The PUBLIC and Roy Was Here presents - Animation Party!
0 Comments gcole on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 11:54 AM.
Roy Was Here and The PUBLIC are now accepting submissions for the Animation Party! short films up to six minutes maximum. Send us your amazing shorts to help send a kid to camp!!!! Partial proceeds from the event will be going to the Gordon Neighborhood House
check out our facebook page here
Labels: animation party, animation shorts, Gordon Neighborhood House, Roy Was Here, the PUBLIC, vancouver
Members of Roy Was Here attended an event called "Vancouver's Most Wanted: Chin up, Chest Out, Give 'em Hell" at the Media Club. The money from the event went to Vancouver Battered Women’s Shelter . There were models, drinks and music!
our lovely friends from Ready Set Die headlined. Here are some of the photos. We will be working alongside ready set die creating some merch with them, so check back for more updates!
our lovely friends from Ready Set Die headlined. Here are some of the photos. We will be working alongside ready set die creating some merch with them, so check back for more updates!
Labels: battered women's shelter, ready set die, Roy Was Here, the media club, vancouver
Roy Was Here is moved into Storyeum now all we have left to do is unpack! We are excited to start our new projects in the new digs. Thanks to our helpers from Summerland Hazel and Katrina!
taking flash drier apart for the move.
all packed up!
Photos of the new space coming soon.
Last but not least. Tonight (Sunday, April 18th) W2 will be screening Copyright Criminals at 7-10 in the new Storyeum space at 151 Cordova St. $10 dolla's at the door will gain you access as well as will also buy you one complimentary drink. Check it out! There will be a remix meetup at 9-10 pm - show off yer remixed works.
copyright criminals
taking flash drier apart for the move.
all packed up!Photos of the new space coming soon.
Last but not least. Tonight (Sunday, April 18th) W2 will be screening Copyright Criminals at 7-10 in the new Storyeum space at 151 Cordova St. $10 dolla's at the door will gain you access as well as will also buy you one complimentary drink. Check it out! There will be a remix meetup at 9-10 pm - show off yer remixed works.
copyright criminals
Labels: Copyright Criminals, Gillian Cole, Hazel Sullivan, jeff wong, josh conrad, Katrina Fitzpatrick, moving, new space, perel building, Roy Was Here, W2 media
Roy Was Here Creative Studio will be moving from the W2 Perel Gallery building at 112 West Hastings into the old Storyeum building site located at 151 West Cordova Street in Gastown with W2 Community Media Arts. We will begin our move between this weekend and next weekend.
Check back for more info!
inside building
old storyeum site front of building
We are gearing up to have a brand spanking new website, we have a few minor adjustments to make but keep checking back.
We have a new member of joining us her name is Vanessa and she likes kittens, check out her out on twitter @vanixx.
@vanixx
Check back for more info!
inside building
old storyeum site front of buildingWe are gearing up to have a brand spanking new website, we have a few minor adjustments to make but keep checking back.
We have a new member of joining us her name is Vanessa and she likes kittens, check out her out on twitter @vanixx.
@vanixxLabels: 151 west cordova, moving, Roy Was Here, roy was here creative studio, storyeum, vanessa, vanixx, W2 media arts
Besides from T-shirt's Roy Was Here also other things like animation and design.
Check out some of our videos on vimeo
Otherwise we're all keeping busy with a lot of side projects. Stay tuned for news, outings and events! Happy easter!!
Check out some of our videos on vimeo
Otherwise we're all keeping busy with a lot of side projects. Stay tuned for news, outings and events! Happy easter!!
Labels: animated, animation, bluetooth animation, design, easter, Roy Was Here, vimeo
Roy Was Here wants to thank everyone who came out to the DIY event. We specially want to thank the artists and designers, band and dj's, and of course our gracious host W2.
The artists selected for the DIY event were (in no particular order)
Reva Diana
Tony Insua
Caitlin Russell
Lydia Fu
Alexander Cho
Reva Diana
I’m not an artist. At least that is what I used to say. I was a graphic designer, a web geek or simply – a creative. An artist? No. Art is scary and only for the brave. But as time passed I found reasons to be brave. It feels good to be inspired and it feels damned good to paint. It’s been a long journey to this moment. So go ahead. Ask me if I’m an artist.
Reva Diana's design was made using the Woodward's Heritage Letterpress. She is also exhibiting the print at the Vancouver Museum. The print has gotten some press from the Georgia straight, click here.
Tony Insua
(above)
Caitlin Russell - www.caitlinrussellart.com (above)
Lydia Fu
Lydia Fu is an illustrator and animator working in Vancouver, BC.
website: www.lydiafu.com
Alexander Cho (above)
"Turtle Programme"
We will be posting pictures of the designs above on t-shirts shortly, as well as photos from the event!
The artists selected for the DIY event were (in no particular order)
Reva Diana
Tony Insua
Caitlin Russell
Lydia Fu
Alexander Cho
Reva DianaI’m not an artist. At least that is what I used to say. I was a graphic designer, a web geek or simply – a creative. An artist? No. Art is scary and only for the brave. But as time passed I found reasons to be brave. It feels good to be inspired and it feels damned good to paint. It’s been a long journey to this moment. So go ahead. Ask me if I’m an artist.
Reva Diana's design was made using the Woodward's Heritage Letterpress. She is also exhibiting the print at the Vancouver Museum. The print has gotten some press from the Georgia straight, click here.
Tony Insua
(above)
Caitlin Russell - www.caitlinrussellart.com (above)
Lydia FuLydia Fu is an illustrator and animator working in Vancouver, BC.
website: www.lydiafu.com
Alexander Cho (above)
"Turtle Programme"
We will be posting pictures of the designs above on t-shirts shortly, as well as photos from the event!
Labels: alexander cho, caitlin russell, design, DIY, Eunoia, event, Jabberwock, lydia fu, Matthew Johnson, new t-shirts, reva diana, Roy Was Here, tee, tony insua, W2 media
D.I.Y. T-shirt Competition with Roy Was Here!!!
4 Comments gcole on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 11:25 AM.
Now accepting submissions for D.I.Y. T-shirt Competition hosted by Roy Was Here and W2 Media arts.
Winners of the T-shirt competition will have their work shown in the gallery space on March 26th printed on t-shirts. There will be prizes to be won, musical entertainment all night long and t-shirts for the winners!! This is a great way to get your designs shown in a gallery and meet other artists and designers.
musical guests include: Matthew Johnson, Eunoia and Jabberwock
The theme is: from plain white to awesome (t-shirts will be plain white)
Please submit work to josh.roywashere@gmail.com. Please use the template provided below - (right click, save as) design away! and then (save as pdf) please also make a high res version so if and when your design is picked we can easily print a nice crispy version. Please limit your designs to four colors or less!
winners will be contacted after the deadline (Friday March 19th). Winners will be asked to supply a high res version of the design, good scan or vector image for printing after being contacted.
D.I.Y event on March 26th. If you have any questions please contact us at josh.roywashere.ca
GOOD LUCK!
Winners of the T-shirt competition will have their work shown in the gallery space on March 26th printed on t-shirts. There will be prizes to be won, musical entertainment all night long and t-shirts for the winners!! This is a great way to get your designs shown in a gallery and meet other artists and designers.
musical guests include: Matthew Johnson, Eunoia and Jabberwock
The theme is: from plain white to awesome (t-shirts will be plain white)
Please submit work to josh.roywashere@gmail.com. Please use the template provided below - (right click, save as) design away! and then (save as pdf) please also make a high res version so if and when your design is picked we can easily print a nice crispy version. Please limit your designs to four colors or less!
winners will be contacted after the deadline (Friday March 19th). Winners will be asked to supply a high res version of the design, good scan or vector image for printing after being contacted.
D.I.Y event on March 26th. If you have any questions please contact us at josh.roywashere.ca
GOOD LUCK!
Labels: competition, Roy Was Here, t-shirt design, W2 media
this clip was made by our Legal observer friends. we would like to share it with you. please feel free to check out their posts and video uploads on www.vimeo.com
Legal Observers in Action! from Legal Observers on Vimeo.
Labels: legal observers, olympics, Roy Was Here, screen printing
It's been a while since we've posted anything mostly because we're really busy in the month of February do to the Uh-Oh-lympics.
Here is a recent job we've completed for the Legal Observer team.
Other print production jobs this month include DTES CAN, Red Tent Campaign, W2 Media and Kulus Designs. Other non-screen printing jobs include designing the self-titled CD by Piper Davis and creating an animated advertisement for Surf Spot Media.
Here is a recent job we've completed for the Legal Observer team.
Other print production jobs this month include DTES CAN, Red Tent Campaign, W2 Media and Kulus Designs. Other non-screen printing jobs include designing the self-titled CD by Piper Davis and creating an animated advertisement for Surf Spot Media.
Labels: kulus designs, legal observers, olympics, piper davis, red tent, Roy Was Here, surfspot, W2 media
Collective Article by Jason Hazel-rah Sullivan
0 Comments gcole on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 1:46 PM.
This is an article written by a writer for Athabasca University's Student Voice magazine which covers issues regarding collectives and more specifically Roy Was Here.
Collective activity has always been integral to human production and creativity. In precivilized times firewood was gathered for ceremonial and cooking fires. In agricultural settings harvest was a massive collective effort. During the Medieval era pottery guilds built their kilns and communities wherever clay seams could be found. Throughout the Modern epoch artist collectives have based themselves around common ideas and methods. Artists have always expressed the basic human desire for freedom to express feelings on subjects which transcend the bounds of language. The Roy Was Here collective manifests this desire for freedom to express, create and communicate and to reach as wide an audience as possible.
The urge to become fully human by expressing oneself is suggested by the Marxian term “species being”. The collective itself as a natural method of social creation is elucidated by the Deleuzian term “multiplicity”. Yet what collectives actually produce is perhaps most important of all.
In the ancient world collective action often involved forced labour or slavery. The Egyptian pyramids and sphinx are examples of this rigid, unyielding and authoritative collective form. Yet no one can deny the mystery of these creations. They seem to harbour something transcendental and otherworldly. Perhaps the pyramids and sphinx simply represent what people can do when they exert their will towards a common goal. In today's competitive and individualist environment what could seem more alien than collective expression?
Today's social environment is in many ways still controlled by authoritative people who squelch humanity's creative desires. Yet within this oppressive realm there remains room for resistance. As the postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard stated “Reality is not so much a bitch as it is a sphinx!” Dogmatic rigidity can give way to catlike reflexivity. The mystery and awe inspired by the sphinx of Egypt would surely pale in comparison to the creativity produced by collectives directly only by the impulses of participating individuals. The Roy Was Here collective represents a possibility such as this.
Just as the Egyptian sphinx was created by slave labour, many T Shirts people wear today are produced using minimal creativity and in mass quantities by underpaid workers. Expression becomes a slave to profits. Yet without profits economic reality hits hard. So, as in any production-based realm, ownership or control of the means of production is key. By owning their own equipment and making T-Shirts out of fair-wage source materials, Roy Was Here avoids oppressing workers while remaining economically sound.
T Shirts are relatively inexpensive. They are a proletariat canvas, a “medium for the masses”. As Marx noted during his lifetime, when Capitalist globalization was just beginning to ravage non-Western cultures, “the cheap prices of its commodities are the heavy artillery...which batters down all Chinese walls” (Sayer, 1991, p. 53). The Roy Was Here collective is in a unique position to invert this destructive process by producing what Capitalism has the most difficulty in providing: the opportunity for authentic self-expression. Artists who might not otherwise be exposed can have their works sold in T Shirt form and reach a huge audience of eyes. This will pummel our society's barriers to expression which take the form of funding cuts by governments and monopolization of market access by corporations.
It is hard to think of anything more liberating than self-expression. This is the idea behind modern collectives. They enable the true desires of participants to take shape and become literally or metaphorically animated. This 'life of its own' persona is, according to the two-man social theory collective of Gilles Deleuze and Felixe Guattari, a function of how we are as human individuals. For Deleuze and Guattari we each embody a multiplicity of selves. “There is always a collectivity, even when you are alone”. (D and G 1000 Plateus, p. 152) What they mean by this is that we each have many versions of ourselves depending on the social situation. Each time a person creates or expresses something they are producing another aspect of themselves. In this way a collective is a natural outcropping of human nature. When functioning best, a collective overcomes the dyad of “one/many” and becomes a “shared identity, shared but separate”. (Gillian) Humming like power lines in an electrical storm, a collective represents creative capacity exceeding its component parts. It becomes an action, a “funnelling together of ideas from different sources/people/places to create something bigger and exciting”. (Gillian)
Human social activity naturally takes collective form. Outcomes may be practical or impractical, edible or aesthetic. Whereas many artifacts of human society, such as the Egyptian sphinx, are the product of forced collective action, the greatest possibility for liberatory expression lies in collectives controlled by participants and working towards inclusive goals. The Roy Was Here collective combines these two aspects by being non-hierarchical and making affordable products that can be consumed by anyone.
Jason Hazel-rah Sullivan
Collective activity has always been integral to human production and creativity. In precivilized times firewood was gathered for ceremonial and cooking fires. In agricultural settings harvest was a massive collective effort. During the Medieval era pottery guilds built their kilns and communities wherever clay seams could be found. Throughout the Modern epoch artist collectives have based themselves around common ideas and methods. Artists have always expressed the basic human desire for freedom to express feelings on subjects which transcend the bounds of language. The Roy Was Here collective manifests this desire for freedom to express, create and communicate and to reach as wide an audience as possible.
The urge to become fully human by expressing oneself is suggested by the Marxian term “species being”. The collective itself as a natural method of social creation is elucidated by the Deleuzian term “multiplicity”. Yet what collectives actually produce is perhaps most important of all.
In the ancient world collective action often involved forced labour or slavery. The Egyptian pyramids and sphinx are examples of this rigid, unyielding and authoritative collective form. Yet no one can deny the mystery of these creations. They seem to harbour something transcendental and otherworldly. Perhaps the pyramids and sphinx simply represent what people can do when they exert their will towards a common goal. In today's competitive and individualist environment what could seem more alien than collective expression?
Today's social environment is in many ways still controlled by authoritative people who squelch humanity's creative desires. Yet within this oppressive realm there remains room for resistance. As the postmodern theorist Jean Baudrillard stated “Reality is not so much a bitch as it is a sphinx!” Dogmatic rigidity can give way to catlike reflexivity. The mystery and awe inspired by the sphinx of Egypt would surely pale in comparison to the creativity produced by collectives directly only by the impulses of participating individuals. The Roy Was Here collective represents a possibility such as this.
Just as the Egyptian sphinx was created by slave labour, many T Shirts people wear today are produced using minimal creativity and in mass quantities by underpaid workers. Expression becomes a slave to profits. Yet without profits economic reality hits hard. So, as in any production-based realm, ownership or control of the means of production is key. By owning their own equipment and making T-Shirts out of fair-wage source materials, Roy Was Here avoids oppressing workers while remaining economically sound.
T Shirts are relatively inexpensive. They are a proletariat canvas, a “medium for the masses”. As Marx noted during his lifetime, when Capitalist globalization was just beginning to ravage non-Western cultures, “the cheap prices of its commodities are the heavy artillery...which batters down all Chinese walls” (Sayer, 1991, p. 53). The Roy Was Here collective is in a unique position to invert this destructive process by producing what Capitalism has the most difficulty in providing: the opportunity for authentic self-expression. Artists who might not otherwise be exposed can have their works sold in T Shirt form and reach a huge audience of eyes. This will pummel our society's barriers to expression which take the form of funding cuts by governments and monopolization of market access by corporations.
It is hard to think of anything more liberating than self-expression. This is the idea behind modern collectives. They enable the true desires of participants to take shape and become literally or metaphorically animated. This 'life of its own' persona is, according to the two-man social theory collective of Gilles Deleuze and Felixe Guattari, a function of how we are as human individuals. For Deleuze and Guattari we each embody a multiplicity of selves. “There is always a collectivity, even when you are alone”. (D and G 1000 Plateus, p. 152) What they mean by this is that we each have many versions of ourselves depending on the social situation. Each time a person creates or expresses something they are producing another aspect of themselves. In this way a collective is a natural outcropping of human nature. When functioning best, a collective overcomes the dyad of “one/many” and becomes a “shared identity, shared but separate”. (Gillian) Humming like power lines in an electrical storm, a collective represents creative capacity exceeding its component parts. It becomes an action, a “funnelling together of ideas from different sources/people/places to create something bigger and exciting”. (Gillian)
Human social activity naturally takes collective form. Outcomes may be practical or impractical, edible or aesthetic. Whereas many artifacts of human society, such as the Egyptian sphinx, are the product of forced collective action, the greatest possibility for liberatory expression lies in collectives controlled by participants and working towards inclusive goals. The Roy Was Here collective combines these two aspects by being non-hierarchical and making affordable products that can be consumed by anyone.
Jason Hazel-rah Sullivan
Labels: Athabasca, baudrillard, Deleuze and Guattari, Hazel Sullivan, Jason Hazel-rah Sullivan, Marx, medium for the masses, post modern, proletariat, reflexivity, Roy Was Here, sphinx, t-shirts
So tonight we were given the opportunity to tell the world who we are and what we do...thanks to Jay Peachy of Sound Therapy Radio. We were featured on a segment called ‘The Artist Lounge” on CJSF 90.1 FM which brings together artists of all genres to talk about their creative expressions.
Getting ready in the studio...
Local Vancouver band, A Grey Medium was also featured on this segment...check out their music here.
A prize pack (movie tickets to The Book of Eli) is still available for entering the best Roy story to jay.peachy@yahoo.com so send in your stories now! We will post it on our blog.
Just in cased you missed us tonight, you can listen to a recording of our interview here. It was a first time for all of us so please excuse the awkwardness... but we had a lot of fun so that's all that matters!
Here is a group picture of Roy Was Here Creative Studio, A Grey Medium and radio host Jay Peachy.
Getting ready in the studio...
Local Vancouver band, A Grey Medium was also featured on this segment...check out their music here.A prize pack (movie tickets to The Book of Eli) is still available for entering the best Roy story to jay.peachy@yahoo.com so send in your stories now! We will post it on our blog.
Just in cased you missed us tonight, you can listen to a recording of our interview here. It was a first time for all of us so please excuse the awkwardness... but we had a lot of fun so that's all that matters!
Here is a group picture of Roy Was Here Creative Studio, A Grey Medium and radio host Jay Peachy.Labels: A grey medium, animation, art, cjsf, design, interview, J Peachy, local, music, radio, Roy Was Here, sfu, Sound Therapy
Happy Holidays from Roy Was Here and a Happy New Year (that didn't intentionally rhyme, but we're going to go with it)
Labels: christmas, Gillian Cole, happy holidays, holidays, jeff wong, josh conrad, roy collective, Roy Was Here
The Roy team attended the Nadatodo launch party last Friday. Nadatodo is an online arts and culture listing space which was hosted at Gallery Gachet.
Check out their website www.nadatodo.com
The party was full of good food, people music, prizes and a FREE photobooth!
Here are some images from the night:
Check out their website www.nadatodo.com
The party was full of good food, people music, prizes and a FREE photobooth!
Here are some images from the night:
Labels: Gallery Gachet, nadatodo, photobooth, Roy Was Here
check out su-ans new site, lots of cool little animations and cool vids you might want to see!
www.su-anng.com
www.su-anng.com
Labels: emily carr, Roy Was Here, Su-An Ng
The Emily Carr Media Pub Night went off without a hitch. the attendance was awesome. the Djs were awesome. but most of all, the beer was cheap and the people were great. the media grads put together a great night! the 50/50 draw featured $160 to be won and 3 tshirts made by us at Roy. What a great night!
Labels: emily carr, Media Pub night, Roy Was Here
Motion Sickness Collective Rotoscope Animation
0 Comments Josh was here on Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 4:29 PM.
Our friends at Motion Sickness have produced a Collaborative video that I would like to share! This was a student short that was finished just a few short months ago. Gillian, Leanna and Su-An all contributed to this!
Interview from The Motion Sickness Collective on Vimeo.
Interview from The Motion Sickness Collective on Vimeo.
Labels: animation, art, Gillian Cole, Leanna Knowles, motion sickness, rotoscope, Roy Was Here, Su-An Ng
RIP brought to you by the NFB and Creative Commons. MARCH 13th BE THERE.
0 Comments Josh was here on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 2:02 PM.
We're going to this and a few of our animators from Roy are going to be having a screening at this event! Yay!
We want to share the trailer for you this is being show cased by the NFB at Emily Carr University on MARCH 13th
The Motion Sickness Collective is having a pub night after RIP and Roy is going to be there in full force.
COME TO THE PUB NIGHT AND RECIEVE A DISCOUNT CODE ON ALL ROY APPAREL.
I will be offering discount codes ranging from 10% off to 30% off so get ready to get crunked for a cause!
We want to share the trailer for you this is being show cased by the NFB at Emily Carr University on MARCH 13th
The Motion Sickness Collective is having a pub night after RIP and Roy is going to be there in full force.
COME TO THE PUB NIGHT AND RECIEVE A DISCOUNT CODE ON ALL ROY APPAREL.
I will be offering discount codes ranging from 10% off to 30% off so get ready to get crunked for a cause!
Labels: animation, art, club, creative commons, Girl Talk, pub night, RIP, Roy Was Here
