This Friday and Saturday We Can Create 2011, New Zealand's biggest art and creative industries showcase will be on at the Aotea Centre. The symposium draws together people from around the world to share perspectives and present their work.
We Can Create
Aotea Centre
August 26-27
This Friday and Saturday We Can Create 2011, New Zealand's biggest art and creative industries showcase will be on at the Aotea Centre. The symposium draws together people from around the world to share perspectives and present their work.
Curated by communications agency The Church, We Can Create features both up-and-coming talent and seasoned professionals over two days of seminars surrounded by satellite events and exhibitions and is an opportunity for New Zealanders to connect with the top creative thinkers and doers on the planet.
It is a celebration of all things art and design - graphics, fashion, animation, illustration, motion graphics, typography, sound design, live audio-visual art, interactive and experiential marketing, fine art, music, product design and more.
New Zealander Chris Graham is best known as the Director of Sione’s Wedding and his talents extend to making feature films, TV commercials and music videos. He is joined by visual web artist Rafaël Rozendaal from Brazil.
The twelve speakers;
1. Kris Sowersby, the kiwi typographer who won a Certificate of Excellence from the Type Designers Club in New York.
2. Karin Fong from Imaginary Forces, named one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People.
3. Frank Kozik, credited with single handedly reviving the “lost” art of the concert poster;.
4. KesselsKramer, the leftfield Amsterdam advertising and publishing agency behind campaigns for Nike, Parool and Levi's.
5. Morag Myerscough, Britain’s multiple award-winning, integrated graphic design powerhouse.
6. Eric Rodenbeck from Stamen Design; whose mission is to extend the boundaries of online media and live information visualization.
7. Sara Blake an illustrator, designer and fine artist from New York.
8. Eike Koenig of HORT, a constant pioneer in re-inventing the visual language of contemporary graphic design.
9. New Zealander Chris Graham is best known as the Director of Sione’s Wedding and his talents extend to making feature films, TV commercials and music videos.
10. Visual web artist Rafaël Rozendaal from Brazil who uses the internet as his canvas
11. London-based The Rumpus Room, whose innovation and creativity has seen them combine real world, interactive and social platforms for Coca Cola, Xbox and MAC.
12. NZ's foremost photographer of architecture Patrick Reynolds, renowned for his work with both built and unbuilt environments.
