What does an art gallery do for an artist? What fuels the global expansion of galleries like Gagosian and White Cube? And how has the internet affected the way galleries do business? In the second installment of “The Art Market Series (in Four Parts),” we look at the complex ecosystem of commercial galleries to probe these questions—and get to the root of how galleries effectively steward artists’ careers, promote their work, and protect their markets. Gallerists, artists, and art-world influencers like Amalia Dayan, Daniella Luxembourg, Dominique Lévy, Michele Maccarone, Elmgreen & Dragset, Josh Baer, Stefan Simchowitz, and Sarah Thornton provide their insights. Galleries is the second installment of a four-part documentary series, preceded by Auctions and followed by Patrons and Art Fairs. Together, the four segments tell a comprehensive story about the art market’s history and cultural influence, providing an approachable yet nuanced introduction to a extraordinary subject. Visit Artsy.net/art-market-series to watch all the films. The series is produced in collaboration with UBS and directed by Oscar Boyson. Director – Oscar Boyson Editor – Nate DeYoung Producer – Sean Barth Produced By – Neighborhood Watch Films Director of Photography – David Russo Assistant Editor – Erin DeWitt Assistant Editor – Matthew Hart Sound – Colin Alexander Music – Jay Wadley of Found Objects Music Production Color – Irving Harvey
This year’s E3 has been full of superb game reveals, exhilarating trailers and much anticipated hardware releases. But an announcement that was made by Mojang during the Microsoft conference sent a ripple of joy among the Minecraft enthusiasts. The company introduced Microsoft Realms, which will allow players from Xbox One, Windows 10, iOS, and Android to play together in the sand-box, building game.
Minecraft Realms allows players to play on a group server whenever they see fit. This will improve player experience as it will deviate from the old ways where the host of a specific server had to be online in order to enable the players to build on that server. With the recent changes, one can simply join, leave and build as per their will. The feature also brings VR compatibility.
The pocket edition of the game and Windows 10 one already sport texture packs, bestowing players with the ability to alter the look of their Minecraft world. Minecraft will also be adding more add ons this fall to enrich player experience even further.
Here is a look at all the new features:-
Minecraft had reached the milestone of 100 million registered users quite some time back and has since then, continuously looked towards enhancing player experience. It will be interesting to see how the new updates work for the company.
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The startup fever has triggered a considerable amount of entrepreneurs to venture into serious business and develop something substantial in the recent few years. Viral Thakkar, a well known veteran in the Indian Bollywood VFX and Animation industry, has emerged to be another notable player in this startup era.
Viral Thakkar has now founded his own VFX studio called Fluiidmask Studios and thus serves as the founder and creative director of the same. The new venture is situated at Maurya Classic, near Infinity Mall, Andheri West, Mumbai.
Serving as the creative director prior to this at Riva Animation & VFX for almost two years, Thakkar recently quit and moved out of Riva due to personal reasons. Thakkar says, “I wanted to start something of my own so I thought of this venture. I had this in mind so now I have floated this company just around 20 days back.”
Being an integral part of the Bollywood VFX industry, Viral has build up his relation with Bollywood filmmakers, animation and VFX industry veterans as well. But what kind of work will Fluiidmask deliver? Thakkar says, “We are venturing mainly into VFX, mixed reality, augmented / virtual reality and CGI for Bollywood films and commercials. We are in talks with international players for various overseas projects.”
As Thakkar and his team have worked on blockbusters like Airlift, Wazir, PK and ABCD 2 to name a few, thus he has a good relation with the industry which will probably help him to draw more projects to his startup. “Currently, we are working on delivering VFX for Akshay Kumar starring movie Rustom. We have Baar Baar Dekho, Rock On!! 2 and Half Girlfriend in the pipeline. So, we will continue delivering visual effects and CGI work for Bollywood films.”
From left: Viral Thakkar, Yogesh Chagg, Prashant Thakur
“The key people who have worked with me closely are roped in this new venture. Currently, we have around 25 people but we aim to hit the target of 50,” he says regarding the composition of this new company. “So recruitments are on, we are interviewing candidates in order to suit our quality and the kind of skill sets we need. And, we are looking for fresh talent too.”
As far as the funding is concerned the startup is self funded and backed by an investor as of now. “It is a new setup so currently, it is privately owned. However, in the future according to our expansion plans, we would look for investors,” he explains. In terms of the software and equipment required, Thakkar is in talks and continues his partnerships with Autodesk and Foundry for their various softwares and equipments.
