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October 8, 2007

Art In Retail & Olyndian Games PDFs

Filed under: Uncategorized — marty @ 8:49 am

We received a request for these Half Empty #1 articles in PDF form, so here they are! In Art In Retail, curators Sebastien Agneessens, of the Diesel Denim Gallery in New York and Jeremy Bailey, of the Nike Presto Showroom in Toronto, discuss their experiences and offer perspectives on how to successfully fold Art into Branding. In The Olyndian Games artist Jon Burgerman draws the Diesel Spring/Summer 2003 Collection.

Download Art In Retail (6mb PDF)
Download The Olyndian Games (10mb PDF)

October 1, 2007

Pyes Video

Filed under: Video — marty @ 5:26 pm

Here’s a video I made this summer for the TIFF ‘07 Blogs featuring my friends, Canadian photographers and film makers Nick and Sheila Pye.

Watch the Pyes video!

Pyes

August 29, 2007

Bell Lightbox Website

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 7:54 pm

Announcing the launch of Bell Lightbox! The website is a refresh of the former Bell Festival Centre site, incorporating the Envisioning + Storytelling creative, new renderings by KPMB and the TIFFG framing. The website was created in-house at the Toronto International Film Festival Group by developers Marty Spellerberg and Richard Norman, and programmer Gabriel Perez.

Check out Bell Lightbox!

Bell Lightbox Website

August 19, 2007

Toronto International Film Festival Group Website Redesigned

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 9:53 pm

Announcing the redesign of the Toronto International Film Festival Group ! It was designed and built in-house by developer Marty Spellerberg.

Check out the Toronto International Film Festival Group!

Toronto International Film Festival Group Website

July 31, 2007

Call For Participation ~ Suspension Performance

Filed under: Video — marty @ 6:02 am

Seeking performers, videographers and photographers for street-level performances to be staged late-summer 2007 in downtown Toronto.

During morning rush hour in the financial district, supported by ropes around their midsections, performers will lean at odd angles into pedestrian traffic. Crowds will form to observe, photograph and wonder. After five minutes the ropes will be released and the performers will fall to the ground, collect themselves and disappear into the bustle.

A minimum of four performance/documentation teams are needed for this happening. This follows a successful single-team Suspension performance in November 2006.

About Us

Marketing is a performance art collective based in Toronto Canada who stage non-confrontational performances for audiences traditionally underexposed to the form. Our goal is to develop a framework for performance that can be integrated into and funded by brand advertising.

For information please contact Craig Marshall and Marty Spellerberg.

Watch the November 2006 performance!

Suspension Performance, by Craig Marshall

July 5, 2007

Toronto International Film Festival ‘07 Website

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 8:53 am

The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival is now live! The website was created in-house at the Toronto International Film Festival Group by Developers Richard Norman and Marty Spellerberg; Programmers Gabriel Perez and Ric Pettit; Coordinator Neil Haapamaki and Project Manager Alice Ko. Our favorite features are the Flickr-powered galleries and the Google-powered maps.

Check out the Toronto International Film Festival ‘07!

Toronto International Film Festival '07 Website

June 18, 2007

Organ: Sound and Light Video

Filed under: Video — marty @ 7:43 pm

Created for the concert Organ: Sound and Light at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto, this piece features compositions by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, organ by Michael Capon and video by Marty Spellerberg.

Watch Suite Du Deuxième Ton!

Suite Du Deuxième Ton

June 3, 2007

Maquina / Jaime Leblanc Photography Website Redesigned

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 11:54 am

Announcing the redesign of Maquina / Jaime Leblanc Photography! Based in Montreal, Leblanc is published in The Walrus and Half Empty magazines. The site was created by developer Marty Spellerberg and built on WordPress. It is valid XHTML 1.0 Strict.

Check out Maquina!

Maquina / Jaime Leblanc Photography Website by Marty Spellerberg

May 29, 2007

Protected: Toronto International Film Festival ‘07 Information Architecture

Filed under: Uncategorized — marty @ 8:14 am

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May 26, 2007

Protected: Canadian Tire Interactive Map

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May 18, 2007

Jim Ross Photographer Website Redesigned

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 11:19 am

Announcing the redesign of Jim Ross, Toronto Photographer! The site was created by developer Marty Spellerberg and built on WordPress. It is valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional.

Check out Jim Ross Photographer!

Jim Ross Photographer designed my Marty Spellerberg

April 28, 2007

Bell Festival Centre Website Redesigned

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 9:06 am

Proudly announcing the redesign of Bell Festival Centre! Coinciding with the groundbreaking at King and John Streets in Toronto, the website was created in-house at the Toronto International Film Festival Group by developer Marty Spellerberg and programmer Gabriel Perez.

Check out Bell Festival Centre!

Bell Festival Centre designed by Marty Spellerberg

March 3, 2007

Broken Pencil Magazine

Filed under: Press — marty @ 2:41 pm

Received a happy bit of press - I’m profiled in the current issue of Broken Pencil. Many thanks to writer Nathaniel G. Moore, who’s working on a book about Catullus.

Broken Pencil featuring Marty Spellerberg

February 1, 2007

Superslackers Website Refreshed

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 3:39 pm

Announcing a site-wide update of Superslackers! Produced by Steven Charles Manale, Superslackers is published weekly by The Toronto Star and is nominated for Top Canadian Web Comic, Joe Shuster Awards.

The site is built on WordPress and is Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict.

Check out Superslackers!

Superslackers

January 31, 2007

Pleasure Dome Website Redesigned

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 1:45 pm

Announcing the redesign of Pleasure Dome! Now in it’s 18th year of programming, Pleasure Dome is a year-round film and video exhibition group dedicated to the presentation of experimental film and video.

The site is built on WordPress, and features posters by Sameer Farooq, NEW INK. It comes with two pieces of documentation - a screencast (MOV) and a manual (PDF).

Check out Pleasure Dome!

Pleasure Dome

January 7, 2007

Donald Weber Photojournalism Website Redesigned

Filed under: Websites — marty @ 2:15 am

Proudly announcing the redesign of Donald Weber Photojournalism! Don Weber is Canadian, based in Moscow. He’s published in Newsweek, Time, Maclean’s, The New York Times, The Globe & Mail, others.

The site features big, 800px images and is built on WordPress. It’s valid XHTML 1.0 Strict.

Check out Donald Weber Photojournalism.

Donald Weber Photojournalism website redesign 2007

January 1, 2007

Mag-Art Book & Zink Magazine

Filed under: Press — marty @ 3:55 am

Received a couple of nice write-ups. Mag-Art came out in late 2006, the Zink article is actually from 2005 but I just found out about it recently.

Check out the projects in question, Half Empty magazine and Wednesday Cooper.

Mag-Art by Charlotte Rivers

Zink Magazine

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