THU September 4, 2014, 11 AM-9 PM
FRI September 5, 2014, 11 AM-9 PM
SAT September 6, .2014, 11 AM-6 PM
SUN September 7, 2014, 11 AM-2 PM
MON September 8, 2014, 11 AM-9 PM
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The Ars Electronica Animation Festival showcases 140 works submitted for prize consideration to 2014 Prix Ars Electronica. They’re divided into 10 programs that offer a cross-section of the outstanding creative work animated filmmakers are currently doing in very diverse areas in this field—applications in art, science, R&D and industry.
New Standards
For years, it seemed impossible to keep pace with the impressive new developments coming out of VFX studios serving the movie business giants. In competition with them, films produced by artists and indie filmmakers usually didn’t stand a chance. But the rapid development of hardware and the price reductions that went along with it as well as the growing professionalism of the training that was available brought about a decisive change. Now, VFX has become an essential element of computer animation, a standard of everyday life in this field.
Increasingly Permeable Borders
Generative and interactive works, projections in an exhibition context or open-air setting, innovative hybrids of analog and digital animation that deliver totally new visual experiences, and found footage—all these developments attest to how this genre’s boundaries have steadily shifted outward and dissolved altogether.
Added Attractions …
The Animation Festival’s themed programs are supplemented by Young Animations, a selection of prizewinning films from last year’s Japan Media Arts Festival and a Campus Genius Awards-program also from Japan.
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Trailer
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Trailer & graphics by Johannes Poell and Orihaus, Trailer sound & audiodesign by Markus Koenig
The Themed Programs
Expanded Animation
In this program, animation takes leave of its usual screening rooms for venues that include gallery spaces, cathedrals, façades and landscapes, and reconfigures these settings in the process.
Box 05:25 | Bot & Dolly (US)
THE ARK 05:16 | Romain Tardy (FR)
A million times 01:21 | Humans since 1982 (SE/GE)
Lighthouse 3D Mapping. 01:34 | Yury Pelin (RU)
The Colony – A tale on Textile 03:25 | Joshuah Brindin Howard (US), Lorenz Potthast (DE), Jonas Wiese (DE) (Urbanscreen) with Svenja Keune (DE)
ESCAPE 06:11 | Laszlo Zsolt Bordos (HU)
O (Omicron) 04:27 | Romain Tardy (FR)
advection 04:02 | Robert Seidel, David Kamp (DE)
Light Leaks 01:22 | Kyle McDonald (US), Jonas Jongejan (DK)
the impenetrable 05:21 | mihai grecu (RO)
The Flood Panels 09:08 | DEPART (AT)
Khôra I. 06:18 | The Macula (CZ)
Experimental
Tests conducted amidst semi-abstract proving grounds and impressive technological experiments—a completely new way to deploy stereoscopy, for instance, or the use of found footage—produce new visual experiences of space and time.
Recycled 05:32 | Lei Lei (CN)
Spherical Harmonics 05:08 | Alan Warburton (GB)
Sliced 02:38 | Dxmiq (Maxim Meshkov) (RU)
SALIENCE Short Film 05:29 | Paul Trillo (US)
Hybrida 03:01 | Hans-Peter Minihuber, Dominik Pfeffer, Georg Wurz / University of Applied Sciences, Campus Hagenberg (AT)
Error de Formato 05:25 | Nicolás Rupcich (CL)
Thing 17:50 | Anouk De Clercq (BE)
abbau 05:02 | Masahiro Ohsuka (JP)
Plastic Infinite 05:26 | Dan Hayhurst, Reuben Sutherland (GB)
Mental States
Psychological states of emergency; fears; the ego’s dark sides—the quintessentially human perceptions that surface in Mental States call upon us to consider our own self.
LONELY BONES 10:00 | ROSTO (NL)
Defragmentation 14:02 | Saebyul Hwangbo (KP)
Futon 06:02 | Yoriko Mizushiri (JP)
ENCORE DES CHANGEMENTS 10:00 | Benoît Guillaume, Barbara Malleville (FR)
Portrait 02:51 | Donato Sansone (IT)
The Great Rabbit 07:12 | Atsushi Wada (Sacrebleu Productions, CaRTe bLaNChe) (FR)
Out of Bounds 6:36 | Viktoria Piechowitz (The Animation Workshop) (DE)
Myosis 02:22 | Emmanuel Asquier-Brassart, Ricky Cometa, Guillaume Dousse, Adrien Gromelle, Thibaud Petitpas (FR)
Narration
From lovingly poetic to coarsely comic, biting satire to loud-and-clear political statements—today’s filmmakers don’t shy away from any issue at all in the digital narratives they confront us with, and demonstrate yet again that there are no limits to computer animation’s storytelling capabilities.
