FITC Toronto 2018 Titles dir. Joshua Davis & Saad Moosajee

April 17, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, Canada, Events, 2018

The title sequence for FITC Toronto 2018 is built on the theme of Transform. It aims to morph the spatial perception of its viewers as it takes them through a constantly shifting, never-ending journey into a series of patterns, landscapes, and environments that exist between two and three dimensional space. In each world, 2D and 3D programmatic processes are combined to create rich, organic animations and sprawling graphic forms.

Directed by: Joshua Davis & Saad Moosajee
Animated by: Saad Moosajee
Technical Director: James Bartolozzi
Programming: Joshua Davis, James Bartolozzi
Supporting Animation: Enle Li

Sound: Kurt Uenala / Null + Void / Song : Into the Void / Album : hfnmusic.lnk.to/Cryosleep

Turning Imagination Into Reality

April 16, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Agencies, Digital Art, Motioncollector, USA, 2018

4 years in a row Nike Sportwear teams up with talented ManvsMachine to craft a global campaign for Air Max Day. This year's approach takes cues from modern editorial design and hosts an extensive number of assets — from live action, 3D, typographical design, right the way through to cel animation

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FIELD - Hidden Layer

April 10, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Digital Art, Motioncollector, United Kingdom, 2018

In a new experimental short film, FIELD explore how human identity could change as a result of artificial intelligence.

"Hidden Layer looks at the way neural networks augment our identities and change the way we think and behave. With AI increasing its influence on the decisions we make and the information we digest, how will algorithmic structures infiltrate and influence human concepts of self? What happens to AI - augmented humans if the structures they rely on collapse?

Often described in terms of what it can do for us, a neural network is complex, self-evolving and dynamic. It is also capable of decision-making autonomously, without human intervention. As such, artificial intelligence algorithms can be understood both as a way to analyse today’s complex world and as beings distinct from human influence.

The name Hidden Layer comes from a term used in the development of artificial neural networks. The Hidden Layer is neither seen nor understood by humans; it is the part of the network in which the main computation driving the network is done. Hidden Layer is part of FIELD’s broader series of works titled Second Nature, which examines Machine Learning as an entity."

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London based digital art studio FIELD work at the intersection of art, technology and design, and explore “colour, life, and infinity though new technology and a research-led approach - creating high-tech experiences with a human touch”. FIELD create expressive and dynamic artworks for digital platforms, including audiovisual installations, digital artefacts, and interactive films. FIELD are known for their unique approach to aesthetics, blending the latest digital technologies with nature and human subjects. FIELD’s body of work takes many different shapes, from apps to installations. Their work Energy Flow is an app experience weaving animated story lines into audiovisual pieces that change endlessly and is different for each viewer.

It was listed among the best apps from The Guardian Technology blog. For Deutsche Bank, FIELD collaborated with Universal Everything to create a large-scale installation using a 12-metre wide screen with atmospheric cityscapes, hand-drawn scenes, patterns and landscape animations that were generated in realtime that made every iteration unique. The studio collaborates with cultural institutions and global brands on commissioned artworks and generative design solutions, including Nike, Deutsche Bank, HP, Nokia, GE, and AOL. Their work has been exhibited at cultural institutions and galleries internationally, including at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris; The China Museum for Digital Art, Beijing; and The British Library, London. FIELD has also been included in festival programs at Ars Electronica and onedotzero.

Filling the memory voids

April 09, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Motioncollector, Russia, 2018

Russian motion artist Danil Rusanov shares his project "Filling the memory voids" made few years ago

Perception is one’s personal opinion. Any image invites the audience to ponder, offering at least several ways of perception. The image is forming an idea using sensitive and logical tools. The idea is being formed when a spectator gives the image a permit to do this. An image is always spots, dots and lines. A spectator builds up the inner nexus and images while just seeing the spots paly on the screen. The brain transforms flat form into something having a volume, parts are merged into the whole. The question is what a spectator sees – a genuine true image or the personal perception of it, formed on a basis of one’s experience and the knowledge of the world. What if it will contain the minimum specification, if it’s gonna be a digital noise, a random combination of 0 and 1? What if the absence of information is a message itself? A sign for one’s brain to think up, to invent the necessary information. The lack of information inside of a given context is a self-sustained image, giving an impulse to a further chain of thoughts. I invite a spectator to dive inside of himself, when he lets the screen be almost blank and sets his imagination free. All the logical thinking is off and the opportunity to observe is on.

