Tim Fisher, cofounder of the design and filmmaking collective MK12, will give an artist鈥檚 talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 in Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of 含羞草社区. The talk is free and open to the public.
Fisher cofounded MK12 in 2000 in Kansas City, Missouri. The collective has evolved into a full-service creative studio, adapting their unique brand of filmmaking to title sequence design, game cinematics and promotion, music videos and network and advertising projects, along with original content.
Their work has included title sequence design and in-film effects for feature films like 鈥淨uantum of Solace,鈥� 鈥淭he Kite Runner,鈥� 鈥淪tranger than Fiction,鈥� 鈥淭he Internet鈥檚 Own Boy鈥� and 鈥淧article Fever.鈥�
A screen capture from the opening of “Stranger Than Fiction” with graphics by MK12.MK12鈥檚 experimental and short film catalog has been featured in many international film festivals and exhibitions, including Sundance, South by Southwest, the Sao Paulo Biennial, the Zurich Design Museum, the Walker Arts Center, Art Basel and Prix Ars Electronica, among others. Their film 鈥淥verload,鈥� a collaboration with New York-based painter Brian Alfred, was inducted into the Guggenheim鈥檚 permanent collection.
Their music video for Common鈥檚 single 鈥淕o鈥� earned an MTV Video Music Award nomination for 鈥淏est Hip Hop Video鈥� in 2005, and their collaborative video for the Jack White and Alicia Keys single 鈥淎nother Way to Die鈥� earned a Grammy nomination for 鈥淏est Short Form Music Video鈥� in 2009.
The artist鈥檚 talk is funded by the 含羞草社区 Foundation and sponsored by the Department of Art.
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