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October 26, 2004
Cimatics 04 AV festival »
The catchily-titled 2004 Cimatics International Festival for live audiovisual arts and vj'ing is underway, in Brussels. It features a host of VJ and live cinema performances, between 25-31 October. Highlights include Austrians Crossing, on the Vidok collective's travelling movies; a live cinema performance using VJ tools to create a narrative work by Exparts; international artist performances from Jeffers Egan, Milycon/EN,...Posted on October, 26 | Permalink | TrackBack (1)
October 19, 2004
Video virtually overwhelms Turner prize »
The Tate's annual Turner Prize for contemporary art is both firmly screen-based, and politically charged this year. Tagged as a shortlist of buildings and battles by The Guardian, they seem to miss the point that it marks the clear renaissance and reinvigoration of video art, while also in the case of Langlands & Bell–whose work includes a virtually crafted...Posted on October, 19 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
October 05, 2004
Make Warp visuals »
The audiovisual projects are coming thick and fast from Warp. News emerges on the follow-up to Warp Vs Creative Review, the successful music video 'competition' run by the label and magazine: Warp/CR Animate was so successful in turbocharging their promo video output they are doing it again. Ten young filmmakers are wanted for a motion graphics piece to accompany...Posted on October, 05 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
September 24, 2004
DOTMOV festival shifts gear »
DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2004 is organized by the esteemed and long-running Japanese e-zine, Shift. The second edition of Sapporo's own digital film festival, it runs over a month at Soso, and this year's Call for Entries (now ended) resulted in submissions from over 30 countries. DOTMOV seeks to distinguish itself from other digital moving image events by presenting major festival elements...Posted on September, 24 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
September 02, 2004
Ars Electronica 2004 begins »
ARS Electronica, the world's premier digital arts festival begins today, September 2-7, in Linz, Austria. With the theme, Timeshift, the World in 25 years, the symposium is just one part of a programme including electrolobby, a Japanese animation programme, digital installations & performances, and the Prix Ars Electronica, prizes for digital excellence (this year including 7 Golden Nicas, the top...Posted on September, 02 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
August 23, 2004
Venice film festival 'Digitale' »
La Biennale, Venice's arts extravaganza just got better with a new director of the Europe's most glamorous film festival (Cannes, no, too hyped up). The full programme is now online. Marco Müller has revved up the 61st Venice film festival (running September 1-11), with a high profile digital section, Venezia Cinema Digitale which includes Tim Robbins' Embedded, Tetsuya Nomura's...Posted on August, 23 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
August 13, 2004
Machinima archived for posterity »
Soldats Sans Merci Vietnam Looks like machinima is taking another step towards mainstreaming, with it finally getting a resource as part of the Internet Archive Game Video Collection. It already includes the download favourite Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles based on the Halo graphics engine, and recent highlight Soldats Sans Merci: Vietnam using Battlefield 1942 as the...Posted on August, 13 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
August 10, 2004
Soho Shorts 2004 winners »
The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival seemed a more subdued affair this year, it had a more slick industry feel, but London's Soho was still enlivened by a diverse range of stand-out work showcased by the event. Last week's award ceremony saw a now familiar gong going to Dougal Wilson in the music video category while heavyweight Fredrik Bond got...Posted on August, 10 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
August 09, 2004
Resfest 2004 line-up »
RESFEST 2004 tour dates and programme line-up are announced for the new season of touring for this slick showcase of digital film and music videos. With a more comprehensive short film programme than ever before the Resfest programme signals the strengthening of the short form due to the ubiquity of digital film tools, and graduation of further motion graphics...Posted on August, 09 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
August 05, 2004
Mirrorball 04 »
The Mirrorball strand of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (18-29 August) expands yet again to present the world's most comprehensive (and one of the longest running) promo, CF and music video selections. 2004 Strands: Kenny does Dougal : UK video director du jour, Dougal Wilson grilled on his work by Shynola's Richard Kenworthy Fresh Tracks : The year's freshest, coolest...Posted on August, 05 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
July 19, 2004
Antenna summer screening »
July 22 is the date for London's NFT to once again screen the best recent music videos, courtesy of Antenna. Alongside the latest music videos hot off the beta-deck will be panellists Vez (Ninja Tune video commissioner), Vernie Yeung (hot from the recent Faultline video, Biting Tongues), and Graham Linehan (comedy writer/director turning his hand to promo's). Book now as...Posted on July, 19 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
July 01, 2004
Projekttor vj festival »
