Donna Cox

Professor Donna J. Cox

· Invitational Visualization Exhibitions

· Juried Visualization Exhibitions

Last update September 2006

· Invitational Visualization Exhibitions

“The Monster of the Milky Way,” PBS High-Definition television show, NCSA Producer/Director, Funded by NOVA and National Science Foundation, Cox is co-PI. Premier date: October 31, 2006.

“Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity”, NSF funded planetarium show, premiering January 2006 at Denver Museum of Nature and Science and traveling to other digital theaters. Cox is NCSA Producer/Director. Funded by National Science Foundation, Cox is co-PI. Showing February 10, 2006 – present

http://spiders.dmns.org/main/en/General/Planetarium/CurrentShows/blackHolePlanetarium.htm

http://spiders.dmns.org/main/en/Professionals/Press/CurrentPressReleases/Press+Releases/Planetarium/blackHolesImagesPress.htm; http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/04Releases/09.07.04_Exploring_.html

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/News/Access/Releases/04Releases/09.07.04_Exploring_.html

http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/02.01.06_NCSA_visua.html

http://www.dmns.org/main/en/Professionals/Press/CurrentPressReleases/

http://nsf.gov/news/now_showing/museums/black_hole.jsp

Traveling Exhibitions:

· Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, June 1- Nov 22, 2006.

· Kendall Planetarium, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon, Sept 5, 2006 - Oct 11, 2007

“Cosmic Voyage” IMAX Film, Cox Associate Producer, Scientific Visualization for the entire IMAX movie, and Art Director for PIXAR/NCSA segment, responsible for first data-driven visualizations.

http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Stories/97Stories/CosmicAward.html

http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/97Releases/970214.CVacademy.html

http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/96Releases/960731.cosmic.html

Traveling Exhibitions:

· Bibliotheca Alexandrina MegaDome, Alexandria Egypt, 2006.

· Cine Domo Maloka, Maloka Science Center, Bogota Colombia, 2006.

· Gujarat Science City IMAX® 3D Theatre, Village Hebatpur, Ahmedabad, India, 2006.

· Speyer Technik Museum IMAX® Dome Filmtheater, Am Technik Museum, Speyer Germany, 2006.

· IMAX® Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen Denmark, 2006.

· The Science Place & TI Founders IMAX® Theater, The Science Place in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, 2006.

· IMAX® Theatre Winnipeg, Third Level Portage Place, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, 2006.

· Chabot Space and Science Center, Tien MegaDome Theater, Oakland, California, 2006. http://www.bigmoviezone.com/filmsearch/movies/index.html?uniq=54

· Science World at Telus World of Science, OMNIMAX theatre, 2005 – January 2006, Vancouver, BC

· Omni Theatre City West (Perth, AUSTRALIA) Friday, January 31, 1997 -Thurs, January 01, 2015

· National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC Aug 9, 1996- 2000

· EXPLORA (Leon) Friday, February 12, 1999 Thursday,- January 01, 2015

· Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen, Denmark Jan 28, 1997-2000

· IMAX, The Seattle Times Company, Vancouver, Canada Dec 25, 1998 - 2001

· Great America IMAX Pictorium, San Francisco, CA Apr 13, 1999-2000

· The Fembank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA Oct 1, 1997-1999

· TI Founders IMAX Theater, The Science Place, Dallas,TX Mar 22, 1998-1999

· Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, AZ Apr 5, 1997-1998

· Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC Jun 1, 1997-1998

· Arkansas Aerospace Education Center, AR Mar 1998-1999

· Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA Oct 1, 1996-1998

· Alcan OMNIMAX Theatre (Vancouver, CANADA)) Sunday, Nov 08, 1998 Tuesday, Nov 07, 2000

· OMNIMAX Theatre (Copenhagen) Saturday, Nov 30, 1996 Sunday- Monday, May 15, 2000

· IMAX Dome Theatre (Taipei) Friday, February 05, 1999 - Friday, February 04, 2000

· COSMONOVA (Stockholm, SWEDEN) Monday, Nov 18, 1996-Nov 1999

· Observer OMNIMAX Theatre (Charlotte, NC) Sun, Sept 01, 1996- Fri, April 30, 1999

· IMAX Filmtheater (Vienna, AUSTRIA) Thursday, April 22, 1999-Saturday, May 22, 1999

· United States Air Force Museum IMAX Theater (Dayton) August 31, 1996- January 31, 1999

