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24/10/2001

Art futura

Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona CCCB, Barcelona

ART FUTURA the most important forum in Spain devoted to the cultural, social and artistic repercussions of phenomena like Virtual Reality, Artificial Life and Computer Networks returns to Barcelona.
The next edition of the festival will be held at the Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) of the Catalan capital from October 25th to the 28th, 2001. Four days of sessions, exhibitions, interactive installations, screenings and special presentations centered around a common topic: "Collective Art: From Distributed Intelligence to Online Games."

from October 25th to the 28th, 2001

ART FUTURA 2001. SPECIAL SESSIONS AND CONFERENCES

Final Fantasy - Remo Ballcells
Remo Ballcells has worked as a digital effects supervisor in some of the most visually striking films of the last decade, like "Titanic" or "The Fifth Element". His last project has been the revolutionary "Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within", where he was one of the top five animation supervisors of the film.
"Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within" is the first computer animation movie that aspires to trascend the looks of previous CGI films to achieve an almost fotographic level of realism. On a special session on Saturday, October 27, Remo will explain the monumental development process of a production with a budget close to 100 million dollars.

Tomato- Special Retrospective
This year, the anthological section of Art Futura will explore the career of the artists and designers' collective Tomato. Tomato is one of the most fascinating examples of multidisciplinar creation in the nineties. Since 1991, the group has put the skills of its eight founding members (writers, musicians, graphic designers and artists) in service of a common project: the development of a new aesthetic, bold and audacious, for the 21st century.
During these ten years Tomato has made publicity for print and TV (Sony, Nike, Levis, MTV), record covers and videoclips, title credits for movies (Trainspotting, The Beach) and architecture and interior design. But they also create art instalations for museums and exhibitions, interactive pieces and Computer and Flash animation. Their most popular project is undoubtedly the renowned techno band Underworld. Members of Tomato will speak about their 10 years of work and present a one-hour program comprising the best of their audiovisual production in a special session on Friday, October 26th.

The Sims - Jamie Doornbos
Jamie Doornbos is the lead programmer of Maxis' "The Sims", the most revolutionary videogame in recent years and an incredible commercial success, with more than 7 millionn copies sold. "The Sims"will be the protagonist of a session where Jamie will unravel the creation process of a project which has marked a turning point in the history of the discipline. They will also introduce The Sims Online, the new version that will allow players of the game to live together simultaneously in virtual cities.

Naughty Doc - Jason Rubin
Jason Rubin is the founder and director of Naughty Dog, one of the leading videogame companies in the last decade. The adventures of "Crash Bandicoot", their most popular character, have sold more than 20 million copies. Jason will speak at Art Futura on Saturday, October 27 about "Jak and Daxter", the eagerly awaited first game developed by his company for the Playstation 2 Console.

Plus:
Exhibition. "Videogames:State of the Art". A journey through 30 years of videogames, and an exploration of its impact on contemporary culture and digital art.

Art Futura Show and Computer Graphics in Spain. Two one hour programmes comprising the best computer animation pieces developed internationally and in Spain in the last twelve months.

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