The three-day Projekttor VJ festival takes place in Berlin, 1-3 July, 2004. Locaton: Café Moskau, Karl-Marx-Allee. Daytime programme includes VJ workshops and software showcases of Arkaos, DV jukebox, Pure Data, and Phlumx, alongside the innovative Pioneer DVJ-X1 VJ DVD mixing deck. Nightime programme features an international collection of DJs and VJs including Pixel Orchestra (IT), Photonics (NL), Azz (TW), Pfadfinderei...Posted on July, 01 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
June 22, 2004
ARS Electronica NYC »
Starting on 24 June to 18 July, a special Digital-Avant-Garde-NY preview event by Austria's Ars Electronica festival complements a New York exhibition celebrating the organisation's 25th anniversary, and includes screenings of contemporary digital imaging work. I dream electric sheep EYEBEAM programme Silicon stories & other selected animations at American Museum of the Moving Image...Posted on June, 22 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
June 15, 2004
2004 Music Vision Award Winners »
The CADS Music Vision Awards were recently announced in London. Dougal Wilson cements his rapid rise, being named as Best Video Director. Alex & Martin picked up yet another deserved award for their ever-increasing triangular Seven Nation Army, as did Julian Gibbs at Intro for his simple, memorable commercials treatment of Radiohead's Hail To The Thief. Fantastic too, to see...Posted on June, 15 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
June 10, 2004
AVIT 2004 »
AVIT, the North America International VJ Conference and Visuals Festival, starts today in San Francisco. The event launches with a highlight theatre event that features elite UK VJ crew, The Light Surgeons, performing Z-Axis a visual remix of the cult classic The Fountain Head. The event ends on the 12th with an audiovisual all-nighter of international VJs, from the...Posted on June, 10 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
June 03, 2004
2004 Annecy animation festival »
The 2004 Annecy Animation Festival takes place 7-12 June. Highlights at this prestigious event include Bob Sabiston's 15 minute short, Grasshopper, the Mesh short, Welcome to Glaringly by Grant Orchard, and Korean feature animation, Oseam" href="http://www.asiandb.com/browse/movie_detail.pfm?code=5444&mode=stuff">Oseam, an adult fairytale by Baek-yeop Sung. Grasshopper | Welcome to Glaringly...Posted on June, 03 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
May 27, 2004
onedotzero8 in motion »
While a myriad of rivals continue to encroach on this event's home territory, the eighth iteration of this world-leading festival continues regardless, consolidating on its pioneering past with the usual collections of motion graphics, music videos, animated shorts, computer-gaming and Japanese visuals. Highlights this year include Shynola and Hi-Res! retrospectives, Nike 'Art of Speed' motion visuals alongside the zany animé,...Posted on May, 27 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
May 24, 2004
MVPA U.S. music video winners »
The MVPA awards are nothing if not completist. It is good to know the Best Hair award winner of a music video, just as it is that room can still be made in award ceremonies for Hollywood heavyweights such as Gore Verbinski alongside the current generation of animation superstars. Here's the complete list of MVPA 2004 award winners:...Posted on May, 24 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
May 10, 2004
idN's My favorite conference »
With speakers including Weta Digital (responsible for LOTR effects), Delaware, ILM, Resfest and Devilrobots IdN's my favorite conference 2004 taking place in Singapore in a coupla days is taking an eclectic approach to moving image creativity, alongside fields from fashion, advertising and graphic design....Posted on May, 10 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
April 29, 2004
Machinista 2004 »
Following from the original edition in 2003 founded in Perm, Russia [1386km east of Moscow] Machinista is a migrating festival exploring, celebrating and questioning the ideas of "artificial intelligence in the arts" and "human-machine interaction". machinista.org features contributions to the 2004 Machinista festival in Glasgow, 7-9 May. This year's edition includes intriguing 'machine-vision' pieces such as (Remote) Mind - The...Posted on April, 29 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
April 20, 2004
Ciberart-Bilbao new technology festival »
'CIBER@RT - BILBAO 2004 is another 'International festival of new technologies, art + communication', held 23-30 April, 2004. While it has the usual mix of computer animation screenings, multimedia showcases, net art and live acts, the event stands out with the interactive installations on offer and a total of 237 works in its exhibitiion....Posted on April, 20 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
April 05, 2004
Bluespoon generative visuals »
Blue Spoon recently completed providing a striking set of generative visuals for the London Sinfonietta, Squarepusher, Jamie Lidell tour, a worthy unofficial touring sequel to London's annual Ether festivals which combine modernist classical works with contemporary electronica. Of particular note was a twitching, convulsing hyperrealistic 'Sam head', and a lush evolving web of neural networks. Other visuals were provided...Posted on April, 05 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
April 02, 2004
Making music look good »
An interesting selection of MVPA award nominees for 2004 have been announced celebrating the best in music video production. Full mvpa nominees 2004 are listed on the official website. Highlights include nominations for Floria Sigismondi, Michel Gondry, and Alex & Martin in the Alternative Video section; Brand New School (Direction Of A New Artist); Floria Sigismondi and Sophie Muller (Director...Posted on April, 02 | Permalink | TrackBack (1)
Guggenheim go motion »
