Bio:

Scott Pagano is a filmmaker, motion designer and spatial reconstructionist. He is a leading edge exemplar of the current digital vanguard reinventing the fine art as well as pop art worlds. He is a visionary and acclaimed Creator Director and Designer in the interactive visual storytelling arts that are being more and more demanded by feature film and video gaming audiences. His motion art works and music videos have been screened in venues ranging from, movie theaters, fine art galleries, international film and music festivals, and MTV. Working with some of the most innovative artists in the Music and Film worlds, Scott has created abstract and conventional digital artworks that push the boundaries of audiovisual composition and process combining a dynamic mix of cinematographic and synthetic imagery. The narratives streaming in his video artworks lay the foundation for the storytelling of a new age.

Filmography/Awards Info:

Filmography:

Parks on Fire - 7:23 - 2008 - Short Graphic Film - music by Trifonic
Purple and Orange - 4:35 - 2007 - Music video for Welder
Left - 3:40 - 2007 - Music video for Michael Fakesch’s Vidos DVD
Region Free 77 - 44:00 - 2007 - Graphic HD work consisting of 77 randomized segments
Umfeld - 56:00 - 2006 - Graphic HD film with soundtrack by Jochem Paap
1.618 - 11:43 - 2006 - Short Graphic Film - music by BT
The Antikythera Mechanism - 10:08 - 2006 - Short Graphic Film - music by BT
cream3 - 3:51 - 2005 - Music video for Speedy J & Chris Leibing
im.plosion even.ing - 1:04 - 2005 - Experimental short for AGF + Sue C’s Mini Movies DVD
Rolf & Fonky To Care DVD - 60:00 - 2005 - Eight textural music videos for Rolf & Fonky’s To Care DVD
Chopping Heads - 3:47 - 2004 - Music Video for Funkstorung’s Isolated DVD
Geometry - 6:43 - 2004 - Music Video for Rolf & Fonky
Enojon Remix - 6:00 - 2004 - Video remix for Ben Sheppee’s Hidden Partition DVD
It’s Raining Copies - 3:17 - 2003 - Music Video for Uprock
From Brown to Green - 5:44 - 2003 - Music Video for Twerk
Champagne and Soda - 3:46 - 2003 - Collaboration with Christopher Willits
space.for.no.one - 8:23 - 2003 - Experimental short - visual abstraction of architecture
dont.want.no.body - 2:42 - 2003 - Experimental short - hyper-edited Britney Spears remix
assemblage 2003 v.1 - 30:00 - 2003 - Experimental short - collection of graphic experiments
neither-field.com/et - 2002 - Ephemeral Textures - generative video server
CW-SP Transcinema - 30:00 - 2002 - Documentation of live audiovisual performance
ok.town re.work - 5:00 - 2001 - Experimental short - visual abstraction of architecture
Everything Will Be Okay - 5:30 - 2001 - Experimental short - exploration into aftermath of 9/11
Landscape No. 2 - 1:00 - 2001 - Experimental short - processed landscapes
Landscape No. 1 - 3:12 - 2001 - Experimental short - processed landscapes
I get along without you very well - 29:30 - 2000 - Experimental documentary on distance and relationships
dis.place - 15:00 - 2000 - Experimental narrative centered on loneliness and waiting
My loneliness is killing me - 2:00 - 2000 - Experimental short - Britney Spears remix
If you want to be with me, baby theres a price to pay - 3:30 - 2000 - Experimental short - Christina Aguilera remix

Festival/gallery screenings:

2008

Vision’r festival - Paris, France
Independent Exposure - San Francisco, CA
Photo Electric - Claire Oliver Gallery - New York, NY
Stemma - Claire Oliver Gallery - New York, NY

2007

Solo show - Velocity Festival of Digital Culture - Harris Museum - Preston, England
Playgrounds Audiovisual Arts Festival - Tilburg, Netherlands
Interfilm Short Film Festival - Berlin, Germany
Art of Digital Show - San Diego, CA
Culturavj Festival - Cordoba, Spain
Hipersonica - File Electronic Language International Festival - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Impakt Festival - Utrecht, Netherlands
Institute of Contemporary Art - Optronica Festival - London, England
British Film Institute - Optronica Festival - London, England
Visual Music Marathon - Boston Cyberarts Festival - Boston, MA
Recombinant Media Labs - San Francisco, CA
Visual Sensations Festival - Amsterdam, Netherlands
VisioSonik - Lille, France

2006

HDFEST - Los Angeles, CA - New York, NY
Mobile Video Festival - Paris, France
V2 Institute For The Unstable Media - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Recombinant Media Labs - San Francisco, CA
Landmark Cinemas - Cambridge, MA - Bethesda, MD - Atlanta, GA - Dallas, TX - Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA
Decibel Festival - Seattle, WA
Cinespace - Los Angeles, CA
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand, France
Dissonanze Electronic Music and Digital Art Festival - Rome, Italy
Hijacked - Perth Institute of Contemporary Art - Perth, Australia

2005

Club 11 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Video Dumbo - Brooklyn, NY
The Connectors - Sonic Acts screening - Bristol, England
Cannes Film Festival - Cannes, France
Optronica Festival - London, England
noD Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
Free Form Film Festival Tour - USA
Pixelache Festival - Helsinki, Finland
Tampere Film Festival - Helsinki, Finland

