Pictoplasma
01.05.2025 - 04.05.2025
02.00 - 11.00
silent green, Gerichtstr. 35, 13347, Berlijn
Pictoplasma returns for its 21st edition, bringing together artists, designers, and creators from all visual disciplines. This year, the festival rethinks character representation in an era of AI-generated imagery and shifting visual norms. The conference will be held at the silent green Kulturquartier, a cultural venue housed in a former crematorium.
Three Days of Inspiration
During this three-day event, international creatives share their insights through artist lectures, workshops, and live demos. You’ll get the chance to experiment with new tools and techniques, join discussions with industry professionals, and experience groundbreaking animation screenings that push the boundaries of character-driven storytelling.
Illustratie: Angela Kirkwood
Featured Artists
Angela Kirkwood (UK): Illustrator and animator known for her distinct DIY aesthetic, evoking childhood nostalgia with a unique sense of irreverence and playfulness.
Balfua (USA): Audio-visual artist blending digital and analogue techniques to create the fantastical Sayssiworld, inhabited by mystical abstract creatures and digital spirits.
Boldtron (ES): Barcelona-based artistic brothers renowned for their organic approach to digital experimentation, constantly evolving both creatively and technologically.
Craig & Karl (US/UK/AUS): An art and design duo collaborating daily from their respective bases in New York and London. Their bold, playful work spans multiple disciplines, exploring colour, pattern, shape, and texture.
Felicia Chiao (USA): Industrial designer turned illustrator, utilizing traditional mediums to craft warm, intricate, and emotionally resonant artworks.
Ina Dyreborg (DK): Textile artist exploring the inner animal within us all, embracing beauty and flaws through a complex interplay of the wild, the masculine, the feminine, and the beast.
Jill Senft (DE): Illustrator and artist balancing freelance work—using analogue tools for magazines, brands, and publishers—with large-scale sculptures for exhibitions and public spaces.
Jimmy D. Lanza (IT): Artist and ceramicist known for handmade limited editions with a uniquely eclectic, underground style that intertwines surrealism with nature.
Beeld: Jill Senft
Jonathan Djob-Nkondo (FR): Animator and filmmaker exploring unexpected relationships between characters and objects, delving into social dynamics through striking, fluid visuals.
Laser Days (USA): A real-time rendering studio co-founded by Jack Wedge and Will Freudenheim, creating worlds, stories, and characters using game engines.
Master Tingus (AUS): Animator of the bizarre and surreal, who has gained massive internet notoriety over the years, with many of his animations becoming viral sensations on social media.
Michael Frei (CH): Game designer investigating complex topics—such as decision-making and the finiteness of human life—through minimal line drawings.
Murugiah (UK/LKA): British-Sri Lankan multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and designer creating candy-coated visuals to explore the complexities of his South Asian identity.
Nobody Sausage (BR/PT): With a distinctive style that has amassed 35 million followers across social media, the Nobody Sausage phenomenon explores humour, social media trends, and universally relatable moments.
Saddo (RO): Artist and illustrator remixing influences from Iranian miniatures and Asian carpets to hip-hop and urban culture.
Sergio Membrillas (ES): Illustrator and creative director working with international clients and hosting Cuaderno Blablabla, a quarterly event connecting Valencia’s creative scene.
Sestry Feldman (UA): Ukrainian street artist sisters spreading colourful and bold visuals deeply rooted in layered folk symbolism while taking a clear political stance beyond Kyiv’s city walls.