Finisterrae for Sonar 2010

The commissioned artwork for this year’s Sonar festival is Finisterrae (end of the world), an episodic film of two ghosts journeying from limbo via the Way of Saint James to the land of the living. This journey is an apt celebration of the expansion of this year’s music and multimedia art festival, which is being held simultaneously in its traditional location of Barcelona and new location of A Coruña in Galicia – Galicia being the region pilgrims once journeyed to (via the Way of Saint James route) to visit the burial site of the apostle Saint James.

Who is actually behind the spectral road movie is unclear, but perhaps once all of the episodes have been released their creator will be revealed. To date the spirits have wandered into the desolate winter landscape, gone fishing and come across some unexpected exchanges with nature. Watch their journey so far on the Sonar site.

Sonar also features Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda and a synaesthesic audiovisual performance from Alexandre Burton and Julien Roy.

Conference: animated conversations created live by Javier Mariscal

On 2 November renowned Spanish designer and artist Javier Mariscal will be performing at the BFI Southbank in London. By creating and controlling animation film footage in real time, Mariscal has devised his ‘Conference’ which is the spontaneous and instantaneous application of his creative thinking onto the silver screen. In this energetic live performance Mariscal manifests the images, voices, narrative and content that transport his characters, the Garriris, from the universe of his imagination onto the screen.

Javier Mariscal is probably best known for the creation of the adaptable and versatile mascot for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, as well as iconic designs for company identities, interiors and products. His first UK retrospective at the Design Museum ‘Mariscal Drawing Life‘ runs until 1 November. Catch the exhibition and then see this stunning event finale brought to you in partnership with the BFI and the Design Museum.

Thanks to the BFI we have a pair of tickets for each of the events happening on 2 November. To win a pair of tickets to see Javier Mariscal on 2 November, send us your answer to the following question: what is the name of the Olympics mascot that Javier Mariscal designed? To be in with a chance to win, email your answer to engine@animateprojects.org by 30 October and tell us which event you would prefer to attend.