ArtFutura 2015
Once again Es Baluard is taking part in Art Futura, the Digital Culture and Creativity Festival which began in 1990 and focusses on exploring the most relevant ideas and projects that have emerged on the international new media scene, the design of interaction, video games and digital animation.
In the digital era we are immersed in at present artificial life, virtual reality and computer-generated images are merely the first instalment of a whole new universe of possibilities.
The programme of ArtFutura 2015, which is being held in 22 other cities this year, includes the latest contributions in the field of digital creativity: 3D animation, motion graphics, time-lapse, special effects, virals, video-clips and a big documentary.
The screenings are divided up into 60-minute thematic blocks:
3D Futura Show
Every year the 3DFutura Show includes the most outstanding international computer animation works and reflects both the technical evolution and that of the content of this new form of creative expression.
FuturaGraphics
Digital animations and more: shorts, virals, video-clips and other works in the quest for new aesthetics and languages.
Artworks
A new section devoted to new media installations and their reflection on video format. Increasingly-sophisticated new recording and editing systems facilitate novel ways of documenting the works and occasionally, of reaching beyond direct contemplation as an experience. With works by Daniel Canogar, Daniel Rozin, Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer, Universal Everything, Factory Fiftee, Mark Nixon, Viliina Koivisto, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and others.
Feeding the Web / Collective Intelligence
A new instalment of this programme devoted to audiovisual messages and works produced directly for the web. A new type of material, designed and produced exclusively to be seen online.
By feeding the web, we feed ourselves.
Trailing the Games
Intros are the crossroads between interaction culture and film language. A selection of the best intros in the world of video-game intros with particular emphasis on their creativity and design.
Dramas & Landscapes
Dramas and landscapes. A retrospective of digital animations of little-known yet crucial works that signify authentic landmarks in the evolution of the virtual image. With works by Steve Katz (Protest), KoujiMorimoto (Extra), TomekBaginski (Fallen), Zeitguised (Peripetics), NobutoOchiai (Zaijian), MakotoYabuki (One) and others.
All of this can be found a the Es Baluard Intermedi from 9th December 2015 to 18th February 2016.
Moreover, visits can be arranged by appointment for schools and specific groups at: programesbaluard@gmail.com.
On Saturday, 9th January, with free entry, screening of Artistry / Technology:
- 1st screening: 7:00 pm
- 2nd screening: 7:30 pm
Artistry/Technology (30 min). Original English version.
This medium-length film directed by Pablo Ganguli and Tomas Auksas was made with the participation of David Hockney, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Gehry and Ed Ruscha, as well as other cultural leaders, artists, filmmakers, actors, musicians and designers: Susan Sarandon, Francesco Vezzoli, MIA, Marc Quinn, Miranda July, Kehinde Wiley, Daniel Arsham, Brett Ratner, Jonas Akerlund, Marcel Wanders and Simon de Pury. The film delves in-depth into some of the most creative minds of our age and reflects their ideas concerning the relationship between technology and creativity and the reciprocal influence the arts and technology have had on one another over recent years.
With the collaboration of:
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