· Space Theatre (Kowloon) Tuesday, Sept 16, 1997-Thurs, Sept 16, 1999

· California Science Center IMAX Theater (Los Angeles) Feb 26, 1999-Jun 24, 1999

· IMAX Dome Theatre (Taipei) Tuesday, February 04, 1997 Thursday, February 04, 1999

· Ontario Science Center, IMAX Theatre, Canada Nov 1997-May 6, 1999

· IMAX Theatre (Lucerne) Saturday, Nov 01, 1997-Sunday, Feb 28, 1999

· Shoppers Drug Mart OMNIMAX Theatre (Toronto) Saturday, Nov 01, 1997-Mon, Nov 1, 1999

· IMAX Discovery Theater (Myrtle Beach), North Carolina Dec 01, 1997- June 30, 1999

· IMAX Theater (Little Rock, Arkansas) Sun, Sept 28, 1997-Sun, Feb 28, 1999

· Maryland Science Center IMAX Theater (Baltimore, Maryland) Thursday, Feb 6, 1997-Jun 30, 1999

· IMAX Theatre (Calgary) Thursday, January 01, 1998-Friday, Dec 31, 1999

· U.S. Space and Rocket Center Spacedome IMAX Theater (Huntsville) Sept 30, 1996-Aug 30, 1999

· American Museum of Natural History, IMAX Theater (New York) Sept 13, 1996-Aug 30, 1998

· Singapore Science Centre Omni-Theatre (Singapore) November 06, 1996-September 30, 1998

· Reuben Fleet Space Theater & Science Center, San Diego, CA Nov 1996, May 23, 1997-June 30 1998

· IMAX Experience Theatre (Tokorozawa) Monday, December 01, 1997 Tues March 31, 1998

· Science World British Columbia Alcan OMNIMAX Theatre (Vancouver) Nov 8, 1996-Nov 7, 1998

· Omniversum (The Hague, Netherlands) Thursday, June 12, 1997 Thursday-December 31, 1998

· Vilafranca Centre Cinema IMAX (Lisbon, Portugal) Fri, Feb 28, 1997 Sat, Feb 28, 1998

· Futuroscope L'OMNIMAX (Poitiers) Saturday, February 01, 1997 Saturday, February 28, 1998

· Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater (Milwaukee) Saturday, Jun 07, 1997-Thurs, Dec 31, 1998

· IMAX Theatre at Eau Claire Market, Calgary, AB Nov 1997-1998

· IMAX Theatre (Edmonton) Friday, March 07, 1997-Tuesday, June 30, 1998

· IMAX Dome Technik Museum Speyer (Speyer) Thursday, July 02, 1998-Sun, February 28, 1999

· Pictorium IMAX Theater (Santa Clara, California) Saturday, March 21, 1998 Sunday, Nov 15, 1998

· Edmonton Space and Science Center, Edmonton, AB Mar 7, 1997-Jun 30, 1998

· EXPLORA (Leon) Friday, February 13, 1998 Friday, February 12, 1999

· La Geode (Paris) Saturday, October 10, 1998 Sunday, October 18, 1998

· Space Theatre (Omiya, Japan) Saturday, March 08, 1997-Sunday, September 07, 1997

· Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater & Science Center (San Diego) Fri Nov 22, 1996-Thurs, May 22, 1997

· Clyde W. Tombaugh Space Theater (Alamogordo) Thursday, Aug 15, 1996 - Mon, June 30, 1997

· IMAX Theatre at Portage Place (Winnipeg, MB) Fri, November 01, 1996-Sat, March 01, 1997

· IMAX Dome Theatre (Ichikawa) Tuesday, April 01, 1997-Sunday, August 03, 1997

· IMAX Theater (Hampton) Tuesday, October 01, 1996 Wednesday, September 30, 1998

· IMAX Theatre (Calgary) Friday, March 21, 1997 - Wed Dec 31, 1997

· IWerks Theatre (Ontario) Saturday, April 05, 1997-Saturday, November 15, 1997

· IMAX Les Ailes (Brossard, Quebec, Canada) Wednesday, April 30, 1997-Wed, July 30, 1997

"The Search for Life: Are We Alone?” Visualizations Digital Dome Space Show, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), March 5, 2002-present

http://www.amnh.org/rose/index.html?src=h_rc; http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/News/Access/Releases/02Releases/03.06.02_NCSA_and_A.html

http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/02Releases/03.06.02_NCSA_and_A.html

Traveling Exhibitions:

· Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2005 – June 8, 2006.

http://www.dmns.org/main/en/General/Planetarium/CurrentShows/Search+for+Life.htm

· Oregon Museum of Nature and Science, Portland Oregon, Sept 27, 2005 – Sept 2, 2006

"Passport to the Universe," Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, Project Lead and co-creator for 4 minutes of digital show with data-driven cosomological simulations, as part of the Planetarium public Millenium opening December 31, 1999, showing January1, 2000 -present.

http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/02Releases/03.06.02_NCSA_and_A.html

Traveling Exhibitions:

· Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, January-May 31, 2006.

