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Thursday, January 2 – Sunday, January 5<\/b><\/span>
GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT\u2022NATIONAL HARBOR, MD<\/span>
201 Waterfront Street | National Harbor, Maryland<\/span>
Check out our MAGFest Demoparty trailer h<\/b><\/a>ere<\/b><\/a>!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Polish Cultural Institute New York is proud to present MAGFest Demoparty<\/b><\/a>,<\/span> a 24hr event, led by <\/span>Polish Demoscene gurus Grzegorz \u201cfei\u201d Juraszek and  Jakub \u201cAceMan\u201d Szelag, during the 3 days of <\/span>the legendary Super MAGFest festival, taking place in National Harbor, MD from January 2 to 5, 2020.<\/span>
Demoparty presents a digital artform known as the \u201cdemo\u201d, and in 2020 a special focus will be on <\/span>demo music created on old generation consoles! Demoparty program will include: music coding <\/span>workshops, lectures about Demoscene background, demo showcase, the 24 hr 3-day Demoparty <\/span>with live broadcast for attending participants and remote guests as well as the final competition with <\/span>prizegiving. MAGFest visitors will be able to vote live on their favorite demos, interact with creators <\/span>to learn their techniques, and watch in awe as new codes for music are developed in the making of <\/span>this magical computer art form. The event is going to be livestreamed during the Super MAGFest <\/span>Festival.<\/span>

The Demoscene<\/b> emerged in the 1980s as an informal movement of digital content creators who <\/span>produce graphics, music and software. Some would release their work independently, but many <\/span>joined forces to create non-interactive 2D and 3D presentations along the lines of movie or video <\/span>game effects. These are called demos and are run on hardware in real time, computed on-the-fly.<\/span>
Demos (as well as their smaller, byte-sized counterparts, \u201cintros\u201d) were once distributed free of <\/span>charge on pre-internet online systems as well as floppy disks with other software. In the early online <\/span>era, demosceners wanted a place to meet, since sometimes they had not even met their <\/span>collaborators. The Demoparty was born.<\/span>
Demoparties have been running since the early nineties. They quickly became known for debut <\/span>screenings of new demos and competitions for prizes. Since the European scene is much larger, the <\/span>MAGFest Demoparty aims to grow the American Demoscene by building links between the gaming <\/span>and Demoscene communities and introducing newcomers to the scene.<\/span>

MAGFest Demoparty <\/a><\/span>will be a continuation of a three-year cooperation of Polish Demoscene b<\/span>animators (previously gathered around the Riverwash initiative, now Xenium) with the MAGFest <\/span>organization, thanks to the continuous support of the Polish Cultural Institute New York and the <\/span>Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington DC.<\/span>
MAGFest Demoparty will be an opportunity to foster the Demoscene environment in the USA. This <\/span>movement in America is scarcely active, which is caused by large distances, objective organizational <\/span>problems and concentration of people involved in the creative use of hardware platforms on <\/span>consoles that are difficult to program\/create music\/graphics\/animation on, whereas Europe <\/span>(including Poland) has over 20 years of tradition in organizing meetings and Demoscene <\/span>competitions, including the last 11 years involved in the largest Polish meeting of this type called <\/span>Riverwash and the reactivation of Xenium event (September 2019). This collaboration brings Polish <\/span>and American demosceners together with the MAGFest organizers in creation of a unique <\/span>experience.<\/span>


PROGRAM <\/b>MAGFest Demoparty<\/b><\/a><\/span> <\/span>2020<\/b><\/span>

Thursday, January 2 nd<\/b><\/span>
– <\/b>6:00 PM \u2013 doors open (demoparty is 24\/3 if there are people interested in watching so come <\/span>anytime you want!, this is only the schedule for highlighted events)<\/span>
– <\/b>demoshow till midnight<\/span>

