Ghostly International: Of Art and Artifice
4 Days of Sound, Art and Inspiration-
Charles Bergquist
Charles is a director, designer, and photographer based in San Diego, California. We've had the pleasure of getting to know Charles through his work on Matthew Dear's "Slowdance" video and, more recently, his gorgeous video work for Tycho's live performances.
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Will Calcutt
Will is a designer and photographer living in New York. Growing up in Michigan, he began his long-standing relationship with Ghostly in 2001 where he has designed over two dozen album covers. His other musical work includes album art for the labels Kranky, Minus and Get Physical.
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Sougwen Chung
Sougwen is a Canadian born, Chinese raised, and Brooklyn-based artist. Chung's background is in interactive design and art direction. Her BFA in Graphic Design is complemented by a Masters diploma in Interactive Art Direction from Hyper Island in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Michael Cina
Michael is an accomplished Creative Director that is currently leading the multi- disciplinary design studio, Michael Cina Associates. Michael is widely known for starting YouWorkForThem, a graphic design boutique, and it's sister company, WeWorkForThem, an award-winning design studio.
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FriendsWithYou
FriendsWithYou (FWY) was founded in 2002 by Miami based artists Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III. Since its conception, FWY has developed into a fully established multi-disciplinary creative studio with the ability to create everything from initial strategies and concepts, to products and packaging, pos, print elements, full motion media and events.
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Andy Gilmore
Andy Gilmore is a designer, draftsman and musician based in Rochester, New York. His work is an exploration of the physical properties of sound and light put to form.
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Matthew Shlian
Matthew Shlian works within the increasingly nebulous space between art and engineering. As a paper engineer, Shlian's work is rooted in print media, book arts, and commercial design, though he frequently finds himself collaborating with a cadre of scientists and researchers who are just now recognizing the practical connections between paper folding and folding at microscopic and nanoscopic scales.
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ISO50
California-based artist Scott Hansen has worked on a broad range of projects for clients in many industries. From album art and posters to magazine covers and snowboards, his work can be seen on products and publications around the world. ISO50 started as an online portfolio for Hansen’s design and photographic experiments but quickly grew into a full studio, online shop and successful clothing line.
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m ss ng p eces
A Brooklyn-based creative company inspired by the limitless potential of the web. They are a team of strategists and artists who provide creative and production services to likeminded brands and agencies. Since 2005, the company has hand-crafted stories that celebrate the human spirit, innovation, art and culture.
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Philistine DSGN
Philistine DSGN was originally founded in 2001 as an anti-art collective which quickly began masquerading, on and off, as a design firm. As actual clientele increased and the breadth of projects began to include not only graphic design and illustration, but also art direction, consultation, photography, sculpture, installation and performance art, Philistine DSGN evolved into a multi-faceted anti-art collective which masquerades, on and off, as a design firm to this day.
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Timothy Saccenti
Timothy moved to NYC to study photography at the School of Visual Arts. Immersed in the boundary pushing music and art scene of New York, he began making a name for himself creating thoroughly modern portraits of artists such as Erykah Badu, TV on The Radio and The Junior Boys. Recently expanding into motion, Timothy has directed award winning music videos for avant-garde musicians including Battles and Animal Collective and commercials for clients including Audi and Target.
Schedule
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Thursday
September 13th / @6pmOpening Gala
Note: Thursday is a 21+ exclusive engagement. Single day tickets are sold out, but access is still available with a Weekend Pass.
Live music performances by:
→ Com Truise
→ Lusine
→ Michna (DJ)
Live projection performance by:
→ Sougwen Chung -
Friday
September 14th / @6pmArtist Talks Day 1
Hosted By Incase:
→ Michael Cina
→ Andy Gilmore
→ Will Calcutt -
Saturday
September 15th / @6pmArtist Talks Day 2
Hosted By Incase:
→ Matthew Shlian
→ Timothy Saccenti
→ Sougwen Chung
→ Charles Bergquist -
Sunday
September 16thOpen to public 12-5pm
About the Event
The Ghostly universe has been steadily expanding since its humble beginnings in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1999.
The Art Directors Club begins its CRE8 series of music and art focusing on Ghostly International, a unique culture identity that has helped elevate the careers of visual artists including Michael Cina, Sougwen Chung, Andy Gilmore, Will Calcutt and Matt Shlian, while releasing work from musicians such as Matthew Dear, Com Truise, Gold Panda, Lusine and School of Seven Bells.
The Ghostly aesthetic and its accompanying ethos has always sought to cast off the restrictions of genre and form. An assertion that creativity, in its apolitical nature, is an act worth striving to achieve. Unconcerned with classification, Ghostly highlights the act of making in and of itself, no matter the medium.
In 2010, Ghostly launched Ghostly International Editions, a "label" of artwork and artists that has grown into a collective of some of North America’s best designers and artists.
Of Art and Artifice is not a retrospective—it is a comprehensive state of the union, a peek into what's next after 13 years of creativity from Ghostly International, creating an essential selection of work from the Ghostly family into a never-before-seen collection.
About the Art Directors Club
Founded in 1920, the Art Directors Club is the premier organization for leaders in visual communication, boasting one of the most concentrated groups of creative talent in the world. A not-for-profit membership organization, the ADC's mission is to Connect creative professionals around the globe, while simultaneously Provoking and Elevating world-changing ideas. The ADC provides a forum for creatives of all levels in Advertising, Design, Interactive Media and Communications to explore the direction of these rapidly converging industries.
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Partnerships
Part of the Ghostly way has been the ability to work with like-minded peers. Of Art and Artifice includes some of Ghostly's favorite products and services as it's main support.
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