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Do You Trust This Computer?

April 06, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Motioncollector, 2018

"Science fiction has long anticipated the rise of machine intelligence. Today, a new generation of self-learning computers has begun to reshape every aspect of our lives. Incomprehensible amounts of data are being created, interpreted, and fed back to us in a tsunami of apps, personal assistants, smart devices, and targeted advertisements. Virtually every industry on earth is experiencing this transformation, from job automation, to medical diagnostics, even military operations. Do You Trust This Computer? explores the promises and perils of our new era. Will A.I. usher in an age of unprecedented potential, or prove to be our final invention?"

Directed by Chris Paine

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Ruslan Khasanov for Linda Farrow

March 30, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Digital Art, Motioncollector, Russia, 2018

Forever gold portrays the essence of signature Linda Farrow lenses and opulent yellow gold-plated titanium. Filmed by artist Ruslan Khasanov, discover mesmerizing scenes visualising the unworldly origin of gold.

“I had the pleasure of working on this project for a British eyewear brand called Linda Farrow.
The concept was simply «gold» as this is their iconic colour palette. This project was a real creative challenge for me. Shooting six pairs of mirror luxury sunglasses in a 30-liter aquarium... and deadline was one month. It was a completely new and exciting experience, full of experiments”

Beyond the Limits by teamLab

March 28, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Japan, France, Motioncollector, 2018, Art

The Japanese design firm teamLab has announced a 2,000 square meter exhibition at La Villette, Paris. It plans on forming a vast space allowing visitors to interact with a digital world through their own bodies. Named “”Au-Delà des Limites” or “Beyond the Limits,” the showcase blurs the lines of reality and creates multiple installations representing different realms. Visitors will be able to walk through virtual waterfalls and natural wonders.

The presentation will be available from May 4 to September 4, launching right before Japonismes 2018, a cultural event marking the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and France.

teamLab (f. 2001, Tokyo, by Toshiyuki Inoko) is an interdisciplinary group of ultra-technologists whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, technology, design and the natural world. Rooted in the tradition of ancient Japanese Art and contemporary forms of anime, teamLab operates from a distinctly Japanese sense of spatial recognition, investigating human behavior in the information era and proposing innovative models for societal development

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Jose Cuervo Celebration by Brian Williams

March 27, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Mexico, Motioncollector, Advertising, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

They tried to bury us, they didn't know we were seeds

Shot by Brian Williams in the town of Tequila, the film is about more than just capturing the heart of a place, its people, or even the brand

“Every now and again a job comes along that makes you remember why you love making films so much. Boys & Girls asked me to travel to the heart of Mexico to make a film for Jose Cuervo in the town of Tequila. Our mission, to capture the spirit of Jose Cuervo, the town and its people. This is the result and it became more than just a film for me, it was a trip I will always remember and a group of people I’ll never forget. Everybody mucked in to make this as special as it really was.”

— Brian Williams

Exec Producer: Michael Duffy
Producer: Dara McClatchie [Sound Recordist]
Director: Brian Williams
DoP: Joseph Ingersoll & Brian Williams
Editor: David Blake Run Robot
Music & Sound Design: Denis Kilty
Grade: MPC London
Post: SUPER 68

Client: Jose Cuervo
Agency: Boys and Girls
Creative Director: Laurence O’Byrne [Lighting Department]
Creative: Colm Coonagh [C Camera]
Account Director: Caroline Keogh [Camera Dept]
Copy: Rory Hamilton
Agency Producer: Derek Doyle [Key Grip]
Production Company: Butter

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Motion Art of Peter Tomaszewicz

March 23, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Motioncollector, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Peter Tomaszewicz is a talented digital artist and motion graphics designer based in London. Check his latest works below, you won't be dissapointed

@petertomaszewicz

OFFF Milano 2018 Main Titles

March 22, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in OFFF, Motioncollector, Italy, China, 2018

Chinese visual designer Xiaolin Zeng was responsible for creating motion titles for Digital Design Days / "OFFF on Tour" Festival went in Milan last week.