Mr Hublot 11:48 | Alexandre Espigares (LU), Laurent Witz (FR) (ZEILT productions)
Chipotle Scarecrow 03:33 | Moonbot Studios (US)
Interview 05:17 | Mikkel Okholm (The Animation Workshop) (DK)
Hollow land 13:56 | Michelle and Uri Kranot (DK)
Kangaroos can’t jump backwards 02:24 | Rafael Mayrhofer (motiphe) (AT)
Once Upon a Candle 06:22 | Humphrey Erm (The Animation Workshop) (SE)
Silent 03:19 | Moonbot Studios (US)
Home sweet home 08:31 | Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazenet, Stéphane Paccolat (FR)
Escarface 04:52 | Lionel Arnold, Vincent Meunier, Eva Navaux, Pierre Plouzeau, Dario Sabato, Burcu Sankur (FR)
Comedy
When filmmakers start making up stories, abstruse, hilarious narratives are often the outcome. Giraffes mutate into high-divers; a silent community discovers language …
Fugu and Tako 08:00 | Ben West (AU)
Mute 04:22 | Job, Joris & Marieke (NL)
Mac ‘N’ Cheese – Supermarket 02:43 | Colorbleed Animation Studios, il Luster Films (NL)
Cock of the Walk 00:36 | Donavon Brutus, Matthew Jimenez (US)
Plot-O-Mat 02:49 | Iring Freytag, Florian Werzinski (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) (DE)
GUNTHER 06:32 | Erick Oh (US)
Birds 01:20 | Zeitguised (DE)
Supermoine Holypop 02:20 | Julien Bagnol (Supamonks) (FR)
Shave It 04:14 | Fernando Maldonado, Jorge Tereso (3dar) (AR)
Wedding Cake 08:14 | Viola Baier (DE), Iris Frisch (AT)
5 METRES 80 05:23 | Nicolas Deveaux (CUBE CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS) (FR)
WISH LIST 03:00 | WISH LIST 03:00 | Griff & Scott Garrett (GB)
Sun of a beach 05:51 | Arnaud Crillon, Alexandre Rey, Jinfeng Lin, Valentin Gasarian (FR)
Inner Worlds
Minute organic worlds emerge in breathtaking detail. Microcosms and macrocosms reveal themselves. In the alliance of art and science, computer animation lets one behold what used to be invisible.
MITE 03:38 | Walter Volbers (DE)
The Rise and Fall of Globosome 05:45 | Sascha Geddert, Philipp Wolf (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) (DE)
Cellular Forms 04:43 | Andy Lomas (GB)
Comme des Organismes 02:10 | Zeitguised (DE)
Impermanence Trajectory: the limbic nest. 07:00 | Stefan Larsson (AUJIK)
Rugbybugs 01:35 | Matthias Bäuerle, Fabian Fricke, Emanuel Fuchs, Martin Lapp, Carl Schröter (DE)
The incredible Water Bear 04:34 | Reinhold Fragner, Martina Fröschl (Industrial Motion Art Filmproduktion GmbH) (AT)
PROXIMITY 02:50 | Peter Affenzeller (AT), Kristin Müller (DE), Manuel Preuß (DE)
Endtrip 05:10 | Olivier Ballast, Koen de Mol, Rick Franssen (The Outpost) (NL)
From the Pentagon Inequality to the Poincaré Universe 03:02 | Renate Quehenberger (Quantum Cinema) (AT)
Terra Incognita 10:00 | Rachel Clarke (US)
Motion
Motion was one of the foremost areas of exploration during computer animation’s formative years. Current examples range from poetic-artistic elaborations to funny stuff.
Walking City 07:49 | Matt Pyke (Universal Everything) (GB)
Cycles 720 02:32 | Craig Ritchie Allan (Numbercult) (GB)
Linear 02:54 | Julia M. Müller (DE)
SONATA 11:00 | Nadia Micault (FR)
y2o {distillé} 11:11 | dominique T Skoltz (SKOLTZ inc) (CA)
Land 03:30 | Masanobu Hiraoka (JP)
Buzzard 03:30 | Gero Doll aka Limbicnation (NA), Olivier Girardot (FR)
Nike Hyperfeel 04:00 | FIELD (GB)
Columbos 09:15 | Kawai+Okamura (FR)
Late for meeting 02:00 | David Lewandowski (US)
Visual Music
This program features a diverse mix of works and genres that demonstrate how images and music can jam.
