Moon Seun and Kevin Geiger spoke at fmx/07 in Stuttgart from May 1st through 4th, representing The Animation Co-op and Simplistic Pictures in three lectures: "Declaration Of Independents", "Your Grassroots Are Showing", and "Work In Progress: Life As A Digital Artist". As always, the fmx conference was a wonderful experience!
"Declaration Of Independents: The Animation Co-op"
Kevin and Moon explain the mission of The Animation Co-op.
The activity of the Animation Co-op community was illustrated with descriptions of recent events and examples of member work.
"Your Grassroots Are Showing: Independent Content Generation And The Distribution Revolution"
Kevin delivering the opening keynote onstage at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film's awards ceremony.
An escort by fmx conference head Thomas Haegele.
"Work In Progress: Life As A Digital Artist"
A day in the life.
Moon Seun and Kevin Geiger discuss the road they have traveled from traditional artists to digital artists.
Last minute tech check.
The Sony dinner.
Moon with our generous host, the Filmakademie's Thomas Haegele.
Kevin with Tanja Krampfert, our cheerful and talented student guide.
Jean-MIchel Blottiere, gracious moderator of the Animation Co-op lecture session.
Chatting over dinner with artist and Filmakademie teacher David Maas.
Tireless conference coordinators Constanze Buehner and Tina Ohnmacht.
The stately conference haus.
A shortcut through a graveyard leads to this arresting headstone.
The Porsche museum. The factory itself was remarkable... but no photos allowed! :-(
The Black Forest.
A tiny chapel on a bridge, built by the townspeople hundreds of years ago.
The people in this pedestrian market were not too happy when our bus driver drove straight through!
Some townhomes typical of the region.
Town square.
Moon with Arthur Shek of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
A lovely pastoral scene.
There's no such thing as a bad beer in Germany! :-)
Ed Kramer, Ken Perlin, Steven Stahlberg and Von Johnson try to decide what to eat.
Very Bavarian.
"The World's Biggest Cuckoo Clock"
This guy explained how it all worked. Particularly cogent was his explanation of why the structure was so expensive to build and maintain: "Because it is the World's Biggest Cuckoo Clock!" Of course.
And, as expected... it comes complete with the world's biggest cuckoo bird, weighing hundreds of pounds. :-)
All conferenced out.
