Tag: The Dandelion King

  • Creator Talks: Heide Solbrig

    Creator Talks: Heide Solbrig

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    BCR invites you to the launch of the first in a series of Creator Talks on Sunday July 12, 2015 at 2:00 pm. First up is local writer, filmmaker, and media artist Heide Solbrig who will discuss her transmedia project The Dandelion King: an autobiographical story told through a graphic novel, six short films, an interactive app, archival footage, and a playable game. The talk will take place at the new Boston Comics Workspace, located at 561 Windsor Street, Studio 306, in Somerville, Mass.

    Solbrig, also known as WhateverFloatsYourBoat Productions, will describe how she developed the ambitious scope of her project, with its innovative interactive and multimedia elements. She will explain her storytelling process as well as the recent publication of the first installment of her graphic novel. This is an excellent educational opportunity for any comics and multimedia enthusiast, both novices and experts alike. BCR intends to host more events such as this in the future to bring community members together to explore creative techniques and style.

    About Heide Solbrig
    Through multimedia, Solbrig tells stories that concentrate on how economics, history, and politics impact us in deeply personal ways. Solbrig holds several advanced degrees, including an MFA in Conceptual Design/Information Arts from San Francisco State University and a Ph.D. in Communication from The University of California, San Diego. Please find more information about Solbrig and her project at www.dandyking.net/.

    Purchase the book here!

    When: Sunday July 12, 2015 at 2:00 pm
    Where:  561 Windsor Street, Studio 306, in Somerville

    Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/403304579856479/
    Calendar Event available here.

    Poster Link: http://bostoncomics.com/?p=2974

     

  • Filmmaker Mag likes Dandelion King

    Filmmaker Mag likes Dandelion King

    Fresh off a successful kickstarter and Participants’ Choice award at the POV Hackathon, “The Dandelion King’s” mobile app, developed by Heide Solbrig and her team to complement her graphic novel of the same name, gets glowing press in Filmmaker Magazine, which praises the projects “complicated strangeness,” calling it “an endearingly personal use of today’s tools to add community and multimedia to the reading experience.”

  • POV Hackathon Winner: The Dandelion King

    POV Hackathon Winner: The Dandelion King

    The BCR’s Heide Solbrig took her project, “The Dandelion King,” a mobile app companion to her graphic novel of the same name, to the POV Hackathon, an event that provides “matchmaking and mentorship for visionary filmmakers and inventive technologists.” Heide came home with the Participants’ Choice award!  You can see a demo of this app at http://vimeo.com/112003535.