Select materials relating to the Fifth Annual Supernova Digital Animation Festival, presented in 2020 in Denver, Colorado, with crucial virtual pivot in response to the global COVID19 pandemic. Supernova was well positioned to handle the impact of Covid, utilizing the recently developed streaming service supernova.video to present an enhanced slate of content to participants around the world, while still hosting a more limited live presence through the ongoing access to Denver’s robust public LED screen infrastructure. The introduction of spontaneous artist interviews as well as a new partnership with Unity Technologies were key elements in getting through a very trying year, one that fully showed the strength of the medium as well as a growing and engaged international artists community.
Supernova 2020 WORLD ON FIRE Artists Introduce themselves This is what you get when you ask over 150 artists to send personal introductions describing their animations. Make sure to watch through to the end for the full Supernova 2020 Program artist lineups, and more. Supernova 2020 Artists knock it out of the ballpark! Watch the full artists introductions only on supernova.video through the month of September. Programs launch starting September 8th and will include select artist intros before their animations. https://www.supernova.video
A simulation of Supernova Digital Animation Festival's live program presentation that took place on the 14th and Champa Screen on Saturday September 19th from Noon - 9:30pm in Denver, Colorado. The simulation was created by Ryan Wurst and features samples from all digital animations selected for programs to be shown as part of Supernova. Sound is by Always Human Tapes.
A look at who garnered the prestigious awards in the 2020 Supernova Digital Animation Festival WORLD ON FIRE.
Supernova’s Competition program is the focal point of the annual festival boasting significant cash prize awards, determined by special guest jurors, who represent the vanguard of the digital motion-art and animation community. Animations selected for the competition are chosen for a variety of reasons including: profound artistry, ambition, boldness, overall resonance or fearless approach to utilizing digital techniques. The competition adheres to no specific genre, but simply represents a well rounded selection of the best of all submissions that display a diverse approach to the field and a strong instinct for the medium. Supernova's Competition program was screened live in Denver, Colorado on Saturday September 19th on the 14th and Champa LED screen.
An overview of the prestigious anchor program for Supernova Digital Animation Festival 2020 World On Fire's premiere outdoor art viewing opportunity. Denver Digerati employs Denver’s unique LED screen infrastructure towards a rare art viewing opportunity for the public. The annual Supernova Digital Animation Festival programs are featured on multiple screens, located within a 6-block radius in the heart of the Denver Theatre District, providing a magnificent display of animation for the community. On Saturday, September 19th, five of Denver’s LED screens will be activated from noon through 8pm with digital animations looping throughout the day. These works will be presented without sound as Supernova's Silent Screen Initiative. Over 20 artists from around the world submitted proposals for the opportunity to create animations unique for this format. Silent Screen enhances the attributes of the program and presents a now rare opportunity for the public to safely and responsibly view exceptional art outside of their homes. Denver Digerati provides the ultimate walking tour that reflects how digital animation and motion-art can be integrated with LED display technology in a purposeful, invigorating manner. Start at any of the screens and watch the works unfold, each screen features a wide assortment of animations of varying lengths. This video has a reference to all five of the screens and samples of the animations that were on display.
Like just everything else in the arts in 2020, Supernova festival was impacted heavily by the COVID19 pandemic, yet was one of the only events of the fall still able to present a live public component through ongoing access to Denver’s public LED screen infrastructure. A protective mask was designed by artist Sean Capone, based on his 2020 animation “Molecular Clock,” commissioned by Denver Digerati for Night Lights Denver. The mask was a catalyst to raise funds for the festival offered both online and to patrons during live downtown screenings.
Ivar Zeile chats with Corrie Francis Parks, an artist who was part Denver Digerati's very first public screen initiative "Frame of Mind" back in 2011. She returns to Denver screens in 2020 with her latest animation "Foreign Exchange" selected for Supernova 2020 "Director's Choice" program, and also modified from its original format to fit the elongated horizontal frame of the 14th and California LED screen as part of this year's Silent Screen initiative.
Denver Digerati Founder and Creative Director in conversation with artist Joo Young Lee, the Director of "Body Keeps the Score," selected for Supernova 2020's prestigious "Competition" program. Joo Young Lee also contributes the animation "Meondong: Dawning" made for Supernova's Silent Screen program, as well as "The World Is Thin: Terrain" which screens in the program Space Dust, curated by Snow Yunxue Fu. This is the first time in Supernova's history that an artist has works in three separate program categories. Find out how and why Joo Young got there.
A riveting discussion with Sean Capone, previous Supernova competition award winner and the director of "Theo Tw'awki," selected for Supernova 2020 "World on Fire" program. Sean is also one of 10 artists commissioned for Night Lights Denver animations, to be presented on the D&F Clock Tower in Downtown Denver nightly starting September 3rd. The animations will loop each night throughout the month of September.
Jon Portman returns to Supernova in 2020 in the most unique way, with an elaborate animation that reflects on the reality of visual artists and many issues related to intertwining lives. We've selected it as one of 15 works for this year's Competition program, the strongest ever and one that is certain to raise even greater awareness towards the advances being made in all genres of digital animation today.
Huckleberry Hax is a pioneering author focused on the virtual world Second Life, where he has been a resident since 2007. In 2020 he has released his first feature film STÖMOL, shot entirely in Second Life. It's an achievement that seems to defy all notions of what is possible within that context, delivering a beautifully shot, complex narrative that elevates the medium to that of traditional filmmaking, carrying great appeal for cineastes of all tastes. STÖMOL is a standout at this year's Supernova Digital Animation Festival, and one of two feature films accepted for the first time into the festival's focal competition.
Time to discover one of the most exciting entries ever in the history of Supernova Digital Animation Festival. Watch now to find out why, and share with your friends. This is history in the making.
Molly Murphy is one of this year's standout emerging artists in digital animation from the US, with an ecstatic debut that packs a punch and is ready to launch next month in Supernova Digital Animation Festival's "World On Fire" program. We were so delighted to grab this interview with her and think you will be too. Make sure to share with your friends who like to be on top of what's fresh and exciting in the real world of entertainment and art.
Heather Crank digs into her history as an artist, time spent in Denver, her life in Bend and other timely topics, including her recently completed commission for Supernova 2020. Heather is one of 10 artists commissioned for Night Lights Denver animations, to be presented on the D&F Clock Tower in Downtown Denver nightly starting September 3rd. The animations will loop each night throughout the month of September. Heather is a huge proponent of creativity, art and how life is not the same without either.
David Bennett is a digital artist, motion designer, and creative director who has participated in Supernova Digital Animation festival since 2018. Drawn to the immediacy and impermanence of the moving image, his work explores hypersaturated visuals that oscillate between abstract and figurative digitized glimpses of daily life and random ephemera. Two of Bennett's latest works will be featured in Supernova's new Everything Abstract Sonic program, one of this year's visually transfixing highlights of this year's festival.