Yogesh Chhag will be serving as the Business Head of this new company. Chhag has a long association with Thakkar as he served as the Marketing and Head of Sales at Riva Animation & VFX. Even Chhag has been in the Indian VFX industry since a long time as he served at various companies like Pixion, Prime Focus, EFX and many more in the course of his carrier. “My major aim is to serve the Bollywood industry in terms of good quality of VFX like we have been doing at various companies in our past,” asserts Chhag.
Possessing a pool of experience and mastering the tricks of the trade, Viral Thakkar’s Fluiidmask Studio can be anticipated to be another tough competitor in the Indian VFX industry. VFX is growing in India at an exponential rate and with addition of this new player, the Bollywood industry may witness a substantial variety of deliverables too.
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Humongous Entertainment and Toonbox present a new free ‘Kit^n^Kate’ mobile app and a collection of Apps in North America
Posted in: AnimationHumongous Entertainment, developer of PC and mobile games for kids and Toonbox a Cyprus based animation studio and developer of children’s media announced two new apps in their Kit^n^Kate brand, including their first free app, Kit^n^Kate “Let’s Build a Snowman” launching today on the iTunes App Store and Google Play.
The Kit^n^Kate brand geared towards preschoolers and exclusively distributed via Ankama Animations, is expanding from a children’s TV series to cross-platform media. The new apps feature educational content combined with the imaginative setting of the show, its simple story, and do-over play patterns make it easy to adapt into a variety of forms including interactive books, “Appisodes,” games and mobile apps.
Each App allows the child to first watch an episode of the animated series and then start playing a simple and colorful, interactive mini game that is relevant to the story and designed to stimulate their cognitive development. Designed for preschoolers, the apps helps in the development of counting, creative thinking and hand-eye coordination. Touch screen interaction, intuitive game play and audio instructions from the narrator will allow children to enjoy the app independently and with ease.
Also, debuting, will be the new Kit^n^Kate Collection #1 which features the first four Appisodes released previously in the series and now available on iTunes App Store as a set for $5.99. Each Appisode is also sold individually for $1.99 each.
Kit^n^Kate animated episodes are also available as steaming content on popular North American kid friendly sites namely, Kidoodle.TV, Toon Goggles, Battery Pop.
The collection of games include the following numerous interactive games: like Kit^n^Kate Let’s Build a Snowman, Kit^n^Kate Let’s Plant Flowers, Kit^n^Kate Let’s Match, Kit^n^Kate Let’s Match, Kit^n^Kate Let’s Draw.
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Earlier in December 2015, it was learnt that hit TV series which revolved around the epic story of the classic cult Samurai Jack will be coming back on Adult Swim’s Toonami block in 2016. And now, at the Annecy Festival D’Animation the first promo art from Genndy Tartakovsky’s new Samurai Jack revival was revealed.
Samurai Jack had made its way on the small screen back in 2001 on Cartoon Network and now after a decade long break it’s set to once again enthrall the audience but this time on a different channel. Cartoon Network launched Toonami wherein animated shows which are action-oriented and primarily consists of American animation and Japanese anime.
After airing 52 episodes, Samurai jack managed to get a die hard fan following who have been asking for the series to return on air. With its story, creative artwork and 2D animation, the series managed to woo the audience and gain a strong fan base thanks to its creator Genndy Tartokovsky who is also the creator of exemplary works like Hotel Transylvania, Dexter’s Laboratory, Star Wars: Clone Wars.
From the look of the promo art, Jack looks more fierceful and intense. Seems like the series will be following the 2D animation and as opposed to what we saw in the previous series where Jack used to usually fight robots, over here we see blood on his body. So we can expect quite a bit of gore and blood in the new series.
We will have to wait and watch as how Samurai Jack plans to win over our hearts this time.
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Converse Made by You
Posted in: AnimationConverse Made by You, a film celebrating Chuck Taylor wearers, has been recognised for excellence in editing at the AICP Show. The film, released in March 2015, is part of is an integrated advertising campaign clebrating fans of the brand who have been expressing themselves and their creativity in Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers for nearly 100 years. For the Spring 2015 campaign, Converse scoured the globe to collect beloved and distinctly personal Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers, each of which tells a story of transformation from blank canvas to self-portrait of their owner. Featured in the film are Buff Monster, Lily Vie, Sachmo Ruain, King Tuff, Qin Xiao Yu, Futura, Estelle Pigault, Junior Adesanya, Franki Chan, Franklin Hartzell, Ana Sofia Gaspar, David Loughlin, Alex Bickel, Fidel Bryan, Terry Smith and Sabela Perez.
