Inspiration Behind Instant Film
Come by Bar Deville to see what 8 things I shot.
Wednesday / December 8 / 2010
Weingart’s Morphologic Type-case:
First published on Idea Typography Today back in 1980. Wolfgang Weingart’s morphologic Type-case is still an inspiration.
Irma Boom, cont.
Another great video of Dutch book designer Irma Boom, taking a close look into her process and philosophy.
“I’m mad about books, but I hate handmade books. They have to be industrially made. A book which has been made by hand, showing traces of handicraft, to me is hideous, really disgusting…Books are made to spread information. They’re reproductions, so they should be distributed around the world in multiples.”
Plural in Print Regional Design Annual 2010
Plural was featured among the “Best American Design of the Year” in Print’s Magazine 2010 Desing Annual.
Check it out under the Midwest section: Lumpen Magazine (page 93), The Whistler Publication (page 99), and The (Con)temporary Art Guide (page 103).
From the Studio: O for STA
Plural was asked to create a letter for The Society of Typographic Arts holiday auction. To help raise money for the Jack Weiss Scholarship Fund, 26 letters will be auctioned off… somewhere, sometime. Details TBA. Here’s our letter ‘O’. You can also see some of the other letters done by our friends at Faust.
Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation
The Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation
Saturday, November 6, 2010.
Focusing on abstract animation and unconventional character animation, three programs of short films will showcase a range of styles and techniques in work from the 1970’s to present.
The Classic Shorts program (1:00 pm) features 16mm works from the 70’s-90’s. The New Shorts program (3:00) includes new short experimental works from 2007-2010. At 7:00 pm, festival guest David O’Reilly, in town from Berlin, will present a program of his award-winning animation, including a preview of his brand-new piece, The External World (which just won Grand Prix at this year’s Ottawa Animation Festival). Throughout the day, selected works will play on a continuous loop on monitors in the lobby. Full details on these programs can be found on the Eyeworks website.
The festival features work from several notable Chicago animators, including Chris Sullivan, Jim Trainor, Lisa Barcy and Matt Marsden. Eyeworks is organized by Lilli Carre and Alexander Stewart.
Official Festival Trailer: http://www.vimeo.com/16335600
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Eyeworks festival trailer is made up of 200 silk-screened posters
designed by Sonnenzimmer, shot frame-by-frame and animated . These posters will be for sale at the festival.]
Eyeworks festival trailer is made up of 200 silk-screened posters
designed by Sonnenzimmer, shot frame-by-frame and animated . These posters will be for sale at the festival.]
Festival Preview Trailer, featuring excerpts from works in the festival: http://www.vimeo.com/15828259
Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation
Saturday, November 6, 2010
1:00 pm Classic Shorts — 3:00 pm New Shorts — 7:00 pm David O’Reilly
Admission to each program is $5.00, or $12.00 for all three- Tickets are available for purchase online via PayPal
247 S. State St, lower level, DePaul CDM theater
Festival sponsors: Chicago Filmmakers, Spudnik Press, Roots & Culture, The Nightingale, Saturday Cinema.
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Programming at Roots & Culture is partially funded by The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation and The Illinois Arts Council, a State Agency
Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center
1034 n Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773-235-8874
www.rootsandculturecac.org
hours: Thurs. & Fri 4p-7p, Sat 12p-6p
What Wood You Say?
What Wood You Say? is a new spin from the ongoing wood/type “It’s OK” project by Chicago-based artist, Sighn, allowing anyone to submit phrases to be made.
from Sighn: With the new What Wood You Say project, all you have to do is dream up the phrase, lyric, or wisdom-nugget, and we carve it into a tailor-made art object or gift. Letters are 2.75” tall, and approximately 12 characters per foot, cut out of 3/8” basswood. These specialty pieces are available from November - December 2010. Pricing starts at $5 a character, with 50 character maximum. Each piece is signed & dated: SIGHN2010. Custom pieces have a two week turnaround. Preview premade options on Flickr.
Our submission:
