Vivid School 2019: Wednesday Program

Bonnie is a young director and 2D animator from Sydney, Australia. Her debut film, the AACTA nominated Femme Enfant screened both locally and internationally, garnering numerous awards. She has contributed to Vivid Sydney both as an animator and a director, working on the acclaimed Snugglepot and Cuddlepie for Customs House, Mystery Gateau for the ASNCo building and Taronga Zoo’s Be the Light for the Wild as well as numerous others.

Bonnie is interested in blending the boundaries between art and animation, and being a voice for women and Australian creative culture.

Jonathan Nix is an award-winning director, animator, designer, illustrator, composer, editor and push scooter rider. Jonathan began his artistic journey with a degree in Fine Arts from [insert details of university / art school. RMIT?] then went on to play in various bands for a decade before completing a postgraduate degree in Animation and Interactive Media at RMIT. He has worked within the animation industry ever since, most recently shifting his focus towards app and game design.

Alex is a highly organised technical project manager at Technical Direction Company (TDC) with extensive technical knowledge and hands on experience across large scale live event projects. Alex has developed an extensive understanding of production design, management and implementation of large scale architectural projection projects. His greatest strengths are his communication and interpersonal skills, applying them to a role which ensures the clear and accurate flow of information and ideas between clients, the TDC team, subcontractors and project stakeholders. Over the course of his career, Alex has worked on Vivid Sydney 2015 and 2018, numerous TV shows and a variety of blue-chip clients such as The Economist, Universal Studios, PWC as well as high profile sporting events such as the London Marathon.

In his everyday toolkit, Alex uses Vectorworks large format projection design and installation and mapping and design, video system design, video systems engineer, projectionist Barco EncoreVista Spyder Operation (certified), crew chief, CCU operation, camera operation. He also holds a Scissor Lift and Boom Lift Licence
and Certificate III in Live Entertainment.

Anthony has expert technical experience in video technology for live events. He commenced his career in video at Technical Direction Company (TDC) as a technician and progressed to his current role as Technical Project Manager and Head of Live Broadcast. Anthony works across high level complex projects across entertainment, building projections, public events and television. His skills and attention to detail are critical for successful delivery of TDC’s large scale LED projects and large scale projection projects. Anthony’s recent experience includes project management for the Invictus Games opening and closing ceremonies, Vivid Sydney 2014-2018, The Voice, the ARIA Awards, Anzac Day Dawn Service, Hillsong conference, NRL Grand Final entertainment, AFL Grand Final and many more large scale projects. In his everyday toolkit, Anthony works with Vectorworks large format projection design and installation and mapping and design, video system design, wide screen blending, video systems engineer, projectionist Barco Encore, Vista Spyder operation (certified), crew chief, CCU operation, camera operation. He also has a Scissor Lift and Boom Lift Licence as well as a Certificate III in Live Entertainment.

Murray is a director, animation director and hand-drawn character animator with 36 years’ experience gained at Hanna Barbera (Australia), Walt Disney Animation (Australia), Warner Bros Feature Animation (UK) and leading film and animation studios here and overseas. He directed the Dreamworks Television episodic animated series Harvey Street Kids that is currently screening on Netflix. Murray was also a director on the series Erky Perky (Channel 7/ABC Kids) and was animation director on the feature film Clifford’s Really Big Movie (2004) working from Seoul, South Korea.

Murray gained valuable early experience with Hanna-Barbera and Walt Disney Animation (Australia). His illustrating and animating prowess can be seen in his character animations on Space Jam andThe Magic Sword for Warner Bros UK in London. He has also directed television commercials for Australian and overseas clients and has storyboarded on Dennis and Gnasher, Bottersnikes and Gumbles and other animated series.

Georgina is a Sydney-based artist, prop maker and business owner. She is the director of art and prop fabrication at Pink Cactus. Her training in Production Crafts - Properties at NIDA has enabled to her to work in the prop and set making field for the last decade while gradually evolving and refining her skills in art finishing, design and business management. Her interdisciplinary work includes the mediums of sculpture, puppetry, scenic art, collage, drawing and lighting installations.

Owner and founder of Pineapple Design Studio, Zara is a spatial designer who has a passion for light, sculpture and set design. Since completing a degree in Spatial Architecture in 2017 from UTS, she has, in a short time, featured in preeminent light festivals around the world. Her spatial knowledge enables her to create works that transform and complement public and commercial spaces. Zara strives to produce work that is both elegant and playful in nature, which captures the imagination of audiences.

Lucy’s role as the Vivid Light Curator is the result of a career spanning painting, light-based sculpture, 3D virtual art, projection animation and theatre design. In 2013, Lucy co-developed a collaborative art practice called Ample Projects to create large-scale public art works including video and installation art, super scale sculptural works, projection mapping and animatronic sculpture within Australia and overseas. Most recently, Lucy has delivered curatorial and design consultancy for art festival events in France, Belgium, China and the USA including Espèces en Voie d’Illumination Festival in Paris and Yuyuan Lantern Festival in Shanghai. The 2018 Vivid Sydney festival marked Lucy’s debut as Vivid Light curator after previously having creating the inaugural Vivid Sydney precincts at Taronga Zoo, Chatswood and Central Park.

Katrina is a multi-disciplinary media maven who has worked across many fields including video technician, projectionist, media server programmer, director, camera operator, system engineer and AV technical supervisor amongst others.

After starting her career in 2005 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Katrina moved to Sydney in 2014 to begin a full-time role with Technical Direction Company (TDC) where she had the privilege to work on the large scale award-winning projection Play Me by Danny Rose for Vivid Sydney 2014. Katrina has toured internationally working with artists including Celine Dion and Elton John during their Las Vegas residencies, Fuji Rock in Japan, Tap Dogs in South Africa and Laver Cup in Chicago. Katrina has also toured locally for musicians, theatre and reality TV shows, Australian Open and music festivals around the country. Katrina’s artistic passion drives her to pursue her goals and mark out achievements within this creative industry.