“This is a film that celebrates you. The Chuck Taylor wearers from around the globe. The young, the old, the artists, the musicians, the actors, the nerds, the nobodies, the up-and-comers, even the famous. Their Chucks are a part of who they are. Every scuff, stain and doodle all help shape their story.”
Sam Ostrove, editor at Cut + Run, explains the work…
“Everyone on the team wanted this to feel bold but not preachy. We wanted to create something that gave insight into real converse-wearers, with a certain rhythm and energy that represented the sort of people who wear Chucks – from metalheads in London; to street artists in Los Angeles (the legendary graffiti artist ‘futura’ is featured in the spot), to tattooists in China and even psychedelic garage rock star King Tuff. These people all opened up for something like Converse, and many stories made us laugh as well as cry. It really shows the imprint Converse has had on such a wide range of people.”
“‘Made by you’ originated from a simple human truth – we all want to be our true, authentic self in this world,” said Ian Stewart, Vice President of Global Marketing. “Fans of Chuck Taylor are the ones who have made Chuck Taylor an iconic badge of creative self-expression. It’s time we celebrated them.”
Converse has curated a collection of Chuck Taylor All Star portraits, showcasing endless diversity and self-expression of individuals past and present who choose to wear Chuck Taylor All Star – from musicians to artists, skaters to fashionistas, the known to the unknown. Their portraits offer a contemporary lens into the distinctly unique worlds they inhabit. Exhibitions were held in New York City, London, Beijing, and Mexico City. Consumers were able to participate at pop-up portrait studios at Converse retail locations and events around the world. Portraits collected from the likes of international icons like Patti Smith, Andy Warhol, Futura, Jefferson Hack, Sayo Yoshida, Kate Lanphear and Glenn O’Brien were featured alongside portraits from everyday Chuck Taylor All Star wearers.
Below we feature work by Andrea Penaranda, Bess, Cristiane Hitomi Saito, Hina Mizoguchi, Jingpeng Guan, Joanna DeLane, Julie Petiole, Ken Asahi, Lewis Hughes-Batley, Ma Yu, Querine Ottens, Sayori Wada, Yasper Bos.
The campaign also includes a Google Cardboard virtual reality experience in New York’s Flatiron district, co-ordinated by Tool, that allows consumers to step into the shoes of artist Ron English, actress Joanna DeLane, musician King Tuff and urban explorer Thomas Midlane.
Converse Made by You Credits
The Converse Made by You campaign was developed at Anomaly by chief creative officer Mike Byrne, creative directors Fabian Berglund and Ida Gronblom, art director Ben Dean, copywriter Jane Cronk, art director Rob Concepcion, copywriter Ben Yabsley, agency producer Kennedy Davey, business director Jill Ong, account supervisor Lisa Taber, account executive Dilara Cagal, account director Joel Sussman, planning director Alex Franklin, planner Caroline Hart, project manager Allison Pankow, business affairs director Carla Curry, design director Andrew Guirguis, designer Luca Bernardino, project manager Allison Pankow, head of print production Jordan SPielman, print producers Jen Aborn, Lourdes Vasquez, studio director Steve Harris.
Filming was shot by directing collective We Are From LA via Iconoclast with executive producer Charles-Marie Anthonioz, director of photography Alexis Zabe, producer Bridgitte Pugh
Post production was done at Cut + Run by editor Sam Ostrove, assistant editors Joe Woodford and Ryan Harrington, executive producer (NY) Rana Martin, executive producer (UK) Toby Abbott, producer Ellen Lavery, online producer Julia Williams
and Flame artist Joseph Grosso. Telecine was by colourist Mikey Rossiter at The Mill New York with producer Natalie Westerfield, colour production coordinator Kimberly Rivero, colour assistants Nate Seymour and Ashley Ayarza.
Sound was designed at audioEngine by senior mixer Tom Goldblatt, assistant mixer Cathleen Conte, executive producer Jessica Poland, producer Molly Burke
Music is by SebastiAn.
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Forza Horizon 3 Official E3 Trailer
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Forza Horizon 3 Official E3 Trailer – In Forza Horizon 3, you’re in charge of the Horizon Festival. Customize everything, hire and fire your friends, and explore Australia in over 350 of the world’s greatest cars, including the debut of the 2017 Lamborghini Centenario. Make your Horizon the ultimate celebration of cars, music, and freedom of the open road. How you get there is up to you.
Xbox Design Lab Announcement – E3 2016
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Xbox Design Lab Announcement – E3 2016
Inside Release Date Teaser – E3 2016
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Inside gets a release date in this brief, cryptic trailer.
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