Monday 2 October 2006, 18.30–20.00

Juan-Pablo Brockhaus and Pete Reilly from Glassworks discuss current trends in digital animation with Rob Van den Bragt from The Mill.

Brockhaus is a Senior 3D Artist at Glassworks. After working as a freelancer for several years in Germany, he joined the Glassworks 3D team, and as well as an all round knowledge of animation, he creates scripts and tools for use in production. Pete Reilly is Head of Research and Development at Glassworks. Providing in-house tools for use in production, he has also specialised in developing software for visual effects.

Glassworks provides digital animation and visual effects expertise for the production of award-winning commercials, music promos and immersive marketing tools for clients around the world. The company’s expertise is built around a core team of specialists in computer animation, digital effects and compositing, supported by in house team of R&D programmers who develop pioneering software and unique tools used for generating digital content.

Born in Arnhem, The Netherlands, Van den Bragt studied classical animation in Belgium. After obtaining his master degree he worked freelance in Belgium for a short time, then moved to South Africa and worked there for three years in commercials for The Refinery Post Production Facility (the biggest facility in South Africa). On his return to Europe, he worked for Cinesite on feature films as an animator, for Passion Pictures/Slave Studios on an animated CG TV series/feature, as an animation supervisor and currently as lead 3D artist at The Mill where he has been for the past four and a half years. His work has won several prizes and was awarded the title of Maya Master.

Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£10 (£8 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards