Tilted Website

From Creative Machinery

On Saturday November 20th, there will be a national protest against dramatic cuts on cultural budgets in the Netherlands. We join the campaign by cutting on our our website.

Have a look at http://www.v2.nl/lab/blog/online-schreeuwen-om-cultuur

4Jetpacks4 video at World Expo Shanghai

From Creative Machinery

I'm very honored that during the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai 4Jetpacks4 can be seen at the Madrid Pavillion as part of the Air Tree Exhibition.

The Air Tree, designed by Urban Ecosystems
is a self sufficient pavillion, where visitors can relax and enjoy performances or shows projected on the walls, in a nice cool breeze.

The show projected in Shanghai is curated by Cristina Garcia-Lasuen (aka Aino Baar), who initiated OPEN THIS END, a nonprofit cultural organization that classifies, develops and exhibits contents generated with new technologies.

The program consists in three exhibitions that present the theoretical classification of the three types and stages of the present video art:
Real (think projection in Real Space, for example the work of Rafael Lozano hemmer)
Virtual (cgi, for example Joaquin Baldwin
Machinima (movies recorded with game engines, like Evo Szuyuan :-) )

Up until now more then 2 million people have visited the Madrid pavillion, making it the most visited pavillion of the World Expo.

Many thanks and congratulations to Cristina / Aino !

Festivals in the Ile-de-France

Dominique Moulon revisits the years festivals in the Ile-de-France in this article on newmediaart.eu.

One of the festivals that is highlighted in his article is Atopic, that featured the avant premiere of Volavola.

Machinima Exhibition at QUT

From Creative Machinery

9 of my videos will be part of a machinima exhibition at the Queensland University of Technology.

"QUT presents a unique exhibition devoted entirely to machinima.
The exhibition features an historical timeline of machinima works with over 60 examples on display; from the first clunky DIY video game films created using games like Quake and Doom in the mid-90s, to contemporary film and artworks by internationally acclaimed artists like Friedrich Kirschner."

The exhibition will take place from 20 July to 7 August 2010 at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.

Fly Me- Vola Vola wins Simona Gesmundo Award!

On May 18 2010, Berardo Carboni was given the "Creativity Award" for Volavola / Fly me, the first feature shot entirely in Second Life, for "it's novelty and the important results achieved by the film".
The award was given during the 4th edition of the International Prize Simona Gesmundo animated shorts at the Teatro Totò, which was held in Naples.
The "Creativity Award" is annually awarded to an author for the use of new technology, which foreshadows the future in the field of cinema and animation.

Simona Gesmundo, was a talented young Italian woman interested in artificial intelligence applied to cinema and an author of animation short films. Therefore, the International Award of Animation Short Films was created, which puts the attention on new technology and innovation.

Volavola at FilmForum and other places

Vola Vola got quite some media attention in Italy these last few weeks.
March 19 the movie was shown for the 1st time in Italy at the FilmForum festival in Gorizia.
There was a nice interview with Alessandro Haber and Berardo Carboni at affaritaliani.it.
This month the movie is also screened at 2 universities in Rome.
Check the movies facebook group for more media coverage links and scraps.
I wasn't there, but I'm told the movie is received very well by the audience!
Hopefully it will be shown in the Netherlands and other countries soon.

Orchestral Investigation #9 @ Stuttgarter Filmwinter

From Creative Machinery

Orchestral Investigation #9 will be showed in the exhibition of the Stuttgarter Filmwinter.

This 23rd edition of the Filmwinter will take place from Januari 21th, 2010 to Januari 24th, 2010 in Stuttgart.
The Media Exhibition is at H7 Raumaufzeit.