ArtFutura 2010
We Live in Public
November 3 – 7 / Museo MALBA, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
FuturaCircuit: Alicante, Barcelona, Cádiz, Gijón, Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Segovia, Tenerife, Valladolid, Vigo, Zaragoza
Josh Harris (We Live in Public), Jeff Gompertz, Ignacio Platas, Vicente Matallana, Pablo Helman (Industrial Light & Magic), Tono Errando (Chico & Rita), Passion Pictures
The main activities of the 2010 edition move to the city of Buenos Aires, with the documentary We Live in Public as the centerpiece. This extraordinary film about social networks and privacy on the Internet, winner at Sundance and part of the permanent collection at the MOMA in New York, is directed by Ondi Timoner. The documentary explores the experience of Josh Harris and his company Pseudo in the New York of the “dot-com” era. Josh Harris, also known as the “Warhol of the Web,” envisioned the first Internet television network and foresaw, with great clarity, the consequences of our future life online.
ArtFutura 2010 premieres the documentary and also includes exclusive material provided by Josh Harris himself, who personally participates in the conferences at the MALBA in Buenos Aires, along with his collaborators Jeff Gompertz and Ignacio Platas.
Also featured is the company Industrial Light & Magic, led by Pablo Helman, a master of special effects. Pablo, originally from Buenos Aires, has worked on countless films alongside George Lucas. He is a multiple Academy Award winner for his work on films like War of the Worlds and the Star Wars saga.
Another highlighted project in this edition is the presentation by Tono Errando, brother of Javier Mariscal, of the animated film “Chico & Rita,” co-directed with Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. An authentic explosion of life and color. The audiovisual program also includes selections of 3D animation (“ArtFutura Show,” “Segmento Argentina,” and “3D en Español”), a special dedicated to Passion Pictures, the selection “Futura Graphics” (motion graphics, viral videos, and music videos), and a new section: World Wide Work (curated by Carolina López and dedicated to creativity on the Internet).
Twenty years ago, as if it were a dream born from countless hours in front of the television, the Singularities spoke to me in the mountains (actually, it was in my offices at Jupiter Communications, in New York) and told me who they are and what they do. I consider them real, and if you dare to watch the animation “Launder My Head,” you might too.
Josh Harris
ArtFutura Buenos Aires has become, through its three editions, a reference point for digital culture in the region. Each year, the arrival of the festival creates an environment conducive to the exchange and discovery of the best international materials, formats, and tools, encouraging us to remain open to receiving new knowledge and information from the most diverse fields and disciplines.
Macarena Rudman
