The age-old art of storytelling is undergoing a radical transformation. In a media climate that is dominated by interactivity, hybrid formats, multi-platform distribution and the ubiquity of participatory media engagement, new forms of telling and consuming stories are taking over. Submarine Channel’s editorial program Story Mundo explores the transmedial (r)evolution of story across the film, … Continued
Museum Hilversum and guest curator Alan Boom, in collaboration with Submarine Channel, organized the first small scale museum in The Netherlands about Game Art. It’s Art in the Game April 14 – July 1, 2012 Museum Hilversum Kerkbrink 6, Hilversum, Netherlands (Bing map) One might sense a certain hesitance among Dutch museums, especially small ones, … Continued
Shock Head Soul is a new movie by transmedia director Simon Pummell, produced by our sister co. Submarine. Catch it at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012. 30 January, prior to the premiere of the movie, the installation The Sputnik Effect opens at TENT. See also our profile of Shock Head Soul director Simon Pummell. … Continued
Director Tommy Pallotta and his team spent the last weeks remixing our Emmy-nominated interactive web thriller Collapsus – Energy Risk Conspiracy into a short format linear version for ye old-school masses that still watch that nostalgically flickering tube called Television. Four European stations will be broadcasting the new 15-minute movie version the coming week. Broadcast dates: * … Continued
If only the blessings of modern motion graphic wizardy were around in the golden oldies era to help create the visual representation that some songs deserve. Video archives seem to be busting at the seams with soulful tunes that only ever had dismal recordings of live performances to serve as their music video equivalent. Luckily, … Continued
Sign the petition to save Dutch New Media organisations at Change.org. Last week the Dutch government released their plans for budget cuts on arts and culture. The Dutch cultural community is in shock about the rigorousness of these plans. Many orchestras, theater groups and cultural institutions will cease to exist. Although the Dutch New Media … Continued
Director Tommy Pallotta introduces Collapsus, Submarine Channel’s 2010 transmedia project that combines interactivity, animation, fiction, and documentary. Collapsus looks into the near future and shows you how the imminent energy crisis affects a group of ten young people, who appear to be caught up in an energy conspiracy. Collapsus is part of the VPRO … Continued
GeekChic is your ultimate guide to geek culture. It plugs you into a global community of artists, musicians, writers, designers and thinkers, offering a witty and often ironic view on the coming-about of a digital culture. The mastermind behind GeekChic is Neil Feineman – founder-editor of Raygun and Revolution – and hailed as the missing … Continued
Wowie Part 2 is a low-budget art-house short, about an obsessive postman who plots to seduce the object of his desires. The title sequence is a glorious hotch-potch of home-made horror, made with a sharpie and lots of fake blood. Maybe not everyone’s cuppa, as some of your comments on the titles for Wowie Part … Continued
French Fridays on Watch the Titles features the opening credits for Roman Polanski’s first color feature, The Fearless Vampire Killers. The lovely hand-drawn credits were designed by one of the most important French creators of the last decades, André François – one of the first title designers who played with the logo of a major … Continued
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