Ivar Zeile

Denver Digerati is the singular, highly distinguished project I had the honor of initiating and carrying forward for over a decade, one with an unusual history that I am currently engrossed in constructing a comprehensive narrative for future publication. I founded Denver Digerati as a personal project in 2013 while serving as the Creative Director for the Denver Theatre District. It was intended as an initiative developed to support digital animation and motion artists who were primarily focused in utilizing technology to create works of extraordinary imagination, forged under the rare premise of having direct access to public LED displays that were being placed into the core of the downtown Denver Theater District. The initial goal was to present art based activations utilizing a new and growing infrastructure of LED screens in a meaningful capacity. I never would have imagined upon the inception of this work in 2010 that it would dominate my attention and evolve years later into a robust annual festival in support of a new and rapidly evolving global artist network, becoming the most significant project I’ve developed fully from the ground up. I would leave Denver Digerati behind in late 2022, turning it over to new leadership under its new guise as a nonprofit arts organization. The transition to that status coincided with the Covid19 pandemic and a whole new set of health issues I realized would require my full attention and prevent me from continuing further.

Through the years heading the project I had the profound opportunity to commission as well as showcase the work of hundreds of artists, in advance of and later in association with the annual Supernova Digital Animation Festival, the keystone community event drawing from a distinguished network of international artists which ran for 7 years. The festival was noted in 2022 as one of the top 10 annual events for animators to attend by BUSINESS OF ANIMATION, an accolade that followed a robust Press History that had developed while I was at the helm, when press was still a potent force for cultural credibility.

Denver Digerati Timeline 2010 - 2022

2010

First attempt at placing motion based artwork onto public LED display within the screen’s cycle of advertising. Samples from artworks by local artists Sterling Crispin and Justin Beard were the first 15 second clips to be put forward in this capacity, on the screen located at 14th and Welton on the side of the Colorado Convention Center.

2011

Frame of Mind: 21 minute program consisting of 39 brief motion based artworks compiled through a Colorado artist call for entries, presented with sound and street closure on the 14th and Champa LED screen as a concluding evening activation for the inaugural City of Denver sponsored Create Denver Week, Denver, CO. Artist David Fodel was awarded a cash prize award for “Best of Show” for his contribution to the program.

2012

Urban Encounters: SightLine: 80 minute program of 19 short form curated and commissioned motion based artworks by local, national and international artists, presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, and auxiliary reception at the Spire as a focal evening activation for the second City of Denver sponsored Create Denver Week, Denver, CO.

Friday Flash Concept Test: 30 minute program featuring two animated motion artworks by artist Rick Silva presented on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

2013

FRIDAY FLASH NO.1 25 minute program featuring 19 short form motion based artworks as official launch of new summer initiative. Presented with sound and reception on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.2 CROWD > CONTROL 45 minute interactive motion based artwork program by artists David Fodel and Paco Proano, commissioned for Friday Flash. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.3 THE WORLD IS !FLAT 41 minute thematic program featuring 8 short digital motion artworks, guest curated by Denver artist and educator Chris Coleman. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.4 REDLINE ARTISTS 26 minute thematic program featuring 9 short motion artworks by artists current or previously involved with Denver’s Redline Contemporary Art Center. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.5 DIGERATI COMMISSIONED ANIMATIONS 34 minute program featuring 7 short digital motion artworks, commissioned as the first set towards a new collection of public artworks specific to the LED screen. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

2014

FRIDAY FLASH NO.6 DOWNLOAD THIS 45 minute thematic program featuring 18 short digital motion artworks downloaded from internet. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.7 KID WONDER 50 minute thematic program featuring 24 short digital motion artworks. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.8 DIGERATI COMMISSIONED ANIMATIONS 29 minute program featuring 7 short digital motion artworks commissioned as the second set towards a new collection of public artworks specific to LED screen. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART BRILLIANT GALA Multi-monitor/screen immersive art environment featuring Friday Flash artworks and others for organization’s annual fundraising Gala within downtown art gallery, with additional outdoor live VJ Set to conclude evening, Colorado Springs, CO.

STUDENTS FOR A SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY GALA 120 minute Best Of Denver Digerati digital motion artworks program presented at indoor theatre for organization’s national conference, Arlington, VA.

2015

10 SECOND FILM FESTIVAL A program featuring 9 commissioned digital motion arworks of 10 second duration each, to establish the capacity for animation to exist as public artwork within a traditional advertising cycles. Presented in continuous cycle for 30 days on five outdoor LED screens of differing frame dimensions, Denver, CO. 

UC DENVER STUDENT ARTWORKS An offshoot following the 10 second film festival developed through a learning lab with UC Denver Art Students, featuring student made animations of 10 seconds in length. Presented in continuous cycle for 7 days on five outdoor LED screens of differing frame dimensions, Denver, CO. 

FRIDAY FLASH NO.9 MTVTM MUSIC TO VIDEO TO MUSIC 42 minute thematic program featuring 9 short digital motion artworks, guest curated by Milton Croissant III. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.10 DIGITAL ANIMATION NOW! 42 minute thematic program featuring 24 short digital motion artworks. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

FRIDAY FLASH NO.11 DIGERATI COMMISSIONED ANIMATIONS 28 minute program featuring 7 short digital motion artworks commissioned as the third set towards a new collection of public artworks specific to LED screen. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen, Denver, CO.

COLORADO INNOVATION SUMMIT Multiple small screen immersive motion artwork environment presented during focal evening reception for Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s 4th Annual COIN initiative held at the Commons on Champa, Denver, CO.

FIREHOUSE ART CENTER 120 minute program featuring Best of Denver Digerati digital animation, presented on indoor screen, Longmont, CO.

CUTOUT FEST 60 minute program featuring the Best of Denver Digerati Commissioned Digital Motion Artworks presented at indoor theatre by invitation of curators for the annual Cutout Festival of Animation, Queretaro, Mexico.