· Oregon Museum of Nature and Science, Portland Oregon, Sept 27, 2005 – Sept 2, 2006

“Hunt for the Supertwister”, PBS NOVA HDTV, premiered March 30, 2004, co-producer and director for scientific visualizations; primetime reruns May 3, 2005, April 11, 2006and June 4, 2006

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tornado/

“IntelliBadge” conference and visualization exhibition at the IEEE Supercomputing 2002 Conference, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Cox directed 12 people to design and implement the first location-tracking of conference attendees and provided kiosk-services. She developed real-time visualizations at three displays. Sponsored by the IEEE. November 16-22, 2002. http://intellibadge.ncsa.uiuc.edu/; http://www-it.desy.de/common/documentation/cd-docs/SC2002/ex_ind.htm; http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Stories/IntelligentTech/

“Unfolding Universe,” Discovery Channel Documentary, 16 animation/visualizations of astrophysics, Premiered June 3, 2002, Producer and Art Director for NCSA Scientific Visualizations http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/05.29.02_NCSA_Team_.html

“Runway Universe,” HDTV NOVA/WGBH Documentary, 8 minutes of astrophysics and astronomy visualizations, Premiered Nov21, 2000; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/

"Death Star", PBS Nova, scientific visualizations, premiered broadcast January 8, 2002
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gamma/

“Immersion,” BEAP 2002 Biennale for Electronic Arts Perth, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, Australia, August 1 – September 15, 2002. http://www.beap.org

"Space Millenium", NHK television broadcast, Japan, scientific visualization team director, premiered Nov 8, 2002.

"National Geographic 2000: Great Moments in Time," National Geographic Television Show Millenium Special, aired on National Broadcasting Company (NBC), November 1999. Provided animations of colliding galaxies and other astrophysical phenmenon by Cox and collaborators.

"Talk Show", Telegeopraphy map for The London Millenium Dome, London, ENGLAND, NSFET maps in the programme which will be on show to the general public at the Dome for no more than 15 months.

“Seeing Time,” Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1995-1997, constributed computer graphics to venue. Was selected as part of the California State Fair Multimedia Exhibit and traveled to more than 10 western states.

“A Science Odyessy Series”, PBS Home Video originally aired January 12 & 14, 1998; visualizations shown as part of two episodes: “Bigger, Better, Faster” and "Mysteries of the Universe”, aired nationally, January 14, 1998. video copyright 1998.

TED: Technotainment conference at Sony IMAX in New York City special showing “Cosmic Voyage,” Thursday September 25, 1997, New York, New York, requested by Richard Saul Wurman.

Design of Understanding 2, American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA National Headquarters, The Strathmore Gallery, 164 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, June 19 - August 1, 1997.

MEDIA SHOCK: Visual Fusion/Desktop Revolution, New York ACM SIGGRAPH, "Garbage," New York, New York, May 8-10, 1992

Hightech Art Sapporo, "Venus & Milo," Sapporo, JAPAN, April 16-27, 1992

Festival of Animation, 1992, "Garbage" Touring 50 cities in the United States, 1991 through 1992.

GARBAGE...and all that trash! Animation exhibit, Sacramento Science Center, Sacramento, California, October 1991 - March 1992

High Technology Art 1991, "Venus & Milo," Tokyo JAPAN, August 1-12, 1991.

Infinite Illusions: The World of Electronically Created Imagery, Smithsonian Institute, September 8 - October 5, 1990.

Passages De L'Image, National Museum of Modern Art in Paris, September - December 1990;

Traveling Exhibition:

· Barcelona EUROPE

· Toronto CANADA

· Columbus UNITED STATES

· San Francisco UNITED STATES

· (February 1991 through February 1992)

Eurographics '88 Film and Video Show, Nice, FRANCE, September 12-16, 1988; invited selection of computer graphics/art for the film and video. Organized by Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique.

