25th March
Busy time - a year since the last News entry! Major site update underway. Sneak peek at Mario Cavalli microsite here and preview new projects LIBRE and BULLRING Spring.
31st March
Savage Pencil exhibition in Bremen, Germany.
20th March
Open Diagnosis, an exhibition of work by Dave McKean & Bob Allen, 24th March - 6 May, Rye Art Gallery.
7th Feburary
Top US illu mag 3x3 is, for the first time, calling for animation entries to its Professional Show. Stellar line-up of judges, including Colony's Mario Cavalli & Dave McKean and friends, Oscar Grillo, Eric Goldberg and Run Wrake. Deadline March 2nd so hurry on and get your entry form here!
18th December
SEASON'S GREETINGS from COLONY to our associates at Bermuda Shorts and all our friends everywhere.
25th October
A big shout for the excellent Shooting People!
8th September
Mario Cavalli's SHAKEN currently in SHAKENThe Daily Reel's 'Top Ten Must See'.
4th September
Paintings, film, photography and drawings by Dave McKean at the place, Camber Sands, 2 - 14th Sept.
14th July
Work by Ranko Andjelic showing at BLINK, showcase for UK artists working in animation, at the Gassworks Gallery, screening 10th August , exhibition 11 - 13 August.
26th June
We're very pleased to announce that Colony is now represented for commercials and music videos by Bermuda Shorts. For showreels and enquiries please contact info@bermudashorts.comComing soon, new Colony @ Bermuda Shorts web site, for art, QT movies and much much more!
6th June
Also at onedotzero, Colony friend Fons Schiedon's totally whacked MTVASIA animations. Fons and sound designer Bram Meindersma will be on hand to discuss, Thurs 8th, 5pm.
31st May
dave mckean unmasked at onedotzero, 6th June at 19.00, followed by mirrormask screening at 21.00.
7th March
A wealth of animated gems this Thursday. If you're not going to British Animation Awards (tickets as rare as hen's teeth), get on down to animate! screening, Tracing the Contours: Portraiture and Place in Contemporary Animation at National Portrait Gallery, programme includes Cavalli's SOHO SQUARE with commentary from novelist A.S. Byatt.
2nd Feburary
MirrorMask also screening at the NFT1 in London on the 11th Feb. at 1.45pm with Dave doing a Q&A afterwards.
The NFT is generously offering a complimentary ticket each to the first two people to email, including 'MirrorMask with Dave McKean' in the subject heading.
2nd Feburary
Cavalli's recent commercials for VW and Bullring currently screening in the British Animation Awards Public Choice programmes, all over the country.
2nd Feburary
Mario Cavalli will also be speaking about the UK Animation Business on a panel at ANIMEX Talk! on 10th Feb.
2nd Feburary
Dave McKean's movie, MirrorMask, showing at ANIMEX Screen in Middlesborough on the 11th Feb.
2nd Feburary
Crikey, its February already! A New Year's catch up...
Dave McKean has completed a series of illustrations for Y&R and MilanWorld currently on display in movie theatres across the US and possible in the 'theatre lobby' here.
22nd December
BULLRING BIRMINGHAM campaign, CARE Packages film and VW Summer's Morning now online. Check out COLONY @ Th1ng 2005.
22nd December
Check out SUNDAE CLUB who donated their beautifully chilled Constant Raincheck track to our (preferred) version of the CARE Packages film.
14th December
SEASON'S GREETINGS! Care Packages film - completed! Bullring Birmingham campaign - completed! Stay tooned for QT download links - coming soon!
31st October
Cavalli's SOHO SQUARE included in Animating the City, the launch programme at Islington's new City Atrium, opening Thurs. 3rd Nov.
23rd October
Fons Schiedon and Shynola at Pictoplasma Animation Festival in Berlin 25-26 Nov.
23rd October
Dave McKean's movie MirrorMask at the London Film Festival Oct.30 & Nov.1.
8th October
Crikey, its been ages! Massive Colony NEWS update below...
8th October
Lurzer's Archive list Cavalli's VW Cabriolet spot among World's Greatest Automotive Ads! Also, nice double page spread in October issue 69 of 3D World.
8th October
Coming soon, Cavalli films for CARE and with Th1ng director, Alon Ziv, Birmingham Bullring ad campaign.
8th October
BAAs announce new Most Creative Use of New Platforms for Animation award category.
8th October
Mario Cavalli's Mostly Tube People in Issue 4 of the excellent humus online art mag.
8th October
Ranko Andjelic, plus Sylvain Magne and Luke Whittaker in Issue 2 of Creative State.