“ The starting idea is from real life experience that I had several travels to my father’s hometown where is the rural area of China, and the visual of electric Tower and woods hiding in the mist struck me. Also, I was living in a city where construction is going very frequently, which influenced my mood a lot. As a result, I’d like to make a film which the storyline goes from misty woods to industrialized city where construction is heavy. I looked into lots of materials in which have a giant as the main character and find several films and concept art, like Simon Stalenhag, Jakub Rozalski and EVA in which I learned a lot from their shot composition, and also give me a clear vision that the giant should be in a thin and incomplete body shape. While making the title sequence, I encountered the Netflix new TV series called “Dark”, I learned a lot about its color set also its soundtrack inspired the sound designer as well. This work is a huge combination of inspiration, but it starts with a real-life experience.The original color set is black and white, but I decided to use more natural color and make the sequence more like an old century film.”

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Infinity - Temporal dir. GMUNK

March 21, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Agencies, Motioncollector, USA, 2018

The fine folks at 72andSunny came to Munkowitz (GMUNK) late in 2017 with a bold idea – they wanted to explore the relationship between Humans and technology and explore the notion that together, this union is more powerful than ever. They wanted Munko to create a series of films that spotlight the all-new INFINITI QX50 through the relentless cycle of man pushing machine—and machine pushing man.

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EMPOWERMENT: Exhibition by Creative Debuts ╳ Nasty Women

Creative Debuts

March 16, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Events, Motioncollector, United Kingdom, 2018

Our friends and partners Creative Debuts are famous for organising neat art events in London being the gatekeepers of the creative scene online. To celebrate International Women’s Day they joined forces with Nasty Women movement to celebrate the work of international feminist artists.

Artists Exhibited

@creativedebuts

ON Running — “No Room For Grey Areas”

March 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Branding, Germany, Graphic Design, Motioncollector, Portfolios, 2018

Traum Inc. was commissioned by ON Running to promote their new shoe Cloud X released in a special all black and all white version.

Shot in Iceland the film creates a world of black and white, brutalist and wild but technical, balancing sublime landscapes with technical closeups and 3D renderings of the shoe. The film pits a runner agains his alter ego, chasing each other until it comes to a final stand off between both.

DIRECTOR
Thomas Traum (TRAUM INC)
CREATIVE DIRECTION
Alex Griffin (On-Running), Thomas Traum
EDITING
Nikolaj Beltzer (OKAY Studio)
GRADING
Ludovic Roussaux (OKAY Studio)
DOP
Ruaraid Achilleos

1ST AC
Matthew Choules
TALENT
Kazeem Temiday
STYLIST
Erna Bergann
VFX
TRAUM INC (Safwaan Motara, Hayden Martin, Thomas Traum)
PRODUCTION
TRAUM INC

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Nike Epic React

March 12, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Argentina, Advertising, Digital Art, Motioncollector, Portfolios, 2018

Our friend and Digital Decade 5 artist Santi Zoraidez was approached by Nike Global Running to create their latest campaign featuring Epic React Flyknit

Directed by Santi Zoraidez
Art Direction & Design: Santi Zoraidez
Lead Animation: Facu Labo
Additional Animation: Edward Chiu / Diego Diapolo / Javier Bianchi
Client: Nike Global Running

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Made by Humans on Earth

March 11, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, USA, 2018

Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at HBO‘s Westworld panel at SXSW, joining friend and Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan to release an epic trailer of the SpaceX Heavy Falcon rocket launch that carried Spaceman into orbit.

