78 min. program of selected 3D video-art tapes was large-screen videoprojected, on two SHARP LCD 440 videoprojectors (cross-polarized), utilizing a de-mux box (for right - left eye channel separation and output to projectors) purchased from Andrew Woods, and the audience was provided with 300 polarized glasses loaned for the presentation by CN - Imax 3D (Vancouver) . This exhibition was assisted by Video Out (Vancouver), Maya Martin distribution coordinator. Attempts by some members of Video In (Vancouver) to sabotage this showing were unsuccessful. On November 10, 1998, a program of 3D video art by Al Razutis was presented at the Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Oregon as a U.S. premiere presentation of Stereoscopic 3D video art.
This event, held in conjunction with the Festival, was coordinated by Howard Aaron, Associate Director of the Center, and featured the assistance of their great staff. The evening's show was held at the Guild Theater with dual-projection and silver screen.
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Saturna Island, B.C. CANADA V0N 2Y0 For all media orders see: ORDER PAGE [ TOP OF PAGE ] SITE CREDITSThis site and its offspring, began in 1996 with the invitation of Urs Fries of www.holonet.khm.de to post a few images from 'West-Coast Artists in Light' (video) and texts from Wavefront Holography Magazine on the holographic art gateway site developed by Mr. Fries at the University of Cologne. From 1996 'Visual Alchemy on the net' was developed by Al Razutis to feature a progressive inclusion of new media and VRML content representing both the history and changing motion-picture 3D works of Al Razutis (your host, and author of this site). The two individuals who provided the initial support (in the form of free hosting) for this site were Dwight Jones of Imagen Communications, the original home of www.alchemists.com, and Urs Fries of Holonet, Germany (present host of European mirror-site). Subsequent financial support has, at times, also been provided by Anne Popperwell, Danguole Varnas, Jerry Barenholtz, and Richard Karpinsky. All site contents, unless otherwise indicated, were created and coded by Al Razutis Currilum Vitae - Art BioSITE MEDIA CREDITS: All 2D and 3D graphics content and conversions, flash, applets, and all multi-media, HTML and VRML coding, including AVI / MPEG editing and conversions are by Al Razutis, copyright, all rights reserved, ; additional VRML credits, where appropriate, appear in the UROBOROS VRML web-site credits page.
A Final Bed-Time Story?Re-visit
ALICE'S ADVENTURES - LOOKING GLASS - MAP Or, as Alice would remind us: "... sometimes I've always thought of that curious Cat, in this very strange place of mirrors...looking glasses...and strange fractal things....as, oh, dear! I forgot it's name!" And then she fell asleep! Dreaming of Cheshire cats chasing the tails of...fractals.
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