CUTOUT FEST 50 minute Friday Flash No.7 Kid Wonder curated animation program presented outdoor on inflatable screen in city center plaza at the invitation of curators for the annual Cutout Festival of Animation, Queretaro, Mexico.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

FRIDAY FLASH & OTHER PROGRAMS 2010-2015

2Veinte, Adam Ferris, Akihiko Taniguchi, Alan Resnick, Alex McLeod (Commission), Alfredimageworks, Alfredo Salazar-Car, Alvin Gregorio  (Commission), Anders Fabritius, ANF, Angela Washko, Anna Kaye, Aran Quinn, Atomic Elroy (Commission), Baden Pailthorpe, Barry Whittaker (Commission), Ben Dayton, Ben Ridgeway, Ben Wheele, Brenna Murphy (Commission), Brianna Lowe, Bryan Leister (Commission), By Hands, Candice Rose Knutson, Chris Coleman (Commission), Claudia Mate, Cloaque, Colin Ward, Corrie & Thom Parks, David Fodel (Commission), David Pocull, Diego Lama, Don Fodness (Commission), Dvein, Dxmiq, E. Navaux, Emilia Forstreuter, Emilio Gomariz, Eric Dyer, Evan Mann (Commission), Ezra Wube, Fabio Tonetto, Fabrice Le Nezet, Faceheads, Faiyaz Jafri (Commission), G. Locre, Gregory Bennett, Gregory Tait, Hector Llanquin, Impromptu Co. (Commission), Ithaca Audio, Jake Fried, James Johnson, Jamie Hoy, Jared Leslie, Jason Akira Somma, Jay Rust, Jeff Jurich (Commission), Jeremy Bailey, Jeremy Couillard (Commission), Jeromie Dorrance, JK Keller, Joel Swanson (Commission), John Solo, Johnny Kelly, Jon Pettit, Jonathan Monaghan (Commission), Joo Yeon Woo, Joshua Catalano, Jules Julien, Justin Beard (Commission), Karolina Sobecka, Katie Martineau-Caron, Katie Torn (Commission), Katie Watson, Kim Laughton, Kim Pimmel, Kutay Cengil, Kyle Mowat, Lale Westvind, Laleh Mehran (Commission), Laurent La Torpille, Lex Windle, Lurke, M. Louala, M.I.E., Mario Zoots (Commission), Masanobu Hiraoka, Max Eilbacher, Max Hattler (Commission), Michael Salter, Mike Bernhardt, Mike Pelletier (Commission), Milton Croissant III (Commission), Mr. Kaplin, Nick Vyssotski, Nicole Ginelli, Nicos Livesey, Nikki Pike, Ori Toor, Paco Proano, Paul Bloomfield, Pet Punk, Peter Burr, Philipp Artus, Phillipe Faulkner, Protey Temen, Quentin Gonzalez (Commission), Rashaad Newsome, Rett Rogers, Reynold Reynolds, Rosa Menkman, Sabine Gruffat, Sabrina Ratte, Salina Gomez, Sama Alshaibi, Sara Ludy, SaveMe Oh, Scott Mcelvain, Shannon Kelly, Shawn Taylor, Sila Sveta, Sin Young Kim (Commission), Stephanie Davison, Stephen Hume, Sterling Crispin, Sumit Sijher, Suryummy, The Rodina, Thomas Nelson, Tim Wheatley, Travis Vermilye, Universal Everything, V5MT, Valentina Rebecca Tremont, Vid Kidz, Yum Yum, Zeitguised, Sterling Crispin.

2016

SUPERNOVA DIGITAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL Inaugural presentation of new single day festival dedicated to presenting digital animation free to the public across multiple outdoor LED screens with sound in Downtown Denver, CO. Featuring 10 hours of programming presenting 140 short digital motion artworks on two permanent LED screens and one temporary LED constructed in the Denver Performing Arts Center Galleria, Denver, CO.

DECADENCE NY EVE Installation on multiple temporary LED screens featuring 6 short digital motion artworks on a 30 minute loop over two evenings inside the Colorado Convention Center for the annual New Year’s Eve immersive music event, Denver, CO 

2017

DENVER FILM SOCIETY RSC SHORTS FEST 90 minute curated program of selections from inaugural edition of Supernova 2016 consisting of 16 short form digital artworks presented on Indoor theatre screen, Denver, CO.

DTD URBAN JUNGLE: CAN ART SAVE THE WORLD? 60 minute thematic program consisting of 20 short form motion based artworks. Presented with sound on the 14th and Champa LED screen in association with the Blue Trees project sponsored by the DTD, Denver, CO.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER Preview of select digital animations by Jeremy Couillard for the Museum’s “3 Things” evening program, including discussion with audience. The works were selected based on the artists upcoming solo spotlight for Supernova 2017, Denver, CO.

DENVER DESIGN WEEK LAUNCH PARTY 4 hour presentation of digital animation previews for the upcoming Supernova Digital Animation Festival for evening soiree, presented on temporary Indoor screen, Denver, CO.

DENVER DESIGN WEEK 60 minute lecture presenting the concept behind Denver Digerati and Supernova Digital Animation Festival as focal component of Denver Design Week, Denver, CO.

DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE 30 Minute Thematic program of 10 short form digital motion artworks Total Eclipse curated by Denver Digerati and presented on the Museum’s permanent indoor LED display 3 times over the course of the evening in support of the museum’s Science Lounge series, Denver, CO.

BIENNIAL OF THE AMERICAS HAVANA NIGHTS Supernova Animations 3 hour live VJ set presented on temporary LED screen across 2 evenings in conjunction with Biennial’s focal evening community extravaganza, Denver, CO.

NEXT STAGE COLLABORATIVE 2 month Supernova visiting artist group artist exhibition featuring Faiyaz Jafri, Peter Burr, Raquel Meyers and Jeremy Couillard installed in the new NXT STG Collaborative Gallery in the Denver Performing Arts Center Galleria, Denver, CO.

SUPERNOVA DIGITAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2nd annual Digital Animation Festival presented across multiple public LED screens and venues. Denver, CO.

DENVER PAVILIONS Selections from Supernova 2017 Festival nine-day Encore Presentation on Denver Pavilions outdoor LED in association with Denver Arts Week, Denver, CO.

40th DENVER FILM FESTIVAL “Best-of and Award Winners” from Supernova Festival presented on indoor temporary screen at the Denver Film Society Film Annex in the McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO.

2018

SIDE STORIES RINO: 5 minute Commissioned motion artwork “Radical Vestige” composed for the State of Colorado’s inaugural Side Stories RiNo projection mapping exhibition, presented for 10 consecutive evenings in February at the corner of 25th and Larimer Street, Denver, CO.

DIGITAL ANIMATION AS PUBLIC ART New protocols are implemented that allow for a more significant, lasting and consistent presence for digital motion artworks to be displayed throughout each day as public art within a continuous advertising cycle on a new and dynamic LED screen located at the intersection of Arapahoe and 16th Street in Downtown Denver.

ATLAS INSTITUTE CU BOULDER “dd@bb No.1” audiovisual performance featuring Denver Digerati invited guest artist Victor Morales, along with local performers Dulouz and Zone Motif. Presented on indoor screen at the Atlas Institute’s Black Box Theater, Boulder, CO.

UNDERSTUDY “The Little Chapel of our Holy Motherboard” New Media art installation by Kendra and Heather Fleischman, presented by Denver Digerati at Understudy Exhibition Space in the base of the Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO.

UNDERSTUDY “Natural Artifice” New Media art installation by Denver Digerati Intern Jayne Butler, presented at Understudy Exhibition Space in the base of the Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER “Curating Digital Animation,” 5 week Summer Teen Lab led by Ivar Zeile with associated student project presented at Supernova Digital Animation Festival , Denver, CO.

CRUSH WALLS FESTIVAL “Bring Your Own Beamer” outdoor digital motion art presentation featuring multiple Denver Digerati artists presenting their work on alley walls in the River North Arts District for Crush Walls. Ivar Zeile also presented live visuals in collaboration with Crush Walls visiting artist Shepard Fairey to accompany his evening DJ Set as a focal event for Crush Walls, Denver, CO.

UNDERSTUDY “Tarnish” Immersive art installation featuring German artist Robert Seidel, presented at Understudy Exhibition Space in the base of the Colorado Convention Center in assocation with Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER “Vacation and Other Remedies, a presentation of short form animation artworks by Russian artist Andrey Kasay in the Idea Box at the MCA Denver, in association with Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO.

REDLINE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER “Reality Bytes RedLine” Group Artist Exhibition, an undertaking years in the making curated and composed by Ivar Zeile, connecting digital motion artworks created by Supernova artists with their role as contemporary artists in the greater international market. Presented for 6 weeks with lectures, gallery tours and rotating BYOB installation in the main hall of Redline Artist Studio Center, Denver, CO.

SUPERNOVA DIGITAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 3rd annual Digital Animation Festival presented across multiple public LED screens and venues. Denver, CO.

ATLAS INSTITUTE CU BOULDER “dd@bb No.2” audiovisual performance with visiting guest artists Faiyaz Jafri and Robert Seidel, along with local artist Ryan Wurst. Presented on indoor screen at the Atlas Institute’s Black Box Theater in assocation with Supernova Digital Animation Festival, Boulder, CO. 

41st DENVER FILM FESTIVAL “Best-of and Award Winners” from Supernova Festival presented on indoor temporary screen at the Denver Film Society Film Annex in the McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO.

2019

LYNX STUDENT SUMMER CAMP “Digital Animation and Public Art” presentation for CU Denver summer immersive high-school student program, Denver, CO.

UNDERSTUDY “MBBS Network - Watch TV Forever” New Media art installation by Ryan Wurst, Denver, CO.

NEXT STAGE COLLABORATIVE Supernova DigiLounge 4 month digital motion-art learning and engagement center, Denver, CO.

SUPERNOVA.VIDEO STREAMING CHANNEL Launch of a streaming service and mobile device app dedicated to digital motion artwork in support of the Supernova artist network.

REDLINE Supernova Reality Bytes Exhibition curated by Ivar Zeile featuring multiple digital animation installations, artworks and auxiliary presentations, taking place in the main exhibition hall of Redline Artist Studios, Denver, CO.

SUPERNOVA DIGITAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 4th annual Digital Animation Festival “Reality Bytes,” Denver, CO.

MOMENTUM FESTIVAL 2-day multi-program digital animation presentation coinciding with Supernova, Toledo, OH. 

42nd DENVER FILM FESTIVAL Supernova 2019 Digital Animation presentation throughout week on indoor LED wall, Denver, CO.

BND DSGN CONFERENCE “Digital Animation as Public Art” workshop + Live Podcast with Peter Burr and Ivar Zeile, Bend, OR.

MEOW WOLF “Dark Palace,” Multi-artist 3-night Digital Animation remix presentation, Denver, CO.

2020

Denver Digerati formalized as a nonprofit arts organization.

NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Methodologies in Curating Contemporary Digital Animation, Guest Lecture for TIsch Department of Digital Arts, NYC, NY.

PRATT INSTITUTE New Frontiers with Digital Animation through Public Display, Guest Lecture for Pratt Department of Digital Arts, NYC, NY 2020

The onset of the COVID19 pandemic shut down and changed the world two days following my guest lecture presentations in NYC. I returned to Denver to figure out how to function with a new team and board thereafter, pivoting the annual Supernova Festival in a capacity where it could continue with a safe, altered live in-person focus as well as a robust online capacity, leveraging the recently employed Supernova Streaming Service as a portal for global participation and community support. It worked, sort of. We tried so many things that year, an impressive attempt to show that the greater effects of the pandemic would not necessarily alter our platform in the same capacity it might others, albeit with almost no budget whatsoever.

SUPERNOVA DIGITAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 5th annual Digital Animation Festival “World on Fire,” Denver, CO. New commissioned digital motion artwork program launched in conjunction with Night Lights Denver, along with massive Silent Screen Initiative.

I would make the difficult decision following Supernova World on Fire to disband the initial board and some members of the team in order to continue to pursue a pure version of the festival that I felt was at the heart of the project. Viva la Supernova!

2021

DENVER PAVILIONS Compilation reel of animation samples by previous Supernova Animation Festival artists projected for month of April on the side and walkway between two of the Denver Pavilions primary buildings, 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO.

MEOW WOLF DENVER 30 minute presentation of 9 digital motion artworks from Denver Digerati archives, curated by Ivar Zeile, for permanent loop in Meow Wolf’s Ofeum Theater at Convergence Station.

SUPERNOVA DIGITAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 6th annual Digital Animation Festival “Regeneration,” Denver, CO.

MOMENTUM FESTIVAL Single evening multi-program digital animation presentation coinciding with Supernova, Toledo, OH.

2022

SUPERNOVA DIGITAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 7th annual Digital Animation Festival “7th Dimension,” Denver, CO.

This would be the final version of the festival known as Supernova under my creative vision and authority. Denver Digerati continues under different leadership that I had engaged under the auspices of a nonprofit arts organization. The group continues to propel the artist network and select premises of the initial platform forward as the era for digital and new media artists continues to flourish and evolve in transcendental fashion. I realized only after exiting the organization that the majority of the unique history, growth and aesthetic I had worked to develop would otherwise be lost in the shuffle.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

SUPERNOVA & OTHER PROGRAMS 2016-2022

SUPERNOVA 2016 Claudia Mate (Guest Juror/Lecturer), Moreshin Allahyari (Guest Juror/Lecturer), Jonathan Monaghan (Guest Juror/Lecturer), John Butler (Solo Spotlight), Adam Ferriss (Solo Spotlight), Hirad Sab, Zak Tatham, Sven Hauth, AlanWarburton (Award), Birch Cooper (Award), Michael Mallis, Ryoya Mikyokyuji, Raquel Meyers (Award), Keiichi Matsuda, Kendra Fleischman (Award), densuke28, Evan Grothjan, Louis Crevier, Alexandre Louvenaz, AUJIK, Gergo Kovacs, ZhanWang, Peter Burr (Award), David Fodel, JK Keller, Stephanie Davidson, Brenna Murphy, Lurke, Katie Watson, Chris Coleman, Michael Pelletier, Faiyaz Jafri, Kim Laughton, Hector llanquin, Kyle Mowat, AlfredImageworks, Katie Torn, Jeremy Couillard, Fabrice Le Nezet, Alfredo Salazar-Caro, Sin Young Kim, Friends with You, Yifan Hu, Khairul Rahimi, Julian Glander, Andy Kennedy, Alyssa Sherwood, Yagmur Altan, Paul Boyko, Junghyun Park, Jack Sachs, Sabrina Chaney, Kwgt, Gabriel Thomas G., Jing Sun, Joshua Catalano, Prasha Wong, Luke Saunders, SimonWard, Meng-Chwen Tien, mozuya, Rob Jabbaz, Muffy Levy, Beeple, Dima Flood, Misha Shyukin, Tara Sinn, Robert Seidel, Sung Jin Jang, Dirk Koy, Rosa Menkman, Jelena Viskovic, Wong Ping, Luis Miguel Torres, Max Hattler, Densuke28, Simon Gerbaud, Nick Flaherty, Pavel Samokhvalov, Cole Kushner, Alex McLeod, Milton Croissant III, Dalena Tran, The Rodina, V5MT, Katsuki Nogami, Denial of Service, Thi Hong Linh Nguyen, Dave Gaskarth, Brandon Tay, Simon Ward, Anita Fontaine, Pavel Samokhvalov, Nikolas Müller, Numbercult, Ben Ridgway, Danielle Salvadori, Greg Marshall, Eduardo Makoszay, Joshua Davis, Rick Silva, Michael Paul Young, Tobias Williams, Georg Peinhaupt, Mantissa, Tara Sinn, Joshua Davis, Tù.úk'z, Kimberly Burleigh, Jonathan McCabe, Simon Ward & Jess Johnson, Tobias WIlliams, Travis Powell, Andrew Rising, Ronnie Cramer, Jeromie Dorrance, Noah Phillips, Anita Fontaine, SaveMe Oh, Larry Achimapong & David Blandy, Cassie Mcquater, Penumbra Carter, Victor Morales, Tizzy Canucci, Lawrence Lek.

SUPERNOVA 2017  Raquel Meyers (Guest Juror/Lecturer), Peter Burr (Guest Juror/Lecturer), Faiyaz Jafri (Guest Juror/Lecturer), Jeremy Couillard (Solo Spotlight & Guest Lecturer), Hibanana Studio (Solo Spotlight), Dirk Koy, Baden Pailthrope, Caroline Voagen Nelson, Liam Young, Stephan Larson, John R. Morrison, Bang Sangho, Victor Morales, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, William Bonner, Max Hattler (Award), Nikita Diakur (Award), Alyssa Sherwood, Michael Sperandeo, Yulia Ruditskaya, Jack Wedge (Award), Denial of Service, Michael Langan & Najeeb Tarazi, Victor Morales, Eli Ayres, Mattis Dovier, Heather Crank, Moritz Reichartz, Capitan Alegria, Sojiro Kamatani, Tea Stražičić, Milton Croissant III, Arnaud Laffond, Peter Whittenberger, 18bis, Dean Winkler, Jonathan Williams, Tim Koch, Martin Sulzer, 8-bit Paul, Suryummy, Jill Taffet, Fliim, Eric Souther, Elizaveta  Pritychenko, Rick Silva and Nicolas Sassoon, Aujik, Peishan Wu, Natalie Rainer, William Bonner, Snow Yunxue Fu, Kendra Fleischman, Dawn George, Adnaan Jiwa, John Butler, Jeffrey Hsueh, Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion, Seishi Irimajiri (Award), Jeron Braxton, Sean Buckelew, James Hughes, Alan Butler, Julian Glander, Ben Reicher, Sara Buehring, Seyed M. Tabatabaei, James Curran, Ruifan Wang, Brent Barson, Blir, Ty Primosch, Yifei Wang, Greg Doble, Pat Wells, Bethanie, Paul Johnson, Julian Glander, Roxie Zagar, Saiman Chow, Densuke28, Nicola Piovesan, Rachel Napierkowski, Zih-Rong Lu, Joerg Kahlhoefer, Atomic Elroy, Nolan Tredway, Penumbra Carter, Wanbli Gamache, Mike Pelletier, Ben Skea, Emilia Izquierdo, Gregory Bennett, Selfburning, Cassie Shao, Mattis Dovier, Geoffrey James, Velislava Gospodinova, Emily Sasmor (Award), Wednesday Kim, Ryan Wurst, Yorgos Papafigos, Lyn Thompson, Geoff Whitney, Glasz DeCuir, Tizzy Canucci.

SUPERNOVA 2018 Katie Torn (Guest Juror/Lecturer), Robert Seidel (Juror/Lecturer), Jonathan Monaghan (Guest Juror/Lecturer), Jack Wedge (Solo Spotlight & Guest Lecturer), Cassie Shao, Dirk Koy, Tea Strazcicic, Faiyaz Jafri, Ivan Nurchis, John Butler (Award), Eli Ayres (Award), Steven Lapcevic, Alexander Dupuis, Ryan Wurst (Award), Victor Morales, Kendra Fleischman, Jeron Braxton (Award), Aaron Björk, Sean Capone (Award), Lawrence Lek, Kim Laughton, Aujik, Steph Hope, Angela Stempel, Victor Morales, Chris Cousins, Ming-Chieh Chen, Michael Mallis, Erica Moriconi, Robin Tremblay, Barzan Rostami, Shwenn Shunya Chang, House Special, Constantinos Chaidalis, Jackie Droujko, Andrey Kasay, Hazhir As'adi, Ricardo Jabardo, Elliot Dodd, Kim Laughton, Michael Enzbrunner, Katie Torn, Nikita Diakur, John R. Morrison, Daniel Maw, Zachary Antonio, Kendra Fleischman, Ryan Wurst, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Michael Sperandeo, Sasha Svirsky, TeamRolfes, The Rodina, MSHR, Benjamin Rosenthal, Chhaya Naran, Alexander Dupuis, Ruslan Khasanov, David Bennett, Atsushi Tadokoro, Brenna Murphy, Michael Edwards, Yen Liang Chen, Peter Whittenberger, James Pricer, Glasz DeCuir, Snow Yunxue Fu, Penumbra Carter, Geoff Whitney, Tizzy Canucci, Parker Bacall, Dini Dixon, M. Parker Stuart, Anabela Costa, Nolan Downs, Seoro Oh, Doug Alberts, Sawako Kabuki, Frances Haszard, Michelle Lam, Mainframe North, Atelier Superieur Animation, Erika Shing, MegaComputeur, Drew Lewis, JM Marbach, Danny Cotton, Julian Glander, Angela Stempel, Scott Cadzow, Juan Paulín, Jack Sachs, Phil Gomm, Camila Galofre, Robert Seidel, Laleh Mehran STUDENT SHOWCASE Supinfo Rubika (Sarah Forest, Cécile Floucat, Pauline Javelot, Juliette Gales, Thibaut Wambre, Kevin De Garidel), Samg Hyoun Han,  Supinfo Rubika (Lucas Roussel, Charlotte Brun, Loïc Frimat, Vincent Labis, Adrien Lannoy, Alice Lepoutre), Derrick Forkel & Mitchell Jao, Supinfo Rubika (Élise Simoulin, Édouard Heutte, Clotilde Bonnotte, Anna Komaromi, Marisa Di Vora Peixoto, Helena Bastioni), Supinfo Rubika (Charline Parisot, Jérémy Cissé, Fioretta Caterina Cosmidis, Flore Allier-Estrada, Maud Lemaître-Blanchart, Ludovic Abraham), Whitney Walters, Cam Pazol, Shahin Alirkan & Daniel Mamut, Davide Benvenuti Clémentine Frère, Aurore Gal, Yukiko Meignien, Anna Mertz, Robin Migliorelli, Romain Salvini, Lucas Northwood, Jonny de la Uz, Supinfo Rubika (Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang, Béatrice Viguier), Max Debczak, Lee Yoon Su, Isabel Waller, Angela Arzumanyan, Zachary Barnes-Fagg, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Zak Loyd, Michael Sperandeo, Ben Alderman, Scott McKinney, Jeremy Billauer, Tallon VanNoy, Ava Kalhoefer, Desarae Cruz, Kristin Campbell, Nolan Brennan, Jess G. Robles, Marisa Volino (Award), Alexander Gomez, Eyren Monson, Sheyenne Magana, Benjamin Thimel, Leonardo Pena, Riley Pingel, Natalie Wood, Sofia Green SUPERNOVA INVITATIONAL Jake Fried, Kendra Fleischman, Ben Ridgway, Faiyaz Jafri, Cassie McQuater, John Butler, Paul Johnson, Penumbra Carter, Nicolas Sassoon, Atomic Elroy, Katie Torn, Gregory Bennett, Peter Whittenberger, Ryan Wurst (Award), Wednesday Kim, Quintin Gonzalez, Eli Ayres, Laleh Mehran, Heather Crank, Robert Seidel, Rick Silva + Nicholas Sassoon, Travis Vermilye, Pat Beckman, Emily Sasmor, Barry Whittaker, Max Hattler, Chris Coleman, Mike Pelletier, Alyssa Sherwood + Sam Lane, Andrey Kasay, Emilia Forstreuter.

SUPERNOVA 2019  Jeron Braxton (Solo Spotlight & Guest Juror/Lecturer), Sandrine Deumier (VR), Jing Sun, Snow Yunxue Fu, Eli Ayres (Award), Peter Whittenberger, Gabriela Ilijeska, Joao Pedro Oliveira, Cassie Shao, Mark Klink, Tizzy Canucci, John R. Morrison, Seishi Irimajiri, Atomic Elroy, Michael Edwards, Esstro9, David Bennett, Jing Wang & Harvey Goldman, Michael Sperandeo, Heather Crank, Rebecca Bloecher, Brian Ng, Tara Knight, Cyane Tornatzky, Sara Shoshana Roth (Award), Danou "Jenny" He, Gustaf Holtenäs, Caleb Wood, Dante Zaballa, Sabrina Ratte, Patrick Henry, Parallel Teeth (Robert Wallace), Gero Gries, Jeremy Couillard, Simon Ward & Jess Johnson, Mak Hepler-Gonzalez, Louis Crevier, Max Hattler, Jack Wedge (Award), Ben Windsor, Luca Paulli, Andrea Nakhla, Raymond Limantara, Megan Jedrysiak & Jackson Ammenheuser, James Pricer, Lares Feliciano, Kendra Fleischman, Kristin Stransky Mallinger, Justin Lincoln, Matthew Langford & Jeremy Grant, Camila Galofre, Hung Keung David, John Harlan Norris, Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo, Jullian Young, Ana Carolina Estarita Guerrero, Mattis Dovier, Tea Stražičić, Sasha Svirsky, John Robson, Steven Lapcevic, Brent Watanabe, Wong Ping, SaveMe Oh, Faiyaz Jafri, Sean Capone, Chaerin Im, Mike Pelletier, Martina Scarpelli, El Popo Sangre, Carla Gannis, COLL.EO, Bia Rodrigues, Charles Park, Tabita Rezaire, Jihee Nam, Geoffrey Pugen, Matt Plain, Gyuri Lee, Peter Rahul, Julia Mueller, Ryan & Rachel Betschart, Sophie Koko Gate, Derek Larson, Garrett M. Davis, Kasumi, Simon Alexander-Adams, Gunner STUDENT SHOWCASE Allen Hu, Lin Qiyao, Kamal Adisa (Award), Prithi Khalique, Diana Victoreen, Christina Hibner, Claire Grim, Frank Gresham, Christina Christie, Lee Gallagher, Alivia Horsley, Wing Ho, Undarmaa Bandi, Marcelo Cazon, Rowan Connis, Olivia Finholm, Brianna Fowler, Alex Giovinazzo, Marisela Guillen, Sam Morgan Henderson, Ishea Lee, Neuka Lo, Aaron Nay, Julie Nguyen, Huitzilli Oronia, Alex Pangia, Matthew Qualley, Randy Wong, Libby Yi, Rachel Zuckerman, Allison Anderson, Dalton Barthuly, Arely Diaz Reyes, Rachel Dormido, Lorena Fierro, Michaela Manfredo, Kelsey McCalla, Lily Medina, Amanda Miller, Kylie Reagan, Emily Weincek, Michelle Zierk.

SUPERNOVA 2020 Franz Impler, Joo Young Lee, Sine Özbilge (Award), Wednesday Kim, Nick Flaherty (HM), Geoff Hecht (HM), Ted Wiggin (Award), Jon Portman, LeAnn Cintron, Dagmar Schürrer, Johannes DeYoung, Michael Sperandeo, Esstro9, Tim Ross (HM), Huckleberry Hax (Award), Molly Murphy (HM), Sean Capone (HM), Maja Gehrig (Award), Gregory Bennett, Melanie Clemmons, Raquel Meyers (Award), Peter Whittenberger, Snow Yunxue Fu, FAVO Studio (HM), Arnaud Laffond, Henrike Lendowski, Jannett Weaver / Joana Madruga & Tina Matherson, Maya Dite-Shepard, Matt Shanahan, Qiyao Lin, Kim Hokwon, Jeongki Kim, Ben Panfil, Dinah Kalaha & Maria Bjarnadóttir, Julie Reiters, Julian iliev, Patrick Henry, Pamela Guest, Azalia Muchransyah, Greg Doble, Tau Subaru, Barzan Rostami, bellopropello, Tizzy Canucci, Marc Billard & Dorothy Tanner (Lumonics), Claudio Bellini & Michele Deiana, Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo & Calum Gunn, Allison Tanenhaus, David Bennett, Erik Mondrian, Vasco Diogo, Wong Man Sze, Valentina Ferrandes, Joao Pedro Oliveira, Benjamin A Ridgway, Jullian Young, Matthew Keff, Zak Nathaniel Loyd & Melanie Clemmons, Yebin Lee, Cho Juyoun, Huh Hyunjung, Alice Scope & Snizhana Chernetska, Faiyaz Jafri, Greg Marshall, Elliot Spence, Atomic Elroy, Juan Vargas, Kimberly Burleigh (Award), Ankita Panda, Dana Sink, Ronnie Cramer, Paul Johnson, Chico Jofilsan, Dana Cree, Loulou Joao, Corrie Francis Parks, Sofia Hailu, Owen Roberts, Ryan Seabury, Lorenzo Nera, Joshua Gondrez & Lin Wen-Ben, T.E. Yates, Alexander Martsynyuk, Jake Adams, Seren Moran, Florent Morin, Tom McDonald, Lau Tsun Wai, Ashley Liu, Phil Mullikan, Sarah Banks, Christina Chin, Stefan Glowacki, Daniel Brookman, Max Crider, Kamile Eidukeviciute, Misha Hook, Ming Rang Bai & Nathaniel Joseph, Harris Gillette, Xiaotian Liang, Yuanqing Xie, Jackie Adelle Carlise, Yaazd Contractor, Snow Yunxue Fu, CLAN, David Barlow-Krelina, New Bevel, Steven Lapcevic, El Popo Sangre / Paulin Rogues STUDENT SHOWCASE Çağıl Harmandar, Sarah Shattuck, Yue Zhang, Michal Zadok, Jingbin Lin, Memie Osuga, Natalie (Nat) Nichols, Yiran Pang, Zi Wang, Fransis Chicote, Nicole Tan, Jordan Schulz, Yibo Xu, Monica Rodriguez, Wyatt Hall & Kaz Fontone, Jerry WANG, Tori Richards, Nica Petrova, Emely Cintron, Zoe Zheng, Poo Chin Yan, Zhouye Sun, Lee Yun, Ho Wing Yat / Chui Wing Lam & Li Tin Chun, Wyatt Lau, Pang Kwan Chi / Pang Yan Chi & So Wing Yan, Tam Ka Yi, Chun Yiu Or, Tak Him Chan, Yichan Wang, Neena Cho, Qiyao Lin, Wallis Huang, Kayla Van Der Byl, Xingman Cheng HYPNOTIC DEVICES Paloma Dawkins, Danionne Gooden (Studio Zevere), TJ Hughes, Keita Takahashi, Michael Samyn & Auriea Harvey, Lucas Pope, Dhruv Jani & Sashant Chakraborty (Studio Oleomingus), Kathleen & Steven Cassidy (Queen Bee Games), Justin Ankenbauer / Clay Brooks & David Faile (Bear Warp), Adam Gryu, David O'reilly  NIGHT LIGHTS DENVER COMMISSIONS Raquel Meyers, Nicolas Sassoon & Rick Silva, Sean Capone, Michael Edwards, Heather Crank, Chaerin Im, Brian Ng, Danou Jenny He, Gabriela Iljesku, Seishi Irimajiri  SILENT SCREEN Sarah Banks, Wang Frank Yefeng, Barry Raphael / Lumonics, Jake Fried, Sarah Groff Hennigh-Palermo & Nancy Drone, Tau Subaru, Elliot Dodd, Kendra Fleischman, Joo Young Lee, Neena Cho, Valentina Ferrandes, Matthew Keff, Chandler Dolan, Linda Loh, Snow Yunxue Fu, Tim Burcham, Corrie Francis Parks, Rew Wagner, Faiyaz Jafri, group(e)colleti(ve/f), Ryan Charmatz, Sean Waple & Kole Galbraith, Vince Fraser, Atomic Elroy, Stach Zagorski (ecchobunny) GIFATHON  Matt Plain, David Bennett, Greg Doble, Eun Bi Cheng, Zach Barnes-Fagg, Snow Yunxue Fu, Kendra Fleischman, Zach Barnes-Fagg, Chandler Bree Dolan, Oskar Quiroga, Emily Przekwas, Daniel Maw, Emily Przekwas, Anduriel Widmark.

