ANIMATEKA 2006 Artist in Residence (Norway)
Lars Fiske (1966) lives and works in Oslo, Norway. After graduating (1988-1992) graphic design and illustration at the K onstfackskolan in Stockholm, he took a specialization course in illustration at the Otis/Parson school in Los Angeles.
Fiske has published many picture- and comic-books in Norway and worked as an illustrator for Scandinavia's biggest newsp apers and magazines. As a commercial artist he has made designs for a variety of things from milk boxes to book covers. His com ics are published by the leading Norwegian alternative publisher No Comprendo Press. His latest comic-book project about the Ge rman avant-garde artist Kurt Schwitters, who revolutionized the art scene in the 1920´s, was published this year by KANON (in c ollaboration with Steffen Kverneland).
The exhibition set up in Ljubljana focuses on Fiske´s illustration and comic-book art. It is presented in a new poster f ormat made specially for the Animateka festival. The exhibition shows Fiske´s interest in ”static animation”, his explorations with movement, time and action in drawings and comic-book pages. Shapes and geometric compositions are another trademark in his work. Fiske´s style has a strong graphic expression, easy to recognize with its clear line and bold compositions. Often descri bed as edgy and cubistic it is filled with references from art, architecture and design history. Fiske´s characters are often d esperate and energetic, throwing themselves into life with full force and a good portion of humour.
More of his work can be seen on: www.fiske.no
Bibliography
Matje -The Debutant (No Comprendo Press, 1996); Matje-ism (No Comprendo Press, 2000); Let´s Run! (No Comprendo Press, 2002); Olaf G. (No Comprendo Press, 2004); On Three Wheels (No Comprendo Press, 2005 ); Kanon (No Comprendo Press, 2006).
Exhibitions
Kunsternes Hus (Oslo 2002); Tegnerforbundet (Oslo 2004); Avistegnernes Hus (Drøbak 2004); Jugendstil Senteret (Ålesund 2 005); Galerri Grafill (Oslo 2004/5/6).
Annick Teninge plunged into animation in 1990 when she started her job at the Annecy Festival. She was assistant and the n deputy to the director for six years. During this time, she built up professional relationships with numerous members of the international animation community.
In 1996, Annick left Annecy for Los Angeles to participate in the founding of the Animation World Network Website (AWN.com). For five years, she was the general manager of the Website that has become the premier source for animation infor mation on the Internet.
Annick came back to France in 2001 to join La Poudrière animation film school. After over three years supervising the pr oduction and distribution of the students' films and contributing to its cinema and cultural activities, she is now the head of the school.
La Poudrière, école du film d'animation
12, rue Jean Bertin
26000 Valence
France
tel: 33 (0)4 75 82 08 08
fax: 33 (0)4 75 82 08 07
email: poudriere@wanadoo.fr
Filmmaker, critic, festival organizer.
Producer-director-author of live-action and animated films, among them Nº1, The Big Clubs, Die Tit elmacher (The Title Makers), Der Falschspieler (The Chord Sharp), Eine Kohlenmine in Südwal es (A Coal Mine in South Wales), Topspin, Einsatz aus besonderem Anlass (Special Police Ass ignment), Der Mann an der Seitenlinie (The Linesman), Larry, Die Hochzeitsmusiker (The Wedding Musicians), Ziganska musica, Balkan Boogie. Associate producer of Die Gorgo (T he Gorgon).
Awards: German Short Film Award (twice); “Gold Hugo” at Chicago Film Festival; Special Jury Prize at Melbourne Film Fest ival; Special Jury Prize at “Golden Antenna” TV Competition; Jury Prize at Odense Film Festival; Short Film Award of the Associ ation of German Cinemas (twice); “Prix à la qualité” (France); “Premio di qualità” (Italy, 3 times); Special Merit Award by Ger man Film Assessment Bureau (9 times), etc.
Member of numerous festival juries (Zagreb, Oberhausen, Tampere, Munich, ICOGRADA London) and selection committees (Anne cy, Varna, Oberhausen, Cardiff, Second German TV Network).
From 1989 until 1996 member of the Executive Board of Bundesverband Deutscher Film & AV Produzenten (Federal Ass ociation of German Film & AV Producers). Founder-organizer of the “Filme im Schloss” programmes at the Wiesbaden Biebri ch Castle including - since 1999 - the annual, non-competitive Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation.
Internationales Trickfilm-Wochenende Wiesbaden
c/o Freunde der Filme im Schlo
Klopstockstr. 12, D-65187 Wiesbaden
Tel: ++ 49 (0)611 84 05 62
Fax: ++ 49 (0)611 80 79 85
Born 12.11.1963 in Kaplice, Czech Republic. Graduated at FAMU in Prague (Master-degree at Scriptwriting and Dra maturgy Department). After finishing studies he started to work with one of his schoolfellow Petr Vachler (VAC Vachler Art Comp any). In production of this establishment he participated in the creation and realisation of periodical TV-programmes (Kino box, The Prologues - insights to the world of short films), dramaturgy and scriptwriting the Annual film awards C zech Lion and Annual television awards Elsa.
He is also co-writer of documentary serial for Czech TV concerning the genres of Czech film Faces of Czech film (2002). Czech TV realised also several feature projects based on his scripts. He wrote the script for the feature Indianos a Pheňori (Indian and the nurse, 2006), a succesful first-film directed by Dan Wlodarczyk. Ste hlik is also the co-writer of Petr Vachler´s black comedy Doblba! (Over and Over!, 2005) and project in produ ction Josefova cesta (Joseph´s Journey, 2007)
He is artistic director of the International student film festival Fresh Film Fest, which takes place in Karlov y Vary (www.freshfilmfest.net).
Self taught independent animator Patrick Smith has animated five award-winning short films, directed several animated te levision series, including MTV's Daria and Downtown, and has created striking works of public art. Patrick is also the mind behind a number of imaginative television commercials, including the iconic Zoloft commercials for Pfizer, as we ll as ID spots for MTV. A professor and senior thesis advisor at the Pratt Institute in New York, Patrick is involved in teachi ng a new generation of animators. His latest work, Puppet recently won major accolades at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, and is included on his first DVD collection Liquid Tales. His films have been featured on MTV, Atom Fi lms, Tivo, several Spike and Mikes collections, and hundreds of film festivals world-wide. His studio is located in Tribeca, Ne w York City.
More of his work can be seen on: www.patsmith.com
