GRAFT, CRAFT and Being DAFT with Gavin Strange Presented at FITC Toronto 2015 More info at www.fitc.ca OVERVIEW Gavin has bludgeoned his way through his creative career using the sledgehammer of excitement, smashing down the walls of knowledge with the brute force of bright colours, positivity and childlike enthusiasm. Give him an hour of your time, and armed with graphics and GIFs, let him convince you to take on more you can handle and go deep down the rabbit hole of creativity, coming out the other side with a ton of side projects and a massive smile on your face. OBJECTIVE Make the audience want to punch fighter jets and fire rainbows from their eyes, and feel like nothing is impossible and that they can totally smash through their creative wishlist. TARGET AUDIENCE Anyone who’s ever made anything. Ever. No specialities needed, just people who want to DO more. ASSUMED AUDIENCE KNOWLEDGE No prior knowledge needed. Of anything. A chance to sit for an hour and have your earholes filled with silly words and your eyeballs crammed with a million pixels. FIVE THINGS AUDIENCE MEMBERS WILL LEARN To say YES more. Not to wait to be asked. The power of the side project. To use and abuse trends. To not let inexperience put you off pursuing projects.

1. T O R O N T O
@JAMFACTORY
FITC 2015

2. T O R O N T O
@JAMFACTORY
FITC 2015

3. GOOD
MORNING
TORONTO!
MY NAME IS GAVIN STRANGE, LET’S DO THIS THING!

4. 3452M I L E S A W A Y
BRISTOL, UK

8. SENIOR
DESIGNER
B Y D A Y
A
FOR

18. EXCITABLE
CREATIVE BERK
B Y N I G H T
AN
GOING UNDER THE NAME OF
JAMFACTORY
EXCITABLE
CREATIVE IDIOT

24. GRAFT

25. LET’S GET SOME PERSPECTIVE
but f·⋅st…

27. YOU’RE A GHOST
DRIVING A
MEAT-COVERED SKELETON
MADE FROM STARDUST

28. CIRCLE OF
CONCERN
CIRCLE OF
CONTROL
REACTIVE
PROACTIVE
V E R S U S

29. THE REASON WE STRUGGLE
WITH INSECURITY IS THAT
WE COMPARE OUR
BEHIND-THE-SCENES
WITH EVERYONE ELSES
HIGHLIGHTS REEL
- S T E V E F U R T I C K

30. WORK SHOULD
BE ENJOYED
NOT ENDURED

31. WORK SHOULD
BE ENJOYED
NOT ENDURED
CAN
W E ’ R E T H E L U C K Y O N E S !

32. BE THE CHANGE
YOU WANT TO SEE

33. SEEK CREATIVE
SATISFACTION
WHEREVER
YOU CAN GET IT

34. DON’T WORRY ABOUT
BEING ORIGINAL…

35. BE
HONEST

36. CRAFT

37. [aw-toh-dahy-dak-tuh-siz-uh m]
AUTODIDACTICISM

41. POLYMATH

59. BEING DAFT

66. ONE
NIGHTERS

71. BE THE SUN
NOT THE WIND

72. WE HAVE THE POWER
TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
SOMETHING

73. AND THAT IS WELL
WORTH GRAFTING FOR.

74. THANK YOU
PEACE! WE OUT!
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