UK based artist John butler is a pioneer of what he calls "Solid State Cinema," utilizing 3D animation, motion capture, digital audio and text to speech applications for a digital moving image form that is native to the web. His vision of a NeoFeudal age is singular and entrancing, fully propelled by by computational speed and his own sophisticated use of technology. Butler's solo spotlight launched Supernova in 2016, with additional works being featured each year at the festival including the 2018 competition.
John Butler
Revolutionary technology accelerates the way things are. A disruptive element is bringing dead machines back to life, healing the sick and giving new hope to the obsolete. He talks of a new age of freedom. Open standards, free hardware, unlimited access, and an end to proprietary c...
John Butler
A technological fairy tale set within an experimental Business Model. The Dependency Loop is a 'Cool Million' for the LinkedIn generation, where an experimental subject's mind is constantly harried by positivist messaging, while his body is mercilessly leveraged as a bio-manufactur...
John Butler
"This is the new world, and you children must be ready for it."
United Kingdom
John Butler
Refusnik is an adaptive odyssey that evaluates human utility in the age of artificial indifference. Through a series of mutations, the human candidate is gradually purged of all non-essential attributes in an attempt to meet the imperatives of growth. This process of adaptive degra...
John Butler
In the new world, excellence will be the only constant.
United Kingdom
John Butler
Is there a future? The Utility Curve answers this question by means of a symbolic journey from the underworld of on-demand labour, through the desert of opportunity, to the antechamber of acceptance. The young search for opportunities they have been assured exist, while the investo...
John Butler
Action altruistic, outcome suboptimal. Sometimes you can only help yourself. A day in the life of the industrial reserve during zerotime.
UK
