Sunday, November 24, 2013

November 2013: Opening video for 2013 Digital Health Conference, NYC

Opening video for New York eHealth Collaborative's 2013 Digital Health Conference in New York City.

In the rapidly evolving Health IT world, our ecosystem is constantly changing, adapting, and readjusting to new connections, disruptions, and innovation.

Video Created by Laia Cabrera & Co.
Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
Script by Julie Galdieri

Play Video 2013 Digital Health Conference:
An Ecosystem Transforming Healthcare Through Technology

Monday, October 14, 2013

Untitled Mind at Nuit Blanche - Art All Night DC 2013

Projection Design, Video and Sound Installation by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger







Video and Sound Installation as part of the Nuit Blanche - Art All Night DC
Wonder Bread Factory, 641 S Street NW - Washington, DC
September 28, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 3:00 AM

Website / Storyboard / Bios / Trailer

Photo Credits: vithayaphotography

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

September 28, 2013: Untitled Mind as part of Nuit Blanche - Art All Night DC

by Laia Cabrera in collaboration with Catherine Correa and Isabelle Duverger


“Untitled Mind” is a multilayered mapped projection design conceived as a short film video dance piece that explores the otherness in the self, focusing in the idea of the mirrored one, the creative ability, the dream, the unconscious mind.

Directed and filmed by Laia Cabrera, the piece is based on an original idea by Catherine Correa in collaboration with awarded choreographer Alexandre Proia. The piece features two actors/dancers Catherine Correa and Jonathan Royse Windham with production design and visual effects by Isabelle Duverger, music by Javier Moreno Sanchez, sound design by Gisella-Fulla Silvestre and Arooj Aftab, assistant production by Florencia Minniti.

The piece is a multimedia video and sound installation inspired by Emma Jung’s notion of the “Amandus”: “The Amandus lures the girl into his house, gives her wine to drink and afterwards takes her into the underground (psyche) to kill her. As he prepares himself for this, a sort of intoxication overcomes the girl. In a sudden impulse of love, she embraces the murderer, who is immediately robbed of his power and dissolves after promising to stand by her side in the future as a helpful spirit.” Both rest in harmony in the bed of the unconscious mind.

Video and Sound Installation as part of the Nuit Blanche - Art All Night DC 
Wonder Bread Factory, 641 S Street NW - Washington, DC 
September 28, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 3:00 AM

Website / Storyboard / Bios / Trailer

CREDITS:
Projection Design, Video and Sound Installation by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger

Based on an original idea by Catherine Correa
 and awarded choreographer Alexandre Proia
Directed and filmed by Laia Cabrera
Choreography by Alexandre Proia
Dancers: Catherine Correa and Jonathan Royse Windham

Production Design and Visual effects by Isabelle Duverger

Camera and Editing by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger 

Music by Javier Moreno Sanchez, performed by Javier Moreno Sanchez and Cat Toren
Sound Design by Gisella-Fulla Silvestre
Sound Recording by Arooj Aftab

Assistant production: Florencia Minniti and Lluis Tarrida

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

New York Innovative Theatre Awards Nominee 2013!



On Monday, July 22, 2013, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, announced the 2013 nominees at its annual event held this year at XL Night Club, NYC.
The announcement was made by the co-executive directors, Shay Gines and Nick Micozzi, plus members of the community including: Matt Freeman, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Frank Kuzler, Molly Marinik, Jenna Rafferty and David Stern.
I have been nominated, along with Laia Cabrera and Ildiko Nemeth, for Outstanding Innovative Design (Projection Design, Video-Art and Animations) for The New Stage Theatre Company's production of Garden of Delights.
The Awards Ceremony will be held on Monday, September 30th!



Isabelle Duverger NYIT nominee

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

PIKOLINOS POP UP STORE IN NYC, a 2-floor video mapping installation

On a landmark building at 32 Gansevoort street, the Spanish shoe brand PIKOLINOS has opened its doors to their first store in USA, designed by the multidisciplinary NY-based branding studio MERRY+VALENZUELA. The team formed by the founders of the company Laura Valenzuela and Bea Merry, the Interior Designer Alex Perinat, and Video Artists and Installation Maker Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger, has created a wonderful mediterranean-infused space in the heart of the Meatpacking District.
Upstairs a video installation based on the three collections: the Maasai collection, the Colors collection and the fantastic Spring/Summer shoe and bag collection. Downstairs in the store cellar, check out the "Maasai Lab": video installations highlighting Maasai culture and the company’s commitment to cutting-edge technology, innovation, continuous evolution and a forward-looking vision.
The "Maasai Lab in the Cellar" was conceived as a sensorial and multimedia experience for all audiences to discover the Maasai culture and promote creativity. Through sounds, video, textiles, objects and interaction, you will be able to explore, understand, feel and experience the landscapes of Kenya, the beauty of its fashion, the work of these women and the significant involvement of Pikolinos with the non profit ADCAM, which allows the Maasai women to sustain their entire community.
Open from April 16, 2013 to January 31, 2014
website