Friday, January 3 rd<\/b><\/span>
– <\/b>4:00 PM \u2013 Jakub \u201cAceMan\u201d Szelag: Music creation workshops for older generation<\/span>
consoles. Discussion of technical differences between platforms, characteristic<\/span>
features of sound systems, presentation of software which enables writing music for<\/span>
GameBoy, Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo equipment – introduction and beginner<\/span>
workshop<\/span>
– <\/b>6:00 PM \u2013 Brendan \u201cInverse Phase\u201d Becker and Grzegorz \u201cFei\u201d Juraszek: introduction<\/span>
to Demoscene for beginners – how to be a demoscener, early days and history of Demoscene, current trends, etc.<\/span>
– <\/b>8:00 PM \u2013 announcement of fast competitions, official beginning of MAGFest<\/span>
Demoparty 2020<\/span>
– <\/b>demoshow till midnight<\/span>

Saturday, January 4 th<\/b><\/span>
– <\/b>4:00 PM \u2013 Jakub \u201cAceMan\u201d Szelag: Music creation workshops for older generation consoles.<\/span>
Discussion of technical differences between platforms, characteristic features of sound<\/span>
systems, presentation of software which enables writing music for GameBoy, Sega Genesis or <\/span>Super Nintendo equipment – advanced workshop for skilled musicians with their works going <\/span>into the competition<\/span>

– <\/b>6:00 PM \u2013 competitions (entries submitted by participants of the party get shown on the <\/span>screen and people vote for them, also remotely)<\/span><\/div>\n

Sunday, January 5 th<\/span><\/strong>– <\/b>10:00 AM \u2013 voting ends<\/span>
– <\/b>11:00 AM – prizegiving ceremony (best entries get trophies), closing ceremony<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Since the European scene is much larger, the MAGFest Demoparty aims to grow the American Demoscene by building links between the gaming and Demoscene communities and introducing newcomers to the scene.MAGFest Demoparty will be a continuation of a three-year cooperation of Polish Demoscene banimators (previously gathered around the Riverwash initiative, now Xenium) with the MAGFest organization, thanks to the continuous support of the Polish Cultural Institute New York and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington DC.MAGFest Demoparty will be an opportunity to foster the Demoscene environment in the USA. This movement in America is scarcely active, which is caused by large distances, objective organizational problems and concentration of people involved in the creative use of hardware platforms on consoles that are difficult to program\/create music\/graphics\/animation on, whereas Europe (including Poland) has over 20 years of tradition in organizing meetings and Demoscene competitions, including the last 11 years involved in the largest Polish meeting of this type called Riverwash and the reactivation of Xenium event (September 2019). 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Discussion of technical differences between platforms, characteristicfeatures of sound systems, presentation of software which enables writing music forGameBoy, Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo equipment - introduction and beginnerworkshop- 6:00 PM \u2013 Brendan \u201cInverse Phase\u201d Becker and Grzegorz \u201cFei\u201d Juraszek: introductionto Demoscene for beginners - how to be a demoscener, early days and history of Demoscene, current trends, etc.- 8:00 PM \u2013 announcement of fast competitions, official beginning of MAGFestDemoparty 2020- demoshow till midnightSaturday, January 4 th- 4:00 PM \u2013 Jakub \u201cAceMan\u201d Szelag: Music creation workshops for older generation consoles.Discussion of technical differences between platforms, characteristic features of soundsystems, presentation of software which enables writing music for GameBoy, Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo equipment - advanced workshop for skilled musicians with their works going into the competition- 6:00 PM \u2013 competitions (entries submitted by participants of the party get shown on the screen and people vote for them, also remotely)\nSunday, January 5 th- 10:00 AM \u2013 voting ends- 11:00 AM - prizegiving ceremony (best entries get trophies), closing ceremony"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2020\/04\/15\/magfest-demoparty-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/01\/magfest-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/01\/magfest-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2020\/04\/15\/magfest-demoparty-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MAGFest DEMOPARTY"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#website","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/","name":"Instytut Polski w Nowym Jorku","description":"Instytuty Polskie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pl-PL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/5f2fba1d3c3443ea7c8c310de0465fd3","name":"gumpertk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9a03cbb06be2b47c43457dcbf679b95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9a03cbb06be2b47c43457dcbf679b95?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"gumpertk"},"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/author\/gumpertk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}