ANIMATION/ Character Stare Down/// Text content Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2018 (CharacterStareDown Edition)Created on a Nintendo DSi Director: Kévin ‘Flipnote’ Gemin Sound Design: David Kamp / studiokamp.com 2018
ANIMATION/ Character Upload/// Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2017 (Character Upload Edition) Director: Mate Steinforth Sound Design: David Kamp / studiokamp.com 2017
ANIMATION/ Show Character! Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2016 (Show Character! Edition) Director: Jun seo Hahm / junseohahm.tumblr.com Sound Design: David Kamp / davidkamp.de 2016
ANIMATION/ Character Awakening Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2015(Form Follows Empathy Edition) Director: Lucas Zanotto / lucaszanotto.comSound Design: David Kamp / davidkamp.de 2015
PERFORMANCE/ ERIK WILLER: HOW I BECAME A PICTO-PSYCHOLOGIST ZKM, Karlsruhe HMKV, Dortmund Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam Platoon Kunsthalle, Berlin La Casa Encendida, Madrid What does an image mean and what is our relationship to it? To answer these questions Niels Bormann slips into the role of pictopsychology founder Erik Willer. Pictopsychology is a scientific discipline […]
ANIMATION/ Birthday Bubbles Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2014(Anniversary Edition) Director: Ori ToorSound Design: David Kamp / davidkamp.de 2014
SHORT FILM/ 56k WHITE NOISE The Missing Link species re-enact the sound of an extinct dial-up modem, trying to establish a connection… Dial-up sound 700% slower by Chaîne de Darkfalky 2013
ANIMATION/ WHITE NOISE Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2013(White Noise Edition) Director: Dante Zaballa / podoboo.com.arSound Design: David Kamp / davidkamp.deAnimation: Leo Campasso, Dante ZaballaCharacter Design: Gabriel Fermanelli, Dante Zaballa 2013
ANIMATION/ DOOMS DAY PARADE Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2012(Doomsday Edition) Director: Mate Steinforth / SechsuchtArt Direction: Philipp Brömme, Christian Zschunke, Julius BrockelmannMusic & Sound Design: David Kamp 2012
PERFORMANCE/ THE MISSING LINK SHOW Volksbühne, Berlin In 2011 Pictoplasma conceived “The Missing Link Show”, a performative piece combining live music concerts, video projections and dance performances to create an over-the-top pop opera. While the live music acts function on their own as a pop concert, the parallel visuals and performances add a narrative layer, […]
SHORT FILM/ IMMERSE YOURSELF IN CHARACTER Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2011(Missing Link Edition) Direction: PictoplasmaDirector of Photography: Kalle KleinChoreography: Jared GradingerCostume Design: WerkstattkollektivMusic: Leyland Kirby 2011
ANIMATION/ BUT ALONG THE WAY THERE IS DANGER Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2010(Shapeshifting recognition value Edition) Direction: Fons SchiedonSound Design: Bram Meindersma 2010
ANIMATION/ WHEN YOUR SMILING Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2009(Character Corporality Edition) Direction: David OReillyMusic: Bob Gruen 2009
PERFORMANCE/ CHARACTER COLLISION ARMY TodaysArt Festival, Den Haag In 2008 the TodaysArt Festival, Den Haag, invited Pictoplasma to come up with an immersive urban game. We accepted the kind invitation and set up a real-life, Mario-Kart-like race, straight through the passage in front of the Ministry of Environment (tellingly named VROM). Two huge trucks brought […]
ANIMATION/ RORSCHACH TEST Official opener of the PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL 2009(Paradolia Edition) Director: Tomás García / Pepper MelonAnimation/Compositing: Fernando SarmientoDesign: Juan MolinetSound Design: David Kamp 2007
PERFORMANCE/ GET INTO CHARACTER Premiere: Haus der Berliner Festspiele In 2006 Pictoplasma transformed the most captivating, screwball and outstanding graphical characters of the times into fantastic costumes. Padded, hydraulic or helium-filled, the creatures literally came to life. Based on the designs of illustrators from Buenos Aires, Miami, Barcelona, Toronto, Osaka or Paris, the new […]
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