17 April = free entrance with a valid TAD wristband (as long as seats are available)
Music videos are still very much alive and kicking as a genre where cutting edge creativity happens. Holders of unique aesthetic with their own particular beauty and artistry, promos often provide spring-boards for their creators, paving their ways into the commercial and film industries.
Whether interactive or linear, with big or low budgets, encapsulating a story or a feeling, music videos all share their purpose of showcasing music in the most engulfing way possible. Join us for a special program that takes a close look at this very particular art form.
We will welcome internationally acclaimed music video creators: Raman Djafari, Fons Schiedon, Renee Schuurmans, Monsieur Pimpant to have a close look at the current status of the music video industry. Moderator for the evening will be Noa Johannes.
And of course we couldn’t miss the opportunity of showcasing an eye candy selection of music video that you can admire in their full glory on the big screen!
Raman Djafari is an illustrator, animator and filmmaker working in both 2D and 3D, from Berlin, Germany. Through poetic imagery and fragmented narratives they hope to reach into a realm of honest emotionality, creating surreal worlds and characters that oscillate between the familiar and the fantastical.
Raman has directed music videos for artists from across the globe, like Elton John, Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Ashnikko, as well as having worked with clients like Adult Swim, Spotify and The New Yorker. Currently they are
represented as a director by the London based animation studio BlinkInk.
Fons Schiedon is a director, designer & artist, working across all visual mediums. He’s based in Los Angeles.
He has directed music videos for GEESE, Groove Armada, SBTRKT, Mark Guiliana, IBEYI, Max Jury, Jaimeo Brown, and created visuals for Beyoncé, Blur, FKA twigs, Arcade Fire, The Killers, Rudimental, Action Bronson, Halsey, Marshmello, and Kito.
Renée Schuurmans is a multidisciplinary artist who makes animated music videos. She’s best known for making animated music videos for artists such as Ed Sheeran, Annika Kilkenny and more. She’s currently working as a freelance animator and illustrator.
Monsieur Pimpant graduated from Fine Arts Academy in Tournai. Apart from being visual and sound artist in a broad sense, he is a co-founder of publishing collective ‘Edition Gitan’. He has created a brand ‘Ultra dead toy’ with Stephane Blanquet and Francesco Defourny in 2013. He has developed an authorial drawing programme ‘ Jeu du dessin’, 2010-2013. He desings patterns for a Belgian fashion brand Krjst since 2012. In his own artistic practice Monsieur Pimpant explores the potentials of 3D technology.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Noa Johannes. Noa is a film journalist, program maker, and presenter. She co-hosts the podcast SoundTrek, helps NPO Start users find their way through its film and series offerings, and co-created and presented VPRO Cinema Extra and De Filmweek for the cultural channel NPO 2 Extra.
She’s also written for outlets like De Filmkrant, VERS magazine, Cinesud.nl and NPO 3 Film Y Serie, and hosted events such as the Netherlands Film Festival, Rose Stories, IDFA, Vers Film & TV, Qissa, Buma Music in Motion, Eye Filmmuseum, Forum Groningen, Fraterhuis Zwolle and Beeld & Geluid.