Well, since September is a short month and/or we’ve been so busy our next Inter-action will actually be on Wednesday September 30 2009.
Our friends at Magic Pony are having a very special opening on October 1st. Those of you who know me know i’m a very huge fan of Kozyndan. They will likely be in attendance at Inter-action. So we’ve changed the date of inter-action to a Wednesday night – September 30th
The next Inter-action will be hosted by our friends at sociMedia. www.socimedia.com
@ 569 King Street West, Toronto – 6-8pm
Presentation: Alchemy will be presenting their recent production of a short film for an online film festival for Girl Guides. Handmade sets, illustration by Nathan Jurevicius and tiny miniatures. http://www.helloalchemy.com
Innovation: Moving beyond the marker.
Helen Papagiannis has been working with AR since before most of us knew what it was. Her video AR work is jaw dropping. She’ll be coming to Inter-action show her work, discuss her creative process, and discussing ways we can move beyond the single white square on a piece of paper…. http://www.aliceglass.com
Dissection: Our hosts, Socimedia Will be presenting YeahoYeah.com and discussing the idea of integrating and mashing APIs for traditional co-promoted and direct marketing. http://www.socimedia.com
Well, those of you who know me will know that I am an avid collector of Team Macho – often known for chanting “Team Macho! ” and excited fast talking at openings yelling things like “I want that!” at every piece.
Well, since September is a short month and/or we’ve been so busy our next Inter-action will actually be on Wednesday September 30 2009.
Lunch partner Magic Pony are having a very special opening on October 1st. Those of you who know me know i’m a very huge fan of Kozyndan. They will likely be in attendance at Inter-action. So we’ve changed the date of inter-action to a Wednesday night - September 30th
The next Inter-action will be hosted by our friends at sociMedia. www.socimedia.com
@ 569 King Street West, Toronto – 6-8pm
Other speakers to be announced, but at least this will put it in your calendars.
Lunch is happy to announce the first in our series of Interactive workshops, our first will be catered to Producers and Project Managers interested in learning more about the Interactive/Integrated Production Process.
The workshop will include a full day workshop with Lunch’s founder and Executive Producer, Amy Miranda (http://www.linkedin.com/in/amymiranda), the day will also include guest speakers and an actual work session.
Space is limited.
For information on registration, and format for this session email Amy@thisislunch.com
To say that we’re excited about this is an understatement, in addition to amazing interactive directors like Jason Zada, Grant Skinner, Geordie Stephens and everyone else on Tool’s stellar roster – Carlos Ulloa has joined the team. Welcome Carlos!
Carlos is perhaps best known for his creation and launch of Papervision3D. Yup. Awesome. – Coming soon is Carlos’ Reel.
Tool of North America’s Carlos Ulloa is one of the industry’s leading Flash developers, a regular presenter at industry events and an active member of the Flash OS community. His Flash work focuses on fields of graphic and typographic effects, motion design, and interactivity, all with a focus on 3D.
Ulloa’s signature work is the creation and launch of the revolutionary open source project Papervision3D, a real-time Flash 3D engine. Since the program’s debut, it has vaulted into the mainstream and became central to prominent campaigns for Sony Bravia, Renault, Absolut, Red Bull, and Nike.
Due to his expertise in every aspect of Flash, Ulloa has spoken or run training courses on Papervision3D and other subjects at many of the industry’s leading conferences, including CaT, TED, FITC, Adobe MAX, Flash on the Beach, MadinSpain, Flashforward, and the Web Flash Festival.
Ulloa’s groundbreaking work on both Papervision3D and individual campaigns has earned countless recognitions, including a spot on Creativity Magazine’s 2009 Creativity 50 list; first place at the 18th Flash Forward Film Festival, Site Of The Day at FWA, and a nomination for a Cannes Cyber Lion for the In An ABSOLUT World campaign; a Silver Pencil at the 2008 One Show InteractiveAwards, and recognitions at the Webby Awards, FITCs, FWAs, and D&ADs, along with a nomination for a Cannes Cyber Lion, for Sony BRAVIA; and, for his work on Papervision 3D, .net Magazine Awards 2008 Innovation of the Year, winner in the 3D category at the 17th Flash Forward Film Festival, and a People’s Choice Award at the 2007 FITC Awards.
As an interactive director, Carlos is poised to bring his unique creative and technical background to develop innovative advertising campaigns.
Interested in doing some work with Carlos? or any of the other Interactive Directors mentioned above – Call Lunch in Canada. Or Tool of North America in the USA
Watch out in the coming weeks for a special contribution to the Lunch Blog from Jason Zada himself.
Narwhal Art Projects has an absolutely brilliant exhibition with Nicholas Aoki taking place this month. As one of the founding members of Team Macho, Nicholas has been exhibiting with Magic Pony and Narwhal for the past five years however this will be his first solo venture and we are honored to be a part of this significant moment.
goodnight; sweet, hearts. opens August 13 and runs until September 20. The opening reception will be this Thursday August 13 from 7-10pm. Nicholas will be in attendance. Coincidentally it is his birthday!
Summoning the essence of heroic tradition found within work such as the Illiad and The Odyssey, goodnight: sweet, hearts. explores the modern day struggle between skepticism and belief, mortality and philosophy. Nicholas Aoki creates an epic narrative composed of Gods and mortals seeking passage, testing fate and enduring trials amongst an ensemble of anthropomorphic archetypes. Through each atmospheric landscape there is a constant transformation and the inevitable existential questioning of life, death, faith and the fantastic ideal.
Nicholas Aoki is an artist and illustrator working in Toronto, Canada. A graduate of Sheridan College’s illustration program, Aoki began producing work within the Canadian art collective Team Macho. Since graduating in 2002, he has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Bordeaux, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto and Amsterdam. A medium intrinsically associated with pre-digital illustration and automobile painting, Aoki wields the airbrush with a painterly sensibility, applying watercolour and acrylic with precise delicacy. goodnight: sweet, hearts. is Nicholas Aoki’s premiere solo exhibition.
Nicholas Aoki is available for illustration and commerical work through Lunch.
Lunch is thrilled to welcome sociMedia – pronounced so-shee-media to the network. sociMedia are creative developers – they’re well versed in what it takes to build a community and experts at building applications. Their experience in creative, video and programming makes them a fabulous addition to the network. I first had the pleasure of working with one of their principals, Adrian while I was at Fastvibe, many moons ago. Adrian went on to partner with Adam, and Sean to found sociMedia. When you talk to them about creative or development, they get it. They know what it takes to create something that a) works and b) performs. A rare thing in the development world. sociMedia joins Pixelpusher, Indusblue, and Stem Limited as a part of the creative development roster at Lunch.
