Eagle-Con 2023

ART EXHIBITIONS

8:00am – 7:30pm University Library 2^nd Floor Walkway

Art Directors Guild Imaginator Award Winner Exhibition

• Come see the Art Directors Guild exhibition of the work of this year’s Imaginator Award Winner, graphic designer Martin Charles. The exhibition includes his work from films such as The Avengers, Minority Report, Leatherheads, and much more!

9:00am – 4:30pm University Student Union 3^rd Floor, Los Angeles Room (room 308)

Art Directors Guild EagleCon Exhibition

• Come see the Art Directors Guild exhibition of work from your favorite movies and television shows and meet members of the ADG to talk about careers in the entertainment industry. The exhibition will include work from such shows as Star Trek: Picard, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Babylon 5, Lucifer, Jurassic Park, and much more!

PANELS

9:25-10:15am

 Intersectional Disability Representations in Speculative Fiction in the U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)

• Dr. Pau Abustan, Cal State Los Angeles (Fruits Basket)
• Leslie Sweet, Liberal Studies Major (Malcom in the Middle, Mad Max Fury Road, Man in the High Castle)
• Janet Tsi, Graphic Design Major (BatGirl, Oracle)
• Ruby Lopez, Sociology Major (Never Have I Ever)
• Tracy Hong, Nursing Major (Stranger Things)

10:19-10:50am 

 Great California Shakeout Drill In Front of the U-SU

11:00am-12:05pm

 The Music of The Future in the U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)

• Geoff Stradling, orchestrator, Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• David Carbonara, composer and music editor (Mad Men, Chocolat, The Lake House)
• Prof. John Kennedy, Cal State LA, Department of Music (moderating)

 Race, Utopia, and Dystopia in Comics in the U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)

• Dion Bickham, writer (Blood Priest, Unnatural Selection: The Chambers Effect)
• Tamara Brooks, author and commentator
• Lando Tosaya, University of Washington (moderator)

12:20-1:30pm

 Theatre Arts Cosplay Catwalk in the U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)

• Join Professor Bueso and his Theatre Arts students as they model and discuss their costumes that have been inspired by the classic film The 5^th Element.

 SF’s Queer Possibilities in the U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)

• Manifa Baghomian, California State University Los Angeles, “Science Fiction & Transgender Representation: A Symbiotic Partnership”
• Willow Eichler, California State University Los Angeles, “The Queer Experience: Pressures, Freedoms, and Dangers as Presented in Left Hand of Darkness”
• Moderator: Joshua Pearson, Cal State University Los Angeles

1:45-2:55pm

 Prism Award Presentation in the U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)

• Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, writers and illustrators, Love and Rockets
  • Join us in celebrating the achievements of legendary Los Angeles artists and comics creators Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, whose long-running independent title Love and Rockets has inspired generations of artists, musicians, and Chican@ futurists.
  • Moderated by Dr. Victor Viesca, Cal State LA

3:10-4:20pm

 Illustration and Storyboarding in SF in the U-SU Los Angeles Room (room 308)

• Anson Jew, storyboard artist and illustrator (Wonder Woman, World of Warcraft, Fantastic Four)
• Frank Forte, storyboard artist and illustrator (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Lovecraft Country, Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out)
• Moderated by ADG Past President Mimi Gramatky, University of Southern California

 AI, Power, and Free Will in the U-SU Alhambra Room (room 305)

• Mark Balaguer, California State University Los Angeles, “Why the Market Value of Free Will is $99.99: Ted Chiang’s ‘What’s Expected of Us’”
• Jung Soo Lee, University of California Irvine, “Artificial Knowledge and Intelligence Generated through Power Structures in Octavia Butler's Dawn”

 GAMES located in the Games Room, 2^nd Floor, U-SU

• Open Gameplay (including 2 gaming stations) from 10am-2pm
• Super Smash Brothers Tournament from 2-4pm.

Cost: This event is free to all students and faculty members from any high school, college, or university. It is also free to all members of the Cal State LA and UC Riverside communities, as well as to all members of the Art Directors Guild. Just show your school identification card or your union card at the entrance to the event.

Parking: There is free public parking available across the street from the Courtyard Monterey Park underneath the mall.

9:00-10:30am

Continental Breakfast on the 2^nd Floor Outdoor Patio

• Grab some coffee and a bite before the first panels of the day.

PANELS

10:00-11:10am 

 Avatars and AI in Contemporary Video Games in the Venus/Mercury Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Pawel Frelik, University of Warsaw, "’All Your Character Are Belong to Us’: Avatars and In-game Characters As Players' Speculative Extensions”
• David Shipko, Johns Hopkins University, “‘Opportunity knocks’: Artificial Intelligence, Capital Accumulation, and the End(s) of Humanity in Ixion (2022)”

Gender in European Speculative Literature in the Saturn/Mars Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Katie Howard, Cal State LA, Department of Philosophy, “Technologies of Care in Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun”
• Katherine Weiss, Cal State LA, Department of English, “Venus Attacks: Women Haunting Beckett”

11:20am-12:25pm

 A View into the Future: An Introduction to the Lucas Museum in the Venus/Mercury Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Ryan Linkof, Curator and Manager of Collections Development, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
• Joan Jocson-Singh, Director of the Library, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
• Patrick B. Sharp, Cal State LA (moderator)

 New Perspectives in an Old Industry: Writers of Color in 21st Century Hollywood in the Saturn/Mars Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Brandon Easton, writer, Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Agent Carter, Star Trek: Year Five, Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom
• More panelists TBA

12:30-1:30pm

 Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lunch reception in the Outdoor Patio (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Join us for a light lunch and conversation about speculative genres, narrative art, and the future of the Lucas Museum.

1:40pm-2:45pm

 Radical Sovereignty: New, Old, and Emerging Roads to Indigenous Futurity in the Venus/Mercury Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Carolyn Dunn, Cal State LA, Department of Theatre (Tunica/Choctaw-Biloxi, Mvskoke Creek and Cherokee)
• Laura Harjo, University of Oklahoma (Mvskoke Creek)
• Arigon Starr, singer and actor (Kickapoo/Mvskoke Creek)
• Ryder Perez, Cal State LA, Department of Theatre (Yaqui)
• Jeszebel Millan, Cal State LA, Department of Theatre (Purapecha)

 Neurodivergence in Speculative Fiction in the Saturn/Mars Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Rachel S. Anderson, Grand Valley State University, “’I Don’t Want to Be Human’: The Neurodivergent Reader Response to Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries Series”
• Emily Aguilar, Cal State LA, “Autism as a Metaphor for Resistance in Rivers Solomon's An Unkindness of Ghosts”

2:55-4:00pm

 Sentience and Divinity: The Narrative Art of Lucifer in the Venus/Mercury Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Alex Hajdu, production designer (Lucifer, The Walking Dead)
• Tim Wilcox, illustrator (Lucifer, AI, Contact)
• Patrick Sharp, Cal State LA, Department of Liberal Studies (moderator)

 Emerging Ontologies of Artificial Intelligence in the Saturn/Mars Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)

• Joshua Pearson, Cal State LA, Department of Liberal Studies, “Why ‘Hallucination?’:  Exploring the Stakes of How We Label AI Lies
• Stina Attebery, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, “Rocks and Other Intelligences: How do Indigenous Ontologies Transform the Conversation Around AI?”

4:15-7:00pm

 Closing Reception with a Light Dinner and Dessert Bar in the Jupiter Room (2^nd floor, Courtyard Monterey Park)