Bates Mill
11:30pm

The Sancho Plan produces a variety of progressive audiovisual works including experimental musical animations, audiovisual performances, interactive toys and programmes for TV. Nominated for the Best VJ category at the 2003 Diesel-U-Music Awards and winner of the People's Choice Award at the Sundance Online Film Festival 2004 for Drum Machine, their tokyoplastic.com collaboration, their work has been seen in clubs, festivals, cinemas, theatres and on television and computer screens worldwide.

The Sancho Plan are continually seeking to explore the careful combination of animation, music and performance to produce striking, interactive, live AV shows. They perform their music while simultaneously controlling a varied cast of animated characters and virtual performers through a series of musical adventures via custom-built software and MIDI drum pads. Their all-new live audiovisual set was premiered at Addictive TV & Cinefeel's Optronica festival at the National Film Theatre in July 2005.

The public can also play with The Sancho Plan's audiovisual characters through a live, interactive installation.

Background
Ed Cooksonís group of animators, designers and 3D modellers emerged out of the creative counter currents of the mid 90s computer games industry. With a range of collaborators, the core team of Cookson, Lewis Sykes, Nick Sweetman, Ed Niblett and Adam Hoyle combine animation, narrative storytelling, sound design and music to produce live interactive AV shows, animated movies and online experiences.

Breathing musical life into the characters of tokyoplastic.com, Cooksonís work with its founder Drew Cope created Drum Machine, a widely screened musical animation that won the People's Choice Award at the Sundance Online Film Festival, 2004 and Best 3D Animation at the Flash Film Festival, New York, 2004.

The Sancho Plan VJ regularly in London and are currently collaborating with Coldcut on a series of interactive music toys as well as producing an animated kids TV show.

www.thesanchoplan.com

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