Feb 16

F5: First Set of Speakers!

Posted in: awesomeness, f5, Festivals, gatherings, General, Industry, nyc, Students

We’re pleased to announce our first set of speakers for F5 2011! Here is the first savory piece of the cake—just enough to want a bigger bite. This group speaks to the careful consideration placed on finding the artists//heroes//colleagues who fit the overall theme of Happy F5 this year.

  • Kid Koala: DJ and turntablist extraordinaire
  • Scott Belsky: cutting-edge business leader of Behance
  • Wayne White: legendary art director of Pee Wee’s Playhouse and banjo star
  • Adam Sadowsky (Syyn Labs): president of the engineering whiz-kid collective behind the massive Rube Goldberg machine in OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass” music video
  • Nathan Love: top-notch animation studio and masters of character animation
  • Buck: trailblazing creative shop with pop illustration powers

We’re also ecstatic that Buck will be creating the fest’s awe-inspiring opening titles. Our lips are sealed, but expect their special sauce of whimsy, humor and highly produced playtime. Buck will share their process and creative vision for the project during their special speaker session.

So far, F5 has drawn exclusively from a wealth of visual artists, designers, animators, technologists, engineers, musicians, writers, and puppeteers who point to a singular direction in creativity: one that builds an artistic fabric with the shared thread of imagination and optimism.

This is only the beginning. More happiness in store. And smiles guaranteed.

Check out our speakers page for bios and more info. And make sure to lock in your tickets…

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Jan 03

F5: New Date, Even Happier!

Posted in: conference, f5, Festivals, gatherings, General, Industry, nyc, Students

Since we first announced F5, a little roar has grown louder. Many of you want to attend, but just can’t because of timing. It’s happening again on a Thursday and Friday. And the boss is none too happy about giving you all that time off.

Well, your wishes have been answered. Happy F5 is being moved back a day to April 15-16, 2011—Friday and Saturday. And it’ll go down at the world famous Roseland Ballroom in the heart of NYC. We’re also extending the deadline of the current early bird ticket deal to January 17th for all you newcomers.

You embody the essence of F5. It’s important that you all have an opportunity to be a part of the festivities. Our sincere apologies if this is a major inconvenience to all who have already bought tickets. We will fully refund anyone who cannot attend the new dates.

There’s been chatter about who may speak… and we’re still firming up so so many details. But, in the spirit of the new year, we’ll give you highly-complex, over-engineered clues that too shall pass.

Ready? Set? Okay—Go!

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Sep 02

onedotzero: just one week away

Posted in: events, Experimental, Festivals, General, onedotzero, uk


onedotzero_adventures in motion returns to London’s BFI Southbank from September 9th to 13th, presenting international moving image work from an international lineup of pioneers and innovators.

Highlights include new work by Johnny Hardstaff; a retrospective of work by French collective H5 (which also includes an exclusive preview of their much anticipated film), Logorama; production company Partizan showcases its new talents; exclusive preview of the break-dancing documentary film Turn It Loose; breathtaking shorts by Keith Loutit and Reza Dolatabadi, whose animated film Khoda consists of over 6,000 individual paintings that were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minute masterpiece and work from directing collective, Zeitguised.

More info and tickets on the onedotzero site.

NOTE: The onedotzero trailer (above) is part of the festival branding efforts from Weiden+Kennedy UK, created with the help of computational designer Karsten Schmidt. Schmidt authored a generative engine for producing random visual systems, which were recorded for use in the trailer and festival posters. You can also check out the interactive component that was presented at the NFT here.

Client: onedotzero
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy, London
Motion Director: Eze Blaine
Creative: Eze Blaine, David Bruno, Tom Seymour
Computational Designer: Karsten Schmidt
Sound: Tokyolab
Producer: Sermad Buni

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