Wobbe Frans Koning

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Assistant Professor, Art and Design

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Calcia Hall 112
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973 655-4140
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Teaching:
ARIL 319 (formerly ARIL 420) - Intro 3D Modeling (SP 08, SP 09, FA 09, SP 10, FA 10, FA 11)
ARIL 321 - Intro 3D Computer Illustration and Animation (FA 07, FA 08, SP 09, FA 09, SP 10, FA 10, SP 11, SP 12)
ARIL 360 - Motion, Light, Texture, Mapping (FA 08, FA 09, FA 10, FA 11, FA 12)
ARIL 421 - Advanced 3D Computer Illustration and Animation (SP 09, SP 10, SP 11, SP 11, SP 12)

Bio:
Wobbe F. Koning studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy (NFTA) in Amsterdam. After graduating in 1990 he worked for several years as a video editor for Dutch television, as a teaching assistant and later lecturer at the Sound Department of the NFTA and as an independent video artist. He has produced several short video works and collaborated on multidisciplinary projects.

In 1997 he moved to Columbus, Ohio, to pursue a MFA degree in Art and Technology, within the Art Department of the Ohio State University (O.S.U). He studied computer graphics and animation, and produced several video experiments. His short animation "Don't Pull the Plug!" was selected for the Art Gallery of SIGGRAPH '99 (Los Angeles), the annual computer graphics conference.

After receiving his MFA in August 2000, Wobbe returned to the Netherlands to take the position of head of the Sound Department (sick replacement) at the NFTA. From September 2001 to October 2005 he taught compositing at that school, with a joint appointment from the IM/VE (Interactive Multimedia / Visual Effects) and Editing departments.

Next to his part time teaching job, together with Bart Reddingius he founded "Pixelberg Animaties" in 2001. He left Pixelberg at the end of 2003 and formed his own shop, called ideePIX.

In the fall of 2005 he has moved across the ocean once again, to West Orange, New Jersey. He is an active member of ACM SIGGRAPH, serving as treasurer of the New York City Chapter, as webmaster for the Education Committee. In 2009 he chaired MetroCAF, the annual Metropolitan Area College Computer Animation Festival.

Next to his teaching he is working on independent animation and video projects. He recently completed "City.Flow()", an experimental video, and the abstract animation "Multidimensional Eye Virus 3d".

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Fall

  • Monday 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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