The characters of Japanese artist Akinori Oishi are reduced life forms, which he arranges to huge, never ending trees of life, inviting you to colour them in or to get lost in meditation. His sprawling artworks, animations, games, comics and illustrations are created with both, analogue and digital tools. After studying painting at Kyoto City University of Art, and multi-media at IAMAS in Ogaki, he won the price of the International Multimedia Fair in France in 2001. Today Akinori Oishi works as an independent artist and teaches multi-media at the Ecole Cantonale d’Art Lausanne in Switzerland, and Nagoya Zokei University of Art in Japan.
In his graphic work Chalet creates an expanding universe of minimal, often abstract characters, all based on a very tight geometric framework. Although he references a clear, almost archaic formal language, his characters radiate charm and loveable emotion. In his VJ performances, François Chalet makes his growing family of characters dance in real-time to the music. As the performance progresses, the characters are carried along on a spontaneous narrative.
David OReilly’s films, known for their dark sense of humour and psychological suspense, stand out in the animation world. After working with some of the most prestigious London studios in his teens he broke away in
2005 to pursue filmmaking independently. Noted for his disregard of conventions and love/hate relationship with the medium David has produced a wide variety of shorts in parallel to larger commercial projects. Cultural commentator Xeni Jardin describes his style as “somewhere between Kubrick, Kaufman and Ketamine”. His new short, PSS, won him der golden Bear of the Berlin Film festival
2005 to pursue filmmaking independently. Noted for his disregard of conventions and love/hate relationship with the medium David has produced a wide variety of shorts in parallel to larger commercial projects. Cultural commentator Xeni Jardin describes his style as “somewhere between Kubrick, Kaufman and Ketamine”. His new short, PSS, won him der golden Bear of the Berlin Film festival
With an illustration background, Fons Schiedon is known for an explosive colorful style in design and animation. His collage-like motion graphics drew the attention of clients like MTV – who commissioned a series of idents. The resulting clips were inhabited by his typical happy-heavy pandabears and ponies with a digestive problem. Strangely enough, in contrast to their hysterical look, none of his figures and creatures seems entirely happy. Fons has recently changed directions once more, and is now exploring his creativity as a fine art painter.
Mehdi Hercbeg is a musician, artist and teacher of multimedia graphic design at the Ecole Estienne in Paris.
His project Shoboshobo originally involved Japanese visual artists and musicians. It toured through Japan as an art bus with interactive and collaborative happenings taking place in different places.
His project Shoboshobo originally involved Japanese visual artists and musicians. It toured through Japan as an art bus with interactive and collaborative happenings taking place in different places.
He is part of several music projects and creates Motor Karaoke and jukebox installations. As a visual artist, he creates drawings and scribbles of beautiful creepiness.
Wayne Horse aka W. Eilers was born April the 14th in 1981. From his early days on he was obsessed with drawing. Eilers loves to create situations, rather than whole stories, thus leaving space to breathe for character and surrounding. He believes that a story will always evolve by itself out of small apparently unconnected fragment, even though this story will be a different one for every spectator.
His works often seem obscene at first sight, which is not very surprising considering that he takes big parts of his inspiration from b choice celebrities and popular culture. Eventhough he works a lot with computers he manages to keep a handmade feeling to all of his creations.
His works often seem obscene at first sight, which is not very surprising considering that he takes big parts of his inspiration from b choice celebrities and popular culture. Eventhough he works a lot with computers he manages to keep a handmade feeling to all of his creations.
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