Festival of
contemporary character design and art
9. + 10. April 2010
Kino Babylon Berlin:Mitte
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30
10178 Berlin
Germany
A vast program of animation screenings and special programs showcases the very best of today’s characters in motion, with selected work ranging from music visuals, motion graphics, narrative shorts and experimental animation.
MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION > HERE
Brand new: GANGPOL & MIT: FAITS DIVERS!
Pictoplasma’s first monograph Book and DVD. Enjoy Gangpol & Mit’s unparalleled symbiosis of sonic and visuals on your very own home entertainment system! The book presents the visual worlds as original movie posters, while the 14 new tracks offer sceneries straight from doomsday. Melodies crush and rebuild in various styles, mixing sources dug out deep from a huge digital sandbox.
ORDER YOUR COPY > HERE
Ongoing call for Animation entries!
Event hough the deadline for the upcoming Pictoplasma Berlin festival has passed, we’re always on the hunt for fresh and convincing character design out there in the world of moving images, to be included in future screenings!
Should you be responsible for high-grade characters in animation, narration, music visuals or motion graphics, please don’t hesitate to share them with us.
SUBMIT YOUR > ANIMATION ENTRY
NEW: Pictoplasma Talks #2: AJ Fosik
Never been to a Pictoplasma Conference? Here’s another reason why you should: As the 2nd release in our ongoing series of edits from the very best artist presentations we now offer a 7 minute snippet of AJ Fosik’s lecture at the 3rd Pictoplasma Conference.
More Talks by artists such as Risa Sato, David OReilly, James Jarvis and Tim Biskup will gradually be added to the Pictoplasma Talks site here:
VIEW > PICTOPLASMA TALKS
Prepare for Pictopia - Catalog
All you’ll ever need to know about character design and art on 328 colourful pages. Published on the occasion of the Pictopia exhibition at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in spring 2009, the catalog assembles texts and works by international artists, designers and theorists, all investigating the aesthetic principle of reduction and abstraction in the design of anthropomorphic characters.
PREPARE FOR > PICTOPIA
Follow us on a journey through time and space!
We finally put together a little teaser for our Characters in Motion 2 DVD. While we are preparing the next animation festival, scheduled for April 2010 in Berlin, you can take a look at what was on offer at the previous one: a psychedelic journey through the character populated worlds of over 50 forward-looking, stylistically outstanding studios, animators and designers.
TAKE ME ON A > TRIP!
Explore our online playground in Aki-colour!
Japanese character creator Akinori Oishi has lovingly designed a special topography for you to explore, meet and create jointly.
Log in and start adding your own surrounding in CMYC, take and exchange snapshots of your favourite sceneries, meet friends and engage in a scribble battle while chatting in real time about the profanity of your real-world existence…
ENTER THE PLAYGROUND > COLOUR ME, AKI!
All our news in manageable chunks!
Want to know what’s up at Pictoplasma? Where is the next gathering? What’s the deadline for submissions? Is there a new encyclopaedia in the pipeline? When are the character archives going to go online again? And how come nobody told you earlier? Subscribe to our Newsletter and you’ll be the first to hear about upcoming festivals, exhibitions and publicatons.
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Pictoplasma on Tour!
Sometimes we get lucky and are invited by friendly events, festivals and organisations to contribute with special animation screenings, freshly curated exhibitions or in depth lectures on the general topic of character design and art. Check our tour calendar, and we just might happen to be in your neighbourhood in the near future.
WHERE? WHAT? WHEN? > TOUR CALENDAR
Get in touch directly
You can follow and befriends us via a variety of social networks, send us a mail if you have something to share, subscribe to our newsletter or request further information and press material on the project.
We’re always thankful for feedback and continuously dependant on artists pointing us in their direction, so don’t hesitate and say hello.
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