SUPERNOVA 2021  Linyou Xie (HM), Gloria Fan Duan & Alessia Lorea Arregui, Louis Crevier (Award), Lee Yebin, Joshua Dawson, Dalena Tran, Mayte Gómez Molina, Eunseo Kim (Award), Gregory Bennett, Taokan Xu (Award), Yorgos Papafigos & Kostis Spanopoulos, John Harlan Norris, Johannes Duncker (Award), John Butler & Lina Theodorou (HM), AUJIK (Solo Artist Spotlight), Junyao Zhang, Hye Rim Lee, Ommatidium Studios , Martina Scarpelli, Julio E. Berroa, Yi Hin Kong, Sacha Beeley (HM), Toñin Lizana, Atomic Elroy, Lai Yik Sum, Seishi Irimajiri, Esteban Azuela (Award), Davide Prati, Chris Speed, Sophie Rogers, Faiyaz Jafri (Award), Cherish Marquez, Benjamin Ridgway (HM), Vladimir Todorovic, Barry Whittaker, Allison Tanenhaus, David Bennett, Christopher Rutledge, Snow Yunxue Fu (HM), Tyler Calkin, Benjamin Rosenthal & Eric Souther, Johannes DeYoung, Gal Kinan, Brian Cowe (Award), Roman Muradov, Dante Zaballa, Dane Cree  (Award), Jeremy Couillard, Kendra Fleischman  (HM), Travis Vermilye, Antonis Doussias, Marcin Gizycki, Tizzy Canucci, Ryan Paterson, Cyane Tornatzky, Jenelle V. Davenport (HM), Laura N-Tamara, Kelsey Paschich & Kevin Abbott, AnuJen Tsogo, Dana Dajani, L. Ash, Paul Johnson, Sarah Trad, Alejandro Junyao Zhang, Hannah Bosnian, Sean Capone, Jon Portman, Steve Cutts, Dana Sink, Marisa Tolomeo, Steven Lapcevic, Jullian Young, Rebecca Thomson, Tamás Rebák, Fraser Ntukula, Hannah Sun, Olivier Brisson, Delaram Majdzadeh, Mike Schneberg, Hailing Liu, Hazhir As'adi, Eli Ayres, Jared D. Weiss, AJ Fuller, Yiling Ao, Ajisa Asai, Ryan Gathorne, Drew Hernandez, STUDENT SHOWCASE Yichan Wang, Yuanqing Cai / Nathan Crabot / Houzhi Huang / Mikolaj Janiw / Mandimby Lebon / Théo Tan Ngoc (HM), Greg Garay, Tsz Wing Ho (Award), Shenglong Zhang, Hongying Chen, Azalia Muchransyah, Florence Yuk-Ki Lee, Thi Hong Linh Nguyen, Kino Jin, Yoon Hei Cho (HM), Ezra Belgrado, Jon Scheibenpflug & Mac Rosenberg, Margaux Cazal /Jeanne Hammel / Louis Holmes / Sandy Lachkar / Agathe Leroux / Léa Rey--mauzaize, Abhay Sehgal, Haomin Peng (HM) Students Parsons New School, Students from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Students from School of Creative Media, City University of HK  AGE OF AQUARIUS Ashley Cheng-Jie Liu, Katerine Dennie-Marcoux, Julie Berger, Jackie Carlise, Sabrina Ratté, Ivana Mircevska & Elena Chemerska  NIGHT LIGHTS DENVER COMMISSIONS Sarah Ann Banks, Frank Wang Yefeng, Peter Whittenberger, Dagmar Schürrer, Corrie Francis Parks, Nick Flaherty, Lin Wen-Ben, John Sabbat  SILENT SCREEN Yannet Vilela, Andi Land, Karina Torres, Justin Lincoln, Anduriel Studios, Erik Mondrian, Tyler Calkin, Kamile Eidukeviciute, Geoffrey Dohrmann, Evan Pearce, Rory Scott, Sandrine Deumier, Kendra Fleischman, Allison Tanenhaus, Daniel Maw, Evan Tedlock, Johannes DeYoung, Andrea Mikyska, Julio E Berroa, Yaloo Ji Yeon Lim, Sean Capone, Annette Isham, Chandler Dolan, Abhay Seghal, Natascha Seideneck, John R. Morrison, Elliot Dodd, Logan Holderread, REW, Jim Doran, Dirk Koy, Jeff Jurich

SUPERNOVA 2022 Wataru Iwata, Roman Muradov (Award), Arnaud Laffond, Aaron Björk, Joao Pedro Oliveira, Zongbo Jiang (HM), Penumbra Carter, Ran Zhou, Mahsa Merci (HM), Kendra Fleischman, Francesca Fini, Dena Springer Blum, Young Joo Lee (Award), Xi Chen (Award), Michael Sperandeo, Tobias Williams, My Linh Mac, Megan Jedrysiak (Award), Alessandro Amaducci (HM), Laleh Mehran, Brandon Ellis, Dirk Koy (HM), Jérémy Griffaud, Joshua Albers, S4RA, Tracy Miller-Robbins, Dean Winkler, David P Grajeda, Marcos Montane (HM), Judith Robertson, Rew Wagner, Dane Cree, Tamara Qaddoumi, Allison Tanenhaus, Franz Impler, Barry Whittaker, Erik Mondrian, Tsz-Wing Ho (HM), Alexander Dupuis, Nate Dorr, Paulin Rogues, Joel Plosz (HM), Austin Slominski (Award), Zhen Liu, Ben Alderman, Lei Chen, Marcella Moliner (HM), Vivien Forsans (Award), Zhiheng Wang, Chellysia Christen, Michael Orr, Kevin Zhang, Camille Lo Bianco, Han Chen, Livia Foldes, Nix Liu Xin, Gabriel Gabriel Garble, Yuki Sun (Award), Mo Xiaolin (HM), Xintong Wang, Jody Cleaver, Glenn Lynch, Pan Giulia, Qurratul Ain Saeed, Olga Przytula, Dag-Erik Hansen, Maria Leźnicka, Mahima Jain, Sacha Beeley, Emily Wong, Maurizio Forestieri, CHAN Hattie, LAU Tatia, Pui Wan, NG Chit, Louise Chan, CHANG Tong, ZHANG Xiaoyu, Johannes De Young, Jose Sanchez, Andy DiLallo, Xiaoyu Ma, Ryley O'Byrne, Jack Gray, Mohammad Zare, Scotty Hardwig, Nicolas Gebbe, Steven Lapcevic, Hee Soo Kwon, Jon Portman, Chanhee Choi, Farnoosh Abedi, Niccolò Montanari, Ben Hall, Michael Edwards, Chaerin IM, Jullian Young, Greg Marshall, Peter Whittenberger, Atomic Elroy, Jin Woo, Alejandra Abad, Eric Souther, David Bennett, Atomic Elroy, Christopher Coleman, Dana Sink, Vasco Diogo, Matthew Keff, Steve Smith, Chris May, Tizzy Canucci, Tom Bessoir, Rory Scott, Alison Goodyear, Cyane Tornatzky, Jenelle Valentine Davenport, Jinglin Huang, libi rose, Michelle Lehman, Maggie Mather, Travis Vermilye, Daniel Maw, Raquel Meyers, Wesley Chau, Han Chen, Munus Shih, KT Son, Xintong Wang, Franco Chen, Sichun Zhang, Ziyao Sun. SILENT SCREEN Bri Rodriguez, Benny Lopez, Andrew Moore, Johnny Reid, Natalie Einterz, SnowYunxue Fu, Tyler Calkin-Low, Jérémy Griffaud, Woohun Joo, Lucito, Xodus, Daniel Maw, Boyoung Lee, Julio E Berroa, Matthew Keff, Belgin Yucelen, Emilie Trice, Travis Vermilye (hyperstasis), Alexander Dupuis, Michael Laughlin, Maria Kozak, Dev Harlan, Jin Wook Lee, Ryan P Griffin, Jeremy Rotsztain, Azalia Muchransyah, Megan Jedrysiak, Sungjin Jung, Tracy Miller-Robbins, Charly Teran, Noah Travis Phillips, Freja Havesang, Johnna Arnold, ANDiLAND, ChaneeChoi. NIGHT LIGHTS DENVER COMMISSIONS Esteban Azuela, Julio E Berroa, Dalena Tran, Gregory Bennett, Yaloo (Solo Artist Spotlight), Sandrine Deumier, Mayte Gomez-Molina, John Butler, Rew, Dante Zaballa, Beatie Wolfe.

Denver Digerati reached a transition point in 2022, following the 7th and final iteration of Supernova. Insurmountable budget combined with concerning health challenges had descended on my life, riding on the heels of the Covid19 pandemic, forcing me to take stock of the initiative and its recently updated status as a nonprofit organization, not exactly my forte during my time spent in the arts. I was fortunate to have cultivate new leadership during my last two years on the project, allowing the organization to continue in a somewhat similar capacity but with new ideas and focus. Unfortunately the shift resulted in the eventual removal of the history that had been developed across the first nine years from the organization’s website. The limited archive presented here hopefully manages to express the unusual origins and creative dynamic that allowed the project to blossom in a thoroughly distinct and unforeseen manner.