On the weekend of September 5th, in every one’s favorite town, New York City, The Pictoplasma NYC event will take hold of the city (or rather the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University). The peeps of Pictoplasma claim that the “characters are taking over” and that “our visual culture is being taken hostage by a new wave of characters, abstract and reduced to minimal distinguishing graphic features. In the process of a truly explosive movement, they invade digital media, animation, advertising, art, fashion and street art.”.
What is Pictoplasma? It started in 1999 and has “the world’s first extensive inventory, collection and archive of contemporary character design, the Berlin based Pictoplasma project is defining the shape and velocity of this trend.”
The event will unite artists, trend watchers, designers and hopefully you to explore characters who’ve taken over “illustration, animation, graphic design, urban vinyl, underground plush, street or fine art”
Some highlights are:
Friday: 3-5 Tokyo Plastic
Friday: 6-9 Tim Biskup lecture
Saturday: 5-7 Friends With You lecture.
(spied on Toysrevil)
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