"The highlight reel was created by Nolan, who spoke about the importance of inspiration and the excitement he felt as a child when watching Super 8 footage of Saturn rocket launches — a collective enthusiasm that has seemingly dwindled in recent times. “And so I was having a drink last year with a friend, and we were talking about how do you inspire people? How do you get people to talk again, how can you drive the conversation?” said Nolan. The friend turned out to be Musk and the solution they came up with was a red sports car and David Bowie‘s track “Starman"" via Hypebeast

TOCA ME 18 Opening Titles

March 06, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, Germany, 2018

Recently hosted TOCA ME festival invited leading motion artists Susi Sie and Remo Gambacciani to create Official Titles of the event.

The ever-changing landscapes inspired by organic textures and surfaces within surreal worlds created by processing live action scenes with CG techniques. To create morphing textures MATERIA (Susi Sie and Remo Gambacciani) captured slowly spreading color on even surfaces.

The score was composed by Gavin Little from ECHOLAB. Inspired by seismic and earth shifting movements, he created geological seeming sounds. By burying contact microphones underground in soil and recording vibrations, he captured breathtaking, natural sounds of shifting earth and grinding rocks. For the score he used a hybrid of organic and digital sounds, a musical progression that matched the swell of the movements from texture to texture.

Volumes - Art film by Maxim Zhestkov

March 02, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, Digital Art, Russia, Portfolios, 2018

Designcollector is happy to announce a new long waited work of Russian motion artist Maxim Zhestkov. Welcome his short movie, and as he said before, his first in a colour, - "VOLUMES" that is available today for instant collecting on Sedition Art

Volumes is a Full CG art film by Maxim Zhestkov exploring the juxtaposition of emotions with the laws of nature. Billions of colourful particles dance, play and communicate with each other in an eternal hypnotic ballet governed by the invisible wind of fate.

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Poor Cherries

February 26, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Fashion, Motioncollector, 2018

LA-based director and photographer Jimmy Marble’s latest film was influenced by Czech avant-garde director Věra Chytiiová's Daisies (1966), which was a colorful frolic through banquets, boyfriends, and the bourgeoisie. Known for making poppy commercial content, Marble’s newest project takes a playful approach to the world around us.

Presented by NOWNESS

The American filmmaker explains how he “used strong visuals to play with emotions in an unconscious way. Like music, it is impressionistic, in that you’re trying to create more of a mood than a story.” The resulting film is an offbeat dayglo daydream told through the eyes of two irreverent characters, who cherish lovers’ quarrels and summer clouds in equal measure.

The Burberry February 2018 Runway Show, London

February 18, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Fashion, United Kingdom, Motioncollector, 2018

An adventurous last show from the form-breaking British designer Christopher Bailey who reinvented Burberry

Time. Reflecting the past. Celebrating the present. Heralding the future. A patchwork of characters and identities. A riot of colour. Traditional techniques reimagined to create exquisite new finishes, rediscovered pieces made new.

P.s.
It is not clear wether United Visual Arts were involved to the show or not but the pendulum light installation was definitely inspired by UVA's "Our Time" project from 2016

hash2ash at National Ethnographic Museum, Warsaw

hash2ash - everything saved will be lost

February 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Digital Art, Motioncollector, Poland, Portfolios, 2018

“We don’t want our digital lives to fade away. If we want to preserve them, we need to make sure that the digital objects we create today can still be rendered far into the future”

— Vint Cerf

hash2ash

Interactive installation for National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw created by panGenerator as a part of TEEN AGE exhibition. Installation tuches on the themes of selfie-culture, and the fear of permanently losing the digital records of our lives due to technical failures, impermanence of data storage, or simply because of the obsolescence of the old digital file formats. Even with such compulsive overproduction of the images of ourselves we might end up with nothing but the blank memories of our past. Even the data on ourselves will eventually fade away…

The installation consist of the display that prompts you to take a selfie on your phone, which it renders in digital particles on its large 1x1 meter screen. Then a moment later, your face scatters and falls apart and the real black gravel starts to fall at the bottom of the screen in perfect synchrony with the digital simulation. Gradually a dark mound builds up at the foot of the construction

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