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
Archive for March, 2004
PixelACHE Festival 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 [...]
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. It uses acquired surveillance footage of the actor, filmed using public CCTV footage. This footage is then edited and effects added to create the finished film.
Faceless is in the late first wave of [...]
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 [...]
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.
The Korsakow Foundation is a repository of information based around this project, and the software which enables this flavour of database cinema.
Korsakow online: 7sons | Love story | Korsakow downloads | Korsakow handbook (4M)
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 [...]
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.
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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