LES CHEMINS DU VIRTUEL, Creation Industrielle et Simulation Informatique, animation Cahiers du CCI, Une presentation Audiovisuelle au Centre D'Information du CCI, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FRANCE, 26 avril - 22 mai 1989.

· Juried Visualization Exhibitions

DomeFest 2005, three works selected: “Visualization of F3 Tornado within a Supercell Thunderstorm Simulation;” “Visual excerpt from ‘Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity’ (Stellar Orbits Around the Galactic Center Black Hole)”; “Evolution of the Universe: Galaxies Forming on Filamentary Structures” at SIGGRAPH 2005 and traveling to other planetaria. http://www.domefest.org/ http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/06.09.05_NCSA_Visua.html;

Chabot Space & Science Center Mar 10-11, 2006. http://www.chabotspace.org/domefest/index.htm

SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater, 28,000 attendees, “Visualization of an F3 Tornado Within a Simulated Supercell Thunderstorm,” and published in SIGGRAPH 2005 Conference Electronic Art and Animation Catalog,, published by ACM: New York, August 2005, p. 248-249. Electronic Theater Program, published by ACM SIGGRAPH in conjunction with Computer Graphics World, Number 25, page 10; Electronic Theater DVD, SIGGRAPH Video Review Issue 150, Number 16, 1 minute 15 seconds. http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/06.09.05_NCSA_Visua.html

SIGGRAPH 2001 Computer Animation Theater, "Evolution of the Universe: Large-scale Structure and Galaxy Formation," HD animation, Electronic Art and Animation Catalog, published by ACM: New York, August 2001, exhibited at the Los Angeles Convention Center, catalogue page 222.

SIGGRAPH 2000 Animation Festival, "Passport to the Universe," Excerpt from Hayden Planetarium NYC Digital Dome Space Show, Hayden Planetarium, AMNH, August 2000.

NICOGRAPH 1996 Film and Video Show, Tokyo JAPAN, “Excerpt from the Cosmic Voyage IMAX movie”, November 1996.

SIGGRAPH 1996 Electronic Theater, “Cosmic Voyage: Galaxy Formation and Interaction,” excerpt from the Cosmic Voyage IMAX movie, SIGGRAPH 96 Visual Proceedings: the Art and Interdisciplinary Programs of SIGGRAPH 96, published by ACM SIGGRAPH copyright 1996, page 174. 27,000 attendees, New Orleans, LA, August 4-10, 1996. Electronic Theater Program, Number 19, pg. 4. Top 5% of more than 500 entries. http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Releases/96Releases/960731.cosmic.html

Fifth International Computer Film Festival, "Garbage" Geneva, Switzerland, May 20-22, 1992, 3,000+ attendees in 3 evenings, over 200 films entered.

1992 International Computer Animation Competition, sponsored by the National Computer Graphics Association, 2^nd Place winner in Faculty/student category, "Garbage", Spring 1992.

Holland Animation Film Festival, "Garbage," Utrecht, Holland, April 23-26, 1992.

New Realities 92, "Garbage," Zürich, Switzerland, January 22 - March 22, 1992, finalist, over 10, 000 visitors to the exhibition.

International Computer Animation Competition - Images du Futur 91, "Venus & Milo," Montreal, CANADA, May 31 through September 17, 1991.

PARIS CITE 1991, "Garbage" Paris FRANCE, November 18-20, 1991. Finalist.

EUROGRAPHICS '91, "Venus & Milo" Vienna AUSTRIA, September 2-6, 1991.

Fourth Computer Film Festival - Computer Animation '91, "Venus & Milo" Geneva, Switzerland, May 22-24, 1991, Finalist, 3,000 attendees

SIGGRAPH 88 Film and Video Show, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2-4, 1988 *only 40 video/films were selected from more than 380 entries.

Florida Film Festival, "Garbage," Orlando, Florida, June 5-14, 1992

AUSGRAPH 89 Film and Video Show, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, AUSTRALIA, July 10-14, 1989.

Computer Animation Festival, College of Design, Art, and Planning, School of Art, University of Cincinnati. February 19-21, 1987.

Prix Ars Electronica '87, Participants Graphic organized by Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. Linz, Franckstrasse 2a, September 16 - 19, 1987. International Electronic Art: 480 international participants.

SIGGRAPH 87 Film & Video Show, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA; July 27-31, 1987.

*International Competition with 27,000 attendees *40 works selected from 158 entries