Light Motif 04:15 | Frédéric Bonpapa (FR)
Magma 01:28 | Dvein (ES)
Ghost Are Dancing 03:19 | Maxime Causeret, Gilles-Alexandre Deschaud (FR)
Heimcomputer 07:30 | Sophie Clements (GB), Toby Cornish (DE) (jutojo)
Beatcam 01:32 | Oscar Gonzalez Diez (Plastic Science) (UK)
Katachi 03:02 | Przemyslaw Adamski, Katarzyna Kijek (Kijek/Adamski) (PL)
Anatomy of a Poem 03:31 | Rebecca Ruige Xu (Syracuse University), Sean Hongsheng Zhai (Red Dot Blue Square LLC) (US)
Pop Psychology, messages from synapse 27 03:15 | Paul Fletcher (digital compost) (AU)
Le Peuple de l’Herbe – Parler le Fracas 04:26 | thomas / wasaru Fourniret (wasaru) (FR)
megu & patron “pari pari pa-ri-” 03:40 | Takashi Ohashi (JP)
Stop the Show 01:00 | Max Hattler (GB, DE, ES)
Xenas 05:15 | Arístides Job García Hernández (ES)
Mouse On Mars – Cream Theme 02:45 | Zeitguised (DE)
Young Animations
Animated work produced by young filmmakers: Every year, gifted young filmmakers submit their movies to u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD (Austria), bugnplay (Switzerland), MB21 (Germany) and C3
Schenk ein Lächeln 03:02 | u19 | Melanie Bauer, Tanja Griesser | 17-18 Jahre
Ve geldik – Und wir sind angekommen 03:34 | mb21 | Kooperation des Kinderinsel e.V. und des Türkischen Volkshaus e.V. in Frankfurt am Main | 11 Jahre
Not another brick in the wall – Ein Stein, der seine Wichtigkeit erfuhr. 03:21 | u19 | Marcel Klinger, David Lang, Johannes Lederer, Tobias Regier | 13 Jahre
Accidental Discovery 04:44 | c3 | Peter Vecsei | 17 Jahre
Femme Chanel – Amme Fenchel 04:06 | u19 | Sarah Oos | 19 Jahre
Das Kind 01:17 | u19 | Ju Hee Park | 17-18 Jahre
Verschöpft 4:42 | mb21 | Arne Hain, Dominik Erl, Toni Wunder | 18 Jahre
A Never Ending Friendship 02:49 | u19 | Anna Haslinger, Sophia Warbanoff |16 Jahre
Max’s Idea 02:36 | bugnplay | Tim Winkelmann | 14 Jahre
Das Geld macht den Unterschied 01:03 | u19 | Alexander Schneidermayer, Franz Ilmer, Chedi Chasanova, Sonja Widauer, Jacqueline Kohler | 14 Jahre
Hungry Fish 01:16 | u19 | Marvin Schürz | 15 Jahre
Motorist goes for chips 02:55 | c3 | Ágnes Király | 13 Jahre
no risk no fun 00:55 | mb21 | Richard Forstmann | 15 Jahre
Robob 01:38 | mb21 | Ronny Günt | 16 Jahre
Over the hills and far away! 01:51 | c3 | Bojaisokk (team) | 17 Jahre
Slow and steady wins the race! 03:29 | c3 | Mátyás Eckl | 17 Jahre
Get The Egg 02:32 | mb21 | Florian Tappeser, Dastin Luis Rauch, Lukas Schnorfell | 24 Jahre
BatRace 02:56 | bugnplay | Chris Leisi, Michael Stampfli | 21 Jahre
von KLEEblatt zu KLEEblatt 02:56 | bugnplay | Lea Hofer | 19 Jahre
HIHO 02:00 | u19 | Workshop mit Roland Schütz am Bundesschülerheim “Am Himmelhof”; BRG Diefenbachgasse; Proejktkoordinator Mag. Erich Wohlfahrter; Klasse 4hb | 13-15 Jahre
Reverie 03:36 | mb21 | Valentin Gagarin, Shujun Wong, Robert Wincierz und Manuel Senfft | 26 Jahre
Japan Media Arts Festival Selection
The Japan Media Arts Festival honors outstanding works from a wide range of media in four award categories: Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga.
