Playgrounds Amsterdam Opener
Menno Fokma and Artibite created an amazing live action and CGI driven short for Playgrounds Festival this year. Stellar sound design and music by Studio Takt.
Menno Fokma and Artibite created an amazing live action and CGI driven short for Playgrounds Festival this year. Stellar sound design and music by Studio Takt.
For those lucky enough to be in London or Glasgow: DixonBaxi will be speaking at two upcoming Long Lunch events; London Tuesday Oct. 25 and Glasgow Thursday Nov.3. Have a chance to break bread and interact with Mr Dixon and Mr Baxi.
DixonBaxi’s Blog has a job post for a Senior Designer – Branding/Design and a Senior Designer – Broadcast Design.
Cut&Paste has launched a 12 City Global Design Competition with live onstage graphic battles and this time Adobe is on as the event’s Platinum Sponsor. The contest, which will culminate in a championship event in New York, is open immediately to potential competitors. Cities include: San Fran, N.Y, London, Berlin, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, L.A with one more city still to TBA! If you want it in TORONTO get in touch with the good people at Cut&Paste and let them know ; )
Get full submission deadline and all other info on the Cut&Paste site.
For those in London: the next See No Evil is coming up October 4th, featuring Proud Creative. As usual its free and prizes will be given away by Stash Magazine and Cypheraudio. Tuesday October 4th, 70-74 City Road London.
Quayola, a London based artist, has created a new multi-screen video-installation premiering on October 7-9, 2011 at the renowned Palais des Beaux Arts in Lille, France’s second museum after the Louvre, as the opening of their 2011-2012 season. Strata #4 is part of his on-going series of films, prints and site-specific installations for the project devised to challenge accepted perceptions of classical art, architecture and iconography. Quayola strips away outer layers of dramatic symbolism from masterpieces and explores the world beneath their figurative skins.
Quayola is screening Strata #3 in Ottawa tomorrow Sept 21 – 25 at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
You can watch a great interview of Quayola on The Creators Project and get behind-the-scenes info here.
The Energy Report is a two part, 256 page, downloadable/printable study developed by the WWF, leading international architecture firm OMA / AMO and Ecofys claiming that the world can be 100 percent reliant on renewable energy by 2050. The report proposes to address the urgent problems caused by looming climate change and dwindling fossil fuel supply through its assertion that by 2050, the world’s energy needs could be met entirely by renewable sources. It outlines an ambitious energy saving scenario as the first step toward an energy system in which fossil fuels are gradually replaced by wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower and sustainable forms of bio-energy.
The aim of the report is to inspire governments and businesses to understand the challenges associated with this shift and, at the same time, to encourage them to move boldly to bring the renewable economy into reality. By demonstrating the advantages of global cooperation and the deeper integration of global energy infrastructure, The Energy Report shows that the benefits of a transition to renewable energy far outweigh the challenges.
AMO’s contribution to the report, led by Partner Reinier de Graaf and Associate Laura Baird, both conceptualizes and visualizes the geographic, political, and cultural implications of a 100 percent renewable energy world. AMO draws a vision of a world without borders in which all continents have equal access to sustainable energy. Reinier de Graaf said: “The Energy Report is the first of its kind to claim the technical possibility of a global renewable energy supply by 2050. Through the realization that future energy provision really is a universal issue which must be addressed at a global scale, we have developed a new perspective on the world.”
The project builds on two foundational AMO projects on large scale renewable energy planning: Zeekracht, a plan made in 2008 for a ring of offshore wind farms in the North Sea, and Roadmap 2050, proposing a decarbonized European power sector by 2050, which was launched in April 2010.
OFFF Barcelona, the city that hosted the very first OFFF back in 2000, was the first of its kind. Its massive success lead to the birth of a entire generation of new offspring media festivals all over the world. OFFF over the last 11 years has travelled all over the world and again returns to its birthplace, brining with it, of course, an amazing lineup of speakers and workshops. Here are just a few of them: The Chrome Project: Aaron Koblin + Filip Visnjic + Eduard Prats Molner + Mr Doob, Stefan Sagmeister, The Mill, Timba Smits, Alex Trouchut,Kultnation (creating the OFFF Barcelona titles), Base Design, Carl Burgess, Hort, Johnny Kelly, John Burgerman, Julien Vallee, Matt W. Moore, Onur Senturk, PostPanic, Resonance Film debut, Rob Chiu + HECQ, Vasava … the entire lineup is massive, see the whole thing on the OFFF Barcelona page.
OFFF is also going on a global tour! The first stop was in Madrid and was a great success. The CoCoe Conspiracy created this clip for the tour based on James Coburn’s Our Man Flint. CoCoe wrote the story, designed and animated the spot.
For those in London: See No Evil‘s next event is coming up on June 7th, this time with Chris O’Reilly, co-founder of the giant Nexus Productions which has produced and directed some of the most impressive commercials and music videos I’ve ever seen. Honda Grrr comes to mind as possibly one of the most impressive and more recently Intel Chase and Celyn‘s Chunkworthy. Nexus also recently launched Nexus Interactive Arts. Looks like a great event, check out the See No Evil page for more info.
Brian Donnelly is a Toronto based artist who is one of many artists participating in the Toronto Hearts Japan fundraiser event. “Our hearts have been broken by news of devastation, the risk of nuclear disaster, people separated from their homes and families, and we want to help. Toronto Hearts Japan lets all of us who feel a special connection to Japan lend a hand in our own way. All proceeds will be donated to The Red Cross and to helping rebuild the Birdo Flugas Arts Centre and Community in Shiogama.”
Silent Auction Art Exhibition: Thurs March 31- Tues April 5th, 12-5pm daily, Gladstone Hotel 2nd Floor
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday April 1st 7-10pm, Gladstone Hotel, 2nd Floor. $20 minimum donation (includes raffle ticket), *Special one night only auction and raffle with art gifts and surprises* With DJ Paul E. Lopes (Bump N’ Hustle) & DJ Jun
Brian DePalma’s short documentary from the MOMA’s 1965 Op Art exhibition: “The Responsive Eye.” Op Art has long been an inspiration of mine but I have to admit, I couldn’t help thinking of Roger Sterling in his cozy new office at SCDP. haha
F5 has been generous enough to pass us two tickets to the upcoming NYC fest this April 15 – 16. In turn we are giving them away to the first person to email contact@ventilate.ca with the subject line F5 Please. [Sorry all gone ] Also here is a discount code for 10% off ticket purchases: VENTILATE … the lineup is looking impressive and there are more announcements to come, keep an eye out.
For those in London: Cast your minds back to April 2009 when London’s creative scene is irreversibly rocked to it’s foundations… That’s right See No Evil is gearing up to celebrate it’s 2nd Anniversary and we’re bigger and better than ever. This month See No Evil presents an evening with two mammoth industry heavy weights; Adrian Johnson & Steve Scott.
When – Thurs March 31st
Time – Doors Open 7.00pm Talk Starts 7.30pm
Where – The City Arts & Music Project 70-74 City Road EC1Y 2BJ
F5 is a biennial creativity conference presented by Motionographer and founded on the belief that true change occurs when you look outside your world and explore new horizons. F5 will be held at NYC’s Roseland Ballroom April 15-16, 2011, announced another round of speaker additions to its program. Looks like a great lineup for speakers … I’m betting Onesize will be quite special to see especially … For ticket information and a constantly updated speaker schedule visit F5fest.com or follow F5 on Twitter: @f5fest.
For those lucky enough to be in Montreal: For the official release of the third edition of its guide, Colagene organizes the Get your illustration fix event. The Guide shows the work of all artists represented by the agency. For its realization, each artist has produced an original illustration about the Get your illustration fix concept. More than a dozen of them was selected and declined into screeprints that will be exposed the night of the event and during the 2 days following it.
The Get your illustration fix launch will be held Thursday, February 17th, 2011 from 5 pm to 9 pm at Yves Laroche art gallery in Montreal. The exhibition will continue on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th. For more information, visit the Facebook event page.
Guilherme Marconi has put together a poster series charity for the Landslide disaster on January 12th in the Mountains Region of Rio de Janeiro which resulted in many deaths and missing persons. Guilherme is from this region and saw first hand the suffering this area was dealt. Together with UrbanArts, the Projeto Região Serrana (Mountains Region Project) is being launched, where 100% of the profit will go to help the Mountain Region: urbanarts.com.br/Artistas/PRS
Many impressive artists/designers involved: Alberto Seveso, Eduardo Recife, Evgeny Kiselev, Mulheres Barbadas, Murilo Maciel, Peter Jaworowski, Radim Malinic and many many others.
For those lucky enough to be in London:
We’ve seen the See No Evil events grow over the last year or so and its not showing any signs of slowing down … up next, this February 1st See No Evil presents an evening with Foreign Office Design, who have produced commercials for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, digital work for Apple, Coca-Cola, Sony Playstation, right up to their recent work on blockbusters such as The Queen, Children of Men and even the most recent Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
Enrty Fee: Free!!
See No Evil – Foreign Office Design
When – Tues February 1st
Time – Doors Open 7.00pm Talk Starts 7.30pm
Where – The City Arts & Music Project 70-74 City Road EC1Y 2BJ