Paper Rad
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History
The three primary members were Jacob Ciocci,[3] Jessica Ciocci,[3] and Ben Jones,[4] but additionally included many others such as Paul Bright, David Wightman, Sonja Radovancevic, Extreme Animals, and others.[1][5][6]
Prior to Paper Rad, Ben Jones and Christopher Forgues (C.F.) were students at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and created a zine project called "Paper Radio".[7][8] Jacob and his sister Jessica became active in Paper Rad after moving to Boston and hanging out with Joe Grillo, Ben Jones, and Christopher Forgues.[8] All of them were interested in zine making, experimental art and music, and computers, which opened up the possibility of multimedia work.[8] The first Paper Rad animation video was made in Boston on VHS tape.[8] The early collaborators for Paper Rad included Andrew Warren, Joe Grillo, Laura Grant, and Billy Grant (and later the Grant siblings with Joe Grillo formed the art collective, Dearraindrop).[8]
Paper Rad exhibited works at several major galleries including
The collective published a book in late-2005, Paper Rad, BJ and da Dogs
Style
Paper Rad calls its style "Dogman 99", a play on the Danish filmmaking movement Dogme 95.[12] According to one of its project websites, the rules of Dogman 99 are: "No Wacom tablet, no scanning, pure RGB colors only, only fake tweening, and as many alpha tricks as possible".[12]
Paper Rad's visual projects often employ bright
In the early 2000s Paper Rad's website featured early GIF art as well as a maze of linked images in the "Dogman 99" style.[12]
Collaborations & other works
Super Mario Bros. Movie
Paper Rad collaborated with multi-media artist
Wyld File
Wyld File consisted of the duo
References
- ^ a b Chiaverina, John (September 16, 2015). "Paul's Pile Of Papers: Paul Bright On His Paper Rad Collection And Forthcoming Book". ARTnews. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ Nadel, Dan (2011). "Artistic Modern Funnies: Ben Jones' Problem Solverz". The Comics Journal. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
He studied at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and in Boston linked up with C.F. and collaborated as "Paper Radio"; then he formed the collective Paper Rad with Jessica and Jacob Ciocci in 2000,
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- ^ a b c "A Brief History of Animated GIF Art, Part One". Artnet News. August 2, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
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