Archive for March, 2004

PixelACHE Festival 2004

pixelACHE2004, the determinedly uncompromising and uncommercial electronic arts festival is just about to start a second leg in Helsinki, after warming up in Stockholm. Following from last years focus on VJing, 2004 sees moving image environments and architectures in the spotlight.
PixelACHE 2004 festival: Stockholm, 26-28 March 2004 / Helsinki, 1-4 April 2004

From website:
"Interactive furniture * Singing Bridges * Locative media workshop * Open source architecture * Sound in public space * Stop Motion Studies * Weathermatrix * Aether architects * Live action kung-fu game * BrandBody 2.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 1 month ago in Gateways / Events. 0 Comments

Winners of British Animation Awards 2004

March 19 saw the awards highlight an eclectic range of work and some notable new UK directing talent emerging in the last few months. Particularly impressive was Dad's Dead by Chris Shepherd.

Much delayed [entry lost in Ecto] here's the full information:
Selected winners:
Best Film at the Cutting Edge – Sponsored by UK Film Council New Cinema Fund
Dad’s Dead
Director: Chris Shepherd
Slinky Pictures Ltd for Channel4, Arts Council England & Animate!
Best Comedy – Sponsored by Tell-Tale Productions Ltd.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 1 month ago in Announcements and Gateways / Events. 0 Comments

A film with no cameramen

Faceless is an ongoing film project, a CCTV sci-fi thriller directed by Manu.Luksch as part of the Spy School project by ambienttv.net.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 1 month ago in Nanotainment. 0 Comments

E3 digital game art/update

Put it on your watch list: This years E3 is just over a month away and promises to be the most intriguing in terms of next-gen entertainment announcements for a while, as the latest console iterations are firmed up, and developers are at the height of exploiting the current models. Attendees must register by April 9.
E3 Expo: May 12-14, 2004 | E3 Conference Program: May 11-13, 2004 | E3 Insider
Of particular interest in the Conference programme: Sustaining a Virtual World, Social Systems in Online Games, Surviving as an Independent Studio.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 1 month ago in Gateways / Events. 0 Comments

New Korsakow v2.5 system

The Korsakow interactive story system for interactive narration is now available as version 2.5. This version enables an online capability.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 1 month ago in Hardware / Software. 0 Comments

ITVS Digital futures guide

The US ITVS (Independent Television Service) have a useful downloadable PDF guide on Digital Futures usefully covering the basics of a next generation moving image landscape.
"Digital Futures: A Need-to-Know Policy Guide for Independent Filmmakers
From the quagmire of copyright to the broadband revolution, digital technology has changed the game for independent filmmakers everywhere. What do these technologies look like? How will the battles over new policies affect filmmaking?
Digital Futures is a free guide designed to help independent filmmakers survive and thrive in the digital age.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 1 month ago in Print / Audio. 0 Comments

Evo VIII 'cult viral'

Blindfold, a micro-movie for the Lancer Evolution VIII by Mitsubishi Motors Europe. An example of an internet-only campaign which uses the medium to simply seed a commercial message rather than push the platform with any innovation.

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Published by Matt. 4 years, 1 month ago in Nanotainment. 0 Comments

British Animation Awards 2004 imminent

While it still has quite an old-school veneer, the vanguard of digital animation talent is starting to become increasingly represented in the shortlists for the British Animation Awards 2004. With artists such as Shynola, Chris Shepherd, Airside and assorted Nexus directors represented, the category shortlists showcase a wealth of breakthough talent.
The award night in London, taking place on March 19, is sold out, but the Website promises award results and DVD will be available.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 2 months ago in Gateways / Events. 1 Comment

Mini Cooper Mecha

A project by eccentric English inventor Colin Mayhew to create a 'Vehicle to autonomous biped robot conversion for the Mini Cooper r5'. Neatly congruent with the increasing profile and revival of the Transformers in 2004, this viral project is expertly executed with the website containing just the right mix of amateurish sketches, links to scientific journals, and amusing camcorder interviews and test footage. Hopefully they'll be follow-ups on the project, and it will spill into campaign extensions.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 2 months ago in Nanotainment. 0 Comments

Koyaanisqatsi for the remix generation?

NOW!, a collaborative film project is seeking contributions of footage to evaluate for inclusion in their VJ-inflected feature project. It marks another step in the growth of 'open source movies', with the potential to be the most high profile of these projects so far.
By following the long evolving and well-honed VJ approaches of Coldcut and Hexstatic (see the excellent Zen TV DVD Video Retrospective for further examples), NOW! may well produce a highly individualistic and fresh approach to feature-length audiovisual collage.

Published by Matt. 4 years, 2 months ago in Film / DVD and VJ / Motion Graphics. Closed
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