2004

Cimatics Festival - Brussels, Belgium
Bradford Animation Festival - West Yorkshire, England
Virginia Film Festival - Charlottesville, VA
LACMA - Los Angeles, CA
Audiovisual Interactions - New Forms Festival - Vancouver, Canada
Synaesthesiologists - Lincoln Center - New York, NY
Domino Effect - Santa Fe Art Institute - Santa FE, NM
Sonic Vision - SFMOMA - San Francisco, CA
Eyebeam Atelier - New York, NY
Videozone - Tel Aviv, Israel
LAB Exhibition of Experimental Video - Salt Lake City, UT
Backup Festival - Weimar, Germany

2003

Xploding Cinema - Seattle Film Festival - Seattle, WA
Selfware Festival - Graz, Austria
AMODA showcase - Austin, TX
Die-Lounge - Mannheim, Germany
Chicago Motion Graphics Festival - Chicago, IL
X-Fest - New York, NY
Ann Arbor Film Festival - Ann Arbor, MI
Cucalorus Film Festival - Wilmington, NC
RE:CODE - The Farm - Brisbane, Australia
Vertical Video - Rochester, NY
Transcinema Festival - San Francisco, CA

2002

Rotterdam Film Festival - Rotterdam, Netherlands
New York Underground Film Festival - New York, NY
Air Portugal II - Pond Gallery - San Francisco, CA




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	Aditi directed by Scott Pagano USA, New Media, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:28 Aditi is a noise video piece created based on one of the tracks of The Knobs. A far cry from music videos, the pieces are more analogous to experimental/abstract film and video art.... more info
	An Open Thought directed by Scott Pagano USA, New Media, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:50 An open thought leaves the flock and discovers a strange and beautiful world. Creation techniques include ink and paper, 2D animation, and 3D animation performed in real time using alternative input devices. ... more info
	Celluloid directed by Scott Pagano United Kingdom, New Media, 0, Super-8mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:24 Celluloid is a personal project that reflects on time any memories caught on super 8. Fragments of film that burn or get damaged eroded frames that we lose or forget. The audio track was composed just after t... more info
	Data_Flow directed by Scott Pagano United Kingdom, New Media, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:23 Data_Flow explores and tracks the spaces created by invisible information within computer circuits and systems, representing the pure data within computers and networks. In the hidden spaces generated by err... more info
	For You directed by Scott Pagano Canada, New Media, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:29 Two sides of an ego plagued relationship conflict in this silhouetted tale of self-obsession and distraction. Music by Solvent.... more info
	From Brown to Green directed by Scott Pagano USA, Video Art / Film Art, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:44 Spatial unfolding and shifting graphic space accompany a track from Twerk's latest Mille Plateaux release. Dense abstract fields, rhythmic architectural lines, and precision cut photography expand upon and il... more info
	Lazer Graffiti Writer directed by Scott Pagano USA, New Media, 0, 00:00:30 The point of this piece was to empower people with a quick and easy way to project digital images onto walls. In this case the text written is based off an ancient Tibetan Mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum." Out loud... more info
	Left directed by Scott Pagano USA, Music, 2007, HD Video, Color, Other, 03:26:00 Music video for Michael Fakesch's track "Left" from his 2007 release "Dos".... more info
	ok.town re.work directed by Scott Pagano USA, Experimental, 2002, digital video, Color, 00:05:00 Rearrangement / restructuring of architectural forms and patterns found in downtown Oakland, CA. Custom image slicing & reforming systems create a lush graphic rhythm, transforming recognizable space into dis... more info
	Purple and Orange directed by Scott Pagano USA, Music, 2007, HD Video, Color, Other, 04:25:00 Music video for Welder's track "Purple and Orange" from the 2007 release "Vines and Stream".... more info
	Span directed by Scott Pagano USA, New Media, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:36 A camera was mounted to the hood of a truck, pointed down at the pavement and then driven from San Francisco to Oakland on the Bay Bridge. I have long been fascinated by the way light is modulated when moving... more info
	still.not.still directed by Scott Pagano USA, New Media, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:57 still.not.still takes frozen moments in time and transforms them into moving pictures. the role of the movie still is reversed: photographic images are sequenced through a digital video camera and also by a s... more info
	To Care directed by Scott Pagano Italy, Music, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A series of 8 of moving visual compositions created by video artist Scott Pagano to accompany the music of the Italian electronic music duo Rolf & Fonky (Mirco Uguccioni & Maurizio Ottavi). The collabora... more info

Compilations containing ok.town re.work
	Commercial DVD Reline (MC-146) A Video Artist DVD Compilation	2002	Not currently available through Microcinema International
Compilations containing From Brown to Green
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing Data_Flow
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing Celluloid
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing An Open Thought
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing For You
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing still.not.still
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing Span
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing Aditi
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing Lazer Graffiti Writer
	Commercial DVD RELINE2 (MC-547) A collection of 18 progressive audiovisual works by international artists	2006	Available from the Microcinema DVD Store
Compilations containing Left
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Relevant Edition (MC-848) 2008	2008	Program available for theatrical exhibition
Compilations containing Purple and Orange
	Independent Exposure Exhibition Lucky 13 Edition (MC-849) 2008	2008	Program available for theatrical exhibition

Upcoming Screenings

Screening History
ok.town re.work
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
Houston Main Street Microcinema	Houston	USA	2003-12-19	Event Details
From Brown to Green
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
Data_Flow
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
Celluloid
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
An Open Thought
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
For You
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
still.not.still
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
Span
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
Aditi
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
Lazer Graffiti Writer
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
International Short Film Festival Leuven	Leuven	Belgium	2006-12-02	Event Details
Left
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
NTSC Project	San Antonio	USA	2008-12-12	Event Details
Purple and Orange
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
Independents Hall	Philadelphia	USA	2008-12-14	Event Details
NTSC Project	San Antonio	USA	2008-12-12	Event Details

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