Projection Design, Video and Sound Installation Mapping, Video-Art and Animations by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
Interior Design by Alejandra Perinat
Creative Direction, Production and Branding by Laura Valenzuela and Bea Merry (Merry + Valenzuela)

Pop-up Store mapping installation



Opening Night


Maasai Lab at the Cellar (a sound and 3-projector mapping video installation)

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

2013 Telly Award Winner for best Online Video Animation and Documentary!

The videos we created at Laia Cabrera and Co. for New York eHealth Collaborative are once again award winners! We won the 34th Annual Telly Awards for "How the SHIN-NY Makes Life Better" and "Why We Do This Work - Alie Cohen's Story", see below! (these video also won the AVA awards 2013)

Laia Cabrera and Co. is a film and multimedia company co-founded by director Laia Cabrera and animator Isabelle Duverger, producing a wide range of multimedia projects. Our work involves creating original concepts and innovative content, including:
Films - Documentary - Commercials
Video Design - Projection Mapping*
Video Art -Theater Projections
Animation - Motion Graphics
Installations - Live Video Performances
Graphic/Web Design - Illustration
Music - Sound Design
*into the fields of theatre, dance, fashion shows, concerts and other live events as well as pop-up stores.

Watch Below the winner videos:

How the SHIN-NY Makes Life Better

Why We Do This Work - Alie Cohen's Story


The Awards
The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring the finest film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films, and outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs.
Our mission has been to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting, and supporting creativity. The 34th Annual Telly Awards received over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.

History of the Telly 
The Telly Awards was founded in 1978 to honor excellence in local, regional and cable TV commercials. Non-broadcast video and TV program categories were soon added. Today, the Telly is one of the most sought-after awards by industry leaders, from large international firms to local production companies and ad agencies. With the quality of non-broadcast productions, traditional local and cable television commercials and programming on the rise, along with the world of online video continuing to rapidly evolve, we are excited to see this year's class of entries.

The Telly
For over a quarter century, the Telly statuette has been a symbol of creative excellence.
Silver Winners are awarded a Silver Telly statuette, the highest honor. Bronze Winners are awarded a Bronze Telly statuette. Designed by the same firm that makes the Oscar® and Emmy®, the Telly statuette is nearly 12 inches tall and weighs more than 4 1/2 pounds. In addition, each entry chosen as a Silver or Bronze Winner is awarded a commemorative certificate. If you wish to honor other members of your team, your client, or anyone else involved in your award-winning entry, additional statuettes and certificates are available.

The 34th Annual Telly Awards generated millions of impressions in national and local media. The publicity the Telly generates for Winners is invaluable. We provide Winners with tools, details and assistance to create impactful press releases and other communications touting their achievement.




Monday, June 10, 2013

Thursday, May 2, 2013

October 2012: NYeC Health Conference video opener

watch Video

Opening video for New York eHealth Collaborative's 2012 Digital Health Conference at Pier 60 in New York City.

Created by Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger
Original Script by Caroline Dworin / NYeC

Sunday, April 21, 2013

April 2013: Video Animation Patient Portal for New Yorker



Video Animation for the new campaign of NYeC
Client: New York eHealth Collaborative
Animation by Isabelle Duverger
Music Editing by Laia Cabrera
Laia Cabrera and Co. laiacabrera.com/company

The Patient Portal for New Yorkers will allow patients simple, secure online access to their personal health information, via the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY). Currently, only providers can access this network, but this is about to change.
Similarly to the way online banking works, the patient portal will permit you to review the details of your own health records and medical history, empowering you to take charge of your health. As with secure online banking, your healthcare records are highly protected, and only available to be viewed by you, and the healthcare providers (or family members) to whom you grant consent.
“Consent” is the term used to describe giving formal access to someone to view your healthcare data. You can consent to allow a hospital access to your records, or just your primary care physician, family members, specialists, etc. You can add consents or revoke them at any time, via the patient portal website.
An additional security measure is built into the retrieval of your health records which exceeds the security of online banking: When you log on to the portal, you can see a list of every person who has accessed your records. This way, you have full control, not only of your records, but of who else has viewed them.


