The OFFF Festival 2009
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OFFF International Festival for the Post-Digital Creation Culture
Since 2001, the OFFF festival has been held in Barcelona, Valencia, Mexico, NYC and Lisbon, becoming the globally recognized and trendsetting event it is today. The three-day festival showcases top digital artists, web, print and interactive designers, motion graphics studios, and new music adventurous.
OFFF festival provides insight into all culture media platforms. But OFFF is more than an event about any of these disciplines. More than a design conference, a multimedia trade fair, or a digital animation festival. OFFF is an enthusiastic celebration of a new visual culture.
After eight years on the frontline of digital arts events, OFFF has trascended its own nature as a festival to become a synonym for modernity, both aesthetic and technological. OFFF is spreading the work of a generation of creators that are breaking all kind of limits. Those separating the commercial arena from the worlds of art and design; music from illustration, or ink and chalk from pixels.
Artists that have grown with the web and receive inspiration from digital tools, even when their canvas is not the screen. OFFF dreams about the future, and then writes the code for it.
As you already know, OFFF’09 will take place in Oeiras and according to the organisers there are some good reasons to do it. Oeiras, celebrating its 250th anniversary, is extremely close to Lisbon. The Fundição de Oeiras is factory-like venue, just like last year’s, but in addition this one has much better conditions in terms of the technical parts, comfort, stage, sound and view and so forth. A welcomed plus for the pale people will be to know that you can chill on the beach while attending OFFF.
OFFF Oeiras 2009 will host for the first time the panel Nerdference, where we’ll focus on D.I.Y. technologies and other hetedorox approaches to the media. Concepts such as open software and hardware, circuitbending, control surfaces, hacks and cracks will be our guidelines. OFFF has announced that guys like Eric Wilhelm , Peter Kirn or Gijs Gieskes will be at the festival to help getting our nerdism out.
This year’s featured artists at OFFF will amongst others include: Paula Scher, U.V.A (United Visual Artists), Robert L. Peters, Chris Milk, Grey London, Stefan Sagmeister, Digital Kitchen, PES, Joshua Davis, Hillman Curtis, Neville Brody, Eva Vermandel, Kyle Cooper (Prologue Films) and Loopita will feature a specially customized venue for almost all of the musicians involved on Raster-Noton label, this being the most anticipated event for yours truly. Jon Williams, the Chief Creative Officer at the communication agency Grey London, will be a speaker at OFFF Oeiras 2009.
Briefly put – this year’s OFFF has a great line-up. A beachside location should also add a bit of a south European suave. Soundscaping for one is really looking forward to travelling to Portugal in a few weeks time.
