You’ve seen Avatar – probably more than once, now that a special edition is kicking around theatres – and now you can hear the stories behind the spectacle at a talk tonight with film designers TyRuben Ellingson and Yuri Bartoli.
Ellingson was the lead vehicle designer and Bartoli the supervising visual art director for James Cameron’s blue-hued behemoth. They’ll be giving a presentation tonight (8/30), called From Art School to Avatar, at El Sol y Luna (600 E. Sixth St.) at 6:30pm. The event is the first in a series called 2.0 presented by Austin-based production company luzworks, and luzworks founder Jonathan de la Luz tells us the evening will also include a special announcement about an upcoming Austin-based project.
Admission is free, but if you can’t make it out of the house, the event will be streaming live starting at 7pm here.
This article appears in August 27 • 2010.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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