Pictoplasma Festival

The annual Pictoplasma Conference and Festival has established itself as the world’s most important meeting point for a growing, international scene of artists, character creators and producers.
With artist’s lectures, animation screenings, panels, exhibitions, workshops and performances, the festivals’s focus is less on distinctions of format, style or technique, than on the exploration of common territory.

While the lively exchange between the various disciplines highlightes the importance of reduced figuration in today’s visual understanding, an accompanying series of exhibitions, VJ sessions and parties attracted a wide, interested audience.

2004 - 1.Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin
2005 - Pictoplasma Berlin Festival
2006 - 2.Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin
2007 - Pictoplasma Berlin Festival
2008 - Pictoplasma NYC Festival
2008 - Pictoplasma Argenina Festival
2009 - 3.Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin
2010 - Pictoplasma Berlin Festival

UPCOMING:
April 2011 - Pictoplasma Berlin

Pictoplasma Berlin Festival

9. - 10. 04. 2010
Babylon, Mitte

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

Peter de Sève (USA), Fluorescent Hill (CA), The Blackheart Gang (ZA), Mymo (D) and Ville Savimaa (FN), Nina Braun (DE), Luke Ramsey (CA) and Jeremy Dower (AUS)
and more…

Visit the official > 2010 festival website
View documentation on > FlickR
View accompanying publication > here

3rd Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin

19. - 21. 03. 2009
Haus der Kulturen der Welt

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

Boris Hoppek (ES/GER), Faiyaz Jafri (NL/USA), Risa Sato (JP), James Jarvis (UK), Andrea Crews (FR), Charles Glaubitz (MX), Klaus Haapaniemi (FIN/UK), W+KTokyoLab (JP), Protey Temen (RUS), AJ Fosik (USA), Gaston Caba (ARG), Saiman Chow (USA), Christoph Bartneck (NL), Geoffrey Long (USA), Ken Belson (USA), Ragnhild Tronstad (NOR) and Verena Kuni (DE) and more…

Visit the official > 2009 conference website
View documentation on > FlickR
View accompanying publication > here

Pictoplasma Argentina

02. 10. 2008
AUDITORIUM THEATRE, MAR DEL PLATA
BUENOS AIRES

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

Juliana Pedemonte (ARG), Marc Craste / Studio aka (UK), Shoboshobo (FR), Gangpol & Mit (FR), Motomichi Nakamura (USA/JP) and more…

Visit the official > 2008 Argentina website
View documentation on > FlickR

Pictoplasma NYC

05. - 06. 09. 2008
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU
New York

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

FriendsWithYou (USA), Philip Hunt / Studio aka (UK), Tim Biskup (USA), Gangpol & Mit (FR), Motomichi Nakamura (USA/JP), Akinori Oishi (JP), David OReilly (IRL), Fons Schiedon (NL), Aaron Stewart (USA), Tokyoplastic (UK) and more…

Visit the official > 2008 nyc website
View documentation on > FlickR
View accompanying exhibition > here

Pictoplasma Animation Festival

22. - 25. 11. 2007
Kino Babylon Berlin-Mitte

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

David OReilly (IRL), Studio Soi (GER), Tokyoplastic (UK), Aaron Stewart (USA), Doudouboy (FR), Fons Schiedon (NL), Acampante (ARGG), Hanayo (JP), and many more…

Visit the official > 2007 festival website
Check out the DVD > Characters in Motion - Vol.2
View documentation on > FlickR

2nd Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin

11. - 14. 10. 2006
Haus der Berliner Festspiele

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

Airside (UK), Tim Biskup (USA), Jon Burgerman (UK), eBoy (GER), Sune Ehlers (DK), Pete Fowler (UK), Nathan Jurevisius (AUS), Motomichi Nakamura (JP/USA), Akinori Oishi (JP), Rob Reger (USA), Fons Schiedon (NL), Shoboshobo (FR), Ian Stevenson (UK), Wayne Horse (NL), Jared Gradinger (USA), Adam Marco-Nord (SE), Mari Kim (KR), Nicholas de Villier (USA), Ruben van Leer (NL), Peter Le Couteur (UK) and more…

Visit the official > 2006 conference website
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View accompanying exhibitions > here

Pictoplasma Animation Festival

25. - 26. 11. 2005
Kino Babylon Berlin-Mitte

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

Shynola (UK), Andreas Hykade (GER), Fons Schiedon (NL), Jim Avignon (GER) and more…

Visit the official > 2005 festival website
View documentation on > FlickR
Check out the DVD > Characters in Motion - Vol.1

1st Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin

11. - 14. 10. 2004
Cafe Moskau, Kino International

With lectures, performances and presentations by:

Gary Baseman (USA), Buro Destruct (CH), Francois Chalet (CH), Doma Collective (ARG), FriendsWithYou (USA), Furi Furi (JP), Genevieve Gaukler (FR), Gob Squad (GER/UK), Derrick Hodgson (CA), Philip Hunt / Studio aka (UK), Miss Van (FR), Christian Montenegro (ARG), Mumbleboy (USA) , Neasden Control Centre (UK), Passion Pictures (UK), Rinzen (AUS), The London Police (NL) and more…

Visit the official > 2004 conference website
View documentation on > FlickR
View accompanying exhibition > here