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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