Sound of Honda / Ayrton Senna 1989 | 01:30 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Kaoru Sugano, Sotaro Yasumochi, Yu Orai, Nadya Kirillova, Kyoko Yonezawa, Kosai Sekine, Taeji Sawai, Daito Manabe (JP, RU)
minicar music player. | 01:36 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Kensaku Kakimoto (JP)
YAKENOHARA “RELAXIN’ | 05:10 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Saigo No Shudan (Ayumu Arisaka, Mai Oita, Ren Kohata) (JP)
salyu × salyu “hanashitaianatato” | 03:37 | 16th Japan Media Arts Festival | Koichiro Tsujikawa (JP)
ballet rotoscope | 03:15 | 15th Japan Media Arts Festival | Masahiko Sato + EUPHRATES (JP)
Strata #4 | 01:54 | 16th Japan Media Arts Festival | Quayola (IT)
TOKYO CITY SYMPHONY | 03:13 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Tsubasa Oyagi, Kampei Baba, Koshi Takcom/Miura, Takayuki Watanabe, Sadanori Maeda, Toshiyuki Hashimoto, Hironori Terai, Takahiko Kajima (JP)
Haisuinonasa “Dynamics of the Subway” | 04:22 | 16th Japan Media Arts Festival | Keita Onishi (JP)
Travis “Moving” | 04:28 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Tom Wrigglesworth, Matt Robinson (UK)
Z-MACHINES | 05:20 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Z-MACHINES Project (JP)
Suidobashi Heavy Industry “KURATAS” | 03:05 | 16th Japan Media Arts Festival | Kogoro Kurata / Wataru Yoshizaki (JP)
Professor Kliq “Wire & Flashing Lights” | 01:39 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Victor Haegelin (FR)
WORLD ORDER in BUDOKAN | 02:21 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival |WORLD ORDER (JP)
Roy Tamaki “Wonderful” | 03:51 | 17th Japan Media Arts Festival | Roy Tamaki (JP)
Campus Genius Award
The Campus Genius Award (Gakusei CG Contest) honors digital artworks created by students. This year, it celebrates its 20th anniversary and by this verifies its important role in the history of Japanese Media Arts. In this year’s Ars Electronica, a series of animated short films is being screened.
Airy Me 05:39 | 2013 | YOKO Kuno
sweet picnic 03:19 | 2011 | koya
1912-2012 vol.1 02:07 | 2013 | Nakamura Masashi
Otaku Dash!! 01:03 | 2013 | Nakamura Masashi
Karakuri Canon 03:30 | 2013 | Iwamoto Yushi
Wild Wild Ham 04:46 | 2013 | Kawaguchi Eri
Usalullaby 05:33 | 2013 | Ike Asami
ANAL JUKE – anal juice – 02:57 | 2013 | Kabuki Sawako
Natural Incubation 10:02 | 2013 | Aoyagi Natsumi
CYCLOID 03:27 | 2013 | Kurogi Tomoki
Daily lives at Daisy Lodge 08:22 | 2013 | Wakai Manami
Daily program
THU September 4, 2014
11 AM Experimental
12 PM Mental States
1 PM Narration
2 PM Visual Music
3 PM Japan Media Arts Festival Selection
4 PM Comedy
5 PM Inner Worlds
6 PM Campus Genius Award
7 PM Motion
8 PM Expanded Animation
FRI September 5, 2014
11 AM Mental States
12 PM Visual Music
1 PM Motion
2 PM Japan Media Arts Festival Selection
3 PM Young Animations
4 PM Campus Genius Award
5 PM Narration
6 PM Comedy
7 PM Experimental
8 PM Inner Worlds
SAT September 6, 2014
11 AM Inner Worlds
12 PM Comedy
1 PM Expanded Animation
2 PM Motion
3 PM Experimental
4 PM Mental States
5 PM Pixels & Piano: Music Visualisations
SUN September 7, 2014
11 AM Young Animations
12 PM Visual Music
1 PM Pixels & Piano: Music Visualisations
MON September 8, 2014
11 AM Narration
12 PM Expanded Animation
1 PM Young Animations
2 PM Mental States
3 PM Campus Genius Award
4 PM Motion
5 PM Japan Media Arts Festival Selection
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6 PM Comedy
7 PM Inner Worlds
8 PM Experimental