Tuesday, March 19, 2013

March 2013: Design of poster for Jollification | Mortification at La MaMa, New York

banner designed for Facebook and La MaMa Theater official website

Official Poster for the play Jollification | Mortification

A theatrical collage on missed connections, hysteria and mortality.
Jollification | Mortification invites characters from previous New Stage productions to join in a playful night that continues the provocative, expansive conversation on modernity, mortality, morality and the self that New Stage has established with its audience over the past ten years. Taking a tragicomic perspective on what it means to be true to the self, and what the consequences of such honesty can be, the show examines the feelings of shame, doubt, and exhilaration that come with running afoul of norms and expectations.

Illustration and Poster designed by Isabelle Duverger (original idea by Ildiko Nemeth and Fabiyan Pemble-Belkin)

Directed by Ildiko Nemeth
Stage Design by Ildiko Nemeth
Lighting Design by Federico Restrepo
Costume Design by Brandon Olson
Sound Engineering by Gideon Grossman
Music Selection by Ildiko Nemeth
Set Construction by Jeff Hermanski and Fabiyan Pemble-Belkin

Cast: Brandon Olson*, Chris Tanner, Markus Hirnigel*, Kaylin Lee Clinton, Sarah Lemp, Dana Boll, Catherine Correa, Jeanne Lauren Smith, Denice Kondik, Valerie Miller, Lisa Kathryn Hokans, Galway McCullough, Adam Boncz
(*These Actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association)

Principal Administrator: Fabiyan Pemble-Belkin

Jollification | Mortification is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

February 24, 2013: Prologue by Maria Litvan



February 24 at 6pm
CPR - Center for Performance Research
361 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn
Tickets: $10 in advance or at the door

Conceived and directed by Maria Litvan

Performed by Catherine Correa and Francisco Reyes
Music Design by Nana Simopoulos
Drawing by Isabelle Duverger
Video projections by Laia Cabrera & Co.

Prologue is a tribute to French philosopher, mystic, and social activist Simone Weil (1909- 1943). Simone Weil, described by Albert Camus as “the only great spirit of our times” and by Susan Sontag as “one of the most uncompromising and troubling witnesses to the modern travail of the spirit.” Weil had an extraordinary capacity to dwell within highly philosophical and metaphysical thought, while still emphasizing the importance of embodied experience. She realized that in order to theorize about the working-class, one had to experience their reality firsthand. Thus, despite her poor health conditions, she left her teaching position to work in a factory. Weil’s passionate nature also drove her to participate in many of the political affairs of her time. She confronted Trotsky, fought in the Spanish Civil war, participated in the French Resistance… But, even more unusual for a leftist intellectual of her time, Weil’s interests increasingly focused on religion and mysticism.

Most of Simone Weil’s writings are annotations of thoughts following her own mental associations, thus reading them is like entering directly into Weil’s stream of consciousness. Inspired by her writings, Prologue is a composition of moments – snapshots into Weil’s life and thought. It is an invitation to enter her world from a personal and sensorial experience. Simultaneously, as an actor prepares to interpret Simone Weil, Prologue reflects on the mystical and artistic processes, and the important role of the invisible in the construction of meaning.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

2013 AVA digital awars winner for two videos!!!

The videos we created at Laia Cabrera and Co. for New York eHealth Collaborative are now award winners! We won AVA Digital Awards for "How the SHIN-NY Makes Life Better" and "Why We Do This Work - Alie Cohen's Story", see below!

Laia Cabrera and Co. is a film and multimedia company co-founded by director Laia Cabrera and animator Isabelle Duverger, producing a wide range of multimedia projects. Our work involves creating original concepts and innovative content, including:
Films - Documentary - Commercials
Video Design - Projection Mapping*
Video Art -Theater Projections
Animation - Motion Graphics
Installations - Live Video Performances
Graphic/Web Design - Illustration
Music - Sound Design
*into the fields of theatre, dance, fashion shows, concerts and other live events as well as pop-up stores.

How the SHIN-NY Makes Life Better:


Why We Do This Work - Alie Cohen's Story