Donna Tracy
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Donna Tracy is a visual effects artist whose work on numerous feature films over more than 25 years includes Star Wars
and Spider-Man
. She deflty moved from traditional film, animation and visual effects to the digital production process in an ever shifting and fickle industry. She applies this deftness to her installation artwork. A fine example is, "Cloudwoman", shown at the old Los Angeles Jail in 1998. It was a collaborative work with Jael Lehmann and Ann Monn that gave voice to Olive Oatman who became Cloudwoman. Another work of interest is a digital print series she created entitled, "Virtual Species or Digital Waste" (2005), that was developed out of small discarded and unused scraps of texture patches salvaged from the digital dustbins of the digital film making process. This discarded digital trash is called "digitritus," (digital ditritus). She likens it to peeling paint or bark that inspires you to create something else out of it. She has presented, written and published about copyright issues in regards to this work. Her masters in art studies were at the California Institute of the Arts
in the Art Program. An animated work, "Nichelodeon: A Peep Show", was recently projected (2006) at the MOMA
exhibition TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures (former Cal Arts students work.)
In 2001, she resigned from her position at Sony Pictures, to teach at Chaffey College
. She has moved on from there to start OmniCosm Studios with Adolf Schaller. They recently completed a commission for the Griffith Observatory
in Los Angeles - a series of new planet landscapes, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto, for the Deep Space Exhibit. Currently, she is in development with Adolf Schaller and Michael Ferriter (Pure Light Images) on the creation of a 3D film series for multi-venue theater productions based on astronomical phenomena. Their first two productions are, "Journey to a Black Hole 3D" and "Star Blast 3D: A Supernova Experience".
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
and Spider-Man
Spider-Man (film)
Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film, the first in the Spider-Man film series based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp...
. She deflty moved from traditional film, animation and visual effects to the digital production process in an ever shifting and fickle industry. She applies this deftness to her installation artwork. A fine example is, "Cloudwoman", shown at the old Los Angeles Jail in 1998. It was a collaborative work with Jael Lehmann and Ann Monn that gave voice to Olive Oatman who became Cloudwoman. Another work of interest is a digital print series she created entitled, "Virtual Species or Digital Waste" (2005), that was developed out of small discarded and unused scraps of texture patches salvaged from the digital dustbins of the digital film making process. This discarded digital trash is called "digitritus," (digital ditritus). She likens it to peeling paint or bark that inspires you to create something else out of it. She has presented, written and published about copyright issues in regards to this work. Her masters in art studies were at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
in the Art Program. An animated work, "Nichelodeon: A Peep Show", was recently projected (2006) at the MOMA
Moma
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exhibition TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures (former Cal Arts students work.)
In 2001, she resigned from her position at Sony Pictures, to teach at Chaffey College
Chaffey College
Chaffey College is a public community college in the San Bernardino County city of Rancho Cucamonga, California, in the northern part of the community of Alta Loma. Chaffey provides students with different classes and programs, including business, science, the arts, history, philosophy,...
. She has moved on from there to start OmniCosm Studios with Adolf Schaller. They recently completed a commission for the Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory is in Los Angeles, California, United States. Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest...
in Los Angeles - a series of new planet landscapes, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto, for the Deep Space Exhibit. Currently, she is in development with Adolf Schaller and Michael Ferriter (Pure Light Images) on the creation of a 3D film series for multi-venue theater productions based on astronomical phenomena. Their first two productions are, "Journey to a Black Hole 3D" and "Star Blast 3D: A Supernova Experience".