The infiltration of modern graphic designer's moving image projects into gallery and museum settings continues apace with the imaginatively titled Motion Graphics at the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao on 30 April, 2004. The event features workshops by The Designers Republic, PsyOp, and Joshua Davis....Posted on April, 02 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
March 31, 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...Posted on March, 31 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
March 30, 2004
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...Posted on March, 30 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
March 29, 2004
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,...Posted on March, 29 | Permalink | TrackBack (1)
March 17, 2004
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...Posted on March, 17 | Permalink | TrackBack (1)
March 11, 2004
Soho Shorts film festival call »
London-based Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival has a call for entries for the 2004 event and awards (31 July - 6 August). Deadline: 7 May 2004 Check here for 2003 Winners and other examples of winning work....Posted on March, 11 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
March 01, 2004
Creative Commons moving image winners »
While the Oscar triumph of Lord of the Rings may have actually been a reward for radical filmmaking (the integration and reliance on digital effects and performances in the Trilogy being genuinely groundbreaking) - rather than the usual Academy Award fudge - probably the most significant award of the last few days actually went to the winner of the Creative...Posted on March, 01 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
February 26, 2004
Netmage festival 04 »
netmage04 styles itself as a festival showcasing creative and innovative images in art, media, communication. The latest edition ran from 21-24 January, in Bologna, Italy. The last few editions saw it gain a reputation for live moving image/VJ awards. EG recommends keeping an eye on Xing, the Italian cultural network and organisers of netmage, for their further events, such...Posted on February, 26 | Permalink
BAFTA Computer Game Award results »
The BAFTA interactive festival came to an end last night with their Computer Game awards. No surprises, the big winner of the night (and a victory for open-ended sandbox gaming) was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, although it was pipped to Best Game of the Year by Call of Duty. Read full entry for complete winners list....Posted on February, 26 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
February 23, 2004
Milia 04 Interactive Content forum »
MILIA 2004 is the premiere conference on the future of digital entertainment and media convergence for TV, mobile and broadband. Database online today, February 23. Website includes full schedule featuring presentations by luminaries on interactive TV, mobile content, and broadband ( Joi Ito's blog features an example of a keynote speech on mobility). Content forum dates: March 31-April 2. Also...Posted on February, 23 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
February 20, 2004
BAFTA Interactive awards results »
Following from our previous entry, the Interactive awards for this year were announced last night: 2004 Interactive awards results: Online factual: Tate Online Offline factual: DNA Interactive DVD Online entertainment: Celebdaq Interactive arts installation: The House of Osama Bin Laden Interactive arts: Alleph.net Online learning: Bodysong Offline learning: Knowledge Box Interactive TV: V:MX DVD: Lion King - Special Edition DVD...Posted on February, 20 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
February 19, 2004
Antenna 7 music video event »
Antenna, the NFT London bi-monthly cutting-edge music video showcase has it's first event of 2004. Event tonight includes panel featuring Sam Arthur (Poor Leno, Royksopp; It's On, DJ Vadim), Video commissioner John Moule, and Karl Badger of Video C, the music video website. Poster designed by Glenn Marshall (Nexus), from his personal project The Drop....Posted on February, 19 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
February 13, 2004
BAFTA Interactive festival + awards »
BAFTA interactive festival takes place at their Piccadilly, London HQ on 17-18 February, 2004. Features events on interactive storytelling, and the fusion of computer games and movies. Including interactive awards on February 19, and Games awards on February 25....Posted on February, 13 | Permalink | TrackBack (2)
January 16, 2004
Eyebeam Atelier .mov show »
Still time to catch Eyebeam exhibition January 6 - 24, 2004 starting the year: Eyebeam NYC presents the first group exhibition from its Moving Image Studios. The exhibition features work produced in 2003 by four post-graduate Production Artists, as well as commissioned projects by Isaac Julien and Fred Wilson that the Production Artists helped to create. Documentation of the...Posted on January, 16 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
December 30, 2003
Resfest digital film festival »
Alongside onedotzero, US-based Resfest leads the way in showcasing the latest digital film talent . The global touring festival is seeking entries for 2004....Posted on December, 30 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
onedotzero: adventures in moving image »
Check in to the festival to catch the latest news on this premier UK-based digital film festival and tour. Currently seeking submissions for onedotzero8 Slated for May 28 - June 6, the next iteration of onedotzero seeks entries. Deadline: Feb. 24. See the onedotzero site for submission guidelines....Posted on December, 30 | Permalink | TrackBack (0)
