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THE ART DEPARTMENT IN MOTION LONDON

Calendar

IN MOTION LONDON 2024
10 - 11 Oct
Next FILMHELPDESK #10: Julian Klop
11 Oct
Next Talk: Giving a new voice to archival material by documentary maker and editor Festus Toll
31 Oct
Next Workshop: Touchdesigner: working with visuals, sensors and projectmapping by Nikzad Arabshai (InterNodal Studio)
14 Nov
Next panel talk: Caspar Sonnen (IDFA DocLab) on ‘curation/presenting your XR work’
2 Dec
The Art Department Eindhoven 2025
20 - 21 Mar

FESTIVALS

Art & design for animation, games and VFX
A rollercoaster of cutting edge creativity
NEWS
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A CHANGE IS GONNA COME BUT ARTISTS AND HUMAN CREATIVITY ARE GETTING READY
In Motion Rotterdam's afterglow
LONDON, ARE YOU GETTING YOURSELF IN MOTION?
check out a recap or what we know so far about our line-up
OUR TILBURG ILLUSTRATION TAKEOVER A.K.A ILLUSTRADA FEST
8 hotspots, 9 days, a city takeover!
SPREADING OUR WINGS FOR A NEW ADVENTURE
meet the brand new organisers of Playgrounds Illustrada!
Six emerging XR professionals selected for the Next XR Program
OPEN CALL | NEXT X NETFLIX WRITERS ROOM TRAINING (call closed)
Looking for Dutch writers!
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