8th October
Savage Pencil's "Artfang" drawings and prints at Intoxica, Portobello Road until November.
8th October
Ranko Andjelic and others in Katalogue, book and launch coming soon.
8th October
Fons Schiedon's new Big Birthday Update.
8th October
Dave McKean's movie MirrorMask to be screened at the London Film Festival
13th June
View Ranko's RED SHEEP, here.
13th June
Colony's Ranko Andjelic wins Annecy with his MTV AIDS Awareness spot, RED SHEEP!
11th June
VW Summer's Morning is this week's Shots' hot shot.That should read "Colony's Mario Cavalli, produced with our friends at Th1ng", by the way! In cinemas from the 24th June. View it here now!
2nd June
The underratedSHOWREEL magazine has a cover story on Dave McKean's forthcoming MIRROR MASK movie.
2nd June
Get around to the Jerwood Space, for outstanding work by Nick Rothwell, Golan Levin and Stanza, among others. But be quick, CUT & SPLICE closes on Friday, 3rd June.
2nd June
Big congrats to our friend Rosto AD, whose JONA/TOMBERRY picked up the short film Grand Prix at Cannes. Next up, Annecy, where Colony's Ranko Andjelic's RED SHEEP is also up for an award.
5th May
Just completed trippy 60 sec cinema spot for VW Beetle Cabriolet, going out with new Star Wars movie and Kylie's Showgirl Tour!
22nd April
Animation Bites screening of animated films from students at Staffordshire Uni in Stoke-on-Trent, Flaxman Theatre, Mon. 25th, 7:30 pm.
18th April
Check out the SKETCHBOOKS slideshows. If you see something you like, click on the NMPH email address and send your bid, quoting the exact number and name of the drawings you are interested in. We will reply with reserve price (if applicable) and purchase options (original artwork or print). All proceeds (less p & p) to National Missing Persons Helpline.
17th April
Mario has updated his SKETCHBOOKS auction site, to help raise funds for The National Missing Persons Helpline, now that the DEC Tsunami Appeal has closed.
17th April
New online art magazine CREATIVE STATE by Luke Whittaker and Katherine Bidwell.
16th March
Danny Brown has created the very clever Shift splash page this month.
16th March
Andrea Toniolo has created an intriguing teaser for his forthcoming film The Manual of Stanley.
16th March
Oscar Grillo's wonderful daily e-mails, now available to all in a blog created by Argentinian saxophonist Ruben "Chivo" Fernandez.
16th March
Busy time. Stuff in production or protected by NDAs. Never mind, here's some cool stuff our pals are doing (scroll up)....
22nd January
Speaking of which, if you can't make it in person, lots to see and hear at the Sundance Online Festival.
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22nd January
Dave McKean's MIRROR MASK premiers Tue. 25th at the Sundance Festival, 2005.
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7th January
Mysterious Al and Wooster Collective are accepting donations for Asian tsunami relief. Al's sketchbook pages have sold out but check back for other ways to donate.
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7th January
Happy New Year!
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23rd December
Putting finishing touches on a lovely 60 sec 3D VW spot for DDB, in cinemas next year. Check back in January for a sneak peek and more goodies. Thanks to Ravi, Theo, Sylvain, Stuart and Alon for a great job!
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13th December
SEASON'S GREETINGS! Thanks to Sylvain Magne for our little Christmas Jack-in-the-box, inspired by our Christmas illustrations for TV Quick, on sale now!
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21st November
Congratulations to Dave McKean on completing MIRROR MASK! Official site, fan site, movie blog and a nice spread in EMPIRE magazine, print version only, though.
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21st November
More animated shrub fun here Leave It To Bush! No 1 & 2.
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21st November
On with the ridicule, too. Nice Flash game Give Bush A Brain.
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21st November
So the shrub gets in again, or does he? Hillarious and true, apparently Bush Wins Florida! On with the recounts!
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21st November
A big HELLO and belated thanks to our friends in Korea: Jacqui, Hyekyung, Hark, Dai and Michaela at the British Embassy for looking after us again a couple of weeks ago.
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30th October
Ian Inaba's animated video for Eminem's Mosh. The bum's rush for Bush on Tuesday!
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24th October
Messa di Voce, by Golan Levin and Zachary Lieberman this Tuesday at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Performance involves the speeches, shouts and songs of two virtuosic performers translated into dynamic visuals, exploring the poetic implications of making the human voice visible.
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6th October
Thanks to Inkie for link to forthcoming Graffiti World book. Excellent graff links page.
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3rd October
Our Italian friend Andrea Toniolo launches a new digital cinema site SECONDNAME. Go to SHOWCASE for interviews with Tom Mes, Miike Takashi and our own Fons Schiedon.
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10th August
Fons Scheidon exhibition currently at DEFUNKTION. Some great stuff in the back issues too.
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4th August
COLONY is delighted to announce that it is now in alliance with th1ng. Founded by Dominic Buttimore, th1ng will handle COLONY representation and production for commercials and music videos. Showreel requests should be made to Dominic or Sedonie at colony@th1ng.com or see our CONTACTS page for other details.
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26th July
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Simon Carter, photographer and DP CASK OF AMONTILLADO following his recent accident.
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24th June
Our friend ROSTO A.D launches JONA/TOMBERRY tracking the making of his upcoming short of the same name. Five cool webisodes currently online with more to come through to schedule release in 2005.
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24th June
Choreographer Jane Turner holding THE TESTING GROUND, a series of 'one-off workshops for movement based performance makers'. June and July dates. Contact 07801 352300 or jane@janeturner.net for info and bookings.
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24th June
News items a bit scarce lately - busy with exciting projects for Initial/Endemol, plus very cool spot for DBB in the works. Stay tooned. Meanwhile, nifty stuff above. Scroll up....
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18th May
Come and witness for the first time: audio-visual technologies, floor sensors and wireless headsets communicating performance commands with 7 brilliant dancers and 5 sensational singers integrating feedback into an evolving performance organism. Jane Turner's eMERGE premier, 24-25 May, ICA, 8pm.
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22nd April
For our Dutch viewers only, Fons Schiedon's motion graphics on SNEAKERS this Friday, 9.00 pm.
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8th April
Great new drawings, animations and site update at FonsTV.
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7th March
A big hello too to our new Korean animation friends, too numerous to mention, though fine overviews provided by KOCCA and the Korean Animation Producers Association. Plus, spectacular feature animation WONDERFUL DAYS by Tinhouse Studios.
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6th March
A big thank you to Jacqui, Hyekyung, Hark, Dai and Michaela at the British Embassy for looking after us so well on the PACT Animation Scoping Mission to Korea.
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23rd Feburary
Good Dave McKean interview Illustrating the Imagination at apple.com.
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23rd Feburary
Recently saw a preview of Jane Turner's Emergence theory inspired dance project E-Merge. Thought-provoking and inspiring stuff! Check back for details of future performances.
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27th January
Lemon Jelly SPACEWALK included in BAA Public Choice programme 1 -- so get out and vote!
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25th January
Last day to catch Dave McKean's NARCOLEPSY exhibition at Angouleme. Details (in French) here.
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6th January
Oblong have uploaded QTs their new showreel plus our recent 3 x 10 second GALAXY spots to their site.
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6th January
Snowflake melted away,12th night and all that... On with '04!
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24th December
Happy Midwinter Fest to all our friends. All the best for 2004!
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10th December
Lastly, extra big congrats to Louisa Fitch and Andrew on the birth of their baby boy last Sunday.
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10th December
Then, big thanks to Oblong and Julian Parry for top work on latest NANOBOTS design update. If you saw the previous sneak peek and would like to see more, mail nano@colonymedia.co.uk with NANO in the subject line for an ftp link.
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10th December
First off, congrats to Dave McKean, whose book, Varjak Paw, recently won the Smarties Gold Award.
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10th December
Busy time. Lots of catching up to do. Here goes. Scroll up....
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24th November
Richard Kieth Wolff's photography in BEHIND THE EYE at the Union Chapel from 14th December.
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24th November
Another chance to catch MESSA DI VOCE by Golan Levin, Zach Lieberman, Jaap Blonk and Joan La Barbara at
ULTRASOUND 2003 in Huddersfield this weekend.
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19th November
NWYH profile in the November issue of BLUEPRINT magazine.
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14th November
Three Galaxy Lottery spots just completed, directed by Oblong.
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4th November
Two upcoming exhibitions of Richard Wolff's stunning photography, including his 1969 John and Yoko shots at the Union Chapel and as part of a special Jimi Hendrix exhibit at the Handel House Museum.
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3rd November
Messa di Voce by Golan Levin, Zach Lieberman, Jaap Blonk, and Joan La Barbara will receive its UK Premiere at the ICA this weekend.
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27th October
More on FAN: only managed to show a fraction of what I have on NANOBOTS. If you were there (and even if you weren't) you can see some of the design work-in-progress here.
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27th October
Excellent time at FAN on Saturday, with very cool contributions from Lloyd Burr, creator of The Getaway at Sony in London and Lars Cristiansen's Cartoon Broadcast System from tv-animation in Copenhagen.
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25th October