Pilgrimage (demo party)
Pilgrimage is a demo party which takes place annually in Salt Lake City, Utah each summer. The first event was held in August 2003, founded by Legalize of the demoscene group Polygony. Pilgrimage is the only active demoscene event of its kind in North America, while over 70 demoparties take place each year throughout Europe. [1]
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Competitions
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Each year, Pilgrimage hosts a variety of different competitions, most of which require a skill in electronic art and/or computer programming, such as:
- Demo
- Combined Music (MP3 and tracked music)
- Pixel Graphics
- Text Mode Graphics
- Blender (Fastmade)
- Wildcard
In 2004, Pilgrimage managed to raise over US $14,000 in cash and prizes to award winners of each of the various competitions. Major sponsors that year included Utah's largest independent ISP XMission, ACiD, ATI Technologies, and deviantART.
Seminars
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In addition to competitions, which are the main focal point of any demo party, Pilgrimage also hosts seminars on art and technology-related subjects such as 3D programming and design, the history of art in computing, and game design.
Partying
Not forgetting the "party" in demoparty, Pilgrimage 2004 included the following activities:
- A Dance Dance Revolution tourney, including several "old school/new school" matchups.
- A city-spanning scavenger hunt organized by members the local 2600 meeting.
- A demoscene trivia quiz show hosted by Jason Scott and Severina and featuring drunken/delirious nerd antics.
- A demonstration of how the popular Finnish cocktail Salmiakki Koskenkorva can be made, and a tasting for all hearty souls.
External links
- Pilgrimage official website
- Pilgrimage demoparty releases indexed at Pouet.
- Pilgrimage 2004 photographs hosted on Slengpung.
- An interview with the organizers of Pilgrimage 2004 by Enrique Caballero of 3dluvr.com.
- The Inception of Computer Graphics — The relationship between Utah and Computer Graphics.
- North American Demo Parties — A historical list of all North American demo parties.