Are you an artist, arts organization or venue?

artist

What town do you live in?

Northampton

In which disciplines do you work or exhibit?

Film, Video, Other

Artist Statement/Bio

Bassam Kurdali (slikdigit) Director/Project Lead: Bassam is a 3D animator/filmmaker whose 2006 short, Elephants Dream, was the first ‘open movie’. It established the viability of open tools in a production environment and set precedent by offering its source data under a permissive license for learning, remixing and re-use. His character, ManCandy, began as an easily animatable test bed for rigging experiments. Multiple iterations have been released to the Public Domain, and Bassam demonstrates him in the animated tutorial video + short, The ManCandy FAQ. Under the aegis of Freefac, Bassam is continuing to explore a model of production that capitalizes on commonwealth. He teaches, writes and lectures around the world on open production and free software technique. Born in Aleppo, Syria, Bassam trained in the United States as an electrical and software engineer. Bassam's current project is tube ( http://tube.freefac.org)

Describe your organization or gallery

freefac is a small studio created by Bassam Kurdali and Fateh Slavitsky as a vehicle for exploring novel ways in the creation and distribution of filmed and animated media, leveraging commons and open-ness as opposed to restriction as a way of spreading culture and sparking conversations.

Website

http://freefac.org