- Jun 10
0
Seattle ticket update
Another 40 tickets for tonight’s sold out screening in Seattle will be released at 6:30pm at the Cinerama. These tickets are $20 (no discounts), cash only, first-come first-served.
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- Jun 9
- 0
Portland and Seattle Volunteers
We’re looking for a few friends to help with the screenings tonight (in Portland) and tomorrow night (in Seattle). Let us know if you can help out for an hour before one of these screenings, you’ll get a free ticket and other perks.
Update: We have enough volunteers now, thanks!
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- Jun 8
- 1
LHR to DUB to BCN
The crowds queue up at the sold-out Barcelona event.
More touring and traveling last week, starting with a few nights at London’s Barbican Centre. I had drinks at a friend’s apartment in the complex, I actually hadn’t been inside a Barbican flat before. Say what you will about its brutalist aesthetic and utopian inclinations, but I like the Barbican. And our two-week run went really well, thanks to the programmers there for featuring the film.
Headed to Ireland next for screenings in Belfast and Dublin. Belfast was beautiful but the turnout was hampered by a holiday weekend and some gorgeous weather. Dublin was sold out and swimming in Jameson. Shout outs are due for Andy McMillan in Belfast, and Niall, James, Patrick, and everyone at the IFI. And a preemptive shout out to Simon Roche, who I met up with in Dublin to go over the details of the Copenhagen event, to be announced soon.
Had drinks with the Sé Merry Doyle and the Loopline Films crew, and listened to some serious ska music DJ-ing from Mr. Aidan Kelly one night. At the end of the set, Aidan graciously gave me a Specials Gangsters 7″. Slainte! And of course there were pints of Guinness and toasties at Grogan’s, a great old pub. And in a meta-Dublin moment, we were sitting outside Grogan’s one evening and of course that guy from the film Once had to walk by…
Raising a glass with Sé Merry Doyle, aka Ireland’s Highest Paid Documentary Filmmaker
Next stop: Barcelona… I’d never been to Spain before, so I took full advantage on the amazing weather, the tapas, the Gaudi buildings, and the Spanish hospitality. At least I did when I wasn’t sequestered in my hotel room, trying to get the subtitles finished so we could screen a subtitled version. The event was sold out and hectic… it started late with 300+ people lined up in the heat, but turned out perfectly. Special thanks to Michela, Marta, Aldo, Blake, Thomas, and the rest of the gang at Smart Design for helping to organize an amazing evening. And thanks as well to Moritz for all the free beer! (That’s four alcohol references in one post!)
Cheers,
Gary
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- Jun 4
- 0
Barcelona Screening Tonight
Join director Gary Hustwit and Smart Design’s Richard Whitehall for the Spanish Premiere of Objectified and a post-film discussion. The film will be presented in its original language with English subtitles. Free beer courtesy of Moritz!
Cines Alexandra
Rambla Catalunya 90
20:00
Tickets are €10 and will be on sale at the cinema starting at 18:30. If you have already purchased tickets online, your name will be on the will-call list at the door.
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- Jun 2
- 2
Barcelona volunteers
We’re looking for a few friends in Barcelona to help with the screening this Thursday night. Let us know if you can help out for an hour before the screening, you’ll get a free ticket and other perks. Email info[at]objectifiedfilm[dot]com
Okay thanks, we’ve got enough volunteers now!
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- May 28
- 2
Olá! Brasil!
Following the first official screening tour of Helvetica in Brazil, Objectified arrives for its Brazilian Premiere. Sim! For info on these events, email billybacon[at]wedo[dot]com[dot]br
June 18
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cinemateca do MAM
Brazilian Premiere presented by Boldº
7:30pm, post-film Q&A with director Gary Hustwit and special guests
June 19
São Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Brazilian Premiere presented by Boldº
8pm, post-film Q&A with director Gary Hustwit and special guests
June 20
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cinemateca do MAM
Exhibition presented by Boldº
Free admission
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- May 26
- 1
New York IFC run extended… again!
Good news, New York-based procrastinators: Objectified has been held over another week at the IFC Center, which means you’ve got until Thursday, June 4th to catch it on the big screen. That’s it. Really. Get tickets now.
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- May 26
- 3
Dispatch from Zurich
Designer Franco Clivio shows me his new book, “Hidden Forms”
Greetings from Zurich, where it was 80 degrees and sunny yesterday, and it actually hailed today! Despite the wild weather fluctuations, we had a wonderful screening last night at the Museum für Gestaltung, which is part of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Great crowd, lots of students, and an after-drinks hosted by Helvetica film star and design publisher Lars Müller. Special thanks to Lars and Simone Wildhaber at the museum for all their help setting up the event.
This afternoon I visited the studio of designer Franco Clivio, who just released a book called Hidden Forms through Lars Müller’s publishing company. Franco’s an Ulm School alumnus and veteran product designer for Siemens and others. He also designed the Pico pens for Lamy. The book reveals the hidden qualities of simple, utilitarian objects, via Franco’s massive collection of anonymously-designed stuff. Highly recommended.
Franco also introduced me to his studio neighbor, Nik Schwabe. I’m not sure how to describe Nik… Franco just called him “crazy”. Suffice to say that he’s an 83-year-old Swiss artist working in visual phenomena: light effects, mirrors, visual projections, puzzles. While I was there, he performed on a Chladni Plate, a 17th Century sound device/scientific instrument that demonstrates how sound vibrations affect materials.
Here’s a short video clip of Nik bowing the Chladni Plate. Notice the sand grains on the plate rearranging into patterns from the different sound frequencies. I shot this on my little Leica still camera, so apologies for the picture/sound quality. At the end of the clip, Nik hits a frequency so high that I had to back away in pain… my ears are still ringing. An amazing afternoon!
So I just did the math, and so far on this tour I’ve done 37 events in 20 cities… so only 30 more cities to go! (Can’t believe I’m not even halfway through with this…) Onwards to London and a few nights at the Barbican Centre.
Cheers!
-Gary
- May 20
- 1
New York IFC Center run extended
Due to popular demand (!) Objectified’s New York theater run at the IFC Center Theaters has been extended another week, through Tuesday, May 26th. New Yorkers, don’t miss the chance to see the film on the big screen on IFC Center’s gorgeous high-definition projection system. Get tickets!
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- May 15
- 0
Final weekend at IFC Center in NYC!
This is the last weekend you can catch Objectified in New York on the big screen at the IFC Center. And we’ve got several special guests from the film appearing at tonight’s screenings:
6:35pm – From Smart Design: Agnete Enga, Anton Ljunggren and Jonathan Cedar
8:25pm – IDEO’s Thomas Overthun and Objectified editor Joe Beshenkovsky
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