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To date there are seven speakers confirmed for the 2009 Semi-Permanent event in April. For updates please subscribe to this page’s blog and also the newsletter via www.semipermanent.com ....
RON ENGLISH
Contemporary pop artist/serial prankster Ron English will be presenting at Semi-Permanent 2009. His work includes Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" doco.
See more of his work at www.popaganda.com ....
IAN FRANCIS
One of the rising stars of the Young Contemporary Art movement, Ian Francis is based out of Bristol in the United Kingdom. His exciting work uses both abstract textures and realistic figures and portraits to portray warped versions of everyday experiences. An interesting aspect of Ian's creative past is that he started creating his artwork digitally and has only moved to creating pieces by hand in the last few years. See more at www.ifrancis.co.uk....
SCOTT DADICH - WIRED
Representing Wired will be their Creative Director, Scott Dadich. Scott is an award winning designer (National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2007 and the Award for Design is 2008) who oversees the magazine's design, photography, illustration and typography. See more at www.wired.com....
XYZ STUDIOS
Founded in 2003, and based in St Kilda, XYZ Studios is an award winning studio in the field of commercial animation. XYZ have created commercials for clients such as Sony, Visa, McDonalds, Honda, Dodge, IBM, MTV and have worked with some of the worlds biggest creative agencies including Weiden+Kennedy, BBDO New York and M&C Saatchi. Over the past year, XYZ has won seven "Best of Category" awards, including Animation of the Year and Australian Creative Hotshop of the Year 2007. See more at www.xyzstudios.com....
DIGITAL DOMAIN
Californian based Digital Domain is an Academy Award-winning digital production studio and has worked on big budget works such as the Titanic, The Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, X Men, Fight Club and Transformers. See more at www.digitaldomain.com ....
KATE GIBB
Kate Gibb is one of the UK's top female designers and print-makers. Her work has appeared in many international publications such as Relax, Idea and Atmnosphere and she has worked for fashion brands including Levis, Lee and Adidas. She has produced artwork for many album sleeves, most prominently for the Chemical Brothers, and also Simian, Bob Marley, Suede and The Magic Numbers. See more at www.bigactive.com/illustration/kate-gibb....
DANNY YOUNT
Danny Yount has won awards in most major design shows for everything from online media to feature film main titles. His design and direction has earned an Emmy for the Six Feet Under main title and an Emmy nomination for the TNT miniseries main title "The Grid"... he is currently serving as creative director at Prologue Films. His primary focus is main title design and live action direction for entertainment clients in feature films and television. See more at www.dannyyount.com....
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