onedotzero_ adventures in motion onedotzero profile onedotzero is an international contemporary, digital arts and design organisation with a remit to promote innovation across all forms of moving image, interactive and motion arts. activities encompass public events, artist and content development, publishing projects, education, production, creative direction, and related commercial consultancy services. onedotzero is critically acclaimed for producing the annual pioneering audiovisual touring festival, onedotzero_adventures in motion. the festival travels the world, showcasing the most exciting new ideas and brightest up-and-coming filmmaking talent alongside visionary new work by world-leading creative luminaries. onedotzero operates a free to enter submission policy, which encourages new talent, working artists and individuals from within creative industries to submit new work for festival curation. visit our website for details of how to submit: www.onedotzero.com. visit our web channels for festival archive short films, promos, animation, interactive experiences, feature films and new upcoming works from onedotzero: www.onedotzero.com/watch/
robotica
onedotzero has always been rather partial to our mechanical friends of the future, demonstrated over the years in the festival programming. this selection touches on the ethics, social effects and pure fun of a world shared with robots or androids, from spy messengers and declarations of love to extraterrestrial robotic invasions of earth. federico alvarez: ataque de panico! [panic attack!] / uruguay 2009 / 04:48 as a young boy plays he notices something gigantic, filling the sky over montevideo. marauding giant robots lay waste to the urban terrain interrupting the city’s everyday lifecycle. mike winkelmann [beeple]: instrumental video nine / usa 2010 / 02:18 a super-synched manefestation of the music that rudimentary robots would make if they could. each small piece of the machine produces its own sound that together works to symbiotically produce a thick, pulsating track that is not only built by machines, but is made for machines. chun-chien lien: reboot / taiwan 2010 / 03:00 in the near future, two abandoned robots have to share one power cord. which one will survive? a story of love, sacrifice and tragic comedy, where robots have feelings too. carl erik rinsch: the gift / uk 2010 / 04:39 an experienced kgb agent is on his way to deliver a special gift, with fatal consequences. a high-octane chase through moscow ensues as the dead man’s robotic butler tries to rescue the precious gift, that must not be left in the wrong hands. an impressively high-end sci-fi thriller short made for the philips parallel lines project with rsa films.
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eclectic method: robots / usa + uk 2010 / 02:46 a mix and match spectacle as all your favorite robot video stars from film history are mashed together in one joyful av robotic celebration. from wall-e to johnny 5, lost in space to kraftwerk, it’s a robot film lover’s droid dream. sam mason: wild robot / usa + uk 2010 / 02:36 in a post-historic space dump a lone robot seeks a mate. up against monolithic brass worms and worm-headed flesh mongrels, our robot tries to survive in the brutal tundra that is deep space. patrick clair: robot wars [excerpt] / australia 2009 / 5:00 excerpt from a three-part web documentary looking at how robots are being used today, in what is a robot revolution. in america, living insects are being combined with machines for military use, meanwhile there are at least 35 predator drones in the skies over afghanistan. fillipe lyra + william paiva: voltage / brazil 2008 / 04:15 just like modular synthesizers, people connect with each other in order to achieve diverse objectives. in voltage, robots, half-human and half-synthesizer, powered by a huge amount of energy, connect to each other in an electric and chaotic trance. alexei tylevich [logan]: vanquish / usa 2010 / 01:15 in the near future, where the world is in conflict due to an energy crisis, a government agent battles with robotic enemies aboard a space station. stunning sequences taken from the vanquish video game. grant berry + nick tarte: flashing red light means go / the boxer rebellion / uk 2009 / 03:35 in this animated music promo set in a futuristic steam-punk world, the viewer is taken on a visual journey, escorted by robot helicopter jellyfish and mechanical birds. eddie wong: cpu / finland 2010 / 00:59 set in a sweet miniature world. a hibernating robot receives a processing unit and overloads, consequently destroying the benefactor and burning him out in the process. alex de campi: yowser yowser yowser [reboot] / gyratory system / uk + usa 2010 / 04:00 a man suffers from an unknown sickness, alone in his bed while robot invaders spread chaos in the city outside his window. as they come to get him, his eerie mechanical metamorphosis becomes complete. mox: unplugged / uk 2009 / 02:54 a vintage 50s styled princess runs out of batteries when her power supply is suddenly cut off. not much room for manoeuvre when you need to keep your robot lady plugged in – a mini split screen oddysey by ninja tune visualist mox. dmitry s. novikov: the full stop / russia 2010 / 03:00 the humans are dead. set in the distant future, this film tells a story of two machines fighting for the remnants of humanity in a post-apocalyptic world featuring mecha-like architecture. alexander topsøe + thomas daneskav: efficient machine / kasper bjørke / denmark 2010 / 03:14 a live-action music video which narrates the story of a young man on a quest for self-improvement by building his very own ‘efficient machine’ in his garage, transforming himself into a strange, lo-fi, embodiment of cardboard power.
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kaktus film: mega robot – rampage / sweden 2009 / 00:51 mega robot is quietly out and about enjoying some stockholm landmarks when something catches his attention. an action-packed viral short with tower-blockbusting special effects, explosions plus an annoying dog to boot. kaktus film: mega robot – smelly finger / sweden 2009 / 00:22 a super short spoof that sees our hapless mega robot’s juvenile manners get the better of itself. kaktus film: mega robot – returns / sweden 2009 / 00:24 with a robotic nod to king kong, mega robot attempts to attack the stockholm suburbs, before tripping on a safely parked car nearby. alexander lehmann: exodus / germany 2010 / 04:46 a terrifying robot war-machine emerges from the utopian city, intent on human destruction, yet a malfunction brings its downfall in this strange ballet of annihilation. jean-paul frenay: artificial paradise inc / belgium 2009 / 03:00 an experimental film anticipating a future where a major corporation has developed unique software, based on organic virtual reality, which holds all the lost memories of humankind. a user connects to this database of the forgotten…what is he searching for? charles de meyer: esther’s / amon tobin / uk 2010 / 03:00 what initially feels like a sci-fi horror twists to reveal a romantic gesture from the future when an admirer leaves an unexpected but highly targeted gift. ricardo de montreuil: the raven / usa 2010 / 06:09 chris black possesses an unnatural power that could lead to the destruction of the current regime. they will stop at nothing to destroy him as he runs for his life in this sci-fi thriller set in a futuristic los angeles. run time approx 77 mins
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