Chicago MGFest Press Clippings
MGFest 2009 Tour Statistics
Boston MGFest in March had over 200 physical attendees and over 35,000 online participants. Austin MGFest in May had over 300 participants over 16 days, with over 53,000 online participants.
The 2009 Chicago Motion Graphics Festival hosted over 1000 physical attendees including over 300 badge holders. MGFest Online registered 44,000 unique online viewers, 4500 daily average page views in January 2009, over 1200 joined online communities with 14 average page views per registered user. Search rankings for MGFest.com went from 3 "top 1" rankings to 76, and from 6 "top 5" rankings to 248 in less than three months. We registered over 50 blog posts & over 270 tweets.
Chicago 2009 Videos
Nick Campbell, Digital Kitchen, "How to be a Motion Designer"
Mason Dixon, School of the Art Insititute of Chicago, at the Chicago Convergence
"A History of Tomorrow's Interfaces"
Michael Una Blog, "Video from MGFest performance at Chicago Cultural Center"
See3's Interview with Fest Co-director Mason Dixon
Dan Holt's videos of the Video Installation Showcase: [Video 1] [Video 2]
Chicago 2009 Photos
Chicago 2009 Event Listings
Chicagoist, "Pencil This In"
Centerstage Chicago, "Weekend Warrior 1/22/09 :: Five things to do in Chicago this weekend, from the obvious to the absurd.", and "Chicago Motion Graphics Festival"
Daily Herald, "Metallica, Machine Head at the Allstate Arena"
Juice Graphics Magazine "Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2009"
Design Slices, "Motion Graphics Festival"
Animation World, "Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2009"
Metromix, "Chicago Motion Graphics Festival Screening"
Chicago 2009 Blog Posts
Time Out Chicago / Issue 204 :: Art & Design "Deeply moving images"
Time Out Chicago Blog "Things to do this weekend"
Chicago Convergence Blog "Chicago Film and Tech Converge", "Video Kills The Radio Star, Again", and "How to be a Motion Graphics Artist"
SXSW Interactive Blog "MGFest Chicago"
Create Digital Motion "Calling All Visualists: Enter MGFest09", "MGFest Motion Graphics Fest Coming to Chicago", and "MGFest Preview: Audiovisuals, Installations"
Nettime.org, "Video Killed the Radio Star, Again"
ProVideo Coalition "Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2009"Toolfarm.com "Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2009", "MGFest in Chicago - Twitter & Photos" and "MGFest in Chicago - Jan 20-25"
AE Freemart "MGFest09 Call For Entry - 3 Ways to Enter!" and "Chicago Motion Grapghics Festival 2009"
CGIndia "2009 Chicago Motion Graphics Festival"
Fusion Digital Productions "NASA Music Video “Money” Puts the Focus on Greed"
Gray Machine, "Expressions Compilation"
Greyscale Gorilla, "How To Be A Motion Graphic Designer: Bonus Material", "How to be Creative", and "MGFest and Others"
Michael Una Blog, "January Workshops"
brd loves!, "Finally, Photos!"
Ninja Crayon, "Cinema 4D Users Group"
Writers and Friends, "Deepest Space"
Unearthed Circuits, "MGFest - Video Band event"
Graphics Mafia, "Chicago Motion Graphics Fest", and "Gray Machine: Expressions & External Documents"
Joshua Pablo Rosenstock's Blog "Film Fests Winter '09"
Existing Visual, "MGFEST PREVIEW: AUDIOVISUALS, INSTALLATIONS", and "MGFEST PRESENTATION: HOW REAL-TIME IS CHANGING VISUALS"
nanodust Blog, "an install this weekend - in chicago, for a change!"
What is Up Blog, "Chicago MG Fest"
Christian Mattes Blog, "see my video installation Jan 24 in chicago"
Adobe Groups, "MGFest Update: 6 Workshops Added: Adobe 3D, Maxon"
Psymbolic Artists Blog, "Motion Graphics Festival :: Chicago Launch :: Jan 19-